Marcel Lattès (11 December 1886 – 12 December 1943) was a French composer of

film scores A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

.Waldman p.154 He worked in French cinema during the 1930s. In 1940 following the German defeat of France, the Jewish Lattès was interned before being moved to

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and killed.

Opera

* ''Le Diable à Paris''

Selected filmography

* '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''

Monsieur Albert ''Monsieur Albert'' is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Noël-Noël, Betty Stockfeld and Marcel Barencey.Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. p. 167. It was ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Dressmaker of Luneville ''The Dressmaker of Luneville'' (french: La couturière de Lunéville) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Blanchar and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. It was made at the Joinville Studios by the French ...

'' (1932) * ''

Nights in Port Said ''Nights in Port Said'' (French: ''Les nuits de Port Said'') is a 1932 French drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Renée Héribel, Gustav Diessl and Oskar Homolka.Waldman & Slide p.72 It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The ...

'' (1932) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1932) * ''

Suburban Melody ''Suburban Melody'' (Spanish: ''Melodía de arrabal'') is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Imperio Argentina, Carlos Gardel and Vicente Padula. The film was made at the Joinville Studios in Pari ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' Helene'' (1936) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''

Death on the Run ''Death on the Run'' (Italian: ''Bersaglio mobile''), also known as ''Moving Target'', is a 1967 Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Filmed in Athens,''Films and Filming'', Volume 14, Hansom Books, 1968. it was referred as a film ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Green Jacket ''The Green Jacket'' (French: ''L'habit vert'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers.Forman p.56 ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

Fire in the Straw ''Fire in the Straw'' (French: ''Le feu de paille'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and starring Lucien Baroux, Orane Demazis and Gaby Basset.Rège p.365 The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast ...

'' (1939) * ''

They Were Twelve Women ''They Were Twelve Women'' (French: ''Elles étaient douze femmes'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Gaby Morlay, Françoise Rosay and Micheline Presle.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306 The film's sets were designe ...

'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2001.

External links

Marcel Lattès
on data.bnf.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lattes, Marcel Musicians from Nice 1886 births 1943 deaths 20th-century French male classical pianists French operetta composers 20th-century French composers French male classical composers French film score composers French male film score composers French Jews who died in the Holocaust French people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp