Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.

Biography

Born in Basel,

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a

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in Paris, but while accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip in 1927 to the

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in Africa, he recorded the trip on film,Marc Allégret
Encyclopaedia Britannica after which he chose to pursue a career in the

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industry. He is credited with helping develop the careers of Simone Simon, Michèle Morgan, Jean-Pierre Aumont,

Danièle Delorme Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Y ...

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, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim. Allégret collaborated on the famous Dada Marcel Duchamp short film '' Anemic Cinema'' in 1926 and served as an assistant director to Robert Florey and

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. In 1931 he directed his first feature film, ''Mam’zelle Nitouche''. He received acclaim for his subsequent film ''

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'' and went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films. Allégret died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

Filmography

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

: '' Travels in the Congo'' (documentary) *

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

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J'ai quelque chose à vous dire ''J'ai quelque chose à vous dire'' ( en, I have something to say to you) is a French film from 1930. It was film director Marc Allégret's second film short, the first being La Meilleure bobone, released a year earlier. Plot Pierre Deneige ...

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1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

: '' Zouzou'' *

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: '' Sans famille'' *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

: '' Les Beaux jours'' *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

: '' Under Western Eyes'' *

: '' Adventure in Paris'' *

: '' The Terrible Lovers'' *

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

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: '' Woman of Malacca'' *

: '' Another World'' (German-language version of '' Woman of Malacca'') *

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

: '' Orage'' *

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Entrée des artistes ''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Kraus ...

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1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

: '' Le Corsaire'' *

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

: '' Parade en sept nuits'' *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

: '' L'Arlésienne'' *

: '' The Beautiful Adventure'' *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

: '' Les Deux timides'' *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...

: ''

Les Petites du quai aux fleurs ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' is a French film. Plot A bookshop owner has four daughters who have romantic troubles. References External linksat louisjourdan.net''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Inte ...

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1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

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Félicie Nanteuil ''Twilight'' (France: ''Félicie Nanteuil'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. Plot Two men are in love with the same woman. Production The film was shot at ...

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1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

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Blanche Fury ''Blanche Fury'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger and Michael Gough. It was adapted from a 1939 novel of the same title by Joseph Shearing. In Victorian era Engla ...

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

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1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...

: ' * 1953 : ''

Julietta ''Juliette'' is an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, who also wrote the libretto, in French, based on the play ''Juliette, ou La clé des songes'' (''Juliette, or The Key of Dreams)'' by the French author Georges Neveux. A libretto in Czech was later ...

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Loves of Three Queens ''Loves of Three Queens'' ( it, L'amante di Paride), also known as ''The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships'', is a 1954 Italian anthology film. It was directed by Marc Allégret and Edgar G. Ulmer and stars Hedy Lamarr. Plot A woman going to ...

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yiji ...

: '' School for Love'' *

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

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En effeuillant la marguerite ''Plucking the Daisy'' (french: En effeuillant la marguerite) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Brigitte Bardot. It was also known as ''Mam'selle Striptease'' and ''Please Mr Balzac''. ''Turner Classic Movies'' ...

'' a.k.a. ''Plucking the Daisy'' a.k.a. ''Mademoiselle Striptease'' *

1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...

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Love Is at Stake ''Love Is at Stake'' (French: ''L'amour est en jeu'') is a 1957 French comedy drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Robert Lamoureux, Annie Girardot and Jacques Jouanneau.The A to Z of French Cinema p.187 The film's sets were design ...

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Be Beautiful But Shut Up ''Be Beautiful But Shut Up'' (french: Sois belle et tais-toi) is a French black-and-white crime comedy film made in 1958, directed by Marc Allégret. The film features Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo in early roles as members of a gang. It ...

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Sunday Encounter ''Sunday Encounter'' is the US title for a 1958 French comedy-drama film, ''Un drôle de dimanche''. It was directed by Marc Allégret and stars Arletty, Bourvil and Danielle Darrieux with Jean-Paul Belmondo making an early appearance. Plot Cas ...

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1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

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1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...

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Tales of Paris ''Tales of Paris'' (french: Les parisiennes) is a 1962 comedy-drama anthology film consisting of four segments. Plot Cast ''Sophie'' * Catherine Deneuve as Sophie * Johnny Hallyday as Jean Allard * Elina Labourdette as Jacqueline * Gilli ...

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...

: '' Lumière'' (documentary) *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...

: '' Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel''

References

External links

* * Marc Allegrét papers, Beinecke Library, Yale University. {{DEFAULTSORT:Allegret, Marc French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters LGBT film directors LGBT writers from France 1900 births 1973 deaths LGBT screenwriters 20th-century French male writers Burials at the Cimetière des Gonards 20th-century LGBT people