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

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.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'' (1932) * '' The Dressmaker of Luneville'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Nights in Port Said'' (1932) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1932) * '' Suburban Melody'' (1933) * '' Number 33'' (1933) * '' Primerose'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

Adémaï in the Middle Ages ''Adémaï in the Middle Ages'' (French: ''Adémaï au Moyen-Âge'') is a 1935 French historical comedy film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Noël-Noël, Michel Simon and Suzy Vernon. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The ...

'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' Helene'' (1936) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * '' Death on the Run'' (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 ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

Peace on the Rhine ''Peace on the Rhine'' (French: ''Paix sur le Rhin'') is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Françoise Rosay, Dita Parlo and John Loder. Rège p.893 The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duqu ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Fire in the Straw'' (1939) * '' They Were Twelve Women'' (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 20th-century French 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