Léopold Marchand

Léopold Marchand
Born	5 February 1891 Paris, France
Died	25 November 1952 (aged 61) Paris, France
Occupation	Screenwriter

Léopold Marchand (1891-1952) was a French playwright and screenwriter. A number of his stage works were adapted into films.[1] In 1942 during the Vichy era his Jewish wife Misz Hertz committed suicide shortly before the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.[2]

Selected filmography

• Fashions for Women (1927)
• My Childish Father (1930)
• Circulez! (1931)
• The Nude Woman (1932)
• Love Me Tonight (1932)
• Topaze (1933)
• We Are Not Children (1934)
• The Fakir of the Grand Hotel (1934)
• Fedora (1934)
• Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
• Samson (1936)
• A Hen on a Wall (1936)
• The Assault (1936)
• Balthazar (1937)
• Three Waltzes (1938)
• Durand Jewellers (1938)
• Mirages (1938)
• Hangman's Noose (1940)
• The Master Valet (1941)
• Last Adventure (1942)
• Business Is Business (1942)
• Secret Documents (1945)
• The Adventure of Cabassou (1946)
• The Legend of Faust (1949)
• Cartouche, King of Paris (1950)
• My Childish Father (1953)

References

1. Goble p.306
2. Leteux p.109

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Leteux, Christine. Continental Films: French Cinema under German Control. University of Wisconsin Press, 2022.

External links

• Léopold Marchand at IMDb