Robert Vernay

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Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.

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Career

In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on Pépé le Moko . [1] : 144 

In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of Balzac's Père Goriot , starring Pierre Renoir. It was released in 1945. [2] : 162  In the late 1950s, he directed a "tacky comedy" called Madame et son auto . It was a favourite film of René Magritte. [3] : 95 

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Crisp, Colin (29 June 2015). French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-01703-1.
  2. 1 2 Heathcote, Owen; Watts, Andrew (2 February 2017). The Cambridge Companion to Balzac. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-107-06647-2.
  3. 1 2 Levy, Silvano (July 1997). Surrealism: Surrealist Visuality. NYU Press. ISBN   978-0-8147-5127-5.
  4. ↑ Gaycken, Oliver (2015). Devices of Curiosity: Early Cinema and Popular Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-986070-8.
  5. ↑ McDonald, Tamar Jeffers; Lanckman, Lies (2019). Star Attractions: Twentieth-century Movie Magazines and Global Fandom. University of Iowa Press. ISBN   978-1-60938-673-3.


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