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Maurice Tourneur (1876–1961)

Director | Writer | Producer

Screenwriter and director Maurice Tourneur was born Maurice Thomas in the Parisian suburb of Belleville on February 2, 1873, the son of a jewelry merchant. Thomas was trained and employed as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator as a young man. After serving in a French artillery unit in northern Africa... See full bio »

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Maurice Félix Thomas
in Paris, France

Died:

(age 85) in Paris, France
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1948 Impasse des Deux Anges
 
1948 Après l'amour
 
1944 Cecile Is Dead
 
1943 Valley of Hell
 
1943 Carnival of Sinners
 
1942 Miss Bonaparte
 
1941 Sins of Youth
 
1941 Volpone
 
1938 Katia
 
1938 Le patriote
 
1936 With a Smile
 
1936 Samson
 
1935 Crimson Dynasty
 
1935 Koenigsmark
 
1935 Justin de Marseille
 
1933 Le voleur
 
1933 The Two Orphans
 
1933 Obsession (short)
 
1933 Lidoire (short)
 
1932 Les gaîtés de l'escadron
 
1932 In the Name of the Law
 
1931 Partir
 
1931 Maison de danses
 
1930 Accused, Stand Up!
 
1929 The Mysterious Island (uncredited)
 
1929 The Ship of Lost Men
 
1928 Last Flight
 
1926 Aloma of the South Seas
 
1926 Old Loves and New
 
1925 Clothes Make the Pirate
 
1925 Sporting Life
 
1925 Never the Twain Shall Meet
 
1924 The White Moth
 
1924 Torment
 
1923 Jealous Husbands
 
1923 The Isle of Lost Ships
 
1923 While Paris Sleeps
 
1923 The Christian
 
1923 The Brass Bottle
 
1922 Lorna Doone (personally directed by)
 
1921 The Foolish Matrons
 
1921 The Bait
 
1920 The Last of the Mohicans
 
1920 Deep Waters
 
1920 The County Fair
 
1920 The Great Redeemer
 
1920 The White Circle
 
1920 Treasure Island
 
1920 My Lady's Garter
 
1919 Victory
 
1919 The Broken Butterfly
 
1919 The Life Line
 
1919 The White Heather
 
1918 Woman
 
1918 Sporting Life
 
1918 A Doll's House
 
1918 Prunella
 
1918 The Blue Bird
 
1918 Rose of the World
 
1917 The Rise of Jenny Cushing
 
1917 Exile
 
1917 Barbary Sheep
 
1917 Law of the Land
 
1917 The Undying Flame
 
1917 The Whip
 
1917 The Poor Little Rich Girl
 
1917 A Girl's Folly
 
1917 The Pride of the Clan
 
1916 The Velvet Paw
 
1916 The Rail Rider
 
1916 The Closed Road
 
1916 The Hand of Peril
 
1916 Pawn of Fate
 
1915 A Butterfly on the Wheel
 
1915 Trilby
 
1915 The Ivory Snuff Box
 
1915 The Cub
 
1915 Alias Jimmy Valentine
 
1914 The Pit
 
1914 The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
 
1914 Man of the Hour
 
1914/I Mother (short)
 
1914 Rouletabille II: La dernière incarnation de Larsan (short)
 
1914 Le corso rouge (short)
 
1914 Monsieur Lecoq
 
1914 The Sparrow
 
1914 The Secret of the Well
 
1914 Le friquet (short)
 
1914 The Man with Wax Faces (short)
 
1914 La dernière incarnation de Larsan (short)
 
1913 The Lunatics (short)
 
1913 Mademoiselle 100 millions
 
1913 The Funny Regiment (co-director)
 
1913 Jean la Poudre (short) (co-director)
 
1913 La bergère d'Ivry (short)
 
1913/II La dame de Monsoreau
 
1913 Le camée
 
1913 Le dernier pardon
 
1913 Les ruses de l'amour (short)
 
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1933 The Two Orphans (screenplay)
 
1933 Lidoire (short) (writer)
 
1932 In the Name of the Law
 
1931 Maison de danses (writer)
 
1929 The Ship of Lost Men (writer)
 
1928 Last Flight (writer)
 
1922 Lorna Doone (uncredited)
 
1919 The Broken Butterfly (writer)
 
1918 A Doll's House (scenario)
 
1917 Law of the Land
 
1917 A Girl's Folly (story and scenario)
 
1916 The Closed Road
 
1916 The Hand of Peril (scenario)
 
1915 The Cub
 
1915 Alias Jimmy Valentine
 
1914 The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (scenario)
 
1914 Man of the Hour
 
1914/I Mother (short)
 
1914 Monsieur Lecoq
 
1914 The Sparrow (writer)
 
1914 Le friquet (short) (adaptation)
 
1914 La dernière incarnation de Larsan (short) (writer)
 
1913 The Funny Regiment (writer)
 
1913 Jean la Poudre (short)
 
1913/II La dame de Monsoreau (adaptation)
 
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1943 Carnival of Sinners (producer)
 
1931 Black and White (producer)
 
1925 Sporting Life (producer)
 
1924 Torment (producer)
 
1923 Jealous Husbands (producer)
 
1923 The Isle of Lost Ships (producer)
 
1923 While Paris Sleeps (producer)
 
1923 The Brass Bottle (producer)
 
1922 Lorna Doone (producer - uncredited)
 
1921 The Foolish Matrons (producer)
 
1920 The Last of the Mohicans (producer - uncredited)
 
1920 Deep Waters (producer)
 
1920 The Great Redeemer (producer)
 
1920 The White Circle (producer)
 
1920 Treasure Island (producer)
 
1920 My Lady's Garter (producer)
 
1919 Victory (producer)
 
1919 The Broken Butterfly (producer)
 
1919 The Life Line (producer)
 
1919 The White Heather (producer)
 
1918 Woman (producer)
 
1918 Sporting Life (producer)
 
1916 The Closed Road (producer)
 
1916 The Hand of Peril (producer)
 
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1922 Lorna Doone (presents)
 
1920 The Last of the Mohicans (presenter)
 
1920 Deep Waters (presenter)
 
1920 The County Fair (supervisor)
 
1918 Sporting Life (presenter)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1917 A Girl's Folly
Director (uncredited)
 
1912 Max boxeur par amour (short)
Boxing Opponent
 
1913 Mathilde (short) (assistant director)
 
1912 Conscience d'enfant (short) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1927 Life in Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Mary of the Movies
Himself (uncredited)
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (documentary short)
Himself
 

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