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Albert de Courville

British film director (1887–1960)

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Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – March 1960; born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913. He began hos career as a journalist and later in his career got into filmmaking.

Career

In about 1907 he began work in London as a journalist with the Evening News. A good reporter, he was soon earning as much as £20 a week, but thought there were more possibilities, and money, in the theatre.

He joined forces with London impresario Sir Edward Moss and staged revues at the London Hippodrome. In 1914 his revue Business as Usual featured several patriotic numbers following the outbreak of the First World War including "Are we Downhearted?" and "When We've Wound Up the Watch on the Rhine".

In the 1930s he turned to making films. His two most famous films, both featuring Jessie Matthews were There Goes the Bride (1932) and The Midshipmaid (1932). He also directed The Wrecker, an adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s play of the same name, and Seven Sinners (1936).

Personal life

In June 1913, he married actress and singer Shirley Kellogg. They duvorced in 1924.

He and the actress Edith Kelly married in 1927. There were fears that this marriage would not happen as de Courville was in hospital before the marriage. De Courville recovered sufficiently to allow the marriage to happen on 26 May at a registry office.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Writer	Notes
1930	Wolves
1931	77 Park Lane
77 Rue Chalgrin
1932	Entre noche y día
Under the Leather Helmet		Original title:Sous le casque de cuir
There Goes the Bride
The Midshipmaid
Between Night and Day
1933	This Is the Life
1934	Wild Boy
1935	Things Are Looking Up
The Case of Gabriel Perry
Charing Cross Road
1936	Seven Sinners
Strangers on Honeymoon
1937	Clothes and the Woman
1938	The Rebel Son		uncredited
Star of the Circus
Oh Boy!
Crackerjack
1939	The Lambeth Walk
1940	An Englishman's Home

References

Falk Bernard (1951), ''Bouquets for Fleet Street; memories and musings over fifty years'', London, Hutchinson & Co, p.53
"Albert de Courville | Britmovie | Home of British Films".
"Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search".
(23 February 2022). "DE COURVILLE IS WED TO EDITH KELLY GOULD; Bridegroom Leaves Hospital in London and Returns After Ceremony at Registrar's. – The New York Times".

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