Alfred Machard (12 October 1887 – 2 December 1962) was a French
screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
and
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...
. A number of his works have been adapted into films.
[Goble p.299] He co-directed the 1934 film ''
His Other Love''. His wife
Raymonde Machard was also a noted writer.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower'' (1928)
* ''
Queen of the Night'' (1931)
* ''
La Femme d'une nuit
''La Femme d'une nuit'' ("The woman of one night") is a 1931 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was made simultaneously with Italian and German versions of the same story, which were however not only in different languages but i ...
'' (1931)
* ''
Coquecigrole'' (1931)
* ''
Salto Mortale'' (1931, French)
*''
Salto Mortale'' (1931, German)
* ''
Haunted People
''Haunted People'' () is a 1932 German-Czech drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Hans Feher, and Eugen Klöpfer.Goble p. 775 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and location shooting, on location in Marseill ...
'' (1932)
* ''
His Other Love'' (1934)
* ''
Klokslag Twaalf'' (1936)
* ''
When Midnight Strikes
''When Midnight Strikes'' (French: ''Quand minuit sonnera'') is a 1936 French-Dutch crime drama film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Marie Bell, Pierre Renoir and Roger Karl. It was adapted by Alfred Machard from his own novel of the same t ...
'' (1936)
* ''
De Man Zonder Hart'' (1937)
* ''
Facing Destiny
''Facing Destiny'' (French: ''Face au destin'') is a 1940 French spy drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Jules Berry, George Rigaud and Josseline Gaël. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.Gobl ...
'' (1940)
* ''
The Law of Spring
''The Law of Spring'' (French: ''La loi du printemps'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Huguette Duflos, Pierre Renoir and Alice Field. It is based on the 1912 play of the same title by Lucien Nepoty.Gob ...
'' (1942)
* ''
The Lost Woman'' (1942)
* ''
Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1950)
* ''
Trique, gamin de Paris'' (1962)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
*Wlaschin, Ken. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009.
External links
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1887 births
1962 deaths
French screenwriters
French novelists
People from Angers
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