Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in

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– October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.

Career

In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to

Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are '' La Bandera'', ''Pépé le Moko' ...

on '' Pépé le Moko''. In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of Balzac's ''

Père Goriot ''Le Père Goriot'' (, ''"Old Goriot"'' or ''"Father Goriot"'') is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie huma ...

'', starring

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. It was released in 1945. In the late 1950s, he directed a "tacky comedy" called '' Madame et son auto''. It was a favourite film of

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Selected filmography

* '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937) as assistant director * '' Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with '' The Three Musketeers''. L ...

'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * ''

Emile the African ''Emile the African'' (French: ''Émile l'Africain'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Fernandel, Alexandre Rignault and Noëlle Norman.Monaco p.189 Cast * Fernandel as Émile Boulard * Alexandre Rignault a ...

'' (1949) * '' Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''

The Dream of Andalusia ''The Dream of Andalusia'' (Spanish: ''El sueño de Andalucía'') is a 1951 French-Spanish musical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Arlette Poirier.Mira p.280 A separate French film version ''Andalusia'' w ...

'' (1951) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * ''

'' (1954) * '' Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (1957) * '' Madame et son auto'' (1958)

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* 1907 births 1979 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-bio-stub