Albert de Courville

Albert de Courville
Albert de Courville in 1916
Born	(1887-03-26)26 March 1887 Croydon, England
Died	15 March 1960(1960-03-15) (aged 72) London
Nationality	English
Occupations	Writer journalist film director
Spouses	Shirley Kellogg ​ ​ (m. 1913; div. 1924)​ Edith Kelly ​ (m. 1927⁠–⁠1960)​

Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 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.

Career

In about 1907 he began work in London as a journalist with the Evening News.^[1] 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).^[2]

Personal life

In June 1913, he married actress and singer Shirley Kellogg.^[3]

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.^[4]

Selected filmography

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

References

1. Falk Bernard (1951), Bouquets for Fleet Street; memories and musings over fifty years, London, Hutchinson & Co, p.53
2. "Albert de Courville | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
3. "Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
4. "DE COURVILLE IS WED TO EDITH KELLY GOULD; Bridegroom Leaves Hospital in London and Returns After Ceremony at Registrar's. – The New York Times". The New York Times. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

External links

• Albert de Courville at IMDb
• Albert de Courville at BFI
• Albert de Courville at AllMovie
• Albert de Courville at Rotten Tomatoes
• Revues by Albert de Courville on Great War Theatre