
Marc Allégret
Biography
Marc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director. He was born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven. Later, Marc was to fall briefly under the spell of Cocteau, who Gide feared would "corrupt" him.
Marc's father, Elie Allégret, had originally been hired by André Gide's mother to tutor André in light of his weak grades in school, after which he and his charge became fast friends. In 1895 Elie Allégret was best man at André Gide's wedding.
After filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with André Gide, Marc Allégret chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His relationship with Gide ended after that trip after having experiences with Congolese women. They nevertheless remained close friends until Gide's death in 1951. After working and training as an assistant director, in 1931 he directed his first feature Mam'zelle Nitouche, and the following year received much acclaim for his film, Fanny. He went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films.
Marc Allégret is noted for discovering and developing new acting talent who went on to stardom including Michèle Morgan, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Danièle Delorme, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim who would become his directing assistant.
He was married to Nadine Vogel.
He was a married man who then felt he had an obligation to proclaim his homosexuality. He was, however, seen as a general liberator rather than a specialist defender of homosexual rights.
He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (52 movies)

Fanny
1932

Zouzou
1934

The Curtain Rises
1938

Without a Family
1934

Black and White
1931

Plucking the Daisy
1956

Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958

Julietta
1953

Sunday Encounter
1958

The Free Trade Hotel
1934

Ladies Lake
1934

Lady Chatterley's Lover
1955

Blanche Fury
1948

L'Arlésienne
1942

Gribouille
1937

Tales of Paris
1962

Under Western Eyes
1936

Pétrus
1946

School for Love
1955

Blackmailed
1951

Adventure in Paris
1936

The Naked Heart
1950

The best hostess
1930

With André Gide
1952
Lumière
1966

Orage
1938

Voyage au Congo
1927

Twilight
1944

The Abominable Man of Customs
1963

Love Is at Stake
1957

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944

Woman of Malacca
1937

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
The Terrible Lovers
1936

The Dreadful
1959

Parade in 7 Nights
1941

The Lovers of Midnight
1931

Lunegarde
1946

Andere Welt
1937

Loves of Three Queens
1954

The Chocolate Girl
1932

Happy Days
1935

Mam'zelle Nitouche
1931

The Beautiful Adventure
1942

Demons at Midnight
1961

La demoiselle et son revenant
1952

The Fate of Two Queens
1954
L'eterna femmina
1954
The four legs
1931

Night attack
1931
The Necklace
1931
Jeunes filles de France
1939
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Voyage au Congo | 1927 | Writer | 
| Ladies Lake | 1934 | Writer | 
| The Free Trade Hotel | 1934 | Screenplay | 
| The Curtain Rises | 1938 | Writer | 
| The Naked Heart | 1950 | Writer | 
| Loves of Three Queens | 1954 | Writer | 
| School for Love | 1955 | Writer | 
| School for Love | 1955 | Producer | 
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | 1955 | Screenplay | 
| Plucking the Daisy | 1956 | Writer | 
| Be Beautiful and Shut Up | 1958 | Writer | 
| The Dreadful | 1959 | Writer | 
| Le Bal du comte d'Orgel | 1970 | Writer | 
