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André de Latour, comte de Lorde (1869–1942) was a French playwright, the main author of the Grand Guignol plays from 1901 to 1926. His evening career was as a dramatist of terror; during daytimes he worked as a librarian in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. He wrote 150 plays, all of them devoted mainly to the exploitation of terror and insanity, and a few novels. For plays the subject matter of which concerned mental illness he sometimes collaborated with psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of IQ testing.
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During the 1920s de Lorde was elected "Prince of Fear" (Prince de la Terreur) by his peers.
Filmography
edit- The Lonely Villa, directed by D. W. Griffith (1909, short film, based on the play Au Telephone)
- The System of Doctor Goudron, directed by Maurice Tourneur (1913, short film, based on the play Le Système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume)
- La Double Existence du docteur Morart , directed by Jacques Grétillat (1920, based on the play La Double Existence du docteur Morart)
- Le Château de la mort lente, directed by Émile-Bernard Donatien (1925, based on the play Le Château de la mort lente)
- Attaque nocturne , directed by Marc Allégret (1931, short film, based on the play Attaque nocturne)
- L'Homme mystérieux , directed by Maurice Tourneur (1934, short film, based on the play L'Homme mystérieux)
- Gosses de misère , directed by Georges Gauthier (1933, based on the play Bagnes d'enfants)
Screenwriter
edit- Figures de cire, directed by Maurice Tourneur (1914, short film)
- Li-Hang le cruel , directed by Édouard-Émile Violet (1920)
- Le Roman d'un spahi , directed by Michel Bernheim (1936)
External links
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- At the Telephone by André de Lorde