| LC control no. | n 86041209 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tourneur, Maurice, 1876-1961 |
| Variant(s) | Thomas, Maurice, 1876-1961 Thomas, Maurice Félix, 1876-1961 |
| Associated place | Fort Lee (N.J.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1876-02-02 |
| Death date | 1961-08-04 |
| Place of birth | Saint-Martin-de-Belleville (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures Motion picture industry Motion pictures--Production and direction Silent films Motion picture authorship |
| Affiliation | Associated Producers (1919-1921) Eclair Film Company World Film Corporation Paragon Films Equitable (Firm) Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters |
| Found in | The Poor little rich girl [VR] c1986: credits (Maurice Tourneur) Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen [MP] 1996: credits (director, Maurice Tourneur) The last of the Mohicans, [20--?]: opening credits (directed by Clarence Brown & Maurice Tourneur) Waldman, H. Maurice Tourneur, 2001: CIP t.p. (Maurice Tourneur) galley (b. as Maurice Thomas on Feb. 2, 1876, in Belleville, France; trained in decorative arts; early career as mag. and book illustrator, poster & fabric designer, interior decoration designer; later, stage actor; then motion picture director; worked in America, 1914-1926; became American citizen, 1921; returned to France in late 1920s) Vazzana, E.M. Silent film necrology, ©2001: page 526 (Maurice Tourneur; director/producer; né Maurice Thomas; worked for Eclair, World, Paragon, Equitable, Paramount, and MGM; produced silent-film classics) Halliwell's filmgoer's and video viewer's companion, 1993 : page 751 (Maurice Tourneur; born 1876; died 1961; real name, Maurice Thomas; French director who made some American films) Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008: page 1423 (Maurice Tourneur; director; born Maurice Thomas, February 2, 1876, Paris; died 1961; directed numerous productions for Eclair, World, Paragon, Equitable, Paramount, and other studios) IMDb, October 9, 2015 (Maurice Tourneur; director, producer, writer; birth name: Maurice Félix Thomas; born February 2, 1876 in Belleville, France; died August 4, 1961, in Paris, France; co-founder of Associated Producers, Inc., 1919; founder/president of Maurice Tourneur Productions, formed in 1918; worked for Eclair American in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and World Film; a major director in the American movie industry) |
| Associated language | eng fre |
| Invalid LCCN | n 00113754 |
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