- Lekain, Tony
- (November 5, 1888, Paris, France - 1966, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)He entered films as an actor (1920 Piero eTeresa, Mario Caserini; Fiori d'arancio, Mario Caserini, Italy; 1922 Ra-bagas, Gaston Ravel; Idillio tragico, Gaston Ravel, Italy; Tao / Le Fantôme noir, Gaston Ravel) before serving as an assistant director (1927 Le Bonheur du Jour, also production designer, Gaston Ravel; 1931 L'Etrangère, Gaston Ravel), co-screenwriter (1926 Mademoiselle Josette, ma Femme / Fraulein Josette, meine Frau, Gaston Ravel, France / Germany; Le Fauteuil 47 / Parkettsessel 47, Gaston Ravel, France / Germany), and set decorator (1929 Figaro, also co-screenwriter, Gaston Ravel). He co-directed six films with Gaston Ravel.Filmography1924 ◘ On ne badine pas avec l'Amour / USA: No Trifling with Love (co-director with Gaston Ravel)◘ Madame Récamier (co-director with Gaston Ravel; also artistic director)◘ Le Collier de la Reine / L'Affaire du Collier de la Reine / USA: The Queen's Necklace (co-director with Gaston Ravel; also artistic director)1932 ◘ Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (co-director with Gaston Ravel)1934 ◘ Fanatisme (co-director with Gaston Ravel; shot in 1932)◘ Le Rosaire (co-director with Gaston Ravel)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.