Vernay, Robert

(Robert Georges Viandon / May 30, 1907, Paris, France -October 17, 1979, Paris, France)

   He was a cinema journalist for ten years (Cinémaga-zine) before becoming an assistant director to Julien Duvivier (1931 David Golder; 1934 Maria Chapdelaine / UK and USA: The Naked Heart; 1935 Golgotha / UK: Ecce Homo / USA: Behold the Man; La bandera / UK and USA: Escape from Yesterday; 1936 La Belle Equipe / UK: They Were Five; 1937 L'Homme du Jour; Pépé le Moko, 1939 La Fin du Jour / UK: The End of a Day / USA: The End of the Day; 1945 Untel Père et Fils / UK: The Heart of a Nation / USA: Immortal France, shot in 1940), Edmond T. Gréville (1931 Le Train des Suicidés), and Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande (1938 Café de Paris). He also briefly worked as a production man­ager (1940 Paris-New York; Les Musiciens du Ciel).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Eternelle Chanson (medium-length)

        ◘ Le Béguin de la Garnison (co-director with Pierre Weill)

        ◘ Le Prince des Six Jours

1936 ◘ Je voudrais un joli Bateau (filmed song)

        ◘ La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée

        ◘ Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / Il Conte di Monte-cristo / USA: The Count of Monte Cristo (two parts: "Edmond Dantès", "Le Châtiment"; France / Italy)

        ◘ Arlette et l'Amour

        ◘ Le Père Goriot

        ◘ Le Capitan (two parts: "Flamberge au Vent", "Le Chevalier du Roi"; also coscreenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Au Porte du Monde saharien (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Fort de la Solitude Emile l'Africain

        ◘ Fantômas contre Fantômas (also adapter)

        ◘ Plus de Vacances pour le Bon Dieu (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Véronique

        ◘ Andalousie (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Ils sont dans les Vignes

        ◘ Quitte ou Double

1955 ◘ Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / Il tesoro di Monte-cristo / USA: The Count of Monte Cristo (two parts: "La Trahison", "La Vengeance"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1953-1954)

        ◘ Sur le Banc

        ◘ La Rue des Bouches peintes (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1956 ◘ Ces Sacrées Vacances (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Carottes sont cuites (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Lumières du Soir (also co-screenwriter)

1957 ◘ Quelle Sacrée Soirée

        ◘ Le Coin tranquille (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Fumée blonde (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Madame et son Auto (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Drôles de Phénomènes (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Monsieur Suzuki / USA: The Versailles Affair (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Tête folle

        ◘ L'U.R.S.S. à Cœur ouvert / Deux Heures en U.R.S.S. (documentary; co-director with Ro­man Karmen)

1961 ◘ Le Bourreau attendra / La fuga desesperada (also co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Spain)

1965 ◘ Passeport diplomatique / Agent K8, Agente Tigre sfida infernale / USA: Operation Diplomatic Pass­port (France / Italy)

 Television Filmography

1963 ◘ L'Inspecteur Leclerc / L'Inspecteur Leclerc en­quête (episode "La Mariée")

1965 ◘ Bob Morane / Les Aventures de Bob Morane (episodes "Le Cheik masqué", "Le Témoin", "Le Tigre des Lagunes", also co-screenwriter; "Rafales en Méditerranée")