Aboulker, Marcel

(Paul Marcel Samuel Aboulker / January 1, 1905, Algiers, Algeria-Septem­ber 12, 1952, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   Born of a great dynasty from Algiers, he was a mem­ber of a partisan group that prepared the American debarkation in Africa. On D-day he was among the fighters who took control of Algiers against Vichy forces. Having graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, he created several successful radio programs broad­cast by Le Poste Parisien. He was an assistant to director Roger Richebé for one movie (1938 Prison de Femmes / USA: Marked Girls) before turning to film directing. He wrote a book on the liberation of Algiers (Alger et ses Complots, Les Documents Nuit et Jour, 1945).

 Filmography

        ◘ En Correctionnelle (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Surprises de la Radio (as Marcel-Paul)

1948 ◘ Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Trésor des Pieds, Nickelés (also co-adapter)

        ◘ La Dame de chez Maxim's (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Les Mousquetaires du Roi (unfinished)

        ◘ Les Femmes sont des Anges