Daroy, Jacques

(Jacques Schenk / 1896, Paris, France - 1963, Paris, France)

   He started out as extra at the Théâtre Moncey and then attended the Beaux-Arts (painting and sculpture). From 1920 to 1930, he dedicated himself to dramatic art writing (Le Démon des Affaires; Les Civilisateurs), directing, and performing plays. Hired as an artistic director by producer Pierre Braunberger, he collaborated on La Route est belle (Robert Flo-rey), one of the first French talkies, and Les Amours de Minuit (Marc Allégret, Augusto Genina). Then he directed his first short in 1932. After giving up film­making in 1953, he dedicated himself to dubbing. He also played a few supporting roles (1942 Chambre 13, André Hugon; 1959 L'Affaire Courtois, TV, Louis Boxus, France / Belgium).

 Filmography

1932 ◘ Riri et Nono en Vacances (short)

1934 ◘ Cartouche

1935 ◘ Vogue mon Cœur

        ◘ Cinquième au d'ssus (short)

        ◘ Le Nudiste des Champs-Elysées (short)

1936 ◘ La Guerre des Gosses / UK and USA: Generals Without Buttons (co-director with Eugène Deslaw)

        ◘ Le Mariage de Véréna

        ◘ Vidocq (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Raboliot (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Inspecteur Sergil (aso screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Dame de Haut-le-Bois

        ◘ Rumeurs / USA: Rumors

1948 ◘ Une Belle Garce

        ◘ Sergil et le Dictateur (also dialogist)

1949 ◘ Le Droit de l'Enfant (also screenwriter, adapter as Jacques Rey, dialogist)

        ◘ La Passagère

        ◘ La Maison du Printemps (also co-dialogist as Jacques Rey)

        ◘ Porte d'Orient (also screenwriter, adapter as Jacques Rey)

        ◘ Sergil Chez les Filles (also screenwriter, dialogist as Jacques Rey)

        ◘ Le Club des Quatre Cents Coups (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist as Jacques Rey)

        ◘ Monsieur Scrupule Gangster (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter as Jacques Rey)