Albert de Courville

Albert Pierre de Courville was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913. He began hos career as a journalist and later in his career got into filmmaking.

Career

In about 1907 he began work in London as a journalist with the Evening News. A good reporter, he was soon earning as much as £20 a week, but thought there were more possibilities, and money, in the theatre.
He joined forces with London impresario Sir Edward Moss and staged revues at the London Hippodrome. In 1914 his revue Business as Usual featured several patriotic numbers following the outbreak of the First World War including "Are we Downhearted?" and "When We've Wound Up the Watch on the Rhine".
In the 1930s he turned to making films. His two most famous films, both featuring Jessie Matthews were There Goes the Bride and The Midshipmaid. He also directed The Wrecker, an adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s play of the same name, and Seven Sinners.

Personal life

In June 1913, he married actress and singer Shirley Kellogg. They duvorced in 1924.
He and the actress Edith Kelly married in 1927. There were fears that this marriage would not happen as de Courville was in hospital before the marriage. De Courville recovered sufficiently to allow the marriage to happen on 26 May at a registry office.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1930	Wolves
1931	77 Park Lane
1931	77 Rue Chalgrin
1932	Entre noche y día
1932	Under the Leather Helmet			Original title:Sous le casque de cuir
1932	There Goes the Bride
1932	The Midshipmaid
1932	Between Night and Day
1933	This Is the Life
1934	Wild Boy
1935	Things Are Looking Up
1935	The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935	Charing Cross Road
1936	Seven Sinners
1936	Strangers on Honeymoon
1937	Clothes and the Woman
1938	The Rebel Son			uncredited
1938	Star of the Circus
1938	Oh Boy!
1938	Crackerjack
1939	The Lambeth Walk
1940	An Englishman's Home