Marc Allégret (December 23, 1900 - November 3, 1973) was a French screenwriter and film director. December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother Yves Allégret. Marc Allégret was educated to be a lawyer but after filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with his uncle André Gide, he chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. After working and training as an assistant director, in 1931 he directed his first feature, "Mam'zelle Nitouche" and the following year received much acclaim for his film, Fanny. He went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films. Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate... Basel-Stadt (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ... The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ... For information on the type of fish called Lawyer, see the article on Burbot. ... Republic of the Congo (light green) Democratic Republic of the Congo (dark green) Congo is a name shared by two neighbouring countries in Africa, usually distinguished either by using their full official names or adding their capitals: The Republic of the Congo is often known as Congo-Brazzaville. It is... André Paul Guillaume Gide ( November 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951) was a French author and spokesman for gay rights. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

Allégret is noted for discovering and/or developing new acting talent who went on to stardom including Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Daniele Delorme Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim who would become his directing assistant. Michele Morgan Michèle Morgan (born Simone Renée Roussel on February 29, 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actress. ... Raimu, was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire, born December 17, 1883 - died September 20, 1946. ... Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (December 4, 1922 – November 22, 1959) was a prominent French actor. ... Louis Jourdan (born June 19, 1919) is a French actor, known chiefly for his suave manner and good looks. ... Roger Vadim (January 26, 1928 - February 10, 2000), was a journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardots career in the film And God Created Woman. ...

He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France. Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...