Louis De Rochemont

Producer

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Birth Place

Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Born

January 13, 1899

Died

December 23, 1978

Biography

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Documentary filmmaker who created the highly respected "March of Time" newsreel series with Roy E. Larsen in 1934. Some of de Rochement's later narrative features, like "The House on 92nd Street" (1945) and "Lost Boundaries" (1949), displayed stylistic affinities with the Italian neorealist movement due to their gritty social content and use of location shooting....

Filmography

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We Are the Marines (1943)

The Ramparts We Watch (1940)

Over the Seven Seas (1932)

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

Man on a String (1960)

Windjammer (1958)

Photos & Videos

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Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) 4,000 Suspects

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Afraid Of What?

Family & Companions

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Virginia de Rochemont

Wife

Notes

Served as a officer in the US Navy from 1917-1923.

Biography

Documentary filmmaker who created the highly respected "March of Time" newsreel series with Roy E. Larsen in 1934. Some of de Rochement's later narrative features, like "The House on 92nd Street" (1945) and "Lost Boundaries" (1949), displayed stylistic affinities with the Italian neorealist movement due to their gritty social content and use of location shooting.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

We Are the Marines (1943)

The Ramparts We Watch (1940)

Writer (Feature Film)

Over the Seven Seas (1932)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

Man on a String (1960)

Windjammer (1958)

Der Veruntreute Himmel (1958)

Nine Lives (1957)

Animal Farm (1955)

Cinerama Holiday (1955)

The Great Adventure (1954)

Martin Luther (1953)

Walk East on Beacon (1952)

The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)

Boomerang! (1947)

13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

The Fighting Lady (1945)

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

We Are the Marines (1943)

The Ramparts We Watch (1940)

March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938)

Editing (Feature Film)

The First World War (1934)

Over the Seven Seas (1932)

The Cry of the World (1932)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Albert Schweitzer (1957)

Walk East on Beacon (1952)

Lost Boundaries (1949)

Producer (Short)

when I'm old enough.... GOOD-BYE! (1962)

Producer (Uncredited)

Life Events

1934

Created "The March of Time" newsreel with Roy E. Larsen

Videos

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) 4,000 Suspects Cop Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) getting chewed out by his boss (Ben Lackland), visited by upright prosecutor Harvey (Dana Andrews), Lt. White (Karl Malden) visiting, as the search for a suspect drags on, in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Afraid Of What? Finally apprehended priest-murder suspect Waldrom (Arthur Kennedy) gets sweated by White (Karl Malden), then Chief Robinson (Lee J. Cobb), and confronted by a witness (Helen Hatch), in Elia Kazan's Boomerang, 1947.

Boomerang (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Boys Just Don't Do That Police chief Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) unleashes suddenly-willing witness Irene (Cara Williams) on murder suspect Waldron (Arthur Kennedy), her mostly true account spun against him, as prosecutor Harvey (Dana Andrews) arrives with more damning evidence, in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) It's All Connecticut Reed Hadley narrates, following the credits, the terse opening of what director Elia Kazan considered his breakthrough film, Boomerang!, 1947, starring Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb and Arthur Kennedy.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Police Still Baffled Lt. White (Karl Malden) with murder witnesses in church for the viewing of the slain priest, his crusty boss Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) intervening, reporter Dave (Sam Levene) attempting an ambush, early in director Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Walk East On Beacon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Perfect Sleeper Agent Reynolds (Karl Weber) brings in the FBI lab guys and higher-up Belden (George Murphy, the future U.S. Senator from California), who offers vigilance and a healthy sense of humor as he takes over in producer Louis de Rochemont's anti-communist tract Walk East On Beacon, 1952.

Walk East On Beacon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Bells Of Moscow Communist fifth columnist and Boston florist Danzig (Bruno Wick) gets dissed after he introduces married Washingtonian fellow traveler Elaine (Louisa Horton) to Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek), the impatient new man from Moscow, in the FBI-approved espionage drama Walk East On Beacon, 1952.

Walk East On Beacon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Forces Of Treason The ominous Westbrook Van Voorhis narrates and the credited author of the original work, J. Edgar Hoover, appears briefly, as the indefatigable anti-Hollywood producer Louis de Rochemont launches his anti-communist procedural Walk East On Beacon, 1952, starring George Murphy.

Walk East On Beacon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) We Have Ways Deep-cover Soviet agent "Millie" (Virginia Gilmore) acknowledges visiting Moscow controller Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek), then in a Boston cafe approaches immigrant research mathematician Kafer (Finlay Currie) with a threat, in Louis de Rochemont's anti-communist Walk East On Beacon, 1952.

Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) As You Like It Opening scenes, backstage with the title character Karen (Vivien Leigh), unhappy with her Shakespeare, visited backstage by friends (Viola Keats, Henry McCarty and Coral Browne as journalist "Meg"), in The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, 1961, from the Tennessee Williams novel.

Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Purr For Her The Countess (Lotte Lenya) arrives to her intensely decorated apartment to find Paolo (Warren Beatty, with Italian accent) frustrated with her efforts to connect him with the wealthy title character, in The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, 1961.

Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Is It So Bad To Drift? Paolo (Warren Beatty) has finally won a date with retired American actress Karen (Vivien Leigh), who bumps into old friend journalist Meg (Coral Browne) at a plush restaurant, in The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, 1961, from the Tennessee Williams novel.

Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The - (Original Trailer) A fading star (Vivien Leigh) hires a gigolo (Warren Beatty) in Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961).

Man on a String - (Original Trailer) The CIA turns a Russian spy (Ernest Borgnine) into a double agent. Now he is the Man on a String (1960).

13 Rue Madeleine - (Original Trailer) Tragedy occurs when a spy chief finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947).

Family

Richard de Rochemont

Brother

Filmmaker.

Louis de Rochemont III

Son

Filmmaker. Born in 1930 in NYC; directed "Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Raditch" (1958); died on July 11, 2001 of complications from diabetes in Oslo, Norway.

Companions

Virginia de Rochemont

Wife

Bibliography

Notes

Served as a officer in the US Navy from 1917-1923.

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