Biography
André de Latour, comte de Lorde (1869–1942) was a French playwright, the main author of the Grand Guignol plays from 1901 to 1926. His evening career was as a dramatist of terror; during daytimes he worked as a librarian in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. He wrote 150 plays, all of them devoted mainly to the exploitation of terror and insanity, and a few novels. For plays the subject matter of which concerned mental illness he sometimes collaborated with psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of IQ testing.
During the 1920s de Lorde was elected "Prince of Fear" (Prince de la Terreur) by his peers.
Filmography
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Fantasmes et fantômes (2017)
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The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
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Le roman d'un spahi (1936)
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Obsession (1934)
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Bagnes d'enfants (1933)
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My Priest Among the Rich (1932)
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Night attack (1931)
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Education of a Prince (1927)
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The Castle of Slow Death (1926)
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Li-Hang le cruel (1920)
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The Man with Wax Faces (1914)
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Dr. Goudron's System (1913)
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In the Cellar (1912)
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The Lonely Villa (1909)
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Terrible Anguish (1906)
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GenderMale
Birthday1869-07-11
Deathday1942-09-06 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceToulouse, France
CitizenshipsFrance
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