Marcel Varnel

Marcel Varnel (16 October 1892 – 13 July 1947) was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinthe le Bozec in Paris, France.

Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the Shubert family. This was followed by a move to Hollywood where he directed three low budget thrillers.

In 1934 he moved to England and it was as director of British comedies initially working at British International Pictures, Elstree then in 1936 moving to Gainsborough Pictures where he produced his best films. In particular working with Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, The Crazy Gang, Arthur Askey and George Formby.

He died in a car crash near Rake, West Sussex.

Films

• Silent Witness (1932) (U.S.A.) – Director
• Chandu the Magician (1932) (U.S.A.) – Director
• Infernal Machine (1933) (U.S.A.) – Director
• Freedom Of The Seas (1934) – Director
• Girls Will Be Boys (1934) – Director
• I Give My Heart (1935) – Director
• Dance Band (1935) – Director
• Royal Cavalcade also known as Regal Cavalcade in the U.S.A. (1935) – Director
• No Monkey Business (1936) – Director
• Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936) – Director
• All In (1936) – Director
• Okay For Sound (1936) – Director
• Good Morning, Boys (1937) – Director
• Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) – Director
• Convict 99 (1938) – Director
• Hey! Hey! USA! (1938) – Director
• The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1938) – Director
• Old Bones of the River (1938) – Director
• Alf's Button Afloat (1938) – Director
• Where's That Fire? (1939) – Director
• The Frozen Limits (1939) – Director
• Band Waggon (1940) – Director
• Let George Do It (1940) – Director
• Gasbags (1940) – Director
• The Ghost of St Michaels (1941) – Director
• Turned Out Nice Again (1941) – Director
• Hi, Gang! (1941) – Director
• South American George (1941) – Director and Producer
• I Thank You (1941) – Director
• Neutral Port (1941) – Director
• King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) – Director
• Much Too Shy (1942) – Director
• Get Cracking (1943) – Director
• Bell Bottom George (1943) – Director
• He Snoops to Conquer (1944) – Director and Producer
• I Didn't Do It (1945) – Director and Producer
• George in Civvy Street (1946) – Director and Producer
• This Man Is Mine (1946) – Director and Producer

External links

• Marcel Varnel at the Internet Movie Database
• Marcel Varnel at the British Film Institute's Screenonline