Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 â€" 3 November
1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil,[1] was a French
playwright, screenwriter, and actor.Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote
approximately sixty plays and was best known for comedy. Many of his
works were produced on Broadway including Monsieur Lamberthier,
adapted into Jealousy (1928) starring John Halliday and Fay Bainter,
and subsequently adapted again in 1946 as Obsession with Eugenie
Leontovich and Basil Rathbone; and Affairs of State (1950) which
starred Celeste Holm and Harry Bannister. Affairs of State ran for 610
performances at the Music Box Theatre and was the first work Verneuil
wrote in English.His screenwriting credits include Avec Le Sourire
(With a Smile) (1936) which starred Maurice Chevalier, and Cosas de
mujer (Feminine Wiles) (1951). The Bette Davis film Deception (1946)
was a third adaptation of his Monsieur Lamberthier.Verneuil was once
married to Lysiane Bernhardt, the granddaughter of Sarah Bernhardt.
1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil,[1] was a French
playwright, screenwriter, and actor.Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote
approximately sixty plays and was best known for comedy. Many of his
works were produced on Broadway including Monsieur Lamberthier,
adapted into Jealousy (1928) starring John Halliday and Fay Bainter,
and subsequently adapted again in 1946 as Obsession with Eugenie
Leontovich and Basil Rathbone; and Affairs of State (1950) which
starred Celeste Holm and Harry Bannister. Affairs of State ran for 610
performances at the Music Box Theatre and was the first work Verneuil
wrote in English.His screenwriting credits include Avec Le Sourire
(With a Smile) (1936) which starred Maurice Chevalier, and Cosas de
mujer (Feminine Wiles) (1951). The Bette Davis film Deception (1946)
was a third adaptation of his Monsieur Lamberthier.Verneuil was once
married to Lysiane Bernhardt, the granddaughter of Sarah Bernhardt.
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