Jean de Limur (13 November 1887 – 5 June 1976) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). He was born in Vouhé, Charente-Maritime. A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother André (who married Ethel, daughter of William Henry Crocker). He died in Paris in 1976.
Selected filmography The Arab (1924) actor Human Desires (1924) The Legion of the Condemned (1928) co-screenplay The Letter (1929) director Jealousy (1929) director My Childish Father (1930) Monsieur the Duke (1931) Paprika (1933) director L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon (1935) The Slipper Episode (1935) La Garçonne (1936) director; with Arletty, Edith Piaf, and Marie Bell Runaway Ladies (1938) The City of Lights (1938) The Man Who Played with Fire (1942) The Golden Age (1942) Apparition (1943) The Great Pack (1945)
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