Rowland Leigh (1902 – 1963) was an aristocratic Anglo-American lyricist, screenwriter, and librettist, who worked with many famous actors and musicians during his career on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Rowland Leigh | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Roland Henry Gordon Leigh |
| Also known as | Rowley Leigh |
| Born | 16 May 1902 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 8 October 1963 New York City, United States |
| Genres | Musical theatre, popular |
| Occupation(s) | Lyricist, librettist |
Family
editHis mother, Hon Mrs Leigh,[1] was the youngest daughter of General William Washington Gordon and he was in remainder to the peerage title of Baron Leigh, through his father the Hon Rowland Leigh (1859–1943).
Leigh married 17 November 1937 Catherine de Bernard de La Fosse, daughter of Vicomte Pierre de Bernard de La Fosse, of Château de Beaumont, Loir-et-Cher, France, but they had no children and divorced in 1943.[2]
Works
editFilmography
edit| Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1930 | Elstree Calling[3] | ||
| 1932 | Congress Dances | adaption and lyric | lyrics to "Just Once for All Time" |
| F.P.1[4] | music | ||
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | screenplay | written with Michael Jacoby |
| 1937 | Tovarich | dialogue director | |
| The Great Garrick | contributor to screenplay construction and dialogue (uncredited) | based on the play Ladies and Gentlemen by Ernest Vajda | |
| First Lady | screenplay | based on the play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Katharine Dayton. | |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | screenplay construction contributor (uncredited) and contributor to treatment (uncredited) | |
| Men Are Such Fools | screenplay constructor (uncredited) | based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Faith Baldwin | |
| Secrets of an Actress | screenplay | ||
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night | screenplay | based on Vigil in the Night by A. J. Cronin |
| My Love Came Back | screenplay construction contributor (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Knickerbocker Holiday | screenplay | based on the musical Knickerbocker Holiday by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson |
| Summer Storm | screenplay | based on the novella The Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov | |
| The Master Race | screenplay | ||
| 1945 | A Song for Miss Julie | screenplay | |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | additional dialogue | |
| 1947 | Tarzan and the Huntress | screenplay/story | based on characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Heaven Only Knows | screenplay | ||
| 1949 | Siren of Atlantis | screenplay | based on the novel Atlantida by Pierre Benoît |
| Addio Mimí! | writer | based on the novel Latin Quarter by Henri Murger | |
Stage works
edit| Stage works[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
| 1930 | Wonder Bar | musical comedy | lyrics and adapted libretto | music by Robert Katscher and libretto/lyrics by Géza Herczeg and Karl Farkas, translated from Die Wunder-Bar[6]: 72 |
| 1932 | The Dubarry | operetta | lyrics and adapted libretto | music by Carl Millocker and libretto by Desmond Carter, translated from Gräfin Dubarry |
| 1934 | A Divine Moment | play | director | written by Robert Hare Powel |
| Music Hath Charms | musical | lyrics and book | music by Rudolf Friml, lyrics and book by George Rosener and John Shubert | |
| 1937 | Three Waltzes | musical | book | based on music by Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, and Oscar Straus, book by Clare Kummer, based on a play by Paul Knepler and Armin Robinson |
| You Never Know | musical | lyrics, book, and director | music by Cole Porter and Robert Katscher, lyrics by Porter and Edwin Gilbert, based on By Candlelight by Siegfried Geyer and Karl Farkas | |
| 1940 | Walk With Music | musical | supervised by | music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, book by Guy Bolton, Parke Levy, and Alan Lipscott |
| Return Engagement | play | director | written by Lawrence Riley,co-directed by Frank Merlin | |
| 1941 | Night of Love | musical | lyrics and book | music by Robert Stolz, based on a play by Lili Hatvany |
| Gabrielle | play | producer | written by Leonardo Bercovici, based on Tristan by Thomas Mann, incidental music by Rudi Revil | |
| 1948 | My Romance | musical | lyrics, book, and director | music by Sigmund Romberg |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 2293 (LEIGH, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Généalogie de Bernard de La Fosse
- ^ www.timeout.com
- ^ www.amctv.com
- ^ www.ibdb.com
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). "30.405". The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (hardcover) (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8108-9303-0 – via books.google.co.uk.
