Philippe De Lacy

Philippe De Lacy

Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy (July 25, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was a former silent film era child actor. Born during World War I, the already fatherless Philippe lost his mother and five siblings when a German shell devastated the family home. Only two days old at the time of tragedy, the boy was kept alive, but barely, in the basement of his grandmother's house. He was adopted by Mrs. Edith De Lacy, who was associated with the U.S. Woman's Overseas Hospital. After the war ended, Mrs. De Lacy brought Philippe to America, where his stunning looks soon created opportunities for him as a model for magazine advertisements. His modeling assignments brought him to the attention of Hollywood, and he appeared in his first film in a bit part at the age of four. Phillipe's childhood story was used as the subject of a fictional children's book, Little Philippe of Belgium, written by Madeline Brandeis as part of her "Children of the World" series. De Lacy freelanced for several studios in the 1920s, but mostly for Paramount. In 1924 he played the role of Michael Darling in the classic silent version of Peter Pan, with Betty Bronson. He played the young Don Juan at ten years of age in John Barrymore's Don Juan (1926), and in 1927 he played the young prince Karl Heinrich in Ernst Lubitsch's memorable The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, which also starred Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer. Also in 1927 he starred with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Love, an updated version of the Tolstoy novel Anna Karenina in which he played the young son of Anna, Serezha Karenin. When the sound era arrived De Lacy's acting career was declining, and he never made the transition from child actor to adult. Apart from his films, De Lacy also did some work in the theatre. However he had lost his boyish charm by his early teens and retired from the screen in the early 1930s. De Lacy concentrated on the production end of films as a producer, director and cinematographer. He became an assistant to director Louis De Rochemont and worked with him in the 1940 film The Ramparts We Watch. Eventually he became an executive with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, a position he held for over 25 years. De Lacy’s first credit was in 1942 as an editorial associate for the US armed forces propaganda film We Are The Marines. Radio and television announcer Westbrook Van Voorhis provided the narration for the documentary, which was effectively a full-length fighting feature. In 1944 De Lacy was involved in another documentary, this time for the US Navy, filmed aboard the carrier Yorktown. The narrators in this documentary were actors Robert Taylor (who was actually a lieutenant in the navy at the time) and Charles Boyer who supplied the French narration. De Lacy was the cinematographer in The Fighting Lady and had three real life naval commanders to assist him. This film won the 1945 Oscar for Best Documentary. De Lacy then turned his hand to directing a television series in 1950, and in addition, he also became manager of a local Hollywood television station.

  • Titlu: Philippe De Lacy
  • Popularitate: 0.889
  • Cunoscut pentru: Acting
  • Zi de nastere: 1917-07-25
  • Locul nasterii: Nancy, France
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  • De asemenea cunoscut ca si: Philippe De Lacey, Philip De Lacy, Phillippe De Lacy, Philipe de Lacy, Philippe deLacy
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  • 1927
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    Is Zat So?

    Is Zat So?

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  • 1927
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    The Tigress

    The Tigress

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Happy Warrior

    The Happy Warrior

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1926
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    Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

    5.9 1926 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    7.2 1928 HD

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  • 1924
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    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    7 1924 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Magic Garden

    The Magic Garden

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
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    General Crack

    General Crack

    1 1929 HD

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    The Royal Rider

    The Royal Rider

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
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    Love

    Love

    6.1 1927 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Sins of the Children

    The Sins of the Children

    4 1930 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Four Feathers

    The Four Feathers

    4.4 1929 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Broken Mask

    The Broken Mask

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1923
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    Rosita

    Rosita

    6.5 1923 HD

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  • 1927
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    Mother Machree

    Mother Machree

    6.2 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Way of All Flesh

    The Way of All Flesh

    6.9 1927 HD

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  • 1930
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    Sarah and Son

    Sarah and Son

    5.1 1930 HD

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    One Romantic Night

    One Romantic Night

    5.3 1930 HD

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  • 1929
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    Square Shoulders

    Square Shoulders

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Riddle: Woman

    The Riddle: Woman

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1925
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    A Lover's Oath

    A Lover's Oath

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1928
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    Napoleon's Barber

    Napoleon's Barber

    5 1928 HD

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    The Marriage Playground

    The Marriage Playground

    5.8 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    Flesh and the Devil

    Flesh and the Devil

    7.3 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Redeeming Sin

    The Redeeming Sin

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    6.6 1926 HD

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  • 1955
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    Cinerama Holiday

    Cinerama Holiday

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Best of Cinerama

    The Best of Cinerama

    4 1963 HD

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