Francis Lopez (composer)

{{short description|French composer}} {{Infobox person | name = Francis Lopez | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 15 June 1916 | birth_place = Montbéliard, Doubs, France | death_date = 4 January 1995 (aged 78) | death_place = Paris, France | other_names = | occupation = Composer | years_active = 1943-1981 (film) }} '''Francis Lopez''' (1916–1995) was a French composer of film scores.<ref>Powrie & Cadalanu p.113</ref> He also wrote a number of operettas, many of which starred Luis Mariano. He was married several times including to the actress Sylvia Lopez.

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * ''Alone in the Night'' (1945) * ''The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''Fandango'' (1949) * ''Marlene'' (1949) * ''Eve and the Serpent'' (1949) * ''The Widow and the Innocent'' (1949) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * ''The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''I'm in the Revue'' (1950) * ''Andalusia'' (1951) * ''The Dream of Andalusia'' (1951) * ''Rendezvous in Grenada'' (1951) * ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' (1952) * ''My Priest Among the Rich'' (1952) * ''Imperial Violets'' (1952) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * ''Their Last Night'' (1953) * ''The Cheerful Caravan'' (1953) * ''Saluti e baci'' (1953) * ''The Beauty of Cadiz'' (1953) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1953) * ''Adventures of the Barber of Seville'' (1954) * ''Four Days in Paris'' (1955) * ''Fruits of Summer'' (1955) * ''Zaza'' (1956) * ''Love in Jamaica'' (1957) * ''Irresistible Catherine'' (1957) * ''A Night at the Moulin Rouge'' (1957) * ''The Singer from Mexico'' (1957) * ''Serenade of Texas'' (1958) *''White Cargo'' (1958) * ''The Bureaucrats'' (1959) * ''The Game of Truth'' (1961) {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Creekmur, Corey & Mokdad, Linda. ''The International Film Musical''. Edinburgh University Press, 2012. * Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie . ''The French Film Musical''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0530117}}

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