Francis Lopez (composer) explained

Francis Lopez
Birth Date:	15 June 1916
Birth Place:	Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Death Date:	4 January 1995 (aged 78)
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Composer
Yearsactive:	1943-1981 (film)

Francis Lopez (1916–1995) was a French composer of film scores.^[1] 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

• 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)
• 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)

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Powrie & Cadalanu p.113