Person
Louis De Rochemont
Production · 1899–1978 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
He co-founded and was the first director of The March of Time, which added topical issues to newsreels. He also produced feature film documentaries that based dramatic narrative on factual records, including "The House On 92nd Street" (1945), which used real FBI files, "Boomerang!" (1946), it included a reenactment of an actual murder case and a biography, "Martin Luther" (1953).
Known for

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Producer

Secrets of British Animation
Self (archive Photo)
The March of Time: Crisis in Italy
Producer
The March of Time: The Fighting French
Producer

Boomerang!
Producer
The March of Time: Sweden's Middle Road
Producer

13 Rue Madeleine
Producer
The March of Time: The Teachers’ Crisis
Producer
The March of Time: The Unknown Battle
Producer

The March of Time: An American Dictator
Director
Filmography
- 2018Secrets of British AnimationSelf (archive Photo)
- 1967Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was LyleProducer
- 1961The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneProducer
- 1960Man on a StringProducer
- 1958The March of Todd-AOProducer
- 1958Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian RadichDirector
- 1952Walk East on BeaconProducer
- 1951The Whistle at Eaton FallsProducer
- 1951A Day With The F.B.I.Director
- 1949Lost BoundariesProducer
- 1948The March of Time: Crisis in ItalyProducer
- 1947The March of Time: The Russians Nobody KnowsProducer
- 1947The March of Time: The Teachers’ CrisisProducer
- 1947Boomerang!Producer
- 1947The March of Time: Fashion Means BusinessProducer
- 194713 Rue MadeleineProducer
- 1945The House on 92nd StreetProducer
- 1945The March of Time: Where's the Meat?Producer
- 1945The March of Time: Report on ItalyProducer
- 1944The March of Time: The Unknown BattleProducer
- 1944The March of Time: What To Do with GermanyProducer
- 1944The March of Time: Post-War FarmsProducer
- 1944The March of Time: Underground ReportProducer
- 1944The March of Time: The Irish QuestionProducer
- 1944The March of Time: South American Front — 1944Producer
- 1944The March of Time: Sweden's Middle RoadProducer
- 1943Youth in CrisisDirector
- 1943Show-Business at WarProducer
- 1942We Are the MarinesDirector
- 1942Africa, Prelude to VictoryDirector
- 1942The March of Time: The Fighting FrenchProducer
- 1940The Ramparts We WatchDirector
- 1939The Movies March OnProducer
- 1938Inside Nazi GermanyProducer
- 1937The March of Time: Rehearsal for WarProducer
- 1936The March of Time: An American DictatorDirector
- 1934The First World WarEditor
- 1930Meet Me Down at Coney IsleDirector
- 1927Down to DalmatiaProducer
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