Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 – 3 November 1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote approximately sixty plays and was best known for comedy. Many of his works were produced on Broadway including Monsieur Lamberthier, adapted into Jealousy (1928) starring John Halliday and Fay Bainter, and subsequently adapted again in 1946 as Obsession with Eugenie Leontovich and Basil Rathbone; and Affairs of State (1950) which starred Celeste Holm and Harry Bannister. Affairs of State ran for 610 performances at the Music Box Theatre and was the first work Verneuil wrote in English.
His screenwriting credits include Avec Le Sourire (With a Smile) (1936) which starred Maurice Chevalier, and Cosas de mujer (Feminine Wiles) (1951). The Bette Davis film Deception (1946) was a third adaptation of his Monsieur Lamberthier.
Verneuil was once married to Lysiane Bernhardt, the granddaughter of Sarah Bernhardt. In 1942 he wrote a biography of his grandmother-in-law, titled The Marvellous Life of Sarah Bernhardt.
Verneuil died by suicide at the age of 59 by slashing his throat. Police found his body in a bathtub. Verneuil is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Who Is the Man? (Silent film, 1924, based on Daniel)
Le Fauteuil 47 (Silent film, 1926, based on Le Fauteuil 47)
The World at Her Feet (Silent film, 1927, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
Get Your Man (Silent film, 1927, based on Tu m'épouseras)
My Sister and I (Silent film, 1929, based on Ma sœur et moi)
Jealousy (1929, based on Monsieur Lamberthier)
The Road to Paradise (French, 1930, French adaptation of a German screenplay)
Burglars (German, 1930, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
Caught in the Act (French, 1931, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
The Love Habit (1931, based on Pour avoir Adrienne)
My Cousin from Warsaw (French, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
My Cousin from Warsaw (German, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
The Woman They Talk About (German, 1931, based on Daniel)