He was hired by the Peerless Studio at Fort Lee, New Jersey, and became an assistant to the French-born director Maurice Tourneur.

Maurice Tourneur was also highly ranked for the pictorial beauties of his films, together with the subtlety of his handling of fantasy, while at the same time he was capable of getting greater naturalism from his actors at appropriate moments, as in A Girl's Folly ( 1917 ).

She then continued her career in the United States, as did Maurice Tourneur and Léonce Perret after World War I.

Directors such as Albert Capellani ( a French director who also did work in America directing Alla Nazimova films ) and Maurice Tourneur insisted on naturalism in their films.

* August 4 – Maurice Tourneur, French film director ( b. 1873 )

* February 2 – Maurice Tourneur, French film director ( d. 1961 )

1911 ; film of play, directed by Maurice Tourneur, released in 1918 ); Lyall, Eric: Two Pierrot Plays ( 1918 ); Rodker, John: " Fear " ( 1914 ), " Twilight I " ( 1915 ), " Twilight II " ( 1915 ); Sargent, Herbert C .: Pierrot Playlets: Cackle for Concert Parties ( 1920 ).

The movie was adapted by Robert Dillon and directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur.

Category: Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur.

Category: Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

* August 4 – Maurice Tourneur, 88, French film director

He first found work as an extra with the Thomas Ince Studios, and soon became a favorite of Maurice Tourneur, who also hired him to write and direct several pictures.

* The Blue Bird ( 1918 film ), a silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur

Katia, released in 1938, was directed by Maurice Tourneur, and the identically-named Katia was directed by Robert Siodmak and released in 1959.

The 1923 silent film The Isle of Lost Ships, an atmospheric adventure from director Maurice Tourneur, takes place in the Sargasso Sea.

* Les Deux Orphelines ( Maurice Tourneur ), 1933

* The Blue Bird ( 1918 film ), a silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur

Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur.

) In 1912, back in France, she was offered a role in a film by the up-and-coming young director Maurice Tourneur.

Using the stage name Maurice Tourneur, he began his show business career performing in secondary roles on stage and eventually toured England and South America as part of the theater company for the great star Gabrielle Réjane.

Before long, Maurice Tourneur was a major and respected force in American film and a founding member of the East Coast chapter of the Motion Picture Directors Association.

On his passing in 1961, Maurice Tourneur was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Maurice Tourneur was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6243 Hollywood Blvd.

Inside the monument, a new permanent exhibition conceived by the artist Maurice Benayoun and the architect Christophe Girault opened in February 2007.

* February 13 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician ( d. 1838 )

* February 25 – Maurice André, French trumpeter ( b. 1933 )

At the instance of St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Pope Benedict XIV ( 1740 – 1758 ) forbade the quarrying of the Colosseum and erected Stations of the Cross around the arena, which remained until February 1874.

Pétain took over on 25 February and appointed colonel Maurice de Barescut, a longtime associate and proven executive, as the permanent Chief of Staff in charge of the Verdun sector.

A permanent group of party members who would serve as the Saalschutz Abteilung ( hall defense detachment ) for the DAP gathered around Emil Maurice after the February 1920 incident at the Hofbräuhaus.

* Grand Master of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 20 February 1773 – 16 October 1796

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS ( 10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986 ) was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963.

Maurice Papon (; September 3, 1910 – February 17, 2007 ) was a French civil servant, leading the police in major prefectures and in Paris during the Nazi Occupation of France and into the 1960s.

In February 1957, Brel performed at the Alhambra Theatre with Maurice Chevalier, Michel Legrand, and ballet dancer Zizi Jeanmaire.

Maurice River Township was first formed as a precinct on January 19, 1748, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798.

* February 18 – Lulu and Bee Gee Maurice Gibb are married in England

Buchanan ran his winning streak to 23 consecutive bouts before challenging Maurice Cullen on 19 February 1968 for the British Lightweight title in London.

As a result, Fernand Pouey, the director of dramatic and literary broadcasts for French radio, assembled a panel to consider the broadcast of Among the approximately 50 artists, writers, musicians, and journalists present for a private listening on 5 February 1948 were Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, Raymond Queneau, Jean-Louis Barrault, René Clair, Jean Paulhan, Maurice Nadeau, Georges Auric, Claude Mauriac, and René Char.

* 7 February — Irish forms of football are formally arranged into an organised playing code by the Gaelic Athletic Association, the rules being drawn up by Maurice Davin and published in the United Ireland magazine.

In February 1979 Maurice White of the R & B group Earth, Wind and Fire re-launched the American Recording Company ( ARC ), a Columbia Records distributed label whose artist roster included Deniece Williams and the Emotions.

Gaston Maurice Julia ( February 3, 1893 – March 19, 1978 ) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set.

Maurice Blanchot ( September 22, 1907, Devrouze, Saône-et-Loire – February 20, 2003 ) was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist.

In his MMA debut, Roufus lost to former UFC heavyweight champion Maurice Smith in the first round via kimura at the Strikeforce: At The Dome event in Tacoma, Washington on February 23, 2008 at the Tacoma Dome .< ref >

The pilot issue of the new Searchlight appeared in February 1975, with Maurice Ludmer as its editor.

However, senior SOE people and even Maurice Buckmaster himself refused to believe the reports and Déricourt continued his work in France until February 1944.

On February 6, 1958, after a Government change, Maurice Yaméogo was appointed Minister of Interior.

* February 19-Richard Maurice Bucke, psychiatrist ( b. 1837 )

The House of Aaron, formerly the Aaronic Order, is a Christian sect founded in 1942 by Maurice L. Glendenning ( February 15, 1891 Randolph, Kansas – October 5, 1969 in Utah ).