Rowland Leigh

For those of the same or similar names, see Rowland Lee (disambiguation).

Rowland Leigh
Birth name	Roland Henry Gordon Leigh
Also known as	Rowley Leigh
Born	16 May 1902 London, United Kingdom
Died	8 October 1963 New York City, United States
Genres	Musical theatre, popular
Occupation(s)	Lyricist, librettist

Rowland Leigh (1902 – 1963) was an aristocratic Anglo-American lyricist, screenwriter, and librettist, who worked with many famous actors and musicians during his career on Broadway and in Hollywood.

Family

His mother, Hon Mrs Leigh, was the youngest daughter of General William Washington Gordon and he was in remainder to the peerage title of Baron Leigh, through his father the Hon Rowland Leigh (1859–1943).

Leigh married 17 November 1937 Catherine de Bernard de La Fosse, daughter of Vicomte Pierre de Bernard de La Fosse, of Château de Beaumont, Loir-et-Cher, France, but they had no children and divorced in 1943.

Works

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1930	Elstree Calling
1932	Congress Dances	adaption and lyric	lyrics to "Just Once for All Time"
	F.P.1	music
1936	The Charge of the Light Brigade	screenplay	written with Michael Jacoby
1937	Tovarich	dialogue director
	The Great Garrick	contributor to screenplay construction and dialogue (uncredited)	based on the play Ladies and Gentlemen by Ernest Vajda
	First Lady (film)	screenplay	based on the play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Katharine Dayton.
1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	screenplay construction contributor (uncredited) and contributor to treatment (uncredited)
	Men Are Such Fools	screenplay constructor (uncredited)	based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Faith Baldwin
	Secrets of an Actress	screenplay
1940	Vigil in the Night	screenplay	based on Vigil in the Night by A. J. Cronin
	My Love Came Back	screenplay construction contributor (uncredited)
1944	Knickerbocker Holiday	screenplay	based on the musical Knickerbocker Holiday by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
	Summer Storm	screenplay	based on the novella The Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov
	The Master Race	screenplay
1945	A Song for Miss Julie	screenplay
1946	Heartbeat	additional dialogue
1947	Tarzan and the Huntress	screenplay/story	based on characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs
	Heaven Only Knows	screenplay
1949	Siren of Atlantis	screenplay	based on the novel Atlantida by Pierre Benoît
	Addio Mimí!	writer	based on the novel Latin Quarter by Henri Murger

Stage works

Stage works
Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1932	The Dubarry	operetta	lyrics and adapted libretto	music by Carl Millocker and libretto by Desmond Carter, translated from Gräfin Dubarry
1934	A Divine Moment	play	director	written by Robert Hare Powel
	Music Hath Charms	musical	lyrics and book	music by Rudolf Friml, lyrics and book by George Rosener and John Shubert
1937	Three Waltzes	musical	book	based on music by Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, and Oscar Straus, book by Clare Kummer, based on a play by Paul Knepler and Armin Robinson
	You Never Know	musical	lyrics, book, and director	music by Cole Porter and Robert Katscher, lyrics by Porter and Edwin Gilbert, based on By Candlelight by Siegfried Geyer and Karl Farkas
1940	Walk With Music	musical	supervised by	music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, book by Guy Bolton, Parke Levy, and Alan Lipscott
	Return Engagement	play	director	written by Lawrence Riley,co-directed by Frank Merlin
1941	Night of Love	musical	lyrics and book	music by Robert Stolz, based on a play by Lili Hatvany
	Gabrielle	play	producer	written by Leonardo Bercovici, based on Tristan by Thomas Mann, incidental music by Rudi Revil
1948	My Romance	musical	lyrics, book, and director	music by Sigmund Romberg

See also

• Baron Leigh

References

External links

• Rowland Leigh at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rowland Leigh at IMDb