Tourneur

[ tur-ner ]

noun

1. Cyril, 1575?–1626, English dramatist.

Tourneur

/ ˈtɜːnə /

noun

1. TourneurCyril?15751626MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist Cyril. ?1575–1626, English dramatist; author of The Atheist's Tragedy (1611) and, reputedly, of The Revenger's Tragedy (1607)

Example Sentences

“Saboteur” with “The Flame and the Arrow” This double bill of films co-starring the late Norman Lloyd pairs Alfred Hitchcock’s black-and-white 1942 espionage thriller, featuring Robert Cummings, with Jacques Tourneur’s Technicolor 1950 swashbuckler starring Burt Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times

“Psycho” with “Cat People” Double bills pairs Hitchcock’s black-and-white 1960 terror tale starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh with Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 fantasy drama starring Simone Simon.

From Los Angeles Times

“Out of the Past” with “Notorious” This double bill pairs Jacques Tourneur’s gritty 1947 film noir starring Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas and Jane Greer with Alfred Hitchcock’s erotic 1946 espionage thriller starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

From Los Angeles Times

When I was writing my dissertation, on Tourneur’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, I received the following letter from Francis.

From Literature

Despite its corny premise, this Jacques Tourneur–Val Newton collaboration remains creepy and horrifying because of what it chose to leave off-screen.

From Slate