Jacques Deval

Jacques Deval (1895–1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.[1]

Jacques Deval
Born27 June 1895
Died19 December 1972
Paris, France
Other namesJacques Boularan
OccupationScreenwriter, Director
Years active1923–1972 (film)

Novels

  • Marie Galante (1931)

Plays

  • Une faible femme; a comedy in three acts (1920)
  • Dans sa candeur naïve; a comedy in three acts (1926); translated into English as Her Cardboard Lover (1927), Valerie Wyngate and P.G. Wodehouse
  • Étienne; a play in three acts (1930)
  • Mademoiselle; a comedy in three acts (1932)
  • Tovarich; a play in four acts (1933)
  • Marie Galante; a play with music in two acts, based on the novel Marie Galante. Music by Kurt Weill (1934)[note 1]
  • Soubrette; a comedy in three acts (1938)
  • Oh, Brother!; a comedy in three acts (1945)
  • La Femme de ta jeunesse; a play in three acts (1947)
  • Le Rayon des jouets; a comedy in three acts (1951)
  • La Prétentaine; a comedy in two acts (1957)
  • Romancero; a play in three acts (1958)

Filmography

Screenwriter

Notes

  1. Synopsis of the musical-play, courtesy of the Kurt Weill Foundation: "Marie is kidnapped and taken to Panama by a lecherous sea captain, who abandons her when she will not give in to his desires. She becomes a prostitute in order to earn money to return to France; meanwhile, she is unwittingly involved in an espionage plot. She spends most of her money to care for a dying black man whom no one else will tend to. When she does finally save enough money for a steamer fare, she is murdered by a spy who fears discovery the night before the boat sails."[2]

References

  1. Crisp 1993, p. 175.
  2. "Marie Galante (1934)". kwf.org. The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Synopsis. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

Sources

  • Crisp, Colin (1993). The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960 (hardcover) (1st ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-31550-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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