André Mouëzy-Éon (9 June 1880 – 23 October 1967) was a French dramatist, author of comedies, librettist, screenwriter and dialoguist.

André Mouëzy-Éon
André Mouëzy-Éon around 1910
Born
André Marie Joseph Mouëzy-Éon

9 June 1880
Died23 October 1967(1967-10-23) (aged 87)
Occupation(s)Dramatist, screenwriter, dialoguist

Biography

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André Mouëzy-Éon begins his career by writing short plays for the Théâtre de Cluny, located in the Latin quarter of Paris. After his conscription and before World War I, he became famous by going into the military vaudeville, a popular genre at the time with plays like Tire au flanc, Le Tampon du capiston, then Les Dégourdis de la 11e.

After the war, he collaborated with Nicolas Nancey on L'Héritier du bal Tabarin in 1919 and Il est cocu, le chef de gare in 1925.

During the 1920s, he gained interest in operetta and created several extravaganza pieces, operettas and sketch comedies with a famous author by the name of Albert Willemetz.

In 1924, the operetta Les Amants de Venise is created at the Opéra-Comique. The piece is performed again in 1928, at the théâtre Marigny under the title Venise.

In 1950 le théâtre du Châtelet sets up Pour Don Carlos, music by Francis Lopez, libretto by André Mouëzy-Éon.

Plays and operettas

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  • Tire-au-flanc. Vaudeville in three acts (with André Sylvane, 1904)
  • L'Enfant de ma sœur. Play in three acts (with Robert Francheville, 12 November 1908)
  • Les Dégourdis de la 11e. Vaudeville in three acts (with Charles Daveillans, 20 November 1913)
  • La Folle Nuit. Conte galant in three acts (with Félix Gandéra, music by Marcel Pollet, at the théâtre Édouard VII, 5 April 1917)
  • La Petite Bonne d'Abraham. Conte biblique in three acts (with Félix Gandéra, music by Marcel Pollet, at the théâtre Édouard VII, 13 December 1917)
  • Le Tampon du capiston. Vaudeville in three acts (with Alfred Vercourt and Jean Bever, 1918)
  • La Liaison dangereuse (1 January 1919)
  • L'Héritier du bal Tabarin. Vaudeville in three acts (with Nicolas Nancey, 1919)
  • Le Crime du Bouif. Crime drama in four acts (based on a novel by Georges de La Fouchardière, 4 February 1921)
  • Bibi-la-Purée. Play in four acts (with Alexandre Fontanes, 1924)
  • Il est cocu, le chef de gare. Vaudeville in three acts (with Nicolas Nancey, 1924)
  • Au premier de ces messieurs. Play in three acts (with Yves Mirande, 14 May 1926)
  • Plein aux as. Play in four acts (with Alexandre Fontanes, based on the novel Flipotte by Henry Kistemaeckers, at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1926)
  • Venise (25 June 1927)
  • Le Renard chez les poules (31 January 1929)
  • Olive (2 November 1929)
  • L'Amour à l'américaine. Comedy in three acts (with Robert Spitzer, 20 March 1930)
  • Sidonie Panache. Operetta in two acts (with Albert Willemetz, music by Josef Szulc, 6 December 1930)
  • La Chienne. Play in three acts (based on a novel by Georges de La Fouchardière, 12 December 1930)
  • 600 000 francs par mois. Play in three acts (with Albert-Jean, based on a novel by Jean Drault, 9 November 1931)
  • Nina-Rosa (22 December 1931)
  • La Tulipe noire (18 March 1932)
  • La Dubarry (21 October 1933)
  • Rose de France (28 October 1933)
  • The Great Waltz (21 December 1933)
  • Au temps des Merveilleuses (25 December 1934)
  • Un coup de veine (11 October 1935)
  • Au soleil du Mexique (18 December 1935)
  • Yana (24 December 1936)
  • Le Chant du tzigane (11 December 1937)
  • La Margoton du bataillon (22 December 1937)
  • Billie et son équipe by Michel Emer and Jean Sautreuil, libretto by André Mouëzy-Éon and Albert Willemetz, Théâtre Mogador (6 March 1939)
  • Théâtre du Grand Guignol
    • 1941 : La Bonne Tempête
    • 1941 : La Sauce archiduc
    • 1942 : Fermeture éclair
    • 1943 : Lune rousse
    • 1944 : Factice
    • 1946 : Monsieur est servi
  • Chanson gitane, operetta by A. Mouezy-Eon and Maurice Yvain (December 1946, Gaîté Lyrique)
  • Pour Don Carlos, music by Francis Lopez, libretto by André Mouëzy-Éon, songs by Raymond Vincy after Pierre Benoit, mise en scène Maurice Lehmann (1950, Théâtre du Châtelet)

Filmography

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Films based on plays by André Mouëzy-Éon

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Screenwriter

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Actor

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Books

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  • André Mouëzy-Éon, Les Adieux de la troupe : souvenirs de théâtre, éditions La Table ronde, 1963 OCLC 21267818
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