André Birabeau (6 December 1890 – 1 October 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
André Birabeau | |
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| Born | 6 December 1890 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 October 1974 (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright and screenwriter |
Novels and short stories
edit- La débauche (1924), English trans. Revelation (1930). Cited as the first novel about a homosexual man from the mother's point of view[1]
- Voyage d'agrément, became 1935 movie
- Chfr. 35 (short story, 1928), became 1942 French movie À vos ordres, Madame
- Le jardin aux vingt-cinq allées (1928)
- Désirable (1949)
- La belle égarée (1965)
- Rendez-vous avec l'amour (1972)
- L'amour naît où il veut (1974)
Plays
edit- Le coeur sur la main (1919)
- La peau (with Nicolas Nancey, 1919)
- Le bébé barbu (1920)
- La Femme fatale (1920), became 1946 movie
- Une sacrée petite blonde (with Pierre Woolf, 1921)
- Est-ce possible? (1923)
- Un jour de folie (1923)
- On a trouvé une femme nue (with Jean Guitton, 1923), became 1934 movie
- La fleur d'oranger (with Georges Dolley, 1924), became 1944 movie Fiori d'arancio
- Un petit nez retroussé (with Nicolas Nancey, 1924)
- Le chemin des écoliers (1924)
- Mon vieux (with Henri Bataille, 1924)
- Le petit péché (1924)
- Chifforton (1925)
- Un déjeuner de soleil (1925), became 1927 musical Lovely Lady, 1927 movie Breakfast at Sunrise, 1937 French movie A Picnic on the Grass, 1939 Italian movie At Your Orders, Madame
- L'eunuque (with Henri Duvernois, 1927)
- La fille et le garçon (with Georges Dolley, 1927)
- Le chemin des écoliers (1927)
- Un déjeuner d'amoureux (1927)
- Votre sourire (1928), became 1934 movie
- Côte d'Azur (with Georges Dolley, 1931), became 1932 movie
- Baisers perdus (1932), translated by Phyllis Roberts as Lost Kisses, became 1945 movie Lost Kisses
- Ma sœur de luxe (1933)
- Tempête sur les côtes (1933)
- Dame Nature (1935), English adaptation by Patricia Collinge 1939, became 1953 movie L'età dell'amore
- Fiston (1936), became 1937 movie My Son the Minister
- La Chaleur du sein (1937) aka Mother Love, became 1938 movie
- Pamplemousse (1937), became Theresa Helburn's Little Dark Horse (1941)
- Le nid (1938)
- Plaire (1941)
- Le séducteur (1945)
- El ojo de Moscú (written in Spanish) (1952)
- Souviens-toi mon amour (1954)
- El dúo de Manón (written in Spanish) (1926)
- Calor de nido (1955 Spanish trans. of Le nid)
- Trois pas sur le boulevard (1971) three one-act plays: L'amour avec un A majuscule, Papoupa and Le paladin.
Memoirs
edit- Tous feux éteints (1971)
Filmography
edit- Breakfast at Sunrise, directed by Malcolm St. Clair (1927, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
- The Girl and the Boy, directed by Wilhelm Thiele and Roger Le Bon (French, 1931, based on the play La fille et le garçon)
- Two Hearts Beat as One, directed by Wilhelm Thiele (German, 1932, based on the play La fille et le garçon)
- Côte d'Azur, directed by Roger Capellani (France, 1932, based on the play Côte d'Azur)
- Orange Blossom, directed by Henry Roussel (France, 1932, based on the play La fleur d'oranger)
- Buridan's Donkey, directed by Alexandre Ryder (France, 1932, adaptation of a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers)
- On a trouvé une femme nue, directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1934, based on the play On a trouvé une femme nue)
- Votre sourire, directed by Monty Banks and Pierre Caron (France, 1934, based on the play Votre sourire)
- Voyage d'agrément, directed by Christian-Jaque (France, 1935, based on the novel Voyage d'agrément)
- My Son the Minister, directed by Veit Harlan (Germany, 1937, based on the play Fiston)
- Un déjeuner de soleil, directed by Marcel Cravenne (France, 1937, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
- Mother Love (1938 film), directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1938, based on the play La Chaleur du sein)
- At Your Orders, Madame, directed by Mario Mattoli (Italy, 1939, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
- À vos ordres, Madame, directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1942, based on the short story Chfr. 35)
- Punto negro, directed by Luis Mottura (Argentina, 1943, based on the play Pamplemousse)
- Fiori d'arancio, directed by Hobbes Dino Cecchini (Italy, 1944, based on the play La fleur d'oranger)
- Lost Kisses, directed by Mario Soffici (Argentina, 1945, based on the play Baisers perdus)
- La Femme fatale, directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1946, based on the play La Femme fatale)
- Too Young for Love, directed by Lionello De Felice (Italy, 1953, based on the play Dame Nature)
References
edit- ^ Slide, Anthony Lost Gay Novels Routledge 2003 ISBN 978-1-56023-414-2 p23