Albert Vidalie (25 May 1913 – 8 June 1971) was a French writer, screenwriter, and songwriter.

Biography

Vidalie was the son of Jeanne Deshayes, a stitcher, born à

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in the

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and Jean-Baptiste Vidalie, a printing worker, born in

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. He married Madeleine Constantin in 1936, with whom he had three daughters, Colette (1937), Danièle (1946-1948) and Isabelle (1951). From the age of 12, he made small trades until the 39/45 war during which he was held prisoner for five years in Neusalz on Oder in

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. After the war, the

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sought memories and poems of prisoners. He introduced himself, and thanks to two poems in slang language, he became the assistant of a radio series and wrote scenarios and adaptations put on air. He also worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''

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''. Between 1952 and 1968, he published nine novels and short stories. He also attended the post-war

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. His friends were

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, Kléber Haedens,

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, and

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, the godfather of his daughters. He was also close to

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, and Georges Arnaud. He wrote cabaret shows played at the cabaret de la Rose Rouge, the Théâtre La Bruyère, at the Fontaine des 4 saisons, a cabaret directed by

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and wrote screenplays and dialogues for the cinema, adaptations or original texts. He was a lyricist of songs; the best known was ', created by

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in 1967. At the end of his life he wrote two screenplays for television serials, the second of which, '' Mandrin'', will not be released until after his death. He lived in Châtillon during his first 23 years, then

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, then in the

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ar Reillanne near

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close to his friend

. He finished his life in the

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Bibliography

Novels and collections of short stories

*1952: ''C'était donc vrai'' *1954: ''

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'' - adapted to cinema under the éponymous title by

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in 1958 *1955: ''La Bonne Ferte'',

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Prix des libraires The Prix des libraires (Booksellers award) is a French literary award that is given to the author of a novel written in French. The award is organized since 1955 by the Fédération Française Syndicale de la librairie (FFSL). Approximately 5000 boo ...

*1958: ''Chandeleur l'artiste'' *1959: ''La Belle Française'' *1960: ''Cadet la Rose'' *1961: ''Le Pont des Arts'' *1963: ''Les Verdures de l'Ouest'' *1968: ''Les Hussards de la Sorgue'' *2010: ''L'Aimable-Julie, Monsieur Charlot et Consorts'' -

Theatre

* 1949: ''Saint Parapin d'Malakoff'' - Play by Albert Vidalie, directed by

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, setting by Klementieff,

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, with Jean Tielment, Denise Bailly, Charles Bensoussan,

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, Jean Rocherot, , , Josette Rateau, Colette Gambier, M. Valo.Cf
Bases de données de l'Association de la Régie Théâtrale
accessdate = 8 February 2017. * 1949: ''Terror of Oklahoma'', in collaboration with

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and Louis Sapin * 1953: ''Les Images d'Epinal'', directed by

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, Cabaret La Fontaine des 4 Saisons of

with

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* 1954: '' Les Mystères de Paris'' by Albert Vidalie after

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, directed by

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, Théâtre La Bruyère * 1955: ''Les Petites Filles modèles'' by Albert Vidalie an Louis Sapin, directed by

, Cabaret La Fontaine des 4 Saisons * 1956: ''La Nuit romaine'' by Albert Vidalie, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt,

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with

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Scripts

He wrote the scripts for: * 1951: '' Terreur en Oklahoma'', short film directed by Paul Paviot, with

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* 1952: '' Torticola contre Frankensberg'', short film directed by Paul Paviot, with Michel Piccoli * 1952: '' Chicago-digest'', short film directed by Paul Paviot

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* 1952: ''Poil de carotte'', directed by Paul Mesnier with

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* 1960: '' Chien de pique'', directed by

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with

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* 1961: '' Le Capitaine Fracasse'' (film, 1961) directed by

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with

Jean Marais Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...

* 1962: ''Le Cousin de Callao'', directed by Jackie Pierre with

* 1964: '' La Mégère apprivoisée'' (Téléfilm - 1964), adaptation of the play by

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, directed by with Bernard Noël * 1968: ''

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'' (TV serial in 7 episodes - 1968), adaptation of the ''Cahiers du capitaine Coignet'', directed by with Henri Lambert * 1970: '' Mandrin'' (TV serial in 6 episodes - 1972) directed by Philippe Fourastié with Pierre Fabre.

Songs

* Vidalie wrote numerous texts in collaboration with

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for music. * songs were particularly performed by

(''Les loups sont entrés dans Paris'', music by , ''La dame de Bordeaux'', music by

Jacques Datin Jacques Datin (14 June 1920 – 24 August 1973) was a French composer. After his musical training he met songwriter Maurice Vidalin, and they wrote many songs for several performers. Since 1954, they wrote "On en dira" (written with Marc Lanje ...

, ''Les affreux'', music by Louis Bessières), * (''Chanson canaille'', ''La Java mélancolique'') *

Juliette Gréco Juliette Gréco (; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Désh ...

(''La Complainte de Sir Jack l'Éventreur'', music by Yves Darriet, (1955) *

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, *

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(''Actualités'', music by Stéphane Golman) * (''La chanson de Jim'')

Souvenir

* The figure of Albert Vidalie is warmly evoked in the novel ' by

References

External links

*
''Bonnes nouvelles d'Albert Vidalie''
on ''

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''
''Les Loups d’Albert Vidalie''
on Lesparisdld.com

on ''La Revue Critique'' (11 March 2011)
''Le verbe allègre'' d'Albert Vidalie
on ''

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'' (18 November 2010)
Les grandes fictions de la télévision sur Ina.fr
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