Jacques Deval (27 June 1895 – 19 December 1972) was a French

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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) *''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) *''Il y a longtemps que je t'aime''; a play in two acts (1955) *''La Prétentaine''; a comedy in two acts (1957) *''Romancero''; a play in three acts (1958)

Filmography

* '' The Cardboard Lover'', directed by Robert Z. Leonard (1928, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * '' The Passionate Plumber'', directed by

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(1932, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * '' A Weak Woman'', directed by Max de Vaucorbeil (France, 1933, based on the play ''Une faible femme'') * ''

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'', directed by Jean Tarride (France, 1933, based on the play ''Étienne'') * '' Journal of a Crime'', directed by William Keighley (1934, remake of the 1933 film ''Une vie perdue'') * '' Marie Galante'', directed by Henry King (1934, based on the novel ''Marie Galante'') * '' Tovaritch'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1935, based on the play ''Tovaritch'') * '' Tovarich'', directed by

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(1937, based on the play ''Tovaritch'') * '' Say It in French'', directed by Andrew L. Stone (1938, based on the play ''Soubrette'') * '' Her Cardboard Lover'', directed by

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(1942, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * ''Una vírgen moderna'', directed by Joaquín Pardavé (Mexico, 1946, based on the play ''Mademoiselle'') * '' Miss Tatlock's Millions'', directed by Richard Haydn (1948, based on the play ''Oh, Brother!'') * '' Tuesday's Guest'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1950, based on the play ''La Femme de ta jeunesse'') * ''

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'', directed by

Ralph Habib Ralph Habib (Paris, 29 June 1912 – Paris, 27 June 1969) was a French film director of Lebanese people, Lebanese origin. He started his film career with Pathé. He later worked as assistant director notably Jean Dréville and Jean-Paul Le Chanoi ...

(France, 1956, remake of the 1936 film ''

'') * ', directed by Steno (Italy, 1961, based on the play ''Le Rayon des jouets'') * '' Geliebte Hochstaplerin'', directed by Ákos Ráthonyi (West Germany, 1961, based on the play ''La Prétentaine'') * '' L'altra metà del cielo'', directed by Franco Rossi (Italy, 1977, based on the play ''Romancero'')

Screenwriter

* ''Le Mauvais Garçon'', directed by Henri Diamant-Berger (France, 1923) * '' Jenny Lind'', directed by Arthur Robison (French, 1932) * ''Une vie perdue'', directed by Raymond Rouleau (France, 1933) * ''

'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1936) * '' Cafe Metropole'', directed by Edward H. Griffith (1937) * '' Domenica'', directed by Maurice Cloche (France, 1952) * ''

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'', directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (France, 1953)

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