Michel Dulud (11 January 1902 – 4 March 1997),''Qui était qui?: mémorial aéronautique''
Marcel Catillon, 2004 was a French

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and

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. He passed his military pilot's license in 1936, and gave lectures on the beginnings of aeronautics, before becoming a playwright, performed in Paris ( Théâtre Fontaine) and in New York. He also tried his hand at cinema as a screenwriter and directed two films.

Theater

* 1937: ''La nuit du 7'' (premiered at Théâtre Français of New-York in February then at

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de Paris in May) * 1939: ''Le Revenant'' (at Théâtre des capucines in February) * 1942: ''On demande'' (at Théâtre Antoine in June) * 1944: ''Monseigneur'' (at Théâtre Daunou in April) * 1947: ''Tous les deux'' (at Théâtre Antoine in March) * 1949: ''Deux coqs vivaient en paix'' (after a tale by

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, premiered at Théâtre Monceau in December) * 1952: ''Back Street'' (after

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, premiered at Brussels, then at Théâtre Fontaine in Paris, in April) * 1956: ''Les Inconsolables'' (at Théâtre du Vieux Colombier in April, with an act by Michel Dulud ''en lisant Maupassant'')

Filmography

* 1946: ' (script & direction) * 1949: ' (adaptation & dialogues, based on the play ''Tous les deux'') * 1950: ' (script & direction, based on the play ''Monseigneur'') * 1951: ''

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'' (script & dialogues) * 1952: ' * 1953: '' Little Jacques'' (dialogues) * 1954: ' * 1955: ' (screenwriter) * 1959: ' (script)

Bibliography

* 1953: ''La Famille Duraton'' - Published under the pseudonym "Saint-Marre" * 1958: ''Du Guesclin'' - Published under the pseudonym "Michel Dulud"

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dulud, Michel 1902 births 1997 deaths 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French film directors 20th-century French screenwriters Writers from Paris