Photo dédicacée de Simon Gantillon (cropped)

Simon Gantillon (7 January 1887 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

– 9 September 1961 in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

) was a 20th-century French screenwriter and playwright.

Filmography

; Screenwriter * 1932: ''

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'' by

Vladimir Strizhevsky Vladimir Strizhevsky (1892–1977) was an actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born in the Russian Empire and later emigrated to France and Germany, where he worked for Joseph N. Ermolieff's Films Albatros and collaborated often with othe ...

* 1938: '' Gibraltar'' by

Fedor Ozep Fedor Ozep or Fyodor Otsep (russian: Фёдор Алекса́ндрович О́цеп, ''Fyodor Aleksandrovich Otsep''; February 9, 1895 – June 20, 1949) was a Russian-American film director and screenwriter, born in Moscow. An important earl ...

* 1939: '' Personal Column'' by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as '' The Killers'' (19 ...

* 1945: ''

Mission spéciale ''Special Mission'' (French: ''Mission spéciale'') is a 1946 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jany Holt, Pierre Renoir and Jean Davy.Siehlohr p.62 The film's art direction was by Claude Bouxin. It was released in t ...

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Maurice de Canonge Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French actor and film director.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon. Selected filmography Director * '' Inspector Grey'' (1936) * ''Captain ...

* 1947: ''

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Christian Stengel Christian Stengel (1902–1986) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.939-940 Originally a bank clerk, he entered films in 1933 when he wrote his first screenplay. Selected filmography * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' The Form ...

* 1947: '' Rumours'' by

Jacques Daroy Jacques Daroy (1896–1963) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed the historical crime film '' Vidocq'' in 1939.Crisp p.38 Selected filmography Director * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Raboliot'' (1946) *'' Rumours'' (1947) * '' Inspec ...

* 1947: ''

Love Around the House ''Love Around the House'' (French: ''L'amour autour de la maison'') is a 1947 French-Belgian drama film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Pierre Brasseur, María Casares and Julien Carette.Thys p. 301 It was shot at the Billancourt Stud ...

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Pierre de Hérain Pierre de Hérain (24 July 1904 – 25 September 1972) was a French film director. Early life Pierre de Hérain was born as Pierre Déhérain on 24 July 1904 in Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise, France. His father, François de Hérain, was a painter ...

(dialoguist only) * 1947: ''

Lured ''Lured'' is a 1947 film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff. The film is a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1939 French film '' Pièges'' (titled ''Personal Column'' in the United ...

'' by

Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left f ...

* 1949: ''

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Raymond Bernard Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Mi ...

Adaptation of the Simon Gantillon's play created in 1924, mise en scène by

Gaston Baty Gaston Baty (26 May 1885 – 13 October 1952), whose full name was Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Gaston Baty, was a French playwright and theatre director. He was born in Pélussin, Loire, France. Career In 1921, Baty formed his own company ''Les Compag ...

and performed more than one thousand times: "It is the biggest success of the interwar period" (''La France noire'', La Découverte, 2012). It had been translated into 17 languages writes Michel Vais (''L'Écrivain scénique'', Presses universitaires du Québec, 1978)

Plays

* 1923: ''Cyclone'' * 1924: ''Maya'' * 1928: ''Départs'' * 1931: ''Bifur'' * ''Mirages'' * ''Fugues'' * ''Iles fortunées''

References

External links

Simon Gantillon
on data.bnf.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gantillon, Simon 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1887 births Writers from Lyon 1961 deaths