Steve Passeur, pen name of Étienne Morin, was a French dramatist and screenwriter. His plays with scathing replicas often depicted cynical characters. Prior to 1940, Steve Passeur was considered as an author of the avant-garde, whose works were staged and played by

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Theatre

;Dramatist *1925: ''La Maison ouverte'', 3 acts play *1925: ''La Traversée de Paris à la nage'', Paris, Maison de l'Œuvre *1925: ''Un bout de fil coupé en deux'' *1927: ''Pas encore'', Paris, Atelier *1927: ''Le Nord-Sud de 10h12'' *1928: ''À quoi penses-tu ?'', Atelier *1928: ''Le Refuge du prophète'' *1928: ''Tranquillité'' *1929: ''Suzanne'', 3 acts comedy, mise-en-scène

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées *1930: ''L'Acheteuse'' *1931: ''La Chaine'', 3 acts play *1931: ''Défense d'afficher'' *1932: ''Les Tricheurs'', 3 acts play, Théâtre de l'Atelier *1933: ''Une vilaine femme'', 3 acts play, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1933: ''Quand le vin est tiré'' *1934: ''L'Amour gai'', 3 acts comedy *1935: ''Je vivrai un grand amour'' *1935: ''Dieu sait pourquoi'' *1935: ''Le pavillon brûle'' *1936: ''Le Témoin'', 3 acts play *1936: ''Un train à prendre'' *1937: ''Le Château de cartes'' *1937: ''La Pêche aux flambeaux'' *1939: ''Réflexion faite'' *1941: ''Le Paradis perdu'' *1941: ''Marché noir'' *1946: ''La Traitresse'' *1947: ''Le Vin du souvenir'', *1947: ''Je vivrai un grand amour'' 3 act play,

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*1948: ''107, comédie en 3 actes. Bruxelles, Palais des beaux-arts *1952: ''Une vilaine femme'', Paris, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1954: ''N'importe quoi pour elle'', 3 act play, mise-en-scène Georges Douking, Théâtre Gramont *1968: ''La Moitié du plaisir'' de Steve Passeur,

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, Robert Chazal, direction Robert Hossein, Théâtre Antoine, Théâtre des Variétés

Filmography

;Screenwriter and dialoguist * 1932: '' Suzanne'', by Léo Joannon and Raymond Rouleau * 1932: ''

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* 1936: '' Port-Arthur'', by Nicolas Farkas * 1936: '' Nitchevo'', by Jacques de Baroncelli * 1937: '' Feu!'' by Jacques de Baroncelli * 1937: ''

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* 1938: ''

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'', by Abel Gance * 1938: '' La Tragédie impériale'', by Marcel L'Herbier * 1939: '' Entente cordiale'', by Marcel L'Herbier * 1939: ''

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* 1940: ''

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'', by Abel Gance * 1941: '' Vénus aveugle'', by Abel Gance * 1941: '' The Pavilion Burns'', by Jacques de Baroncelli * 1943: '' Captain Fracasse'', by Abel Gance * 1944: ''

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'', by Maurice Gleize * 1949: '' Mademoiselle de La Ferté'', by

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* 1961: '' The Game of Truth'', by Robert Hossein

Bibliography

* Basile Ratiu, ''L'Œuvre dramatique de Steve Passeur'', Paris, Klincksieck, 1964.

External links

Steve Passeur par Jean-Jacques Bricaire
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Passeur, Steve French male dramatists and playwrights French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Sedan, Ardennes 1966 deaths 20th-century French male writers 1899 births