André Birabeau
French writer

André Birabeau

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French writer
Gender:
Male
Places:
France
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WriterPlaywright
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & RadioLiterature
Birth:
1 January 1890(Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Death:
1 January 1974
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Introduction

André Birabeau (1890-1974) was a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

Novels and short stories

  • La débauche (1924), English trans. Revelation (1930). Cited as the first novel about a homosexual man from the mother's point of view
  • Voyage d'agrément, became 1935 movie
  • Chfr. 35 (short story, 1928), became 1942 French movie À vos ordres, Madame
  • Le jardin aux vingt-cinq allées (1928)
  • Désirable (1949)
  • La bell égarée (1965)
  • Rendez-vous avec l'amour (1972)
  • L'amour naît où il veut (1974)

    Plays

    • Le coeur sur la main (1919)
    • La peau (with Nicolas Nancey, 1919)
    • Le bébé barbu (1920)
    • La Femme fatale (1920), became 1946 movie
    • Une sacrée petite blonde (with Pierre Woolf, 1921)
    • Est-ce possible? (1923)
    • Un jour de folie (1923)
    • On a trouvé une femme nue (with Jean Guitton, 1923), became 1934 movie
    • La fleur d'oranger (with Georges Dolley, 1924), became 1944 movie Fiori d'arancio
    • Un petit nez retroussé (with Nicolas Nancey, 1924)
    • Le chemin des écoliers (1924)
    • Mon vieux (with Henri Bataille, 1924)
    • Le petit péché (1924)
    • Chifforton (1925)
    • Un déjeuner de soleil (1925), became 1927 musical Lovely Lady, 1927 movie Breakfast at Sunrise, 1937 French movie, 1939 Italian movie At Your Orders, Madame
    • L'eunuque (with Henri Duvernois, 1927)
    • La fille et le garçon (with Georges Dolley, 1927)
    • Le chemin des écoliers (1927)
    • Un déjeuner d'amoureux (1927)
    • Votre sourire (1928), became 1934 movie
    • Côte d'Azur (with Georges Dolley, 1931), became 1932 movie
    • Baisers perdus (1932), translated by Phyllis Roberts as Lost Kisses, became 1945 movie Lost Kisses
    • Ma sœur de luxe (1933)
    • Tempête sur les côtes (1933)
    • Dame Nature (1935), English adaptation by Patricia Collinge 1939, became 1953 movie L'età dell'amore (it)
    • Fiston (1936), became 1937 movie Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (de)
    • La Chaleur du sein (1937) aka Mother Love, became 1938 movie
    • Pamplemousse (1937), became Theresa Helburn's Little Dark Horse (1941)
    • Le nid (1938)
    • Plaire (1941)
    • Le séducteur (1945)
    • El ojo de Moscú (written in Spanish) (1952)
    • Souviens-toi mon amour (1954)
    • El dúo de Manón (written in Spanish) (1926)
    • Calor de nido (1955 Spanish trans. of Le nid)
    • Trois pas sur le boulevard (1971) three one-act plays: L'amour avec un A majuscule, Papoupa and Le paladin.

    Memoirs

    • Tous feux éteints (1971)

    Filmography

    • Breakfast at Sunrise, directed by Malcolm St. Clair (1927, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
    • The Girl and the Boy, directed by Wilhelm Thiele and Roger Le Bon (French, 1931, based on the play La fille et le garçon)
      • Two Hearts Beat as One, directed by Wilhelm Thiele (German, 1932, based on the play La fille et le garçon)
    • Côte d'Azur, directed by Roger Capellani (France, 1932, based on the play Côte d'Azur)
    • Orange Blossom, directed by Henry Roussel (France, 1932, based on the play La fleur d'oranger)
    • Buridan's Donkey, directed by Alexandre Ryder (France, 1932, adaptation of a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers)
    • On a trouvé une femme nue (fr), directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1934, based on the play On a trouvé une femme nue)
    • Votre sourire, directed by Monty Banks and Pierre Caron (France, 1934, based on the play Votre sourire)
    • Voyage d'agrément (fr), directed by Christian-Jaque (France, 1935, based on the novel Voyage d'agrément)
    • Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (de), directed by Veit Harlan (Germany, 1937, based on the play Fiston)
    • Un déjeuner de soleil, directed by Marcel Cravenne (fr) (France, 1937, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
    • La Chaleur du sein (fr), directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1938, based on the play La Chaleur du sein)
    • At Your Orders, Madame, directed by Mario Mattoli (Italy, 1939, based on the play Un déjeuner de soleil)
    • À vos ordres, Madame, directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1942, based on the short story Chfr. 35)
    • Punto negro, directed by Luis Mottura (es) (Argentina, 1943, based on the play Pamplemousse)
    • Fiori d'arancio, directed by Hobbes Dino Cecchini (it) (Italy, 1944, based on the play La fleur d'oranger)
    • Lost Kisses, directed by Mario Soffici (Argentina, 1945, based on the play Baisers perdus)
    • La Femme fatale, directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1946, based on the play La Femme fatale)
    • L'età dell'amore (it), directed by Lionello De Felice (it) (Italy, 1953, based on the play Dame Nature)