Jean-José Frappa (3 April 1882 – 1939) was a French playwright and screenwriter. Several of his works were made into films.

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel Henry Dupuy-Mazuel (May 17, 1885 – April 23, 1962) was a French author. He wrote plays and novels, employing the pseudonym Henry Catalan for his ''Soeur Angèle'' detective novels. Some of his work was adapted to films. Sociéte des Films Histo ...

, a writing partner of Frappa, owned the news magazine '' Le Monde Illustré''. Like many French art critics, Frappa disdained the influx of foreign art into French salons. He advocated for the closure of salons to foreigners in 1912, writing, "This ever-growing invasion of métèques, most of them without talent, who come, no longer as in the past for the clear genius of our race, but to impose on us the mists or extravagances of theirs, is a real national peril..." Frappa wrote the screenplay for the 1929 film '' The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc'', directed by

Marco de Gastyne Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne (born in Paris, France, on 15 July 1889; died in Paris on 8 November 1982) was a French people, French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films. After studying pa ...

. He was of the opinion that non-Catholic foreigners wouldn't be able to present Jeanne d'Arc in "the true French tradition". Painter (1854–1904) was his father.

Writings

*''Le mariage in extremis'' (''Marriage in extremis'') *"Un mariage in extermis" (1904) *"L'evolution de Jacques Lambal" (1904) *''Le Baron de Batz'' (1911) *''Dernière Heure'' (''Breaking news'') (1912) * *''A Salonique sous l'œil des dieux!'' (1917) *''L'idée'' (1919) *''Les vieux bergers'' (1919) *''Match de boxe; comedie en trois actes'', authored with

*''L'Homme riche'' (1914), written with Henry Dupuy-Mazuel *''Makédonia: souvenirs d'un officier de liaison en Orient'' (1921) *''La Princesse aux clowns'' (''The Princess and the Clowns'') (1924) *''Enquête sur la prositution'' (''Investigation into prostitution'') (1937)

Filmography

*'' Billions'' (1920), adapted from ''L'Homme riche'' *''La princesse aux clowns'' ('' The Princess and the Clown'') (1924) *''

The Chess Player ''The Chess Player'' () is a 1927 French silent film directed by Raymond Bernard and based on a novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. It is a historical drama set in the late 18th century during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania, and elements ...

'' (1927) *''

Saint Joan the Maid ''Saint Joan the Maid'' or ''The Marvellous Life of Joan of Arc'' (French: ''La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc'') is a 1929 French-German silent historical drama film directed by Marco de Gastyne and starring Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly ...

'' (1929) *''Accusé, levez-vous!'' ('' Accused, Stand Up!'') (1930)

References

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