Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
,
lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
A lyricist's income ...
, and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
, and a radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the
librettist
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...
Franc-Nohain
Maurice Étienne Legrand, who published under the pseudonym Franc-Nohain (; 25 October 187218 October 1934), was a French librettist and poet. He is best known for his libretti for Maurice Ravel's opera '' L'heure espagnole'' and for numerous oper ...
and the brother of the actor
Claude Dauphin.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.118]
Selected filmography
* ''
Arsene Lupin, Detective
''Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (French: ''Arsène Lupin détective'') is a 1937 French crime film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Jules Berry, Gabriel Signoret and Suzy Prim.
Plot
Arsène Lupin decides to run a detective agency ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Tale of the Fox
''The Tale of the Fox'' (french: Le Roman de Renard, nl, Van den vos Reynaerde, german: Reinecke Fuchs) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film. The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Sing Anyway
''Sing Anyway'' (French: ''Chantons quand même'') is a 1940 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Annie Vernay, Paul Cambo and Marie Bizet.Crisp p.418
The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou.
Cast
* Guy Be ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Radio Surprises
''Radio Surprises'' (French: ''Les surprises de la radio'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Grégoire Aslan. It is a revue show.Quinlan p.135 It was shot at the Epinay Stu ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Soyez les bienvenus
''Soyez les bienvenus'' or ''L'Autocar en folie'' is a 1953 French comedy film by Pierre-Louis.
Plot
The leading coach the company of Jean Nohain make a program fails in a small village. The people immobilize the troops to force him to do the ...
'' (1953)
References
Bibliography
* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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Writers from Paris
1900 births
1981 deaths
20th-century French screenwriters
French lyricists
French children's writers
Lycée Condorcet alumni
Order of the Francisque recipients
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
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