Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (25 September 1909,

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– 15 April 1985, Montpellier) was a French film director, script-writer, playwright and author. After studying law, he was made chief editor of the daily newspaper ''Sud-Est''. He founded the journal '' Valence-Républicain''. His play "All in the Family", adapted by Victor Wolfson, was given its first performance at the Strand Theatre, London on 17 June 1959. It was directed by Norman Marshall and designed by Paul Mayo. The cast consisted of Maxine Audley,

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, Andre Morell, Brian Oulton,

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, Michael Logan,

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, Pauline Knight, Virginia Maskell, Mary Powell, Douglas Malcom and Philip Ashley.

Plays

* 1939 : ''L'Amant de paille'' * 1945 : ''Au petit bonheur'' * 1951 : ''Tapage nocturne'' (''All in the Family'') * 1953 : ''Treize à table'' * 1953 : ''Adorable Julia'', based on

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's play ''Theatre'' (1941), based on the novel ''

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'' (1937) by

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* 1979 : '' Je veux voir Mioussov'' by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and Valentin Kataev, produced by

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, at the

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and the

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in 1980

Selected filmography

*'' Happy Go Lucky'', directed by

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(France, 1946, based on the play ''Au petit bonheur'') *'' The Straw Lover'', directed by Gilles Grangier (France, 1951, based on the play ''L'Amant de paille'') *''Tapage nocturne'', directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (France, 1951, based on the play ''Tapage nocturne'') *'' Thirteen at the Table'', directed by

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(France, 1955, based on the play ''Treize à table'') *''

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'', directed by

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(West Germany, 1962, based on the play ''Adorable Julia'')

Screenwriter

* '' Goodbye Darling'', directed by Raymond Bernard (1946) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1946) * '' Once is Enough'', directed by Andrée Feix (1946) * '' Third at Heart'', directed by Jacques de Casembroot (1947) * '' Sybille's Night'', directed by Jean-Paul Paulin (1947) * '' Impeccable Henri'', directed by

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(1948) * '' Woman Without a Past'', directed by Gilles Grangier (1948) * ''

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'', directed by Pierre Billon (1951) * '' My Friend Oscar'', directed by

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(1951) * '' Imperial Violets'', directed by Richard Pottier (1952) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1956) * '' Women Are Like That'', directed by

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(1960) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1961) * '' Shéhérazade'', directed by

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(1963) * ''

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'', directed by

(1963) * ''

Duck in Orange Sauce ''L'anatra all'arancia'' (internationally released as ''Duck in Orange Sauce'') is a List of Italian films of 1975, 1975 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film based upon the play by William Douglas-Home and Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon. It was directed by ...

'', directed by

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(1975)

Director

* ''

The Cupid Club ''The Cupid Club'' (French: ''Bal Cupidon'') is a 1949 comedy crime film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Yves Vincent.Rège p.913 It was shot during 1948, but released the following year. It was ma ...

'' (1949) * '' The King'' (1949) *''

My Friend Sainfoin ''My Friend Sainfoin'' (french: Mon ami Sainfoin) is a French comedy film from 1950, directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, based on a novel by Paul-Adrien Schaye, and starring Pierre Blanchar. The film features Louis de Funès as guide. Cast * ...

'' (1950) *''Ma pomme'' (1950) *''Tapage nocturne'' (1951)

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