Pierre Maudru (1892–1992) was a French

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. ...

.Goble p.189 He also directed three films. He was the son of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

director

Charles Maudru Charles Maudru (1859-1935) was a French film director of the silent era. He was the father of the screenwriter Pierre Maudru.Goble p.351 Selected filmography * '' Serge Panine'' (1922) * '' The King of Paris'' (1923) * '' The Loves of Rocambole ...

Selected filmography

* '' André Cornélis'' (1927) * ''

La Maison de la Fléche ''La Maison de la Fléche'' is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Henri Fescourt, starring Alice Field, Léon Mathot and Gaston Dupray. The film was based on the 1924 novel '' The House of the Arrow'' by A.E.W. Mason, and was made at Twi ...

'' (1930) * ''

Hai-Tang ''Hai-Tang'' is a 1930 British-German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and Jean Kemm and starring Anna May Wong, Marcel Vibert and Robert Ancelin.St. Pierre p.83 It was made at Elstree Studios as the French-language version of ''The Flame ...

'' (1930) * ''

Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'' ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Mystery of the Villa Rose ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (French: ''Le mystère de la villa rose'') is a 1930 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Léon Mathot, Simone Vaudry, and Louis Baron fils. Production The film is based ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Sweetness of Loving ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (French: ''La douceur d'aimer'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by René Hervil and starring Victor Boucher, Renée Devillers and Henri Bosc.Rège p.328 Cast * Victor Boucher as Albert Dumontier * Renée Devil ...

'' (1930) * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * ''

Our Lord's Vineyard ''Our Lord's Vineyard'' (French: ''Les Vignes du Seigneur'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by René Hervil and starring Victor Boucher and Simone Cerdan.Crisp, p. 397 It was based on a play of the same title by Francis de Croisset and Ro ...

'' (1932) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' Night Shift'' (1932) * '' The Lacquered Box'' (1932) * '' Miss Helyett'' (1933) * ''

The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was base ...

'' (1933) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''

Monsieur Hector ''Monsieur Hector'' is a 1940 French musical comedy film based upon the play by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Fernandel, Denise Grey and Georges Grey.Quinlan p.178 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The f ...

'' (1940) * ''

Tourments ''Tourments'' en, Agonies, is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman, written by Jacques Daniel-Norman, starring Paul Azaïs and Louis de Funès. Plot Jean-Jacques and Anne-Marie have adopted little Jean-Claude. The s ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Contessa's Secret ''The Contessa's Secret'' (french: La Castiglione, it, La Contessa di Castiglione) is a 1954 French-Italian film starring Yvonne De Carlo as Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. Plot Cast * Yvonne De Carlo as Virginia Oldoini * Georges ...

'' (1954) * ''

Marie of the Isles ''Marie of the Isles'' (French: ''Marie des Isles'', Italian: ''I flibustieri della Martinica'') is a 1959 French-Italian historical film, historical adventure film directed by Georges Combret and starring Belinda Lee, Alain Saury and Darío Moren ...

'' (1959) * '' Hot Frustrations'' (1965)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1892 births 1992 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters French film directors {{France-film-bio-stub