General Édouard Corniglion-Molinier (23 January 1898, in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

, Alpes-Maritimes – 9 May 1963) was an aviator and member of the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

, a member of the French government during the

French Fourth Republic The French Fourth Republic (french: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Re ...

, and, in the 1930-1940s, a movie producer (

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and Minister of Culture (France), minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Go ...

's '' L'Espoir'' also known as ''Man's Hope''). He was a friend of

Marcel Dassault Marcel Dassault (born Marcel Ferdinand Bloch; 23 January 1892 – 17 April 1986) was a French engineer and industrialist who spent his career in aircraft manufacturing. Early life and education Born on 23 January 1892 in Paris, he was the young ...

and a cousin of Fred Vidal.

Jérôme Garcin Jérôme Garcin (born 4 October 1956) is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the ''Nouvel Observateur'', produces and hosts the radio program ' on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Com� ...

Le Nouvel Observateur (), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...

, no 1970, 8 August 2002 : « Alors que la Brigade mondaine s’apprête à interdire Histoire d’O, la vie mondaine, elle, fait un miracle. Le médecin de Dominique Aury s’appelle Odette Poulain. Et Odette Poulain est la bonne amie d'Édouard Corniglion-Molinier, général d’aviation, compagnon de Malraux et surtout garde des Sceaux. Mise dans la confidence, Odette Poulain organise à Croissy un déjeuner entre Dominique Aury et le ministre. Au menu, poulet, courgettes et conversation sur l'air du temps. D'O, il n’est point question. À la fin du repas, Corniglion-Molinier, très galant, reconduit son invitée à la porte et se tourne vers Odette Poulain : « Je voulais voir quelle tête a la petite bonne femme qui a écrit un livre pareil ». Grâce à son intervention, la procédure est déclarée nulle. O vient d'échapper, sur un lit de courgettes, à la censure. »"

Producer

* 1936 : '' :fr:Les Jumeaux de Brighton'' directed by Claude Heymann * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * 1937 : '' :fr:Drôle de drame'' by Marcel Carné * 1938 : '' Mollenard'' by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (194 ...

* 1945 : '' :fr:Espoir, sierra de Teruel'' by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corniglion-Molinier, Edouard 1898 births 1963 deaths People from Nice Politicians from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rally of the French People politicians National Centre of Social Republicans politicians Union for the New Republic politicians French Ministers of Justice Transport ministers of France French Ministers of Tourism French Senators of the Fourth Republic Senators of Seine (department) Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French aviators French Resistance members French people of the Algerian War Companions of the Liberation