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 incom ...

, 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 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 in ...

'' (1937) * '' The Tale of 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 Ber ...

'' (1940) * '' Radio Surprises'' (1940) * '' Soyez les bienvenus'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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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 {{France-writer-stub