André Birabeau (6 December 1890 – 1 October 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

Novels and short stories

* ''La débauche'' (1924), English trans. ''Revelation'' (1930). Cited as the first novel about a homosexual man from the mother's point of viewSlide, Anthony ''

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'' Routledge 2003 p23 * ''Voyage d'agrément'', became 1935 movie * ''Chfr. 35'' (short story, 1928), became 1942 French movie ''À vos ordres, Madame'' * ''Le jardin aux vingt-cinq allées'' (1928) * ''Désirable'' (1949) * ''La belle égarée'' (1965) * ''Rendez-vous avec l'amour'' (1972) * ''L'amour naît où il veut'' (1974)

Plays

* ''Le coeur sur la main'' (1919) * ''La peau'' (with

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, 1919) * ''Le bébé barbu'' (1920) * ''La Femme fatale'' (1920), became 1946 movie * ''Une sacrée petite blonde'' (with Pierre Woolf, 1921) * ''Est-ce possible?'' (1923) * ''Un jour de folie'' (1923) * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (with

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, 1923), became 1934 movie * ''La fleur d'oranger'' (with Georges Dolley, 1924), became 1944 movie ''Fiori d'arancio'' * ''Un petit nez retroussé'' (with

, 1924) * ''Le chemin des écoliers'' (1924) * ''Mon vieux'' (with

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, 1924) * ''Le petit péché'' (1924) * ''Chifforton'' (1925) * ''Un déjeuner de soleil'' (1925), became 1927 musical ''Lovely Lady'', 1927 movie ''

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'', 1937 French movie ''

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'', 1939 Italian movie '' At Your Orders, Madame'' * ''L'eunuque'' (with

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, 1927) * ''La fille et le garçon'' (with Georges Dolley, 1927) * ''Le chemin des écoliers'' (1927) * ''Un déjeuner d'amoureux'' (1927) * ''Votre sourire'' (1928), became 1934 movie * ''Côte d'Azur'' (with Georges Dolley, 1931), became 1932 movie * ''Baisers perdus'' (1932), translated by Phyllis Roberts as ''Lost Kisses'', became 1945 movie '' Lost Kisses'' * ''Ma sœur de luxe'' (1933) * ''Tempête sur les côtes'' (1933) * ''Dame Nature'' (1935), English adaptation by

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1939, became 1953 movie '' L'età dell'amore'' * ''Fiston'' (1936), became 1937 movie ''

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'' * ''La Chaleur du sein'' (1937) aka ''Mother Love'', became 1938 movie * ''Pamplemousse'' (1937), became

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's ''Little Dark Horse'' (1941) * ''Le nid'' (1938) * ''Plaire'' (1941) * ''Le séducteur'' (1945) * ''El ojo de Moscú'' (written in Spanish) (1952) * ''Souviens-toi mon amour'' (1954) * ''El dúo de Manón'' (written in Spanish) (1926) * ''Calor de nido'' (1955 Spanish trans. of ''Le nid'') * ''Trois pas sur le boulevard'' (1971) three one-act plays: ''L'amour avec un A majuscule'', ''Papoupa'' and ''Le paladin''.

Memoirs

* ''Tous feux éteints'' (1971)

Filmography

*''

'', directed by Malcolm St. Clair (1927, based on the play ''Un déjeuner de soleil'') *'' The Girl and the Boy'', directed by

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and Roger Le Bon (French, 1931, based on the play ''La fille et le garçon'') **''

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'', directed by

(German, 1932, based on the play ''La fille et le garçon'') *''Côte d'Azur'', directed by

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(France, 1932, based on the play ''Côte d'Azur'') *''

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'', directed by

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(France, 1932, based on the play ''La fleur d'oranger'') *'' Buridan's Donkey'', directed by

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(France, 1932, adaptation of a play by

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and

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) *', directed by

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(France, 1934, based on the play ''On a trouvé une femme nue'') *''Votre sourire'', directed by

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and Pierre Caron (France, 1934, based on the play ''Votre sourire'') *', directed by

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(France, 1935, based on the novel ''Voyage d'agrément'') *''

'', directed by

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(Germany, 1937, based on the play ''Fiston'') *''Un déjeuner de soleil'', directed by (France, 1937, based on the play ''Un déjeuner de soleil'') *'' Mother Love (1938 film)'', directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1938, based on the play ''La Chaleur du sein'') *'' At Your Orders, Madame'', directed by

Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comed ...

(Italy, 1939, based on the play ''Un déjeuner de soleil'') *''À vos ordres, Madame'', directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1942, based on the short story ''Chfr. 35'') *''Punto negro'', directed by (Argentina, 1943, based on the play ''Pamplemousse'') *''Fiori d'arancio'', directed by (Italy, 1944, based on the play ''La fleur d'oranger'') *'' Lost Kisses'', directed by

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(Argentina, 1945, based on the play ''Baisers perdus'') *''La Femme fatale'', directed by Jean Boyer (France, 1946, based on the play ''La Femme fatale'') *'' Too Young for Love'', directed by

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(Italy, 1953, based on the play ''Dame Nature'')

References

External links

* * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083215 * http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_b/birabeau_andre.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Birabeau, Andre 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 1890 births 1974 deaths French male novelists