# Jacques Deval > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jacques_Deval > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jacques_Deval.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Deval > Source revision: 1356961727 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French playwright, screenwriter and film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Jacques Deval | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 27 June 1895 | birth_place = [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France) | death_date = 19 December 1972 | death_place = Paris, France | other_names = Jacques Boularan {{citation needed|date=January 2024}} | occupation = Screenwriter, Director | years_active = 1923–1972 (film) }} '''Jacques Deval''' (27 June 1895 – 19 December 1972) was a French [playwright](/source/playwright), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and [film director](/source/film_director).{{sfn|Crisp|1993|p=175}} ==Novels== *''Marie Galante'' (1931) ==Plays== *''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920) *''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in three acts (1926); translated into English as ''Her Cardboard Lover'' (1927) by Valerie Wyngate and [P. G. Wodehouse](/source/P._G._Wodehouse) *''Étienne''; a play in three acts (1930) *''Mademoiselle''; a comedy in three acts (1932) *''Tovarich''; a play in four acts (1933) *''Marie Galante''; a play with music in two acts, based on the novel ''Marie Galante''. Music by [Kurt Weill](/source/Kurt_Weill) (1934){{refn |group = note |name = "Note_Synopsis" |Synopsis of the musical-play, courtesy of the [Kurt Weill Foundation](/source/Kurt_Weill_Foundation_for_Music): "Marie is kidnapped and taken to Panama by a lecherous sea captain, who abandons her when she will not give in to his desires. She becomes a prostitute in order to earn money to return to France; meanwhile, she is unwittingly involved in an espionage plot. She spends most of her money to care for a dying black man whom no one else will tend to. When she does finally save enough money for a steamer fare, she is murdered by a spy who fears discovery the night before the boat sails."{{cite web |title = Marie Galante (1934) |publisher = The [Kurt Weill Foundation for Music](/source/Kurt_Weill_Foundation_for_Music) |url = https://www.kwf.org/pages/ww-marie-galante.html |website = kwf.org |at = Synopsis |access-date = 28 July 2020 }} }} *''Soubrette''; a comedy in three acts (1938) *''Oh, Brother!''; a comedy in three acts (1945) *''La Femme de ta jeunesse''; a play in three acts (1947) *''Le Rayon des jouets''; a comedy in three acts (1951) *''Il y a longtemps que je t'aime''; a play in two acts (1955) *''La Prétentaine''; a comedy in two acts (1957) *''Romancero''; a play in three acts (1958) ==Filmography== * ''[The Cardboard Lover](/source/The_Cardboard_Lover)'', directed by [Robert Z. Leonard](/source/Robert_Z._Leonard) (1928, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * ''[The Passionate Plumber](/source/The_Passionate_Plumber)'', directed by [Edward Sedgwick](/source/Edward_Sedgwick) (1932, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * ''[A Weak Woman](/source/A_Weak_Woman)'', directed by [Max de Vaucorbeil](/source/Max_de_Vaucorbeil) (France, 1933, based on the play ''Une faible femme'') * ''[Étienne](/source/%C3%89tienne_(film))'', directed by [Jean Tarride](/source/Jean_Tarride) (France, 1933, based on the play ''Étienne'') * ''[Journal of a Crime](/source/Journal_of_a_Crime)'', directed by [William Keighley](/source/William_Keighley) (1934, remake of the 1933 film ''Une vie perdue'') * ''[Marie Galante](/source/Marie_Galante_(film))'', directed by [Henry King](/source/Henry_King_(director)) (1934, based on the novel ''Marie Galante'') * ''[Tovaritch](/source/Tovaritch_(film))'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1935, based on the play ''Tovaritch'') * ''[Tovarich](/source/Tovarich_(film))'', directed by [Anatole Litvak](/source/Anatole_Litvak) (1937, based on the play ''Tovaritch'') * ''[Say It in French](/source/Say_It_in_French)'', directed by [Andrew L. Stone](/source/Andrew_L._Stone) (1938, based on the play ''Soubrette'') * ''[Her Cardboard Lover](/source/Her_Cardboard_Lover)'', directed by [George Cukor](/source/George_Cukor) (1942, based on the play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'') * ''Una vírgen moderna'', directed by [Joaquín Pardavé](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Pardav%C3%A9) (Mexico, 1946, based on the play ''Mademoiselle'') * ''[Miss Tatlock's Millions](/source/Miss_Tatlock's_Millions)'', directed by [Richard Haydn](/source/Richard_Haydn) (1948, based on the play ''Oh, Brother!'') * ''[Tuesday's Guest](/source/Tuesday's_Guest)'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1950, based on the play ''La Femme de ta jeunesse'') * ''[Women's Club](/source/Women's_Club_(1956_film))'', directed by [Ralph Habib](/source/Ralph_Habib) (France, 1956, remake of the 1936 film ''[Women's Club](/source/Women's_Club_(1936_film))'') * ''{{Interlanguage link|La ragazza di mille mesi|it}}'', directed by [Steno](/source/Steno_(director)) (Italy, 1961, based on the play ''Le Rayon des jouets'') * ''[Geliebte Hochstaplerin](/source/Geliebte_Hochstaplerin)'', directed by [Ákos Ráthonyi](/source/%C3%81kos_R%C3%A1thonyi) (West Germany, 1961, based on the play ''La Prétentaine'') * ''[L'altra metà del cielo](/source/L'altra_met%C3%A0_del_cielo)'', directed by [Franco Rossi](/source/Franco_Rossi_(director)) (Italy, 1977, based on the play ''Romancero'') === Screenwriter === * ''Le Mauvais Garçon'', directed by [Henri Diamant-Berger](/source/Henri_Diamant-Berger) (France, 1923) * ''[Jenny Lind](/source/Jenny_Lind_(film))'', directed by [Arthur Robison](/source/Arthur_Robison) (French, 1932) * ''Une vie perdue'', directed by [Raymond Rouleau](/source/Raymond_Rouleau) (France, 1933) * ''[Women's Club](/source/Women's_Club_(1936_film))'', directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1936) * ''[Cafe Metropole](/source/Cafe_Metropole)'', directed by [Edward H. Griffith](/source/Edward_H._Griffith) (1937) * ''[Domenica](/source/Domenica_(1952_film))'', directed by [Maurice Cloche](/source/Maurice_Cloche) (France, 1952) * ''[When You Read This Letter](/source/When_You_Read_This_Letter)'', directed by [Jean-Pierre Melville](/source/Jean-Pierre_Melville) (France, 1953) ==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last = Crisp |first = Colin |year = 1993 |title = The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960 |edition = 1st |type = hardcover |location = Bloomington, IN |publisher = Indiana University Press |isbn = 978-0-253-31550-2 }} {{refend}} ==External links== *{{IBDB name|6574}} *{{IMDb name|0222164}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deval, Jacques}} Category:1895 births Category:1972 deaths Category:20th-century French screenwriters Category:20th-century French dramatists and playwrights Category:French film directors Category:Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub}} {{France-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jacques Deval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Deval) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Deval?action=history)). 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