Jacques Deval (27 June 1895 – 19 December 1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.
Novels
Plays
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Une faible femme; a comedy in three acts (1920)
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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
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Étienne; a play in three acts (1930)
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Mademoiselle; a comedy in three acts (1932)
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Tovarich; a play in four acts (1933)
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Marie Galante; a play with music in two acts, based on the novel Marie Galante. Music by Kurt Weill (1934)
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Soubrette; a comedy in three acts (1938)
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Oh, Brother!; a comedy in three acts (1945)
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La Femme de ta jeunesse; a play in three acts (1947)
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Le Rayon des jouets; a comedy in three acts (1951)
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Il y a longtemps que je t'aime; a play in two acts (1955)
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La Prétentaine; a comedy in two acts (1957)
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Romancero; a play in three acts (1958)
Filmography
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The Cardboard Lover, directed by Robert Z. Leonard (1928, based on the play Dans sa candeur naïve)
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The Passionate Plumber, directed by Edward Sedgwick (1932, based on the play Dans sa candeur naïve)
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A Weak Woman, directed by Max de Vaucorbeil (France, 1933, based on the play Une faible femme)
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Étienne, directed by Jean Tarride (France, 1933, based on the play Étienne)
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Journal of a Crime, directed by William Keighley (1934, remake of the 1933 film Une vie perdue)
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Marie Galante, directed by Henry King (1934, based on the novel Marie Galante)
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Tovaritch, directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1935, based on the play Tovaritch)
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Tovarich, directed by Anatole Litvak (1937, based on the play Tovaritch)
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Say It in French, directed by Andrew L. Stone (1938, based on the play Soubrette)
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Her Cardboard Lover, directed by George Cukor (1942, based on the play Dans sa candeur naïve)
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Una vírgen moderna, directed by Joaquín Pardavé (Mexico, 1946, based on the play Mademoiselle)
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Miss Tatlock's Millions, directed by Richard Haydn (1948, based on the play Oh, Brother!)
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Tuesday's Guest, directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1950, based on the play La Femme de ta jeunesse)
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Women's Club, directed by Ralph Habib (France, 1956, remake of the 1936 film Women's Club)
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, directed by Steno (Italy, 1961, based on the play Le Rayon des jouets)
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Geliebte Hochstaplerin, directed by Ákos Ráthonyi (West Germany, 1961, based on the play La Prétentaine)
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L'altra metà del cielo, directed by Franco Rossi (Italy, 1977, based on the play Romancero)
Screenwriter
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Le Mauvais Garçon, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger (France, 1923)
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Jenny Lind, directed by Arthur Robison (French, 1932)
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Une vie perdue, directed by Raymond Rouleau (France, 1933)
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Women's Club, directed by Jacques Deval (France, 1936)
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Cafe Metropole, directed by Edward H. Griffith (1937)
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Domenica, directed by Maurice Cloche (France, 1952)
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When You Read This Letter, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (France, 1953)
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