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Jean Guitton (29 March 1887 - 8 April 1973) was a French dramatist, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter.

Jean Guitton
Born	29 March 1887
Died	8 April 1973(1973-04-08) (aged 86) Juan-les-Pins (Alpes-Maritimes).
Occupation	dramatist, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter
Years active	1926 - 1963

Filmography

• Les Dévoyés, directed by Henri Vorins (France, 1926, based on the play La Nuit du 3)
• Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs [fr], directed by Nicolas Rimsky and Roger Lion (France, 1926, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)
• On a trouvé une femme nue [fr], directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1934, based on the play On a trouvé une femme nue)
• Jim la Houlette [fr], directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1935, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)
• Les Maris de ma femme [fr], directed by Maurice Cammage (France, 1937, based on the play Fallait pas m'écraser)
• Forty Little Mothers, directed by Busby Berkeley (1940, remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)
• Le Martyr de Bougival [fr], directed by Jean Loubignac (France, 1949, based on the play Et la police n'en savait rien)
• Cento piccole mamme, directed by Giulio Morelli [it] (Italy, 1952, remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)
• Le Curé de Saint-Amour [fr], directed by Émile Couzinet (France, 1952, based on the play Le Curé de Saint-Amour)
• Le Plus Heureux des hommes [fr], directed by Yves Ciampi (France, 1952, based on the play Je l'aimais trop)
• Au diable la vertu, directed by Jean Laviron (France, 1953, based on the play Elle attendait ça)
• Des quintuplés au pensionnat [fr], directed by René Jayet (France, 1953, loose remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)
• Légère et court vêtue, directed by Jean Laviron (France, 1953, based on the play Un amour fou)
• Une nuit aux Baléares [fr], directed by Paul Mesnier (France, 1957, based on the operetta Une nuit aux Baléares)

Screenwriter

Operettas

• 1919: Chaste Suzy
• 1920: Clo-Clo
• 1928: L'Hostellerie de la vertu
• 1930: Six filles à marier
• 1931: Couss-Couss
• 1954: Une nuit aux Baléares. Operetta (with Loulou Gasté and Géo Koger [fr])

Plays

• 1924 : On a trouvé une femme nue. Comedy in three acts (with André Birabeau). Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés
• 1924 : La Nuit du 3. Drama in four acts. Premiered in Paris at the Eldorado
• 1926 : Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs. Play in three acts
• 1935 : Fallait pas m'écraser. Vaudeville in two acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance
• 1936 : Elle attendait ça. Vaudeville in three acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1945 : Un amour fou. Vaudeville in three acts
• 1949 : Et la police n'en savait rien. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt[1]
• 1951 : Je l'aimais trop. Comedy in three acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Saint-Georges
• Before 1952 : Le Curé de Saint-Amour. Play in three acts

References

External links

• Jean Guitton at IMDb
• Jean Guitton, librettiste sur le site La Comédie musicale en France

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