Jean de Létraz

Jean de Létraz, pen name of Jean Félix Deletraz, (23 February 1897 - 3 June 1954) was a French playwright, spécialising in vaudeville, who authored nearly 118 plays, among which the most famous is Bichon written in 1935.

He was also a screenwriter and a dialoguist. A good number of his plays have been adapted to film. From 1942 until his death, he was managing director of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal where he directed both his own plays and other that were played in the theater. His wife, Simone de Létraz,^[1] takes over the direction of the theatre up to 1965 and will also stage some of his posthumous works.^[2]

Novels

• Nicole s'éveille (with Suzette Desty, 1926)
• Nicole s'égare (with Suzette Desty, 1926/27)
• Un homme... deux femmes (with Suzette Desty, 1927)
• Douze Nuits d'amour (1927)
• Nicole s'abrite (with Suzette Desty, 1928)
• Un couple passa... (1929)
• La jeune fille et les amants (1930)
• ...tu m'aimes? (1932)

Works in the theatre

Filmography

• Chauffeur Antoinette, directed by Herbert Selpin (German, 1932, based on the play Chauffeur Antoinette)
  • The Love Contract, directed by Herbert Selpin (English, 1932, based on the play Chauffeur Antoinette)
  • Conduisez-moi Madame, directed by Herbert Selpin (French, 1932, based on the play Chauffeur Antoinette)
• Fräulein Liselott, directed by Johannes Guter (German, 1934, based on the play Glück im Haus)
• Bichon, directed by Fernand Rivers (French, 1936, based on the play Bichon)
• Odygdens belöning, directed by Gideon Wahlberg and John Lindlöf (Swedish, 1937, based on the play Bichon)
• La Fessée, directed by Pierre Caron (French, 1937, based on the play La Fessée)
• Papà per una notte, directed by Mario Bonnard (Italian, 1939, based on the play Bichon)
• Bajó un ángel del cielo, directed by Luis César Amadori (Spanish, 1942, based on the play Bichon)
• Frédérica, directed by Jean Boyer (French, 1942, based on the play Épousez-nous, Monsieur)
• Adrien, directed by Fernandel (French, 1943, based on a play by Jean de Létraz)
• On demande un ménage, directed by Maurice Cam (French, 1946, based on the play On demande un ménage)
• Bichon, directed by René Jayet (French, 1948, based on the play Bichon)
• Nous avons tous fait la même chose, directed by René Sti (French, 1950, based on the play Nous avons tous fait la même chose)
• L'Extravagante Théodora, directed by Henri Lepage (French, 1950, based on the play L'Extravagante Théodora)
• Voyage à trois, directed by Jean-Paul Paulin (French, 1950, based on the play Le Voyage à trois)
• Descendez, on vous demande, directed by Jean Laviron (French, 1951, based on the play Descendez, on vous demande)
• Moumou, directed by René Jayet (French, 1951, based on the play Moumou)
• Une nuit à Megève, directed by Raoul André (French, 1953, based on the play Une nuit à Megève)
• Hurra - die Firma hat ein Kind, directed by Hans Richter (German, 1956, based on the play Bichon)

References

External links

• Jean de Létraz on IMDb