Jean Guitton (dramatist)

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

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

Filmography[]

Les Dévoyés, directed by Henri Vorins (France, 1926, based on the play La Nuit du 3)
[fr], directed by Nicolas Rimsky and Roger Lion (France, 1926, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)
[fr], directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1934, based on the play On a trouvé une femme nue)
[fr], directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1935, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)
[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)
[fr], directed by Jean Loubignac (France, 1949, based on the play Et la police n'en savait rien)
Cento piccole mamme, directed by [it] (Italy, 1952, remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)
[fr], directed by Émile Couzinet (France, 1952, based on the play Le Curé de Saint-Amour)
[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)
[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)
[fr], directed by Paul Mesnier (France, 1957, based on the operetta Une nuit aux Baléares)

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