Roger Ferdinand
Roger Ferdinand | |
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| Born | 8 October 1898 |
| Died | 31 December 1967 Palaiseau, France |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1930-1967 (film ) |
| Spouse | Jeanne Huvet (1892-1975) |
Roger Ferdinand (1898–1967) was a French playwright and screenwriter.[1]
Biography
[edit]Roger Ferdinand, full name Roger Maurice Ferdinand, enjoyed great popular success in the late 1940s and 1950s with his play Les J3. Several of his plays have been adapted for the screen, and eight of them were performed on television, on the program Au théâtre ce soir, between 1966 and 1982. He was president of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD) from 1946 to 1955, before heading the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique from 1955 to 1967.
He is buried in the Saint-Lô cemetery.[2] The Saint-Lô municipal theater bears his name, as does a street and school in Palaiseau.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Levy and Company (1930)
- Chotard and Company (1933)
- A Man of Gold (1934)
- The Lady from Vittel (1937)
- The New Rich (1938)
- President Haudecoeur (1940)
- Mademoiselle Béatrice (1943)
- Distress (1946)
- They Are Twenty (1950)
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p.154
- ^ Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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