Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Nacimiento : 1909-09-25, Valence, Drôme, France
Muerte : 1985-04-15
Historia
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (25 September 1909, Valence, Drôme – 15 April 1985, Montpellier) was a French film director, script-writer, playwright and author.
After studying law, he was made chief editor of the daily newspaper Sud-Est. He founded the journal Valence-Républicain.
His play "All in the Family", adapted by Victor Wolfson, was given its first performance at the Strand Theatre, London on 17 June 1959. It was directed by Norman Marshall and designed by Paul Mayo. The cast consisted of Maxine Audley, Donald Sinden, Andre Morell, Brian Oulton, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Michael Logan, Vanda Godsell, Pauline Knight, Virginia Maskell, Mary Powell, Douglas Malcom and Philip Ashley.
Source: Article "Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Writer
Writer
Liz and Hugh have been boasting of living in perfect harmony for fifteen years. But beneath the varnish of the ideal couple loom a weariness engendered by the routine and habits born of everyday life. A travel plan will soon strike the hour for settling scores ...
Adaptation
In a quiet corner of the English countryside, lives the Smith family. Their quietude is disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful young woman.
Adaptation
A woman, believed to be the widow of a certain Edouard, finds herself urged to reveal to her 3 children some very embarrassing news, but not without importance. The many consequences that result will not disturb their respective betrothal.
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Karl de Linken, an elegant young man, adventurous and unattached, arrives in the square of a small Corsican village perched in the mountains. His presence intrigues Baron Ucciani, who reigns supreme over Santa Lucia. The meeting with the baron and his young wife Maria could divert our hero from his original project: revenge ...
Adaptation
Writer
Writer
Story
Han prometido a la hermosa princesa árabe Scherezade a Haroun-al-Raschid, un Sultán poderoso de Bagdad, formando parte del harén del sultán. En el transcurso del camino a Bagdad, la caravana donde viaja la princesa es atacada por ladrones beduinos, siendo secuestrada. El emisario y sobrino de Emperador Carlomagno, Renaud de Villecroix, que viaja camino de Bagdad con el objeto de tener audiencia con el Sultán para pedir un salvoconducto para los cristianos para llegar a Tierra Santa, tiene conocimiento del rapto e intentan salvarla. Mientras consigue su liberación, él también sucumbe a las tentaciones ofrecidas por la princesa Scherezade, no pasando ésto inadvertido para el Sultán.
Screenplay
Han prometido a la hermosa princesa árabe Scherezade a Haroun-al-Raschid, un Sultán poderoso de Bagdad, formando parte del harén del sultán. En el transcurso del camino a Bagdad, la caravana donde viaja la princesa es atacada por ladrones beduinos, siendo secuestrada. El emisario y sobrino de Emperador Carlomagno, Renaud de Villecroix, que viaja camino de Bagdad con el objeto de tener audiencia con el Sultán para pedir un salvoconducto para los cristianos para llegar a Tierra Santa, tiene conocimiento del rapto e intentan salvarla. Mientras consigue su liberación, él también sucumbe a las tentaciones ofrecidas por la princesa Scherezade, no pasando ésto inadvertido para el Sultán.
Theatre Play
Una mujer madura, famosa actriz y esposa de un hombre escéptico y elegante, se enamora con locura de un joven que tiene 15 años menos que ella.
Screenplay
Una mujer es asesinada mientras el agente Lemmy Caution disfruta de unas vacaciones. Durante la investigación descubrirá que la víctima y otras cuatro esposas de altos cargos del gobierno han sido chantajeadas por espías de la Europa del Este para obtener información sobre los servicios de inteligencia.
Writer
El triunfo de Miguel Strogoff toma su título y sus principales personajes de una famosa novela de aventuras de Julio Verne. Esto, sin embargo, es donde la semejanza entre los dos llega a su fin. Curt Jurgens interpreta a Strogoff, un agente de espionaje de Rusia que participa en la guerra contra los turcos. En el lugar de entrega de valiosos documentos secretos (como en la novela), Strogoff tiene tiempo para ir a la ayuda de un joven príncipe. (FILMAFFINITY)
Screenplay
Lemmy Caution ha de descubrir a un espía cuyo nombre es Varley.
Writer
A comienzos del siglo XIX un distinguido militar, coronel de la armada napoleónica, anuncia su llegada a un pueblecito del sur de España. Solicita que le preparen una serie de servicios , y la relación de estos finaliza con la expresión “ etc, etc, etc” . Las autoridades locales, en su ingenuidad , consideran que con tales palabras el coronel indica, eufemísticamente, que quiere tres mujeres de vida alegre.
Screenplay
Cuando los tártaros, mandados por Ogareff, asesinan a su mujer e hijo, Miguel, un intrépido oficial del Ejército Imperial Ruso, pierde la alegría de vivir. Cuando el Zar le encarga la peligrosa misión de atravesar la zona de Siberia controlada por Ogareff, para restablecer las comunicaciones con el ejército, Miguel no dudará un instante.
Dialogue
Cuando los tártaros, mandados por Ogareff, asesinan a su mujer e hijo, Miguel, un intrépido oficial del Ejército Imperial Ruso, pierde la alegría de vivir. Cuando el Zar le encarga la peligrosa misión de atravesar la zona de Siberia controlada por Ogareff, para restablecer las comunicaciones con el ejército, Miguel no dudará un instante.
Author
Thirteen is unlucky on Christmas Eve dinner.
Writer
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and actress, star of Folies-Bèrgere: Carolina Otero.
Dialogue
Durante un paseo por el Sacromonte, la gitana Violeta leyó en la mano de la joven Eugenia de Montijo su futuro como emperatriz. Algún tiempo después, Violeta se establece en Paris como doncella personal de la Emperatriz de Francia. En la corte vive Don Juan de Ayala, un primo de Eugenia que intenta seducir a la hermosa gitana.
Adaptation
Durante un paseo por el Sacromonte, la gitana Violeta leyó en la mano de la joven Eugenia de Montijo su futuro como emperatriz. Algún tiempo después, Violeta se establece en Paris como doncella personal de la Emperatriz de Francia. En la corte vive Don Juan de Ayala, un primo de Eugenia que intenta seducir a la hermosa gitana.
Director
Armand Varescot, a rich and tyrannical old man, is killed by his young and pretty secretary, Caroline, while he was trying to abuse her. To avoid scandal, his granddaughter Marie Varescot convinces Frank, his cousin, to take responsibility for this "accidental" death, he who is in love with Caroline. But Commissioner Legrand, who has designs on Marie, only agrees to close the affair if Marie marries her, and if Frank leaves with Caroline, abandoning his share of the inheritance. The arrangement is accepted and life goes on.
Writer
Zoé, a pretty penniless girl, decides on the advice of her neighbor to embark on gallantry. After a brief failure, she meets a young boy, Jacques Lebreton who is about to get married. After causing the failure of this arranged marriage, she will have to play the role of wife of Jacques with his family, until the arrival of the uncle from America.
Screenplay
A diplomat and fast liver, François lives the good life until, one day, he is unfortunate enough to win...a seal in a raffle. From this day on his everyday life becomes complicated, to say nothing of his sentimental life. Gabrielle, his all too serious girlfriend, can't stand the heat and calls it quits. But English girls like charming Diana don't mind seals...!
Writer
Hans Lövgren happens to win a seal on a lottery during a trip to France. Terrified, he brings the seal home to his Paris apartment and tries to function together with the charming but barking guest.
Writer
Maurice Vallier, apodado "Ma Pomme" es un hombre alegro muy consciente de que el dinero no da la felicidad y de todas las cosas quiere la libertad
Director
Maurice Vallier, apodado "Ma Pomme" es un hombre alegro muy consciente de que el dinero no da la felicidad y de todas las cosas quiere la libertad
Writer
The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it is necessary to hire a "driver", Yolande. Jealous, Eugenie asks Sainfoin to conquer Yolande. In the working car, two happy couples drive through the Italian landscapes.
Director
The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it is necessary to hire a "driver", Yolande. Jealous, Eugenie asks Sainfoin to conquer Yolande. In the working car, two happy couples drive through the Italian landscapes.
Writer
The accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is responsible for monitoring the actions of an alluring South American whose suicide would mean the collapse of the company. Finally, the accountant discovers an attempted insurance scam and marries the surly and charming interpreter who was the liaison between the South American and himself.
Writer
Mme Beaudrier, the wife of a Parliamentary Senator, hurls a pastry at visiting King Joan IV of Cerdagne, sparking off a series of farcical events involving all levels of the government and their mistresses.
Director
Mme Beaudrier, the wife of a Parliamentary Senator, hurls a pastry at visiting King Joan IV of Cerdagne, sparking off a series of farcical events involving all levels of the government and their mistresses.
Director
Isabelle is a lawyer who has Flip, a private detective, convicted of speeding. But shortly after, a murder is committed of which Isabelle's best friend is suspected. To save her, Isabelle is forced, despite her reluctance, to ask Flip for help, who agrees to look for the culprit.
Writer
For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his car factory. When the passion for song takes him back, he manages to resume his career thanks to the support of his wife Martine.
Adaptation
After losing her only child and falling for another man, a wife no longer loves her husband, but he thinks if he takes her back to some of the places they enjoyed in earlier years, it might rekindle their doomed marriage.
Writer
Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.
Screenplay
Thérèse kills her lover during the very night of her wedding to the count of Vétheul. To gain a night with her, a modest local worker agrees to bury the body.
Screenplay
An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.
Writer
After lovers fight, the boy leaves for the Riviera. On her way to rejoin him, the girl meets a distinguished but embittered novelist and decides to spend time comforting him.Which is not going to help when she returns to her boyfriend.
Writer
Chérie is a beautiful young woman who works as an escort girl. She meets a young and wealthy man who propose her to be his fictional wife so that his mother won't bother him anymore with this other girl, a rich one, she wants to see her son married to.
Writer
Pursued by the police, Saget usurps the identity of a man who was returning to his town after having made his fortune in the United States. Under this new name, he deceives his compatriots with the exception of a doctor and the savage Isabelle. During an explanation Saget understands that Isabelle secretly admires him. She denounces him and Saget surrenders without a fight. Thus he ruins all his prestige with the young Amazon.
Adaptation
Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. The Dark Prince sends an emissary to beak up the romance, but his advocate is promptly challenged by a representative from "up above."
Dialogue
Daniel Gelin and Juliette Faber star as a blissfully happy honeymooning couple. They are so happy that they arouse the jealous attentions of Satan. The Dark Prince sends an emissary to beak up the romance, but his advocate is promptly challenged by a representative from "up above."
Screenplay
A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has lured his final victim.
Dialogue
A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has lured his final victim.
Screenplay
Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo ship is willing to smuggle him out out France for a price but Gohelle has no money. His mistress, Marie-Angel tries to charm the money out of wealthy Alain Ginestier who seems the ideal pigeon but Marie-Angel falls in love with Ginestier.
Screenplay
Madame Clapain dies in dubious circumstances at the home of the Cadifon ladies, of which she was a tenant. A friendly inspector and Thérèse Cadifon each carry out their own investigation.
Writer
A young woman is in love with a young writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Married to a banker, she must face her husband's anger and the blackmail of a former suitor.
Writer
René Sabin, engineer, disappointed by failures, leaves his village in the South to go to Paris with friends. In the capital, he befriends dubious people, in particular Alex Krakow who does not disdain shady business. Then comes the war. René is mobilized then returns to the country, and finds with joy his fiancée.
