Ernest George Maurice Lefebvre-Desvallières (3 October 1857 â 23 March 1926) was a 19thâÂÂ20th-century French playwright.
Maurice was the brother of George Desvallières, son of Emile Lefebvre Desvallières and Marie Legouvé (daughter and granddaughter of academicians Ernest Legouvé and Gabriel-Marie Legouvé).
He studied at lycée Condorcet.
He wrote several theatre plays in collaboration with Georges Feydeau.
Works
Filmography
- Le Fils ÃÂ papa, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1913, short film, based on Le Fils ÃÂ papa)
- Champignol malgré lui (France, 1913, based on Champignol malgré lui)
- L'Hôtel du libre échange, directed by Marcel Simon (France, 1916, based on L'Hôtel du libre échange)
- The Girl in the Taxi, directed by Lloyd Ingraham (1921, based on Le Fils ÃÂ papa)
- Chaste Susanne, directed by Richard Eichberg (Germany, 1926, based on Le Fils ÃÂ papa)
- ', directed by Fred Ellis (France, 1933, based on the play of the same name)
- ', directed by Marc Allégret (France, 1934, based on L'Hôtel du libre échange)
- ', directed by Maurice Cammage (France, 1936, based on Prête-moi ta femme)
- ', directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1937, based on Le Fils àpapa)
- The Girl in the Taxi, directed by André Berthomieu (UK, 1937, based on Le Fils àpapa)
- La Casta Susana, directed by Benito Perojo (Argentina, 1944, based on Le Fils ÃÂ papa)
- ', directed by Luis César Amadori (Spain, 1963, based on Le Fils àpapa)
- ÃÂktenskapsbrottaren, directed by Hasse Ekman (Sweden, 1964, based on L'Hôtel du libre échange)
- Hotel Paradiso, directed by Peter Glenville (UK, 1966, based on L'Hôtel du libre échange)
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