Jolivet, René

(December 28, 1898, Albert­ville, Savoie, France - February 27, 1975, Bandol, Var, France)

   Having trained as an engineer, he was a jour­nalist, novelist (1930 L'Eden, Editions Arthème-Fayard; L'Epave, Les Editions des Portiques; 1931 Les Hommes maudits. Les Ténèbres, Redier; 1935 La Maison sur l'Inconnu, Editions Arthème-Fayard), and playwright (La Chasse au Miroir; Finie la Comédie; Le Poil de l'Eléphant) before switching to movies as a screenwriter (1938 Prisons de Femmes / USA: Marked Girls, as co-dialogist, Roger Richebé; 1939 L'Esclave blanche / USA: Pasha's Wives, as adapter, Marc Sorkin; Angelica / Rosa di sangue / USA: Blood Red Rose, as dialogist, Jean Choux; La Tradition de Minuit, as dialogist, Roger Richebé; 1944 Le Mort ne reçoit plus, as screenwriter, co-dialogist, Jean Tarride; 1946 Au Pays des Cigales, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Maurice Cam; On demande un Ménage, as screenwriter, adapter, Maurice Cam; 1947 Le Bateau à Soupe, as co-dialogist, Gilbert Dupé; Le Fugitif, as screenwriter, dialogist, Robert Bibal; Fausse Identité, as adapter, André Chotin; La Grande Maguet, as co-adapter, Roger Richebé; 1949 Rapide de Nuit, as screenwriter, Marcel Blistène; Ainsi finit la Nuit / UK and USA: Thus Finishes the Night, as screenwriter, Emile-Edwin Reinert; Le Sorcier du Ciel, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Marcel Blistène; Drame au Vel' d'Hiv', as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Maurice Cam; 1953 Opération Magali, as co-dialogist, Laszlô Kish; L'Etrange Amazone, as adapter, dialogist, Jean Vallée). He appeared in two Argentinian films (1958 Del cuplé al tango, Julio Saraceni, Argentina; 1963 Rata de Puerto, René Mugica, Argentina).

 Filmography

1950 ◘ La Peau d'un Homme (also screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Dix-Huit Heures d'Escale (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane / Una aventura de Gil Blas / USA: The Adventures of Gil Blas (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Spain)

1958 ◘ Un Certain Monsieur Jo (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1960 ◘ Les Mordus (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1968 ◘ Les Enfants de Caïn (unreleased; Canada)