Manoussi, Jean

(1879, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - December 23, 1929, Paris, France)

   A playwright, he entered films, authoring screenplays (1909 Un Cambrioleur ingénieux, short, Anonymous; 1917 Aline ou La Double Vie, Edouard-Emile Violet; L'Homme qui s'est vendu, three parts, Gaston Silvestre; Le Jupon, Edouard-Emile Violet; Le Songe d'un Mois d'Eté, Edouard-Emile Violet; 1918 Rita, Edouard-Emile Violet; 1928 L'Evadée / Le Secret de Délia, also cinematographer, Henri Ménessier) or co-writing screen­plays (1917 Aimer c'est souffrir, Charles Maudru; 1926 Knock, ou Le Triomphe de la Médecine, René Hervil). Other credits (as assistant director): 1927 Croquette ou une Histoire de Cirque / Le Môme du Cirque (Louis Mercanton); (as co-author of original play): 1937 Mon­sieur Breloque a disparu (Robert Péguy).

 Filmography

1909 ◘ Le Mariage de la Cuisinière (short; co-director with Gabriel Timmory)

1917 ◘ La Fugitive

1919 ◘ Fanny Lear (co-director with Robert Boudrioz)

        ◘ L'Homme bleu

1920 ◘ Illusions

1922 ◘ Le Grillon du Foyer (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Mirage de Paris / Au Pied du Géant / German version: Der Maler und sein Model (France / Germany)

        ◘ Ma Maison de Saint-Cloud

        ◘ Fedora (also screenwriter, adapter; Germany)

1927 ◘ Le Dernier des Capendu (shot in 1923)