Orval, Claude

(Gaston Farragut / November 1, 1897, Paris, France - April 24, 1963, Paris, France)

   He wrote hundreds of tales and short stories and about twenty plays. An occasional screenwriter (1934 La Moule, short, Jean Delannoy; 1955 Les Nuits de Montmartre, also dialogist, Pierre Franchi), he also au­thored a novel that was adapted by Bernard Borderie (1960 Le Caid).

 Filmography

        ◘ Irma Lucinde Voyante (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Meurtre a été commis (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Une Java

        ◘ Clodoche (co-director with Raymond Lamy)

1939 ◘ Nadia, la Femme traquée / L'Ombre du Deuxième Bureau / A l'Ombre du Deuxième Bureau / Nadia, la Lutte secrète (also original short story, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Triple Enquête

        ◘ La Nuit du 12 au 13 (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Allô au Secours! (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Musique en Tête (co-director with Georges Combret; also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Garçonnière (short; also original story, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Duel à Dakar (co-director with Georges Combret; also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Détectives du Dimanche (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)