Péguy, Robert

(Marcel Robert Péguy / De­cember 14, 1883, Paris, France - July 21, 1968, Paris, France)

   Having trained at the Paris Conservatory, he briefly played onstage. The cousin of poet and writer Charles Péguy and a poet himself under the pseudonym of Marcel Robert, he was the son-in-law of producer Léon Gaumont. Filmmaker Emile Cohl suggested that Gaumont hire him as a screenwriter (1908 Les Agents tels qu'on nous les représente et les Agents tels qu'ils sont, short, Louis Feuillade). He also occasionally worked as an actor (1909 Cyrano de Bergerac, short, Jean Durand) and assistant director and adapter (1923 La Neige sur les Pas, Henri Etiévant; 1927 Croquette ou Une Histoire de Cirque, Louis Mercanton).

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Fils de l'Esclave / Fils d'Esclave

        ◘ La Fille du Pêcheur (as Marcel Robert)

        ◘ Le Secret de l'X mystérieux (as Marcel Robert)

        ◘ Pim Crow

        ◘ X le Mystérieux: La Maison blanche (short; as Marcel Robert)

        ◘ Une Fantaisie de Miss Edith Au Secours

        ◘ L'Homme aux deux Visages

        ◘ Madame Satan (also screenwriter as Marcel Robert)

        ◘ L'Escarpin verni (short; as Marcel Robert; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Au Pays de la Mort (also screenwriter; as Mar­cel Robert)

1920 ◘ Être aimé pour soi-même

        ◘ Nine ou La Jeune Fille au Masque

1922 ◘ L'Aviateur masqué (eight episodes: "L'Enjeu", "Dans les Airs", "Les Ailes brisées", "La Revanche de Hoffer", "Faute de Jeunesse", "La Journée des Dupes", "Le Réveil d'une Intelligence", "Les Ailes d'Amour")

        ◘ Le Crime de Monique (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Vol (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Paul et Virginie

        ◘ Kithnou (co-director with Henri Etiévant)

        ◘ 600000 Francs par Mois (co-director with Nicolas Koline)

        ◘ Muche / Je ne comprends pas (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Paris-New York-Paris

        ◘ Embrassez-moi (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Pes Mufles

        ◘ La Tentation d'un jeune Homme vertueux

        ◘ Au Coin perdu (short)

        ◘ La Maison jaune de Rio (French-language ver­sion of Karl Grune's Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu; Germany / France)

        ◘ Son Altesse l'Amour (French-language version of Joe May's Ihre Majestat die Liebe; Germany)

        ◘ Amour et Business (medium-length)

1932 ◘ Clochard (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Allô . . . Police . . . (short)

        ◘ Maruche / Restez dîner (medium-length; also screenwriter, lyricist)

        ◘ Monsieur Durand Sénateur / Une Crise ministé­rielle (medium-length; also screenwriter)

1933 ◘ Au Pays du Soleil

        ◘ Passassin est ici (short)

1934 ◘ L'Affaire Sternberg (medium-length)

        ◘ La Claque (medium-length)

        ◘ La Dernière Aventure (short)

1935 ◘ Le Collier du Grand Duc (medium-length)

        ◘ Une Drôle d'Histoire (short)

        ◘ Monsieur Prosper (medium-length; also screenwriter, lyricist)

        ◘ Le Mystère de la Maison blanche (medium-length)

        ◘ Le Parapluie de Monsieur Bec (medium-length)

        ◘ Le Père La Cerise (medium-length; also screenwriter)

1936 ◘ Jacques et Jacotte (also co-screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ La Mystérieuse Lady (medium-length; also adapter)

        ◘ Les Croquignolle (medium-length; also adapter)

        ◘ Ma Petite Marquise (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Monsieur Breloque a disparu Bobards (short)

        ◘ Grand-Père (also screenwriter, dialogist, lyricist)

        ◘ La Grande Leçon (destroyed movie)

        ◘ Notre-Dame de la Mouise (also co-adapter; shot in 1939-1940)

        ◘ Dernière Aventure

        ◘ Coup de Feu dans la Nuit

        ◘ Les Ailes blanches (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Télévision (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Master Love (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1949 ◘ Vive la Grève! (short; also screenwriter)