Blistène, Marcel

(Marcel Blitstein / June 3, 191I, Paris, France - August 2, 1991, Paris, France)

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in lit­erature, he entered films as an assistant at the Paramount in 1930, working with such directors as René Guissart, Alexander Korda, Harry Lachman, and Louis Mercanton. Then he became film journalist for Cinémonde and Pour vous. From 1935 to 1939, he was press attaché for films and actors.

 Filmography

1946 ◘ Etoile sans Lumière / UK and USA: Star Without Light (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Macadam / UK and USA: Back Streets of Paris (supervised by Jacques Feyder)

1949 ◘ Rapide de Nuit Le Sorcier du Ciel

        ◘ Bibi Fricotin

        ◘ Cet Âge est sans Pitié (shot in 1950)

        ◘ Le Feu dans la Peau / USA: Fire Under Her Skin (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Gueule d'Ange / USA: Pleasures and Vices (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1957 ◘ Sylviane de mes Nuits (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1959 ◘ Les Amants de Demain (also co-adapter; shot in 1957-1958)

1960 ◘ Pitchipoï (unfinished)

 Television Filmography

1981 ◘ Un Comédien lit un Auteur (episode "Jacques Sereys lit Ernest Renan")