Choux, Jean

(March 6, 1887, Geneva, Switzer­land-March 2, 1946, Paris, France)

   Having trained as a lawyer, he switched to film criti­cism. A poet, he published a collection of his works (La Louange des Arbres, des Eaux et des Monts, Ambilly, 1924) and an essay (Michel-Ange et Paul Valéry, Editions Rasmussen, 1932). Other credits (as screenwriter): 1930 Maternité (as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Jean Benoît-Lévy); (as supervisor): 1934 La Banque Némo (Marguerite Viel). He died of congestion the day before he began shooting a new film in Switzer­land (Pestalozzi). His wife was French actress Thérèse Reignier (1891-1952).

 Filmography

1925 ◘ La Vocation d'André Carel / USA: The Vocation of André Carel (also producer, editor; Switzer­land)

        ◘ La Terre qui meurt (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Baiser qui tue

        ◘ Espionnage ou la Guerre sans Armes (also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Chacun porte sa Croix (also screenwriter)

1930 ◘ La Servante (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Amours viennoises (also dialogist; French-language version of Robert Land's Wiener Liebschaften Ging da nicht eben des Gluck viorbei?)

        ◘ Le Vrai Visage de l'Afrique (documentary)

        ◘ Dranem au dancing / Bonsoir M'sieurs Dames! (short)

1931 ◘ Jean de la Lune (co-director with Michel Simon)

        ◘ Un Chien qui rapporte (also sound editor; con­sidering that the movie was reshaped and mu­tilated, Jean Choux disowned the final result)

1932 ◘ Le Mariage de Mlle Beulemans

        ◘ Chez les Buveurs de Sang (documentary)

        ◘ L'Ange gardien (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Greluchon délicat

        ◘ Maternité (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Paris (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Femme sans Importance

        ◘ Miarka, la Fille à l'Ourse (also screenwriter)

1938 ◘ La Glu (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Paix sur le Rhin (also co-screenwriter)

1940 ◘ Le Café du Port (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Angélica / Rosa di sangue / USA: Blood Red Rose (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ La nascita di Salomé / El nacimento de Salomé (also co-screenwriter; Italy / Spain)

        ◘ La Femme perdue

        ◘ Port d'Attache

1946 ◘ L'Ange qu'on m'a donné (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)