Colline, Paul

(Paul Duard / September 22, 1895, Paris, France - November 8, 1991, Paris, France)

   A chansonnier and playwright, he also played in shorts (1931 La Brigade du Bruit, also screenwriter, Louis Mercanton; La Disparue, Louis Mercanton; Si..., Arcy-Hennery; 1932 En lisant le Journal, Alberto Cavalcanti; Montmartre qui tourne / Nous ne ferons jamais de Cinéma / Revue montmartroise, Alberto Cav-alcanti; 1933 Chansonniers de Montmartre, Anonymous; Désiré Lanquetin deuxième Classe, Willy Rozier; Deux Picon-Grenadine, Pierre-Jean Ducis; Fantômas Hôtel, also screenwriter, Jean de Marguenat; On demande un Employé, Pierre-Jean Ducis; 1934 Quatre à Troyes, also screenwriter, Pierre-Jean Ducis), medium-length films (1935 Une Tête qui rapporte, also screenwriter, Jacques Becker), and feature films (1933 Les Trois Mousquetaires / USA: The Three Musketeers, two parts: "Les Ferrets de la Reine", "Milady", Henri Diamant-Berger; 1954 Si Versailles m'était conté / UK: Fabulous Versailles / USA: Royal affairs in Versailles / Affairs in Versailles, Sacha Gui­try; 1956 Si Paris nous était conté, Sacha Guitry). Other credits (as dialogist): 1932 Rivaux de la Piste (Serge de Poligny); 1950 Jeannot l'Intrépide / USA: Johnny the Giant Killer / US TV: Johnny Little and the Giant (anima­tion, as co-dialogist, Jean Image, Charles Frank); (as screenwriter): 1932 Adémaï et la Nation Armée (short, Jean de Marguenat); Sens interdit (short, Jean de Mar­guenat); 1933 Adémaï Joseph à l'O.N.M. (short, Jean de Marguenat); 1934 Adémaï Aviateur / UK: Skylark (also dialogist, Jean Tarride); Les Géants de la Route / La Belle Vie (also dialogist, Pierre-Jean Ducis); 1935 Adémaï au Moyen-Âge (also dialogist, Jean de Marguenat); Sesenta horas en el cielo (Raymond Chevalier, Spain); 1943 Adé-maï Bandit d'Honneur (also dialogist, Gilles Grangier); 1950 L'Atomique Monsieur Placido (also adapter, dialo­gist, Robert Hennion); (as lyricist): 1933 L'Etoile de Va­lencia (Serge de Poligny); 1963 Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour / Muriel, il tempo di uno ritorno / UK: Muriel, or the Time of Return / USA: The Time of Return (Alain Resnais, France / Italy); (as author of original story): Adémaï Bandit d'Honneur (Gilles Grangier); 1947 \A volar joven! / Puerta joven (Miguel M. Delgado, Spain). He signed two children's books adapted from his screenplays and illustrated by Moallic and Aragon (1946 Adémaï Aviateur, Les Grandes Editions Françaises; 1947 Adémaï au Moyen-Âge, Les Grandes Editions Françaises).

 Filmography

1948 ◘ Le Socle (short; co-director with Alain Pol; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Vieux Maire (short; co-director with Alain Pol; also screenwriter)

1950 ◘ Adémaï au Poteau Frontière (also screenwriter, dialogist)