Yves Mirande

Caricature of Yves Mirande by Charles Gir

Yves Mirande (Bagneux (Maine-et-Loire), May 8, 1876 – Paris, March 17, 1957) was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.

Career

Yves Mirande began his acting career in the theater, transitioning to movies in the silent era.^[1]

Filmography

• She Wolves, directed by Maurice Elvey (Silent, 1925, based on the play Un homme en habit)
• Evening Clothes, directed by Luther Reed (Silent, 1927, based on the play Un homme en habit)
• The Porter from Maxim's, directed by Roger Lion and Nicolas Rimsky (Silent, 1927, based on the play Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's)
• Trois jeunes filles nues [fr], directed by Robert Boudrioz (Silent, 1929, based on the operetta Trois jeunes filles nues)
• Kiss Me, directed by Robert Péguy (Silent, 1929, based on the play Embrassez-moi)
• The Wonderful Day, directed by René Barberis (Silent, 1929, based on the play La Merveilleuse Journée)
• L'Arpète, directed by Émile-Bernard Donatien (Silent, 1929, based on the play L'Arpète)
• A Hole in the Wall, directed by René Barberis (French, 1930, based on the play Le Trou dans le mur)
  • När rosorna slå ut [sv], directed by Edvin Adolphson (Swedish, 1930, based on the play Le Trou dans le mur)
  • A Lucky Man, directed by Benito Perojo (Spanish, 1930, based on the play Le Trou dans le mur)
• The Matrimonial Bed, directed by Michael Curtiz (English, 1930, based on the play Au premier de ces messieurs)
• The Man in Evening Clothes, directed by René Guissart (French, 1931, based on the play Un homme en habit)
  • A Gentleman in Tails, directed by Roger Capellani and Carlos San Martín (Spanish, 1931, based on the play Un homme en habit)
• Pour vivre heureux, directed by Claudio de la Torre (French, 1932, based on the play Pour vivre heureux)
• Simone est comme ça, directed by Karl Anton (French, 1932, based on the play Simone est comme ça)
• Kiss Me, directed by Léon Mathot (French, 1932, based on the play Embrassez-moi)
• Mon cœur balance, directed by René Guissart (French, 1932, based on the play Une femme dans un lit)
• The Wonderful Day, directed by Yves Mirande and Robert Wyler (French, 1932, based on the play La Merveilleuse Journée)
• The Porter from Maxim's, directed by Karl Anton (French, 1933, based on the play Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's)
• Je te confie ma femme [fr], directed by René Guissart (French, 1933, based on the play La Femme de mon ami)
• Un Petit Trou pas cher, directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis (French, 1934, based on the play Un petit trou pas cher)
• Mr. What's-His-Name?, directed by Ralph Ince (English, 1935, based on the play Au premier de ces messieurs)
• It Happened in Paris, directed by Carol Reed and Robert Wyler (English, 1935, based on the play L'Arpète)
• The Porter from Maxim's, directed by Maurice Cammage (French, 1939, based on the play Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's)
• Kisses for Breakfast, directed by Lewis Seiler (English, 1941, based on the play Au premier de ces messieurs)
• A Hole in the Wall, directed by Émile Couzinet (French, 1950, based on the play Le Trou dans le mur)
• Ce coquin d'Anatole [fr], directed by Émile Couzinet (French, 1951, based on the play La Grande vie)
• The Porter from Maxim's, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger (French, 1953, based on the play Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's)
• La Famille Cucuroux [fr], directed by Émile Couzinet (French, 1953, based on the play Une femme dans un lit)
• The Porter from Maxim's, directed by Claude Vital (French, 1976, based on the play Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's)
• The Wonderful Day, directed by Claude Vital (French, 1980, based on the play La Merveilleuse Journée)

As screenwriter

Director

• 1932 : The Wonderful Day
• 1935 : Baccara
• 1936 : Seven Men, One Woman
• 1936 : Le Grand Refrain [fr]
• 1936 : The Bureaucrats
• 1937 : À nous deux, madame la vie [fr]
• 1938 : Café de Paris
• 1939 : Behind the Facade
• 1940 : Paris-New York
• 1940 : Moulin-Rouge

Actor

• 1933 : The Porter from Maxim's by Karl Anton
• 1939 : Behind the Facade by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande, as Le clochard sur le banc
• 1942 : Les Petits Riens [fr] by Raymond Leboursier, as Brignolles

Producer

• 1933 : Je te confie ma femme [fr]

Theatre work

Author

• 1909 : Un petit trou pas cher (with Henri Caen), Comédie-Royale
• 1909 : Ma gosse' (with Henri Caen)
• 1910 : Les Jeux sont faits? (with Guillaume Wolff), Théâtre Michel
• 1912 : Pour vivre heureux (with André Rivoire), Théâtre de la Renaissance
• 1920 : Un homme en habit (with André Picard [fr]), Théâtre des Variétés
• 1920 : La Femme de mon ami (with Henri Géroule), Théâtre Michel
• 1920 : Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's [fr] (with Gustave Quinson), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1921 : Simone est comme ça (with Alexis Madis), Théâtre des Capucines
• 1922 : La Merveilleuse Journée (with Gustave Quinson), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1922 : Pourquoi m'as-tu fait ça? (with Alexis Madis and Gustave Quinson), Théâtre des Capucines
• 1923 : Embrassez-moi (with Tristan Bernard and Gustave Quinson), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1925 : Trois jeunes filles nues [fr] (with Raoul Moretti and Albert Willemetz), Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
• 1925 : Voulez-vous être ma femme? (by Jacques Richepin, adaptation by Yves Mirande), Théâtre de la Renaissance
• 1926 : Au premier de ces messieurs (with André Mouëzy-Éon), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1927 : Une femme dans un lit (with Gustave Quinson), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1927 : L'Arpète (with Gustave Quinson), Théâtre La Scala
• 1929 : Le Trou dans le mur, Théâtre de la Michodière
• 1929 : La Grande vie (with Henri Géroule), Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1946 : Ce soir je suis garçon! (with André Mouëzy-Éon), Théâtre Antoine

Comedian

• 1943 : À la gloire d'Antoine by Sacha Guitry, Théâtre Antoine

Scenographer

• 1949 : Le Petit by Tristan Bernard, Théâtre Antoine

References

• Yves Mirande at IMDb

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