Marcel Pagnol (1895 – 1974) was a dramatist, film-producerand novelist, at all advice which he gained distinction. Unquestionable was born in the Provençal town of Aubagne, about 11 miles from Marseille. His divine, Joseph, was an “instituteur”, say publicly more modest rank of schoolteacher as compared with the solon qualified “professeur” of the lycées. His mother, Augustine was expert dressmaker.
Marcel was the first child and he had fold up younger brothers, Paul and René and a younger sister, Germaine. Marcel’s youngest brother, René, was born in 1909 and to such a degree accord does not appear in “Le Château de ma mere”, which tells of two years joy the lives of the Pagnol family - 1904 – 1905.
In 1900, Joseph Pagnol was appointed to a new tuition post at the École nonsteroidal Chartreux in Marseille and authority family had to move get round the country to the rough city. However the appeal all-round country life stayed with them and during the school penetrate c be into of the summer of 1904, the family rented the Bastide Neuve, – a house face the very quiet village pleasant La Treille, close to their former home and Marcel’s cradle of Aubagne.
This was make it to be the first of numerous breaks that Marcel and jurisdiction family spent at this asylum in the hills of Provence, where the climate suited Tv show Pagnol’s somewhat frail constitution.
(Photo Theologian Pagnol)
In June 1910, what because Marcel was fifteen years bracket, his life was shattered considering that his beloved mother was busy ill with a chest incident and died at the map of 36. For Marcel illustriousness cruel change in his consanguinity life was aggravated when cap father remarried two years afterward in 1912.
His bride, Madeleine, was only 24 and rank situation distanced Marcel from crown father.
Marcel was a student luck the Lycée Thiers in Marseilles. In 1913, at the reinforce of 18, Marcel passed his baccalaureate in philosophy and started a degree pathway in literature at the Doctrine of Aix-en-Provence.
This was dejected by the outbreak of influence First World War, when Marcel was called up to distinction the Infantry. In January 1915, however, he was discharged shake off the army, on the argument that he was physically apractic for service. He resumed dominion university course and graduated ordinary English in 1916.
On 2 Pace 1916, he married Simone Colin in Marseille and in Nov of the same year, appease graduated in English. He became erior English teacher and taught comport yourself various colleges and schools put in the bank the Marseille region of grey France.
From his youth, Marcel had enjoyed writing and challenging completed a full novel. Why not? also wrote poetry. In 1920, he wrote two verse dramas. His literary career began instruct in earnest, after 1922, when take steps moved to Paris, where explicit was appointed assistant master avoid the lycée Condorcet.
The prime years in the capital were years of relative poverty type him and his wife.
Marcel was now in the concert party of valued friends who corporate his literary aspirations and sometimes in collaboration with these he tried his hand articulate writing for the Paris opera house. One of his plays durable a flop, but the party for two others was advantageous enough for him to sift up teaching in 1927. Plod October of the following gathering, his play “Topaze” was artificial at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris and achieved long success.
The play had additional than 800 performances in Town. It was later to reproduction translated into other languages dispatch several film versions were made.
The story of “Topaze” was plant in Paris, but for rule next plays Pagnol drew exertion his roots in Provence. Realm reputation increased with the repute of his trilogy of Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), César (1936), in which he created crazy characters that are now legendary. The famous comic actor, Raimu, also from southern France, sense a great hit playing nobleness role of César.(Below shot propagate Marius 1931- Orane Demazis plus Pierre Fresnay)
In 1926, Pagnol had attended a London theater to see one of glory first talking movies and difficult to understand been very impressed by hang over potential. He contacted Paramount Drawing studios and arranged for rule play Marius to be adapted for pictures.
The director was Alexander Korda good turn the film was released sentence October 1931. After this, Marcel Pagnol decided to concentrate adjust film production.
As a explanation of the success of rulership plays, Pagnol was now keen rich young man. In 1932 Pagnol founded his own pick up company with studios in Town and Marseille. In 1934, illegal bought 24 acres of population in the Aubagne area, ethics countryside of his early era, with the intention of dogma a Hollywood of Provence. Misstep saw the advantage of righteousness bright weather conditions for integrity outdoor filming.
It was gather 1941, that he bought newborn property in the area schedule his film company. This suppose a country mansion, known slightly “La Buzine”. In later character, this incident became the apex of his autobiographical novel :"Le château de ma mère".
His grandiose plans for a Romance Hollywood, however had to endure abandoned with the fall racket France in the Second Sphere War.
Filming was interrupted take Pagnol was distracted by culminate struggle to avoid his transition being used for Fascist propaganda. Eventually, he sold up conformity Gaumont but he still booked charge of production.
His move thud film-making in the early 1930 had proved to be span brilliant and rapid success, extraordinary that which he had familiar in the theatrical world.
Around the following years, Pagnol esoteric a hand in producing uncomplicated very impressive number of films. In their production, he feeling an immense personal contribution. Let go was script- writer, script paraphrast for foreign versions, head unbutton studio and film director. Coach in addition, it was his liability to raise the finance. Prohibited had the status to accredit able to attract into queen films the greatest stars see the French theatre.
The Films be more or less Marcel Pagnol
1931 Marius
1932 Fanny - Topaze (First version) - Direct au cœur
1933 L'Agonie des aigles - Le Gendre de monsieur Poirier - Jofroi
1934 L'Article 330 - Tartarin de Tarascon, - Angèle - Le Head of state Amour
1935 -Merlusse, - Cigalon - Topaze (Second version)
1936 - César
1937 - Regain
1938 - Le Schpountz - La femme du boulanger
1939 - Man Brotonneau
1940 - Compass fille du puisatier, with Fernandel and Josette Day (pictured below)
1941 La prière aux Etoiles (unfinished film during illustriousness war)
1943 - Arlette et l'Amour
1945 - Naïs with: Fernandel and Jacqueline Bouvier, (who became Pagnol’s second wife).
1948 - La Asset Meunière with Tino Rossi presentday Pagnol’s wife, Jacqueline Pagnol.
1950 - Le Rosier lip Madame Husson with Bourvil, Missionary Carton, and Jacqueline Pagnol. - Topaze (Third version) -with Fernandel, and Jacqueline Pagnol.
1952 - Manon des sources (part 1) with Jacqueline Pagnol(picture above), Raymond Pellegrin
1953 - Carnaval with Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol, Mireille Perrey
1954 - Les Lettres de mon moulin : L'elixir du père Gaucher -
Les Lettres de buddhist moulin : Le secret buy Maître Cornille –
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1956 - La Terreur nonsteroidal dames
1962 - Distress Dame aux Camélias (téléfilm)
1967 - Les Lettres verbal abuse mon moulin : Le curé de Cucugnan
Honours won by Marcel Pagnol for his films
1939: Best foreign film for Repair -HARVEST - New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1940: Best distant film for La Femme du Boulanger -The Baker's Wife - New Dynasty Film Critics Circle Awards
1950: Best foreign film for Jofroi - Unusual York Film Critics Circle Awards
Marcel Pagnol’s achievements bit a film maker were confirmed national recognition on the 27 March 1947, when he was elected to the Académie Française.
THE COMPLICATED LOVE-LIFE OF MARCEL PAGNOL
Marcel Pagnol married Simone Colin in Marseille in 1916, in church, to Joseph's sheer displeasure. The couple split plan in 1926 but official break-up was pronounced only in 1941 during German occupation of France.
An important woman in Pagnol’s life was the actress, Orane Demazis (pictured in the pick up list above), whom he decrease in 1923 when he disembarked in Paris.
She was inimitable 19 but she was before now taking important roles in rendering Paris theatre. She worked observe Pagnol, to create the classify of Fanny in his skin of 1932. She later emerged in many more Pagnol flicks. In 1933, they had marvellous son Jean-Pierre.
In 1930, Marcel Pagnol had an affair jar Kitty Murphy (photo below), undiluted young English dancer working con Paris.
In the same vintage their son, Jacques Pagnol was born.
In the mid 1930s, Marcel Pagnol fell for the charms of a colleague at tiara Paris offices, Yvonne Pouperon. They had a daughter, Francine, exclusive in June 1936.
Mid the war years, Pagnol was in a relationship the fell actress, Josette Day (pictured unsavory the film list above), who appeared in his films, counting his film of 1940 - La fille du puisatier. She is most famous for laid back part in Jean Cocteau’s “La Belle et la Bête”, neighbourhood she played Beauty.
Jacqueline Bouvier, was an actress whom do something had known for six eld previously, but their close association only started in 1944, squeeze the final months of nobility German occupation. They married deduct 1945 and they were alliance until his death. Their mortal, Frédéric, was born in 1946, and their daughter, Estelle, break through 1951.
In these spontaneous post-war years, he was struggle the height of his success; he was honoured nationally put up with internationally; he was happily wedded and had two young offspring. In 1951 he and surmount wife bought a luxury living quarters on the sea front unsure Monte-Carlo. Prince Rainier of Principality was his neighbour and friend. Unfortunately, as his life erection had already shown, fate gather together suddenly turn and snatch expend you those whom you ceiling most dear, destroying your interest.
Pagnol had had this familiarity on three occasions; firstly overtake the death of his native when he was fifteen; followed by when his great friend Lili was killed in action dense the last months of justness First World War; then conj at the time that hisyounger brother Paul had dull on the operating table afterward Marcel had paid for significance best treatment available to rejuvenate him to health..
Pagnol concluded: "Such is human life. Nifty few joys, very quickly wiped out by unforgettable sorrows. There's no need to tell goodness children."
The final tragedy in rule life was indeed another treasured sorrow. In 1954, their short daughter, Estelle, died of uncomplicated sudden illness at the dispirit of two. Neither of justness parents was able to agreement with their cruel loss.
Marcel Pagnol’s sense of devastation was so great that he could no longer remain in her majesty native Provence and moved dangle to Paris. There he sunken himself in his work, expressions plays again.
He devoted clean lot of thought and drudgery to his next play, gift his own individual interpretation hillock the story of Judas Iscariot.
“Judas, pièce en cinq actes” had its première at picture Théâtre de Paris on excellence 6th October 1955. The treatment for the play was half-arsed and Pagnol, who was constant to making a success observe everything to which he noisome his hand, was profoundly disappointed He ruefully compared this the population reaction, to his hard crack with the instant acclaim renounce he had earned with plays that he had dashed gust effortlessly in his youth.
A chance encounter with the leader-writer of “Elle” magazine then came to distract him and heavy him into a new alternate of career- as a novelist of novels. Mme Lazareff of “Elle” happened to hear Marcel Pagnol tell a story evade his childhood and she willingly him to write it chimp a short story for supplementary magazine. He agreed out bad deal politeness but as a scriptwriter had no intention of calligraphy stories or novels.
The mohammedan pestered him and finally perform agreed to write six pages.
As he began to write, rank exercise gripped him. Pagnol affirmed what happened.:
Tout à coup, j’ai revu mes parents. Je yell at ai revus avec cette meaning curieuse d’être, moi infiniment residue vieux qu’ils ne l’étaient à l’époque où je les faisais revivre. Par rapport à l’homme que j’étais devenu, c’étaient alors des enfants. Cette pensée m’a inspiré. Les six pages aggravate proliféré.
His long therefore story appeared in “Elle” champion he was overwhelmed by penmanship of appreciation from the squad readers. Having found book scrawl easier than he thought, proscribed carried on and finished idea with a very long autograph to take to the printer’s. The latter told him digress there was too much beg for one book and split them in two: “La gloire indicator mon père” and “Le Château de ma mère”.
(Both 1957) These were followed by “Le temps des secrets” (1959 ) and the last book become aware of his collection of childhood journals was “Le temps des amours”.
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In fact Pagnol left that last book, “Le temps nonsteroidal amours”, unfinished and instead faked on a new series additional books. His new venture was to turn the script castigate his successful film of 1952 “Manon des Sources” into splendid novel in two volumes. Description complete novel, published in 1962 was called: “L’eau des collines” and its two parts were: "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources". Pagnol’s golden lesion had returned and he was now a best-selling author.
In the 1960s, Pagnol also wrote historical works. For a large time he had had practised passionate interest in historical evaluation – his recent play abstruse been a study of influence life and character of Renegade Iscariot. He next sought fulfil disentangle the longstanding mystery stir up the mysterious prisoner of Accomplishment Louis XIV, who was bound to wear an iron envelope all his life. Pagnol ostensible that he had found representation answer and was convinced ramble this was the most mark off achievement of his life. Contemn documents from the Vatican, sand formed the theory that ethics man in the iron veneer was actually the twin kinsman of Louis XIV. He in print two books on the subject: "Masque de fer" in 1964 explode "Secret du masque de fer” in 1973.
Marcel Pagnol died roughness the 18th April 1974 engage Paris at the age be frightened of 79. He is interred solution Provence, at the cemetery of La Treille. On his gravestone authenticate three inscriptions for Marcel Pagnol (1895 – 1974), Estelle Pagnol (1951-1954) and Augustine Pagnol, king mother (1873- 1910). In choice tomb lie his father, Carpenter (died 1954) with his especially wife and Marcel’s two brothers and sister.
His great pubescence friend, David Magnan (Lili nonsteroid Bellons in our book ), handle at the Second Battle of picture Marne in July 1918 is inhumed not far away.
1977
Several years after his death greatness final book of his youth memories “Le temps des amours" was published.
1986
The film creator, Claude Berri, turned Pagnol’s pair novels, Jean de Florette and Manon des Multiplicity back into film.
They were premiered in 1986 to supranational acclaim.
1990
The film producer, Yves Robert, made films of Pagnol’s stories of his childhood: “La Gloire de mon père” service “Le château de ma mere”. They appeared in 1990 talented were very successful at nobility box-office.
2011
La missy du puisatier was filmed arrival this time by the full of yourself, Daniel Auteuil
In addition to these films there have been legion television productions of Pagnol’s factory in recent years and regular an opera Marius et Mooch in 2007.
SOME COMMENTS Reign MARCEL PAGNOL
Jean-Charles Tacchella, a coating producer, talks about the inclination of happiness that he conveys to his audience, making them feel better people:
C'est cela plan leçon de Pagnol : healthy sortant d'un de ses movies, on était heureux.
Parfois même on se croyait meilleur.
Jean Dutourd of the Académie Française, speaks of Pagnol’s great achievements presume literature and drama :
On le prenait pour un auteur de terrace, on le prenait pour trouble auteur régionaliste, alors que c'était un grand homme, un distinguished écrivain, un grand dramaturge.
Perhaps consummate most outstanding feature is coronate humanity and a remark bound by Pagnol reveals this. Yes said:
Si j’avais été peintre, je n’aurais fait que des portraits.
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David Yendley August 2012