Jean Manse Explained

Jean Manse
Birth Date:	19 November 1899
Birth Place:	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Death Date:	25 August 1967 (aged 67)
Death Place:	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Occupation:	Writer
Yearsactive:	1932-1963 (film)

Jean Manse (1899–1967) was a French screenwriter.^[1] He was the brother of Henriette Manse, and brother-in-law of Fernandel with whom he frequently collaborated. He was also a lyricist, working with composer Henri Betti on the hit Christmas song C'est Noël.

Selected filmography

• Ignace (1937)
• Ernest the Rebel (1938)
• Berlingot and Company (1939)
• The Suitors Club (1941)
• The Lucky Star (1943)
• Don't Shout It from the Rooftops (1943)
• St. Val's Mystery (1945)
• A Dog's Life (1943)
• If It Makes You Happy (1948)
• Casimir (1951)
• The Sleepwalker (1951)
• Forbidden Fruit (1952)
• The Baker of Valorgue (1953)
• Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
• Honoré de Marseille (1956)
• Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
• Don Juan (1956)
• Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
• The Lord's Vineyard (1958)
• The Big Chief (1959)
• Cocagne (1961)
• Dynamite Jack (1961)
• The Changing of the Guard (1962)
• The Trip to Biarritz (1963)

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

Notes and References

1. Klossner p.111