Screen adaptations of plays by Georges Feydeau explained

Georges Feydeau, the best-known writer of French farce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, wrote more than twenty full-length comic plays and twenty one-act ones. Some of these have been adapted for the cinema. Although Feydeau was active well into the era of film he never wrote for the medium, but within two years of his death in 1921 other writers and directors began to take his plays as the basis for films, of which more than twenty have been made, in several countries and languages.

Films based on Feydeau plays

Film title	Based on Feydeau's play	Year	Country	Director
La dama de Chez Maxim's	La Dame de chez Maxim	1923	Italy	Amleto Palermi
Il tacchino	Le Dindon	1925	Italy	Mario Bonnard
Take Care of Amelia	Occupe-toi d'Amélie!	1925	Italy	Telemaco Ruggeri
	Un fil à la patte	1925	France
The Queen of Moulin Rouge	La Duchesse des Folies-Bergère	1926	Austria	Robert Wiene
On purge bébé	On purge bébé	1931	France	Jean Renoir
Take Care of Amelie	Occupe-toi d'Amélie!	1932	France	Marguerite Viel and Richard Weisbach
	Un fil à la patte	1933	France	Karl Anton
The Girl from Maxim's	La Dame de chez Maxim	1933	UK	Alexander Korda
La dame de chez Maxim's	La Dame de chez Maxim	1933	France	Alexander Korda
	Champignol malgré lui	1933	France	Fred Ellis
	L'Hôtel du libre échange	1934	France	Marc Allégret
	Monsieur chasse!	1947	France	Willy Rozier
Keep an Eye on Amelia	Occupe-toi d'Amélie!	1949	France	Claude Autant-Lara
The Girl from Maxim's	La Dame de chez Maxim	1950	France	Marcel Aboulker
The Turkey	Le Dindon	1951	France	Claude Barma
	Un fil à la patte	1955	France	Guy Lefranc
Äktenskapsbrottaren	L'Hôtel du libre échange	1964	Sweden	Hasse Ekman
Hotel Paradiso	L'Hôtel du libre échange	1966	UK	Peter Glenville
A Flea in Her Ear	La Puce à l'oreille	1968	France/US	Jacques Charon
Le P'tit vient vite	Léonie est en avance ou le Mal joli	1972	Canada
	Occupe-toi d'Amélie!	1981	Italy	Flavio Mogherini
	La Puce à l'oreille	1981	Argentina	Television adaptations In the 1960s and 1970s the BBC filmed a series of fourteen farces by Feydeau, adapted by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, under the collective title Ooh La La. Some were adapted from one-act plays, others from full-length ones. All fourteen starred Patrick Cargill. Title Adapted from Co-starring with Patrick Cargill Producer Year Ref A Good Night's Sleep Feu la mère de Madame Amanda Barrie Stuart Allen 1968 ^[1] All Night Sitting Tailleur pour dames Amanda Barrie Anton Rodgers Stuart Allen 1968 ^[2] A Little Bit to Fall Back On Les Pavés de l'ours Amanda Barrie Jim Dale Fabia Drake Stuart Allen 1968 ^[3] Above Reproach C'est une femme du monde Amanda Barrie Donald Sinden Barbara Windsor Stuart Allen 1968 ^[4] Making a Pass Dormez, je le veux! Amanda Barrie Robertson Hare Stuart Allen 1968 ^[5] Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted Gibier de potence Amanda Barrie Anton Rodgers Stuart Allen 1968 ^[6] Call Me Maestro Amour et piano G. B. Lupino 1968 ^[7] Keep an Eye on Amelie Occupe-toi d'Amélie! Judi Dench Bill Fraser Douglas Argent 1973 ^[8] A Pig in a Poke Chat en poche Richard Briers Joan Sims Douglas Argent 1973 ^[9] A-Hunting We Will Go Monsieur chasse! Barbara Murray Tony Britton Joan Hickson Douglas Argent 1973 ^[10] The Lady from Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim Bernard Cribbins Barbara Windsor Betty Marsden Douglas Argent 1973 ^[11] Paying the Piper Le Dindon Amanda Barrie Michael Aldridge Michael Bates Douglas Argent 1973 ^[12] Caught in the Act La Puce à l'oreille Dinah Sheridan Patricia Routledge Bernard Bresslaw Dennis Waterman Douglas Argent 1973 ^[13] Kept on a String Un Fil à la patte Freddie Jones Eleanor Summerfield Douglas Argent 1973 ^[14] References

Notes and References

1. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4c7357ae339744a681e0373b6fa692a2"Ooh La La: A Good Night's Sleep"
2. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5645bc6a61ac478ea83f84d5ab5272d2"Ooh La La: All Night Sitting"
3. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/526eb7b024a140c3aa139b2b7fa6152c"Ooh La La: A Little Bit to Fall Back On"
4. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bc530c0ed5ed4c26a965d318a0295eb6"Ooh La La: Above Reproach"
5. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/30b31d61a4274152ba8af5cc554bcfb1"Ooh La La: Making a Pass"
6. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2cbb24e9aa9e4926b4b3409491a26324"Ooh La La: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted"
7. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c56381b326c5486ea439e992ae8d6add"Ooh La La: Call Me Maestro"
8. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b59b66a6947845d382aeb5964614bc8e"Ooh La La: Keep an Eye on Amelie"
9. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/31fa066a7c094977bffae781b742d27f"Ooh La La: A Pig in a Poke"
10. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2bb9b780795c43f687b5a5fb97ad410c"Ooh La La: A-Hunting We Will Go"
11. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a4bf55a0874342c0b14a49700dd23bba"Ooh La La: The Lady from Maxim's"
12. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/55c682b1b971428fb454518a8d19164c"Ooh La La: Paying the Piper"
13. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/32b2129a41dd465da1f48a24b135dbb7"Ooh La La: Caught in the Act"
14. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/541e86ac6eb54d9193054dcfa336ea17"Ooh La La: Kept on a String"