Pierre Wolff

Pierre Wolff (1 January 1865, in Paris – 1944) was a French playwright.
Biography
Pierre Wolff was a Jewish writer, who wrote numerous plays, as well as some libretti for operettas. He was the nephew of journalist Albert Wolff. His dramas were characterized by bitingly ironic observation of contemporary life, and by witty dialogue. One of his earliest plays, Jacques Bouchard (1890) which was performed at Théâtre Libre, was such a flop that even his famous uncle lambasted it, but his subsequent plays were received with enthusiasm. He had great success with the adultery-themed comedy The Secret of Polichinelle, which played in over 80 cities including in the United States, and also with Le Ruisseau. Nazimova performed in Les Marionnettes when it was produced in the United States.
Works
Plays
Le Cheval d'Aristote 1890
Jacques Bouchard, 1890
Leurs filles, 1891
Les Maris de leurs filles 1892
Celles qu'on respecte, 1892
Celles qu'on aime, 1895
Fidèle!, 1895
Amants et maîtresses 1896
Le Boulet, 1898
Le Béguin, 1900
Vive l'armée!, 1901
Sacré Léonce!, 1901
Le Cadre, 1902
Celles qu'on respecte 1903
The Secret of Polichinelle, 1903
L'Âge d'aimer 1905
Le Ruisseau, 1907
Le Lys, 1908
La Cruche, or J'en ai plein le dos de Margot 1909
Les Marionnettes 1910
L'Amour défendu 1911
Les Deux Gloires 1916
Le Voile déchiré 1919
Les Ailes brisées 1920
Le Chemin de Damas 1921
Une sacré petite blonde with André Birabeau 1921
Les Deux amants 1922
L'École des amants 1923
After Love, with Henri Duvernois 1924
Le Renard, 1925
Deux hommes, 1 act, 1926
Dibengo, with Henri Duvernois 1925
Le Dernier Client, 1 act, 1928
Dix minutes sur la terre, rewrite 1929
L'Invité, 1 act 1929
La Belle de nuit 1932
Les Deux vieilles, 1 act, 1932
L'Inroulable, 1 act
Librettist
Le Temps d'aimer, operetta in 3 actes, with Henri Duvernois, lyrics Hugues Delorme, music Reynaldo Hahn 1926
Moineau, operetta in 3 actes, with Henri Duvernois, lyrics Léon Guillot de Saix, music Louis Beydts, 1931
Filmography
, directed by Émile Chautard (1918, based on the play Les Marionnettes)
The Virtuous Model, directed by Albert Capellani (1919, based on the play Le Ruisseau)
The Secret of Polichinelle, directed by René Hervil (1923, based on the play The Secret of Polichinelle)
After Love, directed by Maurice Champreux (1924, based on the play After Love)
The Lily, directed by Victor Schertzinger (1926, based on the play Le Lys)
, directed by René Hervil (1929, based on the play Le Ruisseau)
When Love Is Over, directed by Léonce Perret (1931, based on the play After Love)
, directed by André Berthomieu (1933, based on the play Les Ailes brisées)
Beauty of the Night, directed by (1934, based on the play La Belle de nuit)
, directed by Christian-Jaque (1936, based on the play Sacré Léonce)
The Secret of Polichinelle, directed by André Berthomieu (1936, based on the play The Secret of Polichinelle)
, directed by Gustaf Molander (Sweden, 1936, based on the play The Secret of Polichinelle)
, directed by Maurice Lehmann (1938, based on the play Le Ruisseau)
After Love, directed by Maurice Tourneur (1948, based on the play After Love)
Screenwriter
La route est belle (The Road Is Fine), directed by Robert Florey (1930)
Un carnet de bal (Life Dances On), directed by Julien Duvivier (1937)
Abus de confiance (Abused Confidence), directed by Henri Decoin (1938)
Retour à l'aube (Return at Dawn), directed by Henri Decoin (1938)
Serenade, directed by Jean Boyer (1940)
The Man Who Seeks the Truth, directed by Alexander Esway (1940)
Bring On the Girls, directed by Sidney Lanfield (1945) - Loosely based on The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Abuso de confianza, directed by Mario C. Lugones (Argentina, 1950) - Remake of Abused Confidence
References
External links
Review of L'Age d'aimer, "The Sea-Coast of Bohemia" (June 10, 1905) The Outlook, Vol. 15, p. 830
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Paris
1944 deaths
1865 births