Tourneur (French, 1933, based on the play Le Voleur) Le Bonheur, directed by Marcel L'Herbier (French, 1934, based on the play Le Bonheur) , directed by Robert Land and Giorgio Simonelli (Italian, 1934, based on the play Mélo) Samson, directed by Maurice Tourneur (French, 1936, based on the play Samson) , directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis (French, 1936, based on the play L'Assaut) Dreaming Lips, directed by Paul Czinner (English, 1937, based on the play Mélo) The Messenger, directed by Raymond Rouleau (French, 1937, based on the play Le Messager) Orage, directed by Marc Allégret (French, 1938, based on the play Le Venin) Victor, directed by Claude Heymann (French, 1951, based on the play Victor) Dreaming Lips, directed by Josef von Báky (German, 1953, based on the play Mélo) , directed by Giorgio Capitani and Pierre Billon (Italian, 1954, based on the play Le Venin) Mélo, directed by Alain Resnais (French, 1986, based on the play Mélo) References External links 1876 births 1953 deaths Writers from Paris 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French Jews Jewish dramatists and playwrights Burials at Passy Cemetery