Henri Jeanson

Henri Jeanson , (March 6th 1900, Paris - November 6th 1970, Équemauville), writer, journalist, dialogist. Satrap of the College of' Pataphysique.

Journalist before war

He is born the March 6th 1900, with Paris, of a father Instituteur. In 1917, after various small trades (pacifist future, it thus occupies a role of figuration of soldier in a chart " carries-bonheur" for a merchant of postcards…).

He becomes journalist with the newspaper “ the Battle ”, body of the CGT. Noticed for its frightening feather, he is journalist in the Twenties and intervenes like deferring, interviewing or critic film, and is characterized by virulence from his style and a taste pronounced for the polemic.

He works in various newspapers of which the “ Journal of the people ”, the “ Men of the moment ”, the “ Canard connected ”, where it defends the integral Pacifisme.

In April 1932, it is pointed out by its famous apostrophe with the prefect of police Jean Chiappe appeared in the Men of the moment of Henri Fabre. The title was Little cop Quiappe, prefect on talonnettes". It added the following postscript to it: When I moved, I sent to Mr. Quiappe the following chart: Henri Jeanson, 14, rue de la Fontaine, Auteuil 33-12. And I added with my hand on this chart: For all information to address itself to the caretaker. If, according to his creditable practice, Mr. Quiappe would like, either to put coconut in my pockets, or to compromise me in I am unaware of which business, it knows where to find me: 14, rue La Fontaine, 2nd stage on the right. The bell functions .

He resigns of the Canard connected in 1937, by solidarity with Jean Galtier-Boissière.

He is condemned in July 1939 to 18 months of prison to have published in SIA (International solidarity Antifascist), the founded periodical in November 1938 by Louis Lecoin, an article in which he congratulated Grynspan Herdsel Feibel for his attack against Von Rath, adviser with the embassy from Germany to Paris. He is stopped, in November 1939, whereas he already joined his regiment with Meaux, for published articles in March and August 1939 and to have signed the leaflet of Louis Lecoin “ immediate Paix ”. The December 20th 1939, it is condemned by a military tribunal to 5 years of prison for “ provocation of soldiers to disobedience ”.

Course during the Second world war

Jeanson was in prison for its pacifist writings, and this a few days before the entry of the German with Paris. Its release from prison is obtained by César Campinchi, lawyer and minister. It did not leave Paris and came into contact with an agent of the markets, M.Capgras, and was seen entrusting in August 1940, the drafting as a chief of Aujourd'hui, an independent newspaper “ ”. The first number left the September 10th 1940. In November 1940, the German authorities summoned the polemist to publicly give an opinion against the Jews and in favor of the policy of collaboration with the French State. Henri Jeanson resigned, then turned over in prison. He was released a few months then following the intervention of his friend Gaston Bergery, néoradical passed to the Collaboration by ultra-pacifism. Prohibited from now on of press and cinema, he works with the black, writing film dialogs which he does not sign. With Pierre Bénard, it takes part in the development of clandestine sheets, and misses being once again stopped in 1942. It will remain in clandestinity until the Libération.

This course illustrates contradictions and compromisings of the integral Pacifisme: the will to lead to an agreement with Germany to avoid the war, could change, after the defeat in desire of “ correct coexistence ”, even in offer of service. The newspaper Aujourd'hui was far from being innocent in its hunting for the persons in charge of the defeat, in the recourse to the myth of the blow of purifying brush, in its anglophobia. It entered in resonance with the speech of the Pétain marshal, and in the direction of German propaganda.

Journalist after war

In spite of its course during the war, it found the drafting of the Canard connected with the Release. It takes again its journalistic profession then (with the “Crapouillot”, with the “Canard connected”, with “Combat”, “the Dawn”). It leaves the drafting of the Canard connected in April 1947, following an article cut on the subject “Aragon, Elsa Triolet, Maurice Thorez and the Communistes”. This departure was the occasion of glares, and settlings of score in the press. It returned then to the newspaper, and published articles in the Duck connected (where it signed its philippic pseudonym d'" Huguette ex-Microphone “) until in 1970. It takes part in “ Cinémonde ”. Of 1967 with 1970, it is critical of television for the daily newspaper the Dawn.

It was dreaded in the world of arts and of the policy for its formulas assassinate. It also carried out, ahead guard, of large political combats (pacifism, anticolonialism, defense of freedom of expression), while remaining always a free man.

Henri Jeanson gave up the cinema in 1965 to devote itself to polemical journalism and the drafting of his memories, which will be published under the title 70 Years of adolescence , a few months after his death. He died in Équemauville, close to Honfleur (Calvados) the November 6th 1970.

Dialogist of cinema

1932, it signs the scenario and the dialogs of " the Lady from Maxim' S " of Alexandre Korda, film which marks the beginnings of its career of writer of cinema.

Its talent and its spirit are requested by the largest scenario writers, such Robert Siodmak ( Mister Flow , 1936), Julien Duvivier ( Pépé Moko , 1936), Maurice Tourneur ( the Patriot , 1937), Marc Allégret ( Entrée of the artists , 1938) or Marcel Carné ( Hôtel of North , 1938).

With the Release, it finds its place with the credits of many films, among which ghost (1946) and " Fanfan the Tulip " (1951) of Christian-Jaque, " certified Copy " (1946) of Jean Dréville, " Cursed the " (1947) of Rene Clement, " the Moment of truth " (1952) of Jean Delannoy, " the Festival with Henriette " (1952), " Pot-face " (1957) and " Devil and the Ten Commands " of Julien Duvivier, " Montparnasse 19 " (1957) of Jacques Becker, " the Cow and the Prisoner " (1959) of Henri Verneuil.

It realizes in 1949, " Lady Paname " , a nostalgic evocation of the entertainment world in the Twenties, interpreted by Louis Jouvet and Suzy Delair.

Catalog of films

Scenario and dialogs

Writer

He also wrote for the theater (its favorite artistic discipline), without much success however. He was member of the Académie of Humor and the Académie Rabelais. With the theater, he writes inter alia: Amis as before , spontaneous Aveux , the Small Ship , You which I liked so much , the dazzling Hour .

Quotations

  • For us, a poet is a Mister who endeavors to seize water by handles. It is only when it reaches that point that the Mister is a poet.
  • By ground one disputes, but to the bed one is explained. And on the pillow, one includes oneself/understands! (Arletty in Hotel of North )
  • You already read Larousse? It is a collection of famous names completion unknown.
  • Which would deny that the sound cinema made us discover silence? Silence is the most beautiful conquest of speaking.
  • I am not skeptic. I do not believe in nothing, but I believe in it firmly…
  • the young girls hold with the regard of those which they like. After…
  • De Gaulle made the gift of France to its person. (in reference to the sentence of Pétain: I make gift of my person in France )
  • capitalism, it is the exploitation of the man by the man; and the Marxism, It is the opposite. (allotted by Jeanson but probably not invented by him)
  • “- I need to change atmosphere… and my atmosphere: it is you! - It is the first time that me am treated atmosphere! If I am an atmosphere, be funny for you of village! Oh there there… the types which are medium without in being and which knock because of what they were, one should empty them. Atmosphere… atmosphere! Do I have a mouth of atmosphere? Since it is that go ahead all alone with the Game preserve… Good fishing and good atmosphere! ”. dialog between Louis Jouvet and Arletty in Hôtel of North .
  • "The vote for all is the voice of public unconsciousness. It is as one of the most clever breaches of trust as the man invented to make fun of the world. Like the blow of the appointment, the blow of the vote for all always succeeds, with this difference which it makes forty million easily deceived at the same time instead of une."

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