Albert Vidalie (25 May 1913 – 8 June 1971) was a French writer, screenwriter, and songwriter.
Biography Vidalie was the son of Jeanne Deshayes, a stitcher, born à La Ville-du-Bois in the Hurepoix and Jean-Baptiste Vidalie, a printing worker, born in Mauriac, Cantal. He married Madeleine Constantin in 1936, with whom he had three daughters, Colette (1937), Danièle (1946-1948) and Isabelle (1951).
From the age of 12, he made small trades until the 39/45 war during which he was held prisoner for five years in Neusalz on Oder in Silesia. After the war, the Radiodiffusion française sought memories and poems of prisoners. He introduced himself, and thanks to two poems in slang language, he became the assistant of a radio series and wrote scenarios and adaptations put on air.
He also worked as a journalist for the newspaper France Dimanche.
Between 1952 and 1968, he published nine novels and short stories.
He also attended the post-war Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His friends were Roger Nimier, Kléber Haedens, Paul Guimard, and Antoine Blondin, the godfather of his daughters. He was also close to Pierre Mac Orlan, Jean Giono, and Georges Arnaud.
He wrote cabaret shows played at the cabaret de la Rose Rouge, the Théâtre La Bruyère, at the Fontaine des 4 saisons, a cabaret directed by Pierre Prévert and wrote screenplays and dialogues for the cinema, adaptations or original texts.
He was a lyricist of songs; the best known was , created by Serge Reggiani in 1967.
At the end of his life he wrote two screenplays for television serials, the second of which, Mandrin, will not be released until after his death.
He lived in Châtillon during his first 23 years, then Fontenay-aux-Roses, then in the Luberon ar Reillanne near Manosque close to his friend Jean Giono. He finished his life in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Bibliography Novels and collections of short stories 1952: C'était donc vrai 1954: The Night Heaven Fell - adapted to cinema under the éponymous title by Roger Vadim in 1958 1955: La Bonne Ferte, Éditions Denoël, Prix des libraires 1958: Chandeleur l'artiste 1959: La Belle Française 1960: Cadet la Rose 1961: Le Pont des Arts 1963: Les Verdures de l'Ouest 1968: Les Hussards de la Sorgue 2010: L'Aimable-Julie, Monsieur Charlot et Consorts -
Theatre 1949: Saint Parapin d'Malakoff - Play by Albert Vidalie, directed by Philippe Clair, setting by Klementieff, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, with Jean Tielment, Denise Bailly, Charles Bensoussan, Chalosse, Jean Rocherot, , , Josette Rateau, Colette Gambier, M. Valo.Cf. Bases de données de l'Association de la Régie Théâtrale accessdate = 8 February 2017. 1949: Terror of Oklahoma, in collaboration with Yves Robert and Louis Sapin 1953: Les Images d'Epinal, directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier, Cabaret La Fontaine des 4 Saisons of Pierre Prévert with Jean Rochefort 1954: Les Mystères de Paris by Albert Vidalie after Eugène Sue, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre La Bruyère 1955: Les Petites Filles modèles by Albert Vidalie an Louis Sapin, directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier, Cabaret La Fontaine des 4 Saisons 1956: La Nuit romaine by Albert Vidalie, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, Théâtre Hébertot with Roger Hanin
Scripts He wrote the scripts for: 1951: Terreur en Oklahoma, short film directed by Paul Paviot, with Michel Piccoli 1952: Torticola contre Frankensberg, short film directed by Paul Paviot, with Michel Piccoli 1952: Chicago-digest, short film directed by Paul Paviot Daniel Gélin 1952: Poil de carotte, directed by Paul Mesnier with Raymond Souplex 1960: Chien de pique, directed by Yves Allégret with Eddie Constantine 1961: Le Capitaine Fracasse (film, 1961) directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Jean Marais 1962: Le Cousin de Callao, directed by Jackie Pierre with Roger Hanin 1964: La Mégère apprivoisée (Téléfilm - 1964), adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, directed by with Bernard Noël 1968: Jean-Roch Coignet (TV serial in 7 episodes - 1968), adaptation of the Cahiers du capitaine Coignet, directed by with Henri Lambert 1970: Mandrin (TV serial in 6 episodes - 1972) directed by Philippe Fourastié with Pierre Fabre.
Songs Vidalie wrote numerous texts in collaboration with Jean Wiener for music. songs were particularly performed by Serge Reggiani (Les loups sont entrés dans Paris, music by , La dame de Bordeaux, music by Jacques Datin, Les affreux, music by Louis Bessières), (Chanson canaille, La Java mélancolique) Juliette Gréco (La Complainte de Sir Jack l'Éventreur, music by Yves Darriet, (1955) Germaine Montero, Yves Montand (Actualités, music by Stéphane Golman) (La chanson de Jim)
Souvenir The figure of Albert Vidalie is warmly evoked in the novel by Antoine Blondin,
References
External links
Bonnes nouvelles d'Albert Vidalie on L'obs Les Loups d’Albert Vidalie on Lesparisdld.com La bonne musique d'Albert Vidalie on La Revue Critique (11 March 2011) Le verbe allègre d'Albert Vidalie on Valeurs Actuelles (18 November 2010) Les grandes fictions de la télévision sur Ina.fr