![]() ![]() His adaptation of Marius was a triumph and Fanny and Caesar, the other 2 parts of his Marseilles Trilogy, were also acclaimed. ![]() ![]() He was not satisfied with this success and, after attending one of the first talking film screenings in London, he decided to launch himself into the 7th art. The first one, Merchants of Glory, was rejected by critics but this did not discourage the young Marcel Pagnol who, with Topaze and then Marius, met with great success. Born in Aubagne in 1895, this son of a teacher and a seamstress knew very early that he wanted to be a writer and, after studying literature at the University of Aix-en-Provence, he moved to Paris in 1924 and began writing plays. ![]()
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