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Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár (photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1941)
Occupation	Novelist

Ferenc Molnár (originally Ferenc Neumann 12 January 1878, in Budapest — 1 April 1952, in New York City) was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. His Americanized name was Franz Molnar. He emigrated to the United States to escape the Nazi persecution of Hungarian Jews during World War II.

As a novelist, Molnár is remembered principally for The Paul Street Boys, the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. The novel is a classic of youth literature, beloved in Hungary and abroad for its treatment of the themes of solidarity and self-sacrifice. It was ranked second in a poll of favorite books as part of the Hungarian version of Big Read in 2005 and has also been made into a film on several occasions. The most notable production was a Hungarian-U.S. collaboration released in 1969.

Molnár's most popular plays are Liliom (1909, tr. 1921), later adapted into the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play Carousel (1945); The Guardsman (1910, tr. 1924), which served as the basis of the film of the same name (1931); and The Swan (1920, tr. 1922). The 1956 film version of The Swan (which had been filmed twice before) was Grace Kelly's second to last movie. During the shooting in 1955 she was being secretly courted by Prince Rainierof Monaco whom she married the year of the film's release.

Two of Molnar's other plays have been adapted for other media: The Good Fairy, was adapted by Preston Sturges and filmed in 1935 with Margaret Sullavan, and subsequently turned into the 1947 Deanna Durbin vehicle, I'll Be Yours. (It also served as the basis for the 1951 Broadway musical Make a Wish, with book by Sturges.) The film version of the operetta The Chocolate Soldier used the plot of Molnar's The Guardsman rather than the plot of its original stage version, which was based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. (Shaw disliked the operetta adaptation of his work, and would not let his plot be used for the film version.)

Molnar's play Olympia was adapted for the movies twice - as His Glorious Night (1929 - the notorious talkie which allegedly ruined John Gilbert's career), and as A Breath of Scandal (1960), starring Sophia Loren. In 1961 Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond turned Molnar's one-act play Egy, kettö, három into the film One, Two, Three starring James Cagney and Horst Buchholz.

Finally, Molnar's play The Play at the Castle has twice been adapted into English by writers of note: by P. G. Wodehouse as The Play's the Thing and by Tom Stoppard as Rough Crossing.

External links

Works by Ferenc Molnár at Project Gutenberg (The Living Death)
Ferenc Molnár at IMDb
Biography
Ferenc Molnar Papers - The Billy Rose Theatre Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Early sources	Old Hungarian script Establishing charter of the abbey of Tihany Urgesta Funeral Sermon and Prayer Anonymus (notary of Béla III) Gesta Hungarorum Ákos (chronicler) Simon of Kéza Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum Lamentations of Mary
14th century	Minorite Chronicle of Buda John of Küküllő Mark of Kalt Chronicon Pictum
15th century	John Vitéz Hussite Bible Janus Pannonius Johannes Thuróczy Codex of Bécs Codex of Munich Zirc Bestiary Buda Chronicle Chronica Hungarorum Epitome rerum Hungarorum
15th – 16th century	Antonio Bonfini Gáspár Heltai Nicolaus Olahus
16th century	Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos Tripartitum Érdy Codex Péter Bornemisza Bálint Balassi
16th – 17th century	Péter Pázmány
17th century	Miklós Zrínyi István Gyöngyösi Nádasdy Mausoleum
17th – 18th century	Kelemen Mikes
18th century	József Kármán
18th – 19th century	Ferenc Kazinczy János Batsányi Mihály Fazekas Sándor Kisfaludy Mihály Csokonai Vitéz Dániel Berzsenyi Károly Kisfaludy Ferenc Kölcsey István Széchenyi József Katona
19th century	Mihály Vörösmarty József Bajza János Garay József Eötvös Ede Szigligeti Zsigmond Kemény János Arany Mihály Tompa Sándor Petőfi Imre Madách János Vajda Gergely Csiky
19th – 20th century	Mór Jókai Kálmán Mikszáth Elek Benedek Zoltán Ambrus Sándor Bródy Géza Gárdonyi Ferenc Herczeg Ignotus Miklós Bánffy Endre Ady Miksa Fenyő Ferenc Molnár Gyula Krúdy Dezső Szabó Zsigmond Móricz Ferenc Móra Menyhért Lengyel Margit Kaffka Lajos Nagy Gyula Juhász Mihály Babits Károly Kós Géza Gyóni Béla Balázs Árpád Tóth Géza Csáth Dezső Kosztolányi Lajos Kassák Frigyes Karinthy Lajos Áprily Milán Füst József Nyírő Sándor Reményik Lajos Zilahy Tibor Déry Béla Hamvas Sándor Szathmári Áron Tamási János Kodolányi
20th century	István Fekete Lőrinc Szabó Sándor Márai László Németh Antal Szerb Gyula Illyés Jolán Földes Sándor Török Jenő Rejtő Attila József Albert Wass Miklós Szentkuthy Mária Szepes Géza Képes Miklós Radnóti István Örkény Géza Ottlik László Kálnoky Sándor Weöres Iván Mándy Ferenc Karinthy János Pilinszky Ágnes Nemes Nagy László Nagy Éva Janikovszky Péter Zsoldos Ervin Lázár Gáspár Nagy
20th – 21st century	György Faludy Magda Szabó András Sütő Ferenc Juhász Sándor Kányádi Imre Kertész Gábor Görgey Sándor Csoóri Anna Jókai György Konrád György Moldova István Csukás Tamás Cseh Péter Esterházy György Károly Erno Polgar
Contemporary	Ágnes Gergely László L. Lőrincz Endre Kukorelly Péter Nádas György Spiró Ádám Nádasdy Miklós Vámos Zsuzsa Rakovszky Béla Markó Lajos Parti Nagy László Krasznahorkai Attila Bartis György Dragomán
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 As a novelist, Molnár is remembered principally for ''[[The Paul Street Boys]]'', the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. The novel is a classic of youth literature, beloved in Hungary and abroad for its treatment of the themes of solidarity and self-sacrifice. It was ranked second in a poll of favorite books as part of the Hungarian version of ''[[Big Read]]'' in 2005 and has also been made into a [[film]] on several occasions. The most notable production was a [http://imdb.com/title/tt0062164 Hungarian-U.S. collaboration released in 1969].
-Molnár's most popular plays are ''[[Liliom]]'' (1909, tr. 1921), later adapted into the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical play ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (1945); ''The Guardsman'' (1910, tr. 1924), which served as the basis of the [[The Guardsman|film of the same name]] (1931); and ''The Swan'' (1920, tr. 1922). The 1956 film version of ''[[The Swan (film)|The Swan]]'' (which had been filmed twice before) is famous for being [[Grace Kelly]]'s last movie, and for being released the same year that she herself became a princess, as the wife of [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier]].
+Molnár's most popular plays are ''[[Liliom]]'' (1909, tr. 1921), later adapted into the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical play ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (1945); ''The Guardsman'' (1910, tr. 1924), which served as the basis of the [[The Guardsman|film of the same name]] (1931); and ''The Swan'' (1920, tr. 1922). The 1956 film version of ''[[The Swan (film)|The Swan]]'' (which had been filmed twice before) was [[Grace Kelly]]'s second to last movie. During the shooting in 1955 she was being secretly courted by [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier]]of Monaco whom she married the year of the film's release.
 Two of Molnar's other plays have been adapted for other media: ''[[The Good Fairy (play)|The Good Fairy]]'', was adapted by [[Preston Sturges]] and [[The Good Fairy (film)|filmed in 1935]] with [[Margaret Sullavan]], and subsequently turned into the 1947 [[Deanna Durbin]] vehicle, ''[[I'll Be Yours]]''. (It also served as the basis for the 1951 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Make a Wish]]'', with book by Sturges.) The film version of the operetta ''[[The Chocolate Soldier]]'' used the plot of Molnar's ''The Guardsman'' rather than the plot of its original stage version, which was based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Arms and the Man]]''. (Shaw disliked the operetta adaptation of his work, and would not let his plot be used for the film version.)