René CLAIR (1898-1981) filmmaker. 5 L.S. and one L.A.S., Neu - Lot 65

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René CLAIR (1898-1981) filmmaker. 5 L.S. and one L.A.S., Neu - Lot 65
René CLAIR (1898-1981) filmmaker. 5 L.S. and one L.A.S., Neuilly-sur-Seine 1970-1971, to Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications, New York; 8 and a half pages in-4 or in-8 (the L.A.S. in English). Plans for an American edition of Cinema Yesterday and Today [Appelbaum's translation, Cinema Yesterday and Today, appeared with Dover in 1972]. December 24, 1970. He leaves it to his discretion whether to publish the book in its entirety, or to make "a few minor adjustments" for the American reader... January 15, 1971. Sending of excerpts from the French press praising the book... July 28, 1971. Answers to six film questions, the most important of which concerns his discovery of Thomas de Quincey's works, while staying at Claudette Colbert's house, and his own translation of a passage. "I don't think the tone could be very different in the original, but I didn't find that Quincey attacks French literature"... October 20, 1971. Some clarifications, confirming that Paul Gilson directed Mémoires des maisons mortes, and identifying a quote from Mallarmé... October 30, 1971. Marius and Olive are legendary characters: they were not created by Pagnol, "but by local tradition, as are the characters in little Jewish stories"...
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