Léon POIRIER (1884–1968), filmmaker. Handwritten letter, Par - Lot 301

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Léon POIRIER (1884–1968), filmmaker. Handwritten letter, Par - Lot 301
Léon POIRIER (1884–1968), filmmaker. Handwritten letter, Paris, March 29, 1926; 1 page, in-4 format, with I.G.F. receipt stamp (tear along the fold). Regarding his film *La Croisière Noire* (about the Citroën expedition, first screened on March 2, 1926, at the Paris Opera). “I wish not only to express my deepest gratitude to you for the admirable article you were kind enough to devote to *La Croisière Noire*, but also to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the mastery of your style. You have undoubtedly understood my film better than anyone else, for you have captured its essence as no one else has done before. I very much wish to meet you, and taking my cue from your question: ‘Does he want to continue? All of Overseas France is waiting with open arms for him”—I will take the liberty […] of asking to meet with you to discuss, should they come to fruition, certain future projects”…
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