Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). 2 L.A.S. [to André... - Lot 241 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Moulins

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Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). 2 L.A.S. [to André... - Lot 241 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Moulins
Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). 2 L.A.S. [to André ANTOINE]; 1 page and a quarter in-4, and 1 page in-4 at his address 30 rue Alphonse de Neuville. Honfleur July 29: lively criticism of the cinema, which has a "deplorable influence" on the public, makes the theater "an unfair competition by faking and truncating dramatic works"; this "marvelous invention" should remain "what it really is: purely scientific. [But when he proposes Ruy Blas in 21 tableaux [], he deceives the public, he does not reach his goal, and he discredits himself. Paris, 1921. With Yvonne Printemps he thanks Antoine after the revival of Faisons un rêve: "I like that my plays please you. I never fail to think of you on a general day and you are never a stranger to my stage fright and my desire - not to succeed, but to have succeeded in what I wished. He's glad he likes "Let's Have a Dream. Some people only want to see it as a "workshop joke" I hope they are wrong. Attached is a L.A.S., Paris March 23, 1908 (1 p. in-8), asking Dr. Crepel to come and examine the "Blonde Child" [Charlotte Lysès] and a L.S. to Antoine, Paris July 4, 1930 (1 p. in-8 on letterhead 18 Avenue Elisée Reclus), giving him the address of the President of the Bar Henri Aubepin.
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