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301 - Léon POIRIER (1884–1968), filmmaker.
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Estimate €250 - €300
Description
Léon POIRIER (1884–1968), filmmaker. Handwritten letter, Paris, 29 March 1926; 1 page, folio size, bearing the I.G.F.’s receipt stamp (tear at the fold). Regarding his film *La Croisière Noire* (about the Citroën expedition, first screened on 2 March 1926 at the Paris Opera). ‘I wish not only, on the occasion of the admirable article you were kind enough to devote to *La Croisière Noire*, to express my deepest gratitude to you, but also to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the mastery of your style. You have, no doubt, 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 make your acquaintance, and taking my cue from your question: ‘Does he wish to continue? The whole of Overseas France is waiting with open arms for him’ – I shall take the liberty […] of asking you for a meeting so that I may outline to you, should they take shape, certain plans for the future”…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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