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LOT: Emile DRAIN
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194
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LOT: Emile DRAIN
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
LOT: Emile DRAIN
Emile DRAIN (1890–1966).
The ‘Napoleon of the screen’, who notably played the Emperor in Sacha Guitry’s films; a great stage actor who was also a writer and poet.
Incoming correspondence.
A collection of several autograph letters, some accompanied by their envelopes with addresses and stamps, received by Emile DRAIN at the Comédie Française, including some letters partly typewritten on letterhead paper, relating to the theatre and publishing
- 2 autograph letters from Henri Gaubert, then still a young author of the second half of the 20th century, who wrote notably on Napoleon, dated 1949. In-12 and in-4 formats, 4 pp. - 2 long typewritten and signed letters on letterhead from the Association of Writers who Fought in the War of 1914–1918. 2 sheets, dated June 1924, with an addressed and stamped envelope (bearing the postmark of the 1924 Paris Olympic Games). -An autograph letter signed by the Secretary-General of the Théâtre de l’Odéon, 5 October 1916, on letterhead of the Théâtre National de l’Odéon. 1 folded sheet, with its addressed envelope bearing a postmark. During the War, Émile Drain was a corporal on the General Staff, based in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine. - A large typewritten and signed letter on letterhead, probably written during or shortly after the First World War, from the ‘Œuvre Française & Populaire des Trente ans de Théâtre’ (Paris). 1 page, with a few creases and stains.
- A large typewritten and signed letter from the editor-in-chief, G. de Pawlowski, on letterhead printed in red and black, from *La Comoedia*, a daily illustrated literary and arts review, with its addressed and stamped envelope. 1 folio, Paris, 25 January 1911.
Jules LEVY (1857–1935).
Lot of 3 P.A.S.
-2 L.A.S. addressed to Emile DRAIN (1890–1966) The ‘Napoleon of the screen’, who notably portrayed the Emperor for Sacha Guitry – a great actor who was also an author and poet. 2 pp., envelopes with addresses and stamps, 1926 and 1927. One bears the letterhead of the Syndicat des Gens de Lettres; a very fine, rather literary letter of thanks. Villers-sur-Marne, 1927.
The other refers to the shared admiration that Drain and Levy had for the work and person of Maurice Rollinat, a poet, musician and performer who died in 1903. An association was indeed set up to pay tribute to him, and it still exists today. Levy thanks Drain and his wife for attending the unveiling of the poet’s plaque in Châteauroux. He mentions the organisation and Drain’s wife, and would like Drain to come and have a chat with him
– handwritten letter with Jules LEVY’s address in his capacity as secretary of the Syndicat. Minor stains or crease marks.
Jules Levy (1857–1935), French publisher and writer, founder of the Arts Incohérents movement – a witty response to the Decadent movement in painting – and general secretary of the Syndicat professionnel des Gens de Lettres. Associated with the Montmartrois and the Hydropathes
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