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150 - [FILM] Marguerite HOULLÉ RENOIR (1906–1987) – Film archive c…
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[FILM] Marguerite HOULLÉ RENOIR (1906–1987) – Film archive collection A significant film archive formerly belonging to Marguerite Renoir, film editor and collaborator of Jean Renoir, comprising a collection of screenplays, storyboards, continuity scripts, working documents and promotional material relating to several film productions from the 1930s to the 1970s. The collection is housed in a former square cardboard film transport box, reinforced with metal plates, corner brackets and fittings, which has been repurposed for the preservation of these documents. The cardboard, which is heavily weathered, shows signs of wear and handling, as well as several old labels and dispatch marks, along with handwritten inscriptions, notably ‘Marinette Cadix 38 bis R. Rivoli Paris’. An old dispatch label affixed to the box lists the recipient as ‘Ralph Baum – Studios de Boulogne, 2 rue de Silly – Paris’, the sender as ‘M. Brandle – Studios Victorine Nice’ and the nature of the parcel as ‘Film’. The collection comprises: - *Suivez l’œuf* and *Partie de campagne* (Jean RENOIR 1936). A portfolio comprising a collection of handwritten and typewritten documents relating to the two films. A handwritten note on the first sheet reads, in part: ‘Suivez l’œuf. Partie de campagne. Vaugeline Renoir (?)’. - RENOIR, Jean. *La Marseillaise* (1938).A promotional portfolio comprising several documents relating to the film, including a cover titled ‘La Marseillaise by Jean Renoir – At the Nouvel Olympia on 9 February 1938’, bearing a handwritten dedication in English addressed to Marguerite Renoir: ‘To the finest and nicest girl… The “right hand” of a great man… Marguerite […] with all my love”. Several handwritten references to “Jean Renoir” also appear on the document. Enclosed is a leaflet from the Émile Cohl – Georges Méliès Committee, an illustrated leaflet entitled ‘Magasin d’accessoires’ by Jean Renoir, and a printed sheet listing the technical credits and cast of the film ‘La Marseillaise’. - BECKER, Jacques. *Goupi Mains Rouges* (1943). Film presentation album, numbered copy no. 172, ‘specially printed for Mademoiselle Marguerite RENOIR’. - RENOIR, Jean. *Rendez-vous de juillet* (1949). Handwritten continuity script presenting the film shot by shot, with shot numbering, filming instructions, descriptions of the images, dialogue, music, sound effects, lyrics and observations. Working copy. - UNIFRANCE-FILM. French Film Production, 1949. An illustrated institutional brochure dedicated to promoting French cinema abroad, including articles on the French film industry, film synopses and a directory of French productions from 1949. - RENOIR, Jean. Édouard and Caroline (1951). A handwritten workbook also presenting the film shot by shot, with notes on shots, special effects, images, dialogue, music, sound effects, sound design and post-synchronisation loops. - BECKER, Jacques. *Ali Baba* (1954). In a blue folder: a 52-page handwritten workbook devoted to the preparation of the film editing and sound mixing. The pages present, in tabular form, the numbering of sequences and shots, special effects, descriptions of the images and dialogue, as well as notes on dubbing, music, sound effects and editing observations. - BECKER, Jacques. *Le Trou* (1960). A substantial typewritten technical storyboard, spiral-bound, based on the novel by José Giovanni, comprising 272 pages and 955 numbered shots with descriptions of framing, camera movements, dialogue and staging instructions. Some pages bear handwritten working notes. The cover bears the handwritten inscription ‘Jean Becker’; the copy belonged to Jean Becker, son of Jacques Becker and assistant on the film (?). Enclosed is a handwritten notebook containing requests for special effects work addressed to the Leo Lax Films laboratory for the film *Le Trou* (1960), detailing the various special effects tasks, as well as several handwritten documents and letters relating to the film, including a postcard addressed to ‘Mme Renoir’, residing at 11 Place Dauphine in Paris. - CARNÉ, Marcel. *Terrain vague* (1960).A 204-page typewritten script, inspired by Hal Ellson’s ‘Tomboy’, with screenplay and dialogue by Marcel Carné and Henri-François Rey, executive producer Louis Dolivet. Handwritten annotations by Marguerite Renoir. - ROSSI Jean-Baptiste, Triangle (1961). A 29-page typewritten script entitled ‘Monologue sur pré-montage’, containing handwritten annotations by Marguerite Renoir. - MOCKY Jean-Pierre. Un drôle de pirate (1963). Technical screenplay comprising 252 typewritten pages describing the film’s shot-by-shot breakdown, with details of framing, camera movements, sets, actions and soundtrack. Working copy extensively annotated and corrected by hand in red and black ink. Pages 89 and 90 are missing; page 130 is duplicated on a yellow sheet. - LAJOURNADE, Jean-Pierre. *La Fin des Pyrénées* (1971). Set comprising a 21-page typewritten script, 36 handwritten pages constituting a version of the screenplay, as well as 27 pages corresponding to a ‘new version’ entitled ‘Modeste proposition pour quatre-vingt-dix minutes d’images et de son’, with handwritten annotations on the sequences and dialogue. - LECONTE, Patrice. *Le Laboratoire de l’angoisse* (1971). Technical storyboard for the short film, 17 typewritten pages setting out the film’s sequence shot by shot, with details of camera movements, shooting angles, actions, dialogue, voice-over commentary and sound effects. Numerous handwritten annotations relating to pre-production, editing and the soundtrack. - LAUNOIS, Bernard. *Les Chiennes*, original title *Lâchez les chiennes* (1973). Original screenplay with dialogue and technical storyboard; the former typewritten title *La Symphonie des hautes-œuvres* is crossed out in pen and replaced by *Les Chiennes ’. 68 pages comprising a sequence-by-sequence and shot-by-shot breakdown, framing instructions, camera movements, dialogue and actions, as well as several handwritten annotations. - *La Petite Roque*, based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant, film adaptation by Patrice Molinard, dialogue by Michel Odéon. A 78-page typewritten script, published by Les Films de la Pléiade. - *Un si joli nuage…*, original screenplay and adaptation by Gérard Dumont, a 166-page typewritten script. Handwritten label ‘M. Renoir’ affixed to the cover. - Éloge d’un cristal. Storyboard for a commissioned short documentary film produced for CEDUS (Centre for Studies and Documentation on Sugar Use?), comprising a script for editing and three handwritten continuity sheets. Handwritten annotation: ‘Hôtel Central Colmar 41-40-83’. Also included: A film poster for ‘Une partie de Campagne’, a film directed by Jean Renoir in 1936 and released in cinemas in 1946. Blue lithographic poster designed by André Dignimont. Signed in the bottom right-hand corner ‘Dignimont ’. 80 × 60 cm. IMP. De la Cinématographie Française. 29 r. Marsoulan. PARIS. Mounted on canvas, condition A.B: yellowed paper, crease marks, small tears at the edges. Born Marguerite Houllé (1906–1987), Marguerite Renoir ranks among the most important film editors in 20th-century French cinema. Her career spanned nearly half a century of filmmaking, from poetic realism to new forms of auteur cinema. Coming from a highly politicised working-class background in Paris, she entered the world of cinema at a very young age at the Joinville studios, where she met Jean Renoir on the set of *Le Bled* (1929). From *La Chienne* (1931) to *La Règle du jeu* (1939), she edited all of his films before becoming a close collaborator of Jacques Becker, and subsequently working with Marcel Carné, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Lajournade, Patrice Leconte and Jean-Pierre Mocky.
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