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90 - [FILM] CLAIR, René. Comedies and commentaries.
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Estimate €100 - €150
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[FILM] CLAIR, René. Comedies and commentaries. The five screenplays for the comedies that made the filmmaker a success upon his return to France at the end of the Second World War. One of 15 copies in the first edition printed on Dutch vellum. Paris, Gallimard, 1959. In-8, paperback, two-colour printed cover. 421 pp. First edition bringing together five screenplays for comedies written and directed by René Clair (1898–1981): *Le Silence est d’or* (1947), *La Beauté du Diable* (1950), based on Goethe’s *Faust*, *Les Belles de nuit* (1952), *Les Grandes manœuvres* (1955), inspired by the myth of Don Juan, and finally *Porte des Lilas* (1957). One of 15 numbered first-edition copies on Dutch vellum, this one not for sale (no. C). Copy in excellent condition, uncut.
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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