Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
Jun 26, 2024
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 723:

PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French film director, novelist and playwright. Autograph Manuscript ...

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Auction took place on Jun 26, 2024 at International Autograph Auctions

PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French film director, novelist and playwright. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (either 1936 or 1946), in French. The single page of manuscript represents dialogue from Pagnol´s Cesar between the characters Cesar Ollivier, Adelbert Brun (a retired customs agent), Honorine Cabanis and Claudine Foulon, and states, in part, ´L´Agent (ret) J´ai deja entendu cette expression. A la rue Audimard, ce sont les Pompes Funebres. Cesar Qu´est-ce que vous faites ici, vous? L´Agent J´etais venu pour affaires...j´apprends la nouvelle, et je compatis... Cesar Merci pour lui. (aux autres) En tous cas, s´il plaisante, c´est qu´il va mieux... Honorine C´est pas ce que le docteur a dit. Cesar Felicien est venu? Claudine Il vient a peine de partir...´ (Translation: ´Agent (ret) I've heard this expression before. On rue Audimard, it's the Pompes Funebres. Cesar What are you doing here? The Agent I came here on business... I've just heard the news, and I'm very sorry... Cesar Thank you for him (to the others) In any case, if he's joking, he must be feeling better... Honorine That's not what the doctor said. Cesar Has Felicien come? Claudine He's only just left...´). Annotated in ink in an unidentified hand to the lower edge. Some light overall creasing and a few small tears to the edges, G

The French film Cesar (1936) was written and directed by Pagnol and represents the final instalment of his Marseille trilogy which began with Marius (1931) and was followed by Fanny (1932). Unlike the two other films in the trilogy, Cesar was not based on one of Pagnol´s plays, but written directly as a film script. In 1946 Pagnol adapted the script as a stage play. In the film version Cesar Ollivier, a bar owner, was played by the French actor Raimu, Adelbert Brun by Robert Vattier, Honorine Cabanis by Alida Rouffe and Claudine Foulon by Milly Mathis.