Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 17 March 1960, to Roger Pillaudin; 1 page in-4.

Search for an editor for the "Journal sonore" that Pillaudin had made during the filming of the Testament d'Orphée. The "Duke Hermann" probably refers to Pierre Berès, owner of the Éditions Hermann. Gérard Worms was associated with the management of the Éditions du Rocher]
"I'm not leaving you - and if the Duke Hermann (who is mistaken) falls into the imperatives of current events - we'll find another door. I'd like you to carry a good slice of our "journal" with my texts to the Cahiers du Cinéma. I've warned Truffaut - because Valcroze is travelling. It's Truffaut who's asking me. Hurry up and go and see the Cahiers du cinéma team, and I don't mind publishing in volume, on the contrary. ...] I spoke to Worms about it, and he refuses to believe me when I hear that the Duke's telephone number does not correspond to what you are telling me.
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Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 17 March 1960, to Roger Pillaudin; 1 page in-4. Search for an editor for the "Journal sonore" that Pillaudin had made during the filming of the Testament d'Orphée. The "Duke Hermann" probably refers to Pierre Berès, owner of the Éditions Hermann. Gérard Worms was associated with the management of the Éditions du Rocher] "I'm not leaving you - and if the Duke Hermann (who is mistaken) falls into the imperatives of current events - we'll find another door. I'd like you to carry a good slice of our "journal" with my texts to the Cahiers du Cinéma. I've warned Truffaut - because Valcroze is travelling. It's Truffaut who's asking me. Hurry up and go and see the Cahiers du cinéma team, and I don't mind publishing in volume, on the contrary. ...] I spoke to Worms about it, and he refuses to believe me when I hear that the Duke's telephone number does not correspond to what you are telling me.

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Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 17 March 1960, to Roger Pillaudin; 1 page in-4. Search for an editor for the "Journal sonore" that Pillaudin had made during the filming of the Testament d'Orphée. The "Duke Hermann" probably refers to Pierre Berès, owner of the Éditions Hermann. Gérard Worms was associated with the management of the Éditions du Rocher] "I'm not leaving you - and if the Duke Hermann (who is mistaken) falls into the imperatives of current events - we'll find another door. I'd like you to carry a good slice of our "journal" with my texts to the Cahiers du Cinéma. I've warned Truffaut - because Valcroze is travelling. It's Truffaut who's asking me. Hurry up and go and see the Cahiers du cinéma team, and I don't mind publishing in volume, on the contrary. ...] I spoke to Worms about it, and he refuses to believe me when I hear that the Duke's telephone number does not correspond to what you are telling me.
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