Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", Palais-Royal 9 December 1959, to Marlene Dietrich; 2 pages in-8. "Sad away from you locked up in this exhausting task of the film I play, edit and mix myself [Le Testament d'Orphée]. I arrived from the coast where I had to do another take and I breathed in the drama of Fréjus. (The quay of Villefranche disappeared like a domino falling from a table). Tomorrow I'm filming again in Saint Maurice [...] every time I enter the projection room I think of you, sitting next to me for Beauty and the Beast. I am deeply happy about your success and about knowing that you are loved by the simple people - because the higher you go up the social ladder, the less kindness you meet. I adore you"...