signed first edition Original Wraps
1967 · Paris
by Marcel Carne/Jacques Prevert
Paris: L'Avant-Scene Du Cinema, 1967. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. L'Avant-Scene No. 72-73, "Les Enfants du Paradis". SIGNED BY JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT, WHOSE LEGENDARY 1945 PERFORMANCE AS BAPTISTE DEBUREAU, THE LOVE-STRICKEN MIME, IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN FRENCH CINEMA. His signature is clear and legible and runs across the front pastedown portrait of him in character. A sharp copy to boot of this 1967 1st edition. Bright and VG in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with light rubbing along the panels. Quarto, 118 pgs. crisp black-and-white stills thruout. (Inventory #: 8559)