Jean COCTEAU. Maisons-Laffitte 1889 - Milly-la-Forêt 1963. French poet and cartoonist. Autograph letter signed "Jean" addressed from the villa Santo Sospir, Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat, July 30 1957, to his friend Marianne Oswald, in preparation for the short film "Anna la bonne", for which Cocteau had written the song in 1934, which she had performed. Cocteau asked her to send him the record as a gift for "Charlot" (Charlie Chaplin), who was visiting Santo Sospir. One page in-8

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