[FILM] CLAIR, René. Comedies and Commentaries. - Lot 90

[FILM] CLAIR, René. Comedies and Commentaries. The five screenplays for the comedies that made the filmmaker a success upon his return to France at the end of World War II. One of 15 copies in the limited first edition printed on Dutch vellum. Paris, Gallimard, 1959. In-8, paperback, two-tone printed cover. 421 pp. First edition bringing together five comedy screenplays written and directed by René Clair (1898–1981): *Le Silence est d’or* (1947), *La Beauté du Diable* (1950), based on Goethe’s *Faust*, *Les Belles de nuit* (1952), *Les Grandes manœuvres* (1955), inspired by the myth of Don Juan, and finally *Porte des Lilas* (1957). One of 15 numbered first editions on Dutch vellum, this copy not for sale (No. C). Copy in excellent condition, uncut.