Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

“I WAS EXACTLYTHE SAME ASTHE PROFESSOR OF ‘THE ANGEL’” 231 c   COCTEAU, JEAN.Two Autograph Letters Signed, “Jean / [asterisk],” to Marlene Dietrich (“Marlene” or “Marlene dear”), in French. The first, comparing himself to the Professor in Der blaue Engel [who would cock-a-doodle-doo like a rooster for the love of Lola, the character played by Dietrich].The second, explaining that he could not telephone today to express his sadness caused by work keeping him far from her, sending a program [not present], and noting how the program should be translated.The last few lines are written vertically in right margin and upside down in upper margin. Each 1 page, 4to; folds. Np, 28; 29 November 1959 [1,000/1,500] “Yesterday evening I was exactly the same as the professor of The Angel . It seem to me that you would have succeeded in getting me to quit the work of filming and sing Kirik- iki at Maxim’s the same evening. . . . [I]sn’t it a bit crazy to debut at 70 years [of age]? . . .” Property of the family of Marlene Dietrich.