Container List
Part I - Production Files
Series I: MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTIONS
LES BAS-FONDS (1936)
- Production stills, b/w, (7) items (incl. dups.): Louis Jouvet, Jean Gabin, Robert LeVigan, Suzy Prim.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LA BETE HUMAINE (1938)
- Script, 109 pages, n.d. "D'apres Zola." Few annotations.
- Script, 104 pages, n.d.
- "Scenario d'apres le roman d'Emile Zola," annotated, 87 pages, n.d.
- Reprint from Oeuvres Completes d'Emile Zola: "Notes et Commentaires sur La Bete Humaine" par Maurice LeBlond.
- "Resume du Scenario," 24 pages, annotated. - Handwritten list of credits, 3 pages. - Program for "Desirs Humains," adapted by Fritz Lang, incl. handwritten comparative notes by Jean Renoir (?).
- "Liste des Dialogues du Film", 30 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten list/index of folder contents. - List of scenes (5 pages). - List of exterior shots and locations (18 pages). - Scene description with dialogue/action (39 pages). - Notes on scenes regarding script and novel (16 pages).
- Articles regarding production and release of the film, October 1938 - May 1939.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (24) items, incl. Simone Simon, Jean Gabin, Fernand Ledoux, Claude Renoir, Julien Carette, Blanchette Brunoy, and cast and crew.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
BOUDU SAUVE DES EAUX (1932)
- Production stills, off-camera shots, b/w, (11) items, incl. Michel Simon, Marcelle Haina, Titta Ruffo, Severine Lezinska, and Charles Graudval.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LE CAPORAL EPINGLE (1962)
- Annotated script, 181 pages, 9/20/61, includes extensive revisions, many insertions and pages crossed out.
- Script for sequences I, II, V - VIII. 169 pages, 8/1/61. Some annotatations, some inserts.
- Scripts for sequences I-VIII, 151 pages, 9/1/61. Some annotations.
- Script (photocopied). 177 pages, n.d. "Les Films du Cyclope presentent un film de Jean Renoir..d'apres le roman de Jacques Perret."Dist. Consortium Pathe-Paris.
- Three notebooks with handwritten notes, n.d. - Communique concerning publicity strategy from E. Harris, 1 item.
- Treatment, 50 pages, January 1961, mimeographed/offprint, including corrections.
- Off-camera shots, b/w, (9) items, incl. Jean Renoir and crew.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LE CARROSSE D'OR (1952)
- Annotated typed story outline in English entitled "Columbine and her Mask," dated 2/18/53 and 2/20/53, 14 pages, 2 copies each.
- "'The Golden Coach' - The First Treatment de Jean Renoir (sic)." Panaria Film, Roma. Includes notes and annotations, 57 pages, n.d.
- Dialogue for scenes 101-316 in French, 18 pages. - Narration (epilogue), additional lines, in English and French. - Dialogue for scenes 1525a-1526 in English.
- Shooting script (mimeographed/offprint), 205 pages, annotated. In English.
- J.R.'s schedule for interviews and appointments 9/30-10/21 (4 pages). - Insurance policy (5 pages), 1952. - Contract (unsigned) with Panaria Film, Roma (4 pages). - Notes on dubbing and sound effects (2 pages).
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (47) items, incl. J.R., Anna Magnani, Jean Debucourt, Claude Renoir, Joseph de Bretagne, and Mario Chiari.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
CATHERINE (UNE VIE SANS JOIE) (1924)
- J.R.'s notes concerning expenses, 1 page, n.d. - Arbitration contract between J.R., Pierre Braunberger and Albert Dieudonne concerning the rights to the film, signed, dated 12/10/26, 1 item.
- Newspaper article re: the film .
CHARLESTON (SUR UN AIR DE CHARLESTON) (1926)
- Production stills, b/w, (6) items, incl. Catherine Hessling and Johnny Huggins.
LA CHIENNE (1931)
- Production stills, b/w, (6) items, incl. Georges Flamant, Michel Simon, Janie Marese, and Madeleine Berubet.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
- Script published in "L'Avant-Scene Cinema," no. 162, October 1975.
LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE (1935)
- Handwritten and typed notes, scenes, and dialogue, 63 pages, n.d.
- "Histoire de Jean Renoir - dialogues de Jacques Prevert," 9 pages, n.d. - Scenario by Jean Renoir and Jean Castanier entitled "L'Ascension de Monsieur Lange" ("titre provisoire"), 11 pages + title page, dated 6/6/35. 2 items total.
- Production stills, b/w, (20) items, incl. Jules Berry, Rene Lefevre, Sylvia Bataille, Florelle, Marcel Levesque, Maurice Baquet and cast.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE (1959)
- Typed script with changes and annotations, "Scenario original de Jean Renoir," 167 pages, n.d. (handwritten note added: "dialogues de Jean Renoir").
- Script, 167 pages, n.d.
- Article (typed) by J.R., in French, labeled "Article pour le N.Y. Herald Tribune," 5 pages. - Handwritten draft of same, dated 10/1/60, 10 pages.
- Story outline, 32 pages. - Deposit receipt, Association des Auteurs de Films, Paris, 6/9/1958.
- Dialogue script, 60 pages, n.d.
- "Scenario original" (script), spiralbound notebook, 167 pages. n.d.
- Annotated script, carbon copy, 127 pages, 1/11/59.
- "Scenario original": annotated script, first version, 137 pages, n.d.
- Breakdown of footage for sequences 1-10. 2 pages. - Credits, 3 pages.
- Two notebooks, handwritten: one entitled "Dejeuner," the other "Dejeuner, 1/1/59" and "Nouveau Projet, 11 August 1959."
- Article (oversize) in "Jour de France" about the film, 4 pages, 7/18/59.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w and color, (41) items, incl. Charles Blavette, Marguerite Cassan, Catherine Rouvel, Paul Meurisse, and J.R.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (1946)
- Copy for music scenes #103 and 203 by Michel Michelet, 1 item. - Copy of handwritten poem by J.R., 1 item. - Text of AP News Features, Hollywood Shorts, Sunday August 19, 1 item.
- Annotated script ("first rough screen play"), in English, 190 pages, n.d.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, incl. J.R., Paulette Goddard, Francis Lederer, b/w, (16) items.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
ELENA ET LES HOMMES (1956)
- Contract between Franco London Films and Berkshire Pictures Corporation, dated October 31, 1955, 16 pages.
- Receipt and letter for submitting manuscript entitled "L'Oeillet Rouge" to Association des Auteurs de Films, August 22, 1995. - Carbon copy of synopsis, 12 pages.
- Notebook entitled "Generalites," including notes on "Elena et les hommes."
- Script, entitled "Elliena," 208 pages, n.d.
- Script entitled "Elliena et les Hommes," 191 pages, n.d., offprint/mimeographed. Prod. Franco London Film S.A. & Les Films Gibe.
- Dialogue script, "Elena," in English ("dialogue anglais"), offprint/mimeographed, 7/9/56, 59 pages.
- Lyrics, both handwritten and typed, by J.R. for six music numbers by Joseph Kosma, 11/22/55, annotated, 26 items.
- Texts by J.R: "Commentaire Film Television" (3 pgs), "Commentaire Court Metrage" (4 pgs), "Presentation Du Film Aux Spectateurs" (2 pgs), "Suggested newsreel interview with Ingrid Bergman" (5 pgs). Credits, interview schedules, misc. Total 20 items
- Articles from various journals re: Ingrid Bergman and the film, 1945-1957.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (83) items, incl. Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Kosma, Magali Noel, Jean Claudio, and J.R., cast and crew.
- Off-camera shots, b/w, (2) items, Ingrid Bergman, Mel Ferrer.
- Script, in English, 210 pages, marked "March 1956," mimeographed/offprint.
- Offprint/mimeographed working script in French, 211 pages, dated 2/28/56, with extensive pencilled-in annotations and revisions.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LA FILLE DE L'EAU (1925)
- Contracts for the sale of the film for U.S.A., dated 1925. - Telegram and reply to H. van Doren re film rights (3 items). - Article "Renoir Before Boudu: La Fille de L'Eau and Nana" by John Belton in Bright Lights, No. 5, 1977. Total 9 items.
- (1) production still, b/w, of Catherine Hessling.
FRENCH CANCAN (1954)
- Handwritten and typed/mimeographed versions of song lyrics for the film, lyrics by J.R. - Sheet music for "La Complainte de la Butte" (film theme), 3 editions.
- Undated scenario, 23 pages, n.d. - Cinema receipt for expenses, dated 1/7/55. - Handwritten notebook by J.R. (also includes notes on projects: GASPARD, LA LUTTE CONTRE LES CONVENTIONS, ROSARIO).
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (69) items, incl. Francoise Arnoul, Jean Gabin, Maria Felix, and Dido Freire Renoir with J. R.
- (8) colored photographs, oversized. - Sheet music for "Complainte de la Butte."
- Screenplay, 191 pages, in English, n.d., offprint/mimeographed.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
- Scenario published in "Tele-cine", no 50, July/August 1955, pp.1-2, followed by "French Cancan": Un Divertissement?" a critical dicussion by Jean Collet, pp. 3-10.
LA GRANDE ILLUSION (1937)
- Dialogue scripts in French, 37 pages. - Script of German subtitles, 20 pages.
- List of the film's awards, 1 page, (2 copies), n.d. - Box office figures after 10 weeks in Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, Toulouse, n.d.
- Letter and receipt for the deposit of the script with the Association des Auteurs de films, December 1935. (5 receipts, 3 letters).
- Annotated text for insert to program for the re-release screening at the Sorbonne, 4 pages, 2/10/58. - Articles and transcribed copies of articles, 1937-1958, about the film's release in 1937 and re-release in 1958.
- Production stills, b/w, 47 items, incl. Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnais, Sylvain Itkine, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Daste, Werner Florian, and cast. - Paris Opening Night group shots, w/J.R. and others, 8 items
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: the film.
- Script published in "L'Avant-Scene Cinema," January 1965, no. 44.
MADAME BOVARY (1933)
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (6) items, incl. Valentine Tessier, cast and crew.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LA MARSEILLAISE (1937)
- Draft of script: description of scenes/shots #1-138, action, characters, location, and special props.
- "Projet de Scenario" (Summary and sequence of scenes in 5[6] parts):I. Actualites. II. Les Etats Generaux. III. Episodes des Femmes a Versailles. IV. Worms. VI bis. Avant Varennes. V. Varennes. 18 pages, n.d.
- Program, Kosmofilm, Sweden, n.d. - Leaflets for screenings in France, 2 items. - Lyrics for "O Louis! Mon Roi!" - Letter re Cinematheque screening conditions, 3 pgs. - Salary figures, 2 pgs. - "Copie des Extraits du Contract," June, 1937, 1 page.
- "Tableau synoptique des situations et des evenements dans le cadre du film" (4 pages). - Script materials, 6 scenes. - Research materials: anecdotes, quotes, notes on Parisian life: dress, hair, food, games, etc., three speeches by Robespierre.
- Notebook of extensive historical research arranged by topics [similar to the script synopsis in folder 11].
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (8) items, incl. Lise Delamare, Pierre Renoir, Louis Jouvet, Edmond Ardisson, Nadia Sibirskaia.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
NANA (1926)
- Contracts for the sale of the film in European countries, South America and Japan, 1926, 1927.
- Handwritten "scenario," 151 pages.
- Contract, with Delog Film, Berlin, re shooting and distribution in Germany, 2 pages, 3 September, 1925. [Signed by Jean Renoir and Claude Renoir].
- Scrapbook containing various press clippings relating to the film, 2/20/26-7/1/26.
- Production stills, b/w, (16) items, incl. J. R., Catherine Hessling, and Pierre Champagne.
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: the film. - Copy of letter from Denise LeBlond-Zola re American adaptation of "Nana" in 1934, 4 pgs.
LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR (1932)
- Production still, b/w, of Pierre Renoir and Winna Winfried, 1 item.
- Magazine article/clipping and program for festival screening, 2 items.
ON PURGE BEBE (1931)
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (7) items, of cast and crew incl. Claude Heymann (assistant director), Fernandel, and Michel Simon.
LA P'TITE LILI (1927)
- Production stills, b/w, two scenes with J.R.
UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE (1936)
- Scenario by Jacques Prevert, 107 pages, 4/3/27.
- Scripts with some annotations, dated 6/8/36, 82 pages, (2 copies.)
- Partial script, pages 108-145 and 131-179.
- Scenario/treatments, some annotated: - Undated, 25 pages. - Dated II/5/36, 30 pages (3 copies). - Dated 22/8/35, 19 pages. - Dated 4/5/36, 22 pages). - Dated 27/4/36, 21 pages. - Dated 5/5/36, 9 pages (3 copies).
- Summaries/outlines: By H. Weissmann, 12/II/36, 6 pages. - Theme Commercial, 5 pages (incomplete). - "Projet de continuite (texte de Brunius d'apres J. Prevert)", dated 4/12/36, 6 pages, and dated 4/I/37, 16 pages.
- Scenarios/scene breakdown, with annotations: dated 27/4/36, 21 pages. - Undated, 8 pages. - Decoupage de scenario, dated 4/5/36, 9 pages (3 copies).
- Notes and ideas, dated 26/II/36. - Notes on cast. - Budget figures. - Location breakdown. - Notes for directing (mise en scene), - Additonal pages 18bis, 18ter.
- Handwritten script, scenario, notes. Various pagination, not collated.
- Press booklets for the film, in German, n.d.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, 16 items, incl. Sylvia Bataille, Jeanne Marken, Jacques Brunius (Jacques Borel), Georges Darnoux and Paul Temps.
- Articles in newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LE PETIT THEATRE DE JEAN RENOIR (1969)
- Scenarios: - "C'est la Revolution," 31 pages. - "Creme de Beaute,"24 pages. - "Le Roi d'Yvetot," 49 pages. - "La Cireuse Electrique," 22 pages. -"La Guerre," 43 pages.
- "C'est la Revolution: Film en Sept Chapitres," scenario, 159 pages: "La Duchesse," "L'Anniversaire," "Creme de Beaute," "La Grande Cuisine," "Le Roi D'Yvetot," "La Cireuse Electrique," "La Guerre".
- "C'est la Revolution." Individual scenarios: "La Grande Cuisine." "Les Blancs." "L' Heroisme." "La Chasse." "E. A. Poe." "Bebert." "Le Quatorze Juillet." "Le Caporal" (2 copies). "La Guerre," 3 typed and 12 ms. pages. Undated.
- "C'est la Revolution." Handwritten and typed drafts of "La Grande Cuisine," "Les Blancs," "L'Heroisme," "Edgar Poe," "Creme de Beaute" (2 version), "La Chasse" (2 versions), "Bebert".
- "C'est la Revolution": Budget figures and breakdown (4 pgs)
- "C'est la Revolution," notebook with handwritten note, "Scenario original de J.R.," 29 pages.
- "Le Dernier Reveillon": Script materials in French and English.
- "La Cireuse Electrique": script materials in French and English.
- "La Cireuse Electrique": script materials in French.
- "Le Cireuse Electrique": script materials in French with handwritten annotations.
- "Quand L'Amour Meurt": Sheet music, lyrics in English, 2 pages, n.d. - Introductory note. - Newspaper clipping.
- English language dubbing/timing script with corrections, 3 pages. - Program notes: by Herman G. Weinberg, 3 pages, 2 copies, and by Joel Reisner, 10 pages.
- "Le Roi d'Yvetot": script materials in French and English.
- "Le Roi d'Yvetot": script materials in English and French. - Handwriten notes, 7 pages.
- Correspondence related to American screening dates, 1970-73.
- Two versions of "La Duchesse," in typescript: 23-page version, 2 copies, 31-page version, 1 copy.
- "La Petite Pomme d'Api," two scripts, one dated 2/26/69.
- "La Guerre." Three scripts with annotations. - Handwritten notes, 6 pages and 4 pages.
- "Creme de Beaute," three scripts. - Handwritten notes, loose pages.
- "Le Retour Aux Sources," script dated 2/26/69.
- "Le Roi d'Yvetot," 2 scripts, dated 2/26/69 & 1/5/69
- "Le Roi d'Yvetot": 2 typed scripts, undated.
- Handwritten musical score for "Le Cireuse Electrique" by Joseph Kosma and J.R., n.d.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w and color, (18) items, incl. J.R., Jeanne Moreau, and cast and crew.
- "Le Dernier Reveillon": (89) snapshots of J. R., cast and crew. - "Le Roi d'Yvetot": (33) snapshots of J. R., cast and crew. - "La Cireuse Electrique": (49) snapshots of cast.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the productions.
LA PETITE MARCHANDE D'ALLUMETTES (1928)
- Receipt for the deposit of the scenario with accompanying confirmation letter, 2/22/27. 2 items.
- Production stills, b/w, (6) items, incl. Catherine Hessling.
LA REGLE DU JEU (1939)
- Annotated script materials, arranged by scenes, including: duplicates, versions of scenes (including scenes not in released film]. - Outline of scenes, handwritten and typed, total 286 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten notes by Dido Freire possibly relating to the film.
- Scenario, "Les Caprices de Marianne," 3 pages, 2 copies, n.d. - Receipts for the deposit of the scenarios "Les Femmes Sont Comme Ca" (11/14/38) and "La Regle du Jeu" (2/1/39).
- Scenario, 11/12/38, 3 pages. - Scenario, 3 pages, December 1938. - Scenario with cast list, 6 pages, n.d. - Scenario, 3 pages, n.d. - Proposed cast list and character sketches, 2 pages, n.d. - Scenario/scenes 1-11, 16 pages.
- Costume list, 2/8/39, 2 pages. - Production notes and circulation list, 5/30/39, 2 pages. - List of scenes to be shot, 1 page (3 copies). - Scene, "Le Couloir," 14 pages (2 copies), one with extensive annotations.
- Annotated script, handwritten and typed, 70 [85] pages, n.d.
- Bound script, 40 pages, n.d.
- Newspaper articles April 1939-March 1945 (transcribed). - Advertisement re: commencement of production [by J.R. and the Nouvelle Edition Francaise].
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, 127 items, incl. Jean Renoir, Alain Renoir, Paulette Dubost, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Anne Mayen, and Pierre Nay.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
THE RIVER (1951)
- Souvenir Programs (one English, one Italian/French) for international film premieres, n.d. 1951.
- J.R.'s copy of the book, "The River," by Rumer Godden, 1946.
- British visa applications. - Publicity schedule for J.R. - Casting suggestions for "Eastward in Eden" (tenative title) 1 item. - Proposal for moving mat process shots, 2 pages. - List of Indian records for film music, 5 pages.
- Personal and "official" financial records (12-page folder + 10 loose pages). - Instruction for the second unit shooting, 8 pages, n.d. - J.R.'s notes and ideas, 2 pages, 3/6/49. - Notes by E. Lourie re location scouting, 7 pages, n.d.
- J.R.'s text for the presentation in Canada, French/English, 3 pages. - "Une Lettre de J.R.," published in ECRAN 72. - Production book "PLAN FILM presente LE FLEUVE," 1971. (2 copies).
- Typed screenplay marked "Draft 2" (working titles "Eastward in Eden"/"Big River") by Rumer Godden and Jean Renoir, n.d., 110 pages.
- Typed screenplay (working titles "Eastward in Eden"/"Big River") by Rumer Godden and Jean Renoir, n.d., 110 pages.
- Descriptions for Sequence 1, Sequence 4, Sequence 14, 27 pages. - Cast list, dated 3/26/51, 3 pages.
- Articles re: shooting, criticism, re-issue of the film, 1949-1977. - Copy of article including music score by Ann Rovell in "Film Music," Vol XI, #3, Jan/Feb. 1952.
- Production stills, off-camera shots, b/w, (180) items, incl. J.R., Rumer Godden, film crew, Romananda Sen Gupta (cameraman), Thomas E. Breen, Ram Singh, Hari Singh, (5) location shots, (10) post-cards advertising the film, (11) negatives.
- Production stills, research/archival stills and off-camera shots, (54) items, b/w, incl. Patricia Walters, Thomas Breen, Adrienne Corri, Nora Swinburne, Suprova Mukerjee, Radha, and Arthur Shields.
- Production stills (oversize) of J.R., Dido Freire, Rumer Godden, Radha, Patricia Walters, Adrienne Corri, and (6) crew shots, (19) total.
- Articles (oversize) concerning the film.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
SALUTE TO FRANCE (1944)
- Article (oversize), orig. published in New York Times Magazine, 6/11/1944.
- Article from a magazine re: the film.
THE SOUTHERNER (1945)
- Loew-Hakim, Inc. location instructions for Fresno shoot, September 1944, 5 pages.
- Off-camera shots, b/w, (26) items incl. J.R. with producers David Loew and Robert Hakim, director of photography Lucien Andriot, wife Dido Freire, and cast members Zachary Scott, J. Carroll Naish, and Norman Lloyd.
- Script entitled "Hold Autumn in Your Hand," revised final, 131 pages, n.d.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
SWAMP WATER (1941)
- Articles from the "Waycross Journal-Herald" re: world premiere of the film in Waycross, Georgia, 10/23-10/24/41. - "Dynamo" (20th Century Fox publication) re: release of the film, 11/1-11/15/41.
- First draft continuity script, 188 pages, May 1, 1941.
- First draft continuity script, 188 pages, May, 1, 1941. Some annotations.
- Temporary script, 171 pages, June 9, 1941, some annotations.
- Conference notes w/ Darryl Zanuck, June 12, 1941, on temporary script of June 9, 1941, 11 pages. - Conference notes w/ Darryl Zanuck, May 28, 1941, on first draft continuity script of May 1, 1941, 8 pages.
- Index to Breakdown for sets, interiors, exteriors. June 18, 1941, 3 pages. - Shooting schedules, 21 sequences. 53 pages.
- Script pages, scenes 1-80, with J.R.'s annotated translations, 24 pages, n.d. - Revised pages for script, 8 pages, 4 duplicates, 7/17/41. - Director's notes, 2 pages, plus 2 duplicates, n.d.
- English translation of studio terms for J.R., 4 pages. - Partial shooting schedule, 5 pages. - Sequence notes, 3 pages. - Notes on visit to Okefenokee Swamp, 3 pages, 2 copies. - Notes on script, 3 pages, 6/5/41 (2 copies).
- Breakdown of scenes by location, 18 pages, n.d. (2 copies). - Handwritten and typed editing notes, in French with English translation, 9/1/41, 15 pages.
- Annotated added scenes and retakes, 54 pages, 9/3-9/11/41.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w and (1) color, (72) items, incl. J.R., Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Mary Howard, Walter Huston, Ward Bond, Guinn Williams, Eugene Pallette, Mae Marsh and producer Irving Pichel.
- Screenplay ("temporary script") by Dudley Nichols dated June 9, 1941, with minor handwritten annotations and revisions, 171 pages. - 4 loose pages, emendations to script. [Marked "Dido Freire"].
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
LE TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER (1959)
- Notes and scripts for title and introduction sequence, 9/23/59. - Credit list, 2 pages. - Distribution through Consortium Pathe, n.d. - "Plan de Travail" (shooting schedule), oversize.
- Script published in "L'Avant-Scene," No. 6, 7/15/61.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (93) items, incl. J.R., Jean Serge, Jean-Louis Barrault, Michel Vitold, Teddy Billis, and Gaston Modot.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
THIS LAND IS MINE (1943)
- Annotated final script with tabs, crew list, 172 pages, October 2, 1992. Marked "Mr. Dudley Nichols," "Dido Freire."
- "Notes for Monsieur Thomas" (early title), 29 March - July 19, 1942, in French and English, some undated, including "Notes pas utilise," handwritten.
- Notes on "Monsieur Thomas" with considerable elisions and revisions, April 2nd, 1942, 11 pages in English. - Notes, 2 pages, June 23, 1942.
- Articles used for story ideas, taken from "Pour la Victoire," "Courrier du Pacific," "Los Angeles Times," and "Volontes," 1942-1944. - "The Declaration of the Rights of Man," French and English.
- Shooting schedules, call sheets, cast list, 14 pages, 10/6/42-12/5/42. - Preliminary budget detail, 4 pages, 9/25/42. - Music editing sheet, 1 page, 1/18/43. - Notes on music notes, 2 pages, 1/19/43. - Script fragment, editing notes, 4 pages, n.d.
- Annotated handwritten and typed pages entitled "Les Enfants," 11/19/41-11/25/41.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (23) items, incl. J.R., Dudley Nichols, Eugene Lourie, Charles Laughton, Nancy Gates, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, and Walter Slezak.
- Estimating script, 143 pages, 9/16/42.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
TIRE AU FLANC (1929)
- Production stills, b/w, (2) items, incl. Georges Pomies and Michel Simon.
TONI (1934)
- Outline for the scenario, 8/14/34, 7 pages, and 8/17/34, 4 pages.
- Photocopy of shooting script, 57 pages. Letter From L'Avant-Scene to Anne de Saint-Phalle, 14 December, 1979.
- Production stills and off-camera shots, b/w, (18) items, incl. J.R., Charles Blavette, Jenny Helia, Andrex, and Celia Montalvan.
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: the film. - Publicity sheet.
LA TOSCA (1940)
- Annotated script in French, 150 pages, n.d.
LA TOURNOI DANS LA CITE (1928)
- Production stills, b/w, 17 items, incl. Aldo Nadi, Narval, and Suzanne Despres.
LA VIE EST A NOUS (1936)
- Production stills, b/w, crowd scene, 2 items.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH (1947)
- Cutting Continuity. [Copy from BFI]
- Production stills and off-camera shots, (8) items, incl. J.R., Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, and Charles Bickford.
- Final script, entitled "Desirable Woman," January 18, 1946, 138 pages.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the film.
Series II: STAGE PRODUCTIONS
CAROLA
- Poster for production at UC Berkeley, directed by J.R., May 13-19, 1960, 2 copies.
- Photographs taken during rehearsal at UC Berkeley, May 1960, b/w, (35) items, incl. J.R. and unidentified students.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the play in production. - Programs for the UC Berkeley production.
- Handwritten loose pages and three notebooks, January-February 1957.
- Handwritten and typed script, n.d.
- Spiralbound notebook, first page marked "Carola 4 avril [n.d.]."
- Annotated typed and handwritten pages, entitled "Judith," 203 pages, n.d.
- Annotated script, "Judith," first version, 41 pages, n.d. - Annotated script, "Acte II," 41 pages, n.d. - Annotated script, "Acte III," 37 pages, n.d.
- Annotated bound script (in collaboration with Robert and Angela Goldsby, in English). Offprint/mimeographed, 166 pages, n.d.
- Bound script, "Carola, or the Third Rate Players," in English, 139 pages, n.d.
- Bound script, "Carola, or the Third-Rate Players," in English. Cover marked "Carola, en anglais." Carbon copy, 139 pages. n.d.
- Program for Hollywood Television Theatre production, starring Leslie Caron, 2/28/73, in "L'Avant-Scene du Theatre," November 1976.
- Offprint/mimeographed bound script, in English, 142 pages, n.d. (incl. J.R.'s Los Angeles and Paris addresses, together with "Helen Strauss - William Morris," marked on front cover in pencil).
- Offprint/mimeographed bound script, 142 pages.
- Typescript (in French), 111 pages, n.d.
- Partial, uncollated, annotated early draft, including loose typescript and manuscript pages, 158 pages total, n.d.
- Cast list from the production at UC Berkeley, May 1960. - General Requisition form for costume rental, 1 page, 4/3/60. - Handwritten poem entitled "Carola," 1 page, n.d. - Programs, 5/13-5/19/60 (3 copies).
- Rehearsal schedule for television production, 3 pages, 10/16-11/9/73. - Annotated television script, "KCET Version," in English, 161 pages, n.d.
- Television adaptation of script by J.R. in collaboration with James Bridges, in English, 187 pages, n.d. Translation assistance credited to Dido Renoir, Robert Boldsby and Angela Goldsby.
- Bound teleplay (in collaboration with James Bridges), Hollywood Television Theatre production, 200 pages, n.d.
- Typescript draft of preface to play by Claude Beylie for "L'Avant Scene du Theatre," 8 pgs, corrected/annotated, 9/76. - Receipts for deposit of the manuscript, 9/13/57, 9/13/60, 9/13/69. - Notebook w/ ms. notes, n.d. - Letter from viewer, 1/12/75.
LE GRAND COUTEAU
- Article (oversize) from Paris Match 12/10/57, re use of film footage incorporated into mise en scene.
- Articles about and reviews of the play. Program from the play.
- Outline of the plot with receipt for the deposit of the scenario, 9/9/63, 9/9/69.
- Annotated partial copies of script: Act I (47 pages), Act II (33 pages (2 copies), Act III (2 copies, 47 and 66 pages, respectively), plus a list of corrections, 4 pages.
- Script, 181 pages, n.d.
- Script notes, 4 pages, n.d. - Script corrections with attached correspondence, 6 pages, 6/5/63. - Notes on Decor for each act, by 'Lazareth' (?). 10 pages, n.d.
JULES CESAR
- Photographs taken of the production in rehearsal and production at the Amphitheatre in Arles, France, 1954, b/w, (13) items, incl. J.R., Jean Serge, and Paul Meurisse.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the play and production. Includes "Georges Beaume a fait pour vous le tour de France des festivals: ..le 1er festival d'Arles," in "Paris-Theatre," no. 88, September 1954, pp. 10-11.
- Stage set and prop notes, 7 pages. - "Suggestions de mise en scene," 14 pages. - Rehearsal schedule, 1 page. - Cast list, 1 page.
- Annotated typescript, 137 pages, n.d. - Cast list, 1 page. - Loose typescript sections for director's cuts/changes, annotated, 4, 8, 9, and 12 pages, respectively.
ORVET
- Rehearsal and off-stage photographs, 1955, b/w, (27) items, incl. J.R., Dido Freire Renoir, Leslie Caron, Paul Meurisse, Marguerite Cassan, Michel Herbault, group shots (some oversized items).
- Oversized photograph of J.R. in rehearsal.
- Article (oversize) from Paris Match, Feb. 5-12, 1955.
- Magnetic tape with the music from the "renaissance scene," 3/17/55.
- Bound music score by Joseph Kosma.
- Reviews of and articles about the play. Includes review/reminiscence by Francois Truffaut, "Orvet, mon amour," orig. published in "Cahiers du Cinema," no. 47, May 1955, p. 57.
- Three notebooks containing handwritten notes, dated November 1954, February 8 (1955?), and October 21 (1954?).
- Synopsis, entitled "The Poachers" ("Les Braconniers") in English, 1/31/53, 23 pages (2 copies).
- Script material, in English: - partial script, 1/18/53, 19 pages, annotated (2 copies). - Synopsis, 14 pages, 1/23/53 (2 copies). - Annotated synopsis, 1/23/53, 16 pages (2 copies) - Annotated synopsis, 1/27/53, 27 pages (2 copies).
- Loose typescript and handwritten pages, with annotated corrections, 123 pages, February 6 (1955?).
- Typescript copy on pink carbon, 150 pages, n.d.
- Typescript sectioned off by act and annotated, 172 pages, n.d. - Dramatis Personae, 1 page.
- Partial drafts of script, typed and handwritten, with extensive annotations and revisions, December 1954.
- Intermediate draft (annotated typescript), 134 pages, n.d.
- Full copy of typed playscript. 206 pages total (pagination starts over with each act), n.d.
- Receipt for deposit of the manuscript, 2/5/54. - Earning sheet for the play in foreign countries, 3/25/65-5/16/65. - Song lyrics and stage directions, 12 pages, n.d.
- Typed script, in English, 137 pages, n.d.
- Text written by J.R. for insertion into German-language program at Baden-Baden, handwritten and typed drafts, 1 page each, 3/1/57. - Text for le Theatre de Liege, 1 page, n.d.
- Script, translated into English by A. Bigelow, January 1979. 3 copies.
- "Les Braconniers - Projet de film par Jean Renoir." 31 typed, 5 handwritten pages, 2/6/53.
Series III: RADIO PRODUCTIONS
FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE
- Script and accompanying correspondence for wartime radio broadcast, including script directed by Jean Renor for the Armed Forces Radio Service, 12 pages, 7/12/46.
PHOTOGRAPHS
- Photographs of Jean Renoir with unidentified actors, circa 1940s, in rehearsal for radio broadcast, (7) items.
Series IV: PROJECTS, including some not by Jean Renoir
A LA VIE, A LA MORT
- Handwritten notes, subtitled "Fantasie cinematographique de Jean Renoir," 122 pages, n.d. - 8/5/65 Los Angeles Times article, "U.S. Army, Air Force Split on Count of Casualties Inflicted on Viet Cong."
A MON VALET
- Handwritten pages, 13 pages, n.d. - Typed pages, 2 pages, n.d. (2 copies).
ACHILLE
- Annotated typescript, 77 pages, c. 1930's.
L'ACTRICE
- Handwritten notes, 7/2/66.
ADAM
- Spiralbound notebook, cover marked "Adam, 7/7". - Handwritten notes on assorted pages, n.d. - Los Angeles Times article, "Scientists Tug at Cork of A-Energy," 5/10/70.
ALICE
- Original and photocopy of a treatment, dated 11/22/25, 3 pages (2 copies).
THE AMERICAN WAY
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
AMPHITRYON
- Five notebooks with handwritten notes, dated 4/12/48, 9/23/48, 1/7/49, 9/10 [no year], 1/31 [no year).
- Partial annotated typescript, Acts 1-5, 149 pages, n.d. - Story synopsis (3+1 pages) and receipt for the deposit of the manuscript to L'Association des Auteurs de Films, 5/30/39.
- Handwritten notes, 12 pages, n.d.
- Prologue, annotated, 4/7/48, 9 pages. - Overview, 9/23/48, 11 pages. - Annotated script, 9/23/48, 154 pages. - Revised Act I, annotated, 10/2/48, 15 pages. - Revisions, 1/11/49, 5 pages. - Handwritten notes, n.d., 4 pages.
- Annotated script, 9/16/48, 168 pages. - Small placard marked "Amphitryon: 1948 - 1949 - 1960."
- Partial annotated script and notes, dated 4/4/48, 4/5/48, 10/4/48, total 118 pages.
- Synopsis in English, syn. Eliot Gibbons, 9 pages, 8/23/48. - Annotated outline, in English, 10 pages (2 copies), 8/23/48. - Outline, in English, 12 pages (2 copies), 8/30/49.
- Synopsis of the story, 1 page, n.d.
L'ANNIVERSAIRE
- Annotated script, 8 pages (2 copies), January 1967.
APOLLON ET ALEXANDRA
- Story outline, 5 pages, n.d.
LES APPARENCES
- Summary, 15 pages (2 copies), January 1967. - Handwritten notes, 53 pages, January 1967, rev. 9/78.
L'ASCENSEUR
- Story synopsis, 5 pages, n.d.
ASPECTS OF LOVE
- Typed story treatment, 56 pages, n.d. - Location list and estimating schedule, 1 page, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 12 pages, n.d.
- Photocopy of a typed literal translation into French of the novel by David Garnett, 57 pages, 1964.
- Film treatment, in English, 70 pages, n.d. - Film treatment, in English, with some annotations, 64 pages, n.d.
- Annotated film treatment, in English. Marked on cover "1er treatment." 63 pages, n.d.
- Story treatment, annotated, 39 pages, n.d. - Scene breakdown and notes, annotated, 3 pages.
- Bound film treatment, 71 pages, n.d.
- Paperback of novel, "Aspects of Love," by David Garnett.
L'ASSASSIN SENTIMENTAL
- Annotated typed scripts, 33 pages (2 copies), n.d.
AU VOLEUR
- Handwritten notes, 3 pages, n.d.
L'AUBERGE DES QUATRE VENTS
- Summary, 7 pages, n.d.
L'AVALANCHE
- Correspondence and receipts for deposit of the scenario with l'Association des Auteurs de Films, dated 1/8/38 and 1/10/38.
AVENTURES (not by Jean Renoir)
- Scenario, 21 typed pages plus 1 handwritten page of notes by J.R., n.d. - Also includes: "Le Temps de Cerises.., project de synopsis pour le film des Vieux Travailleurs." 6 typed pages, dated "1/7/37 Dreyfus [sic]."
LES BAS-FONDS (Remake)
- Scenario, in English, 7 pages, n.d.
LA BELOTTE
- Receipt for the deposit of the manuscript by Pierre Lestringuez and J.R., 3/22/25.
LE BONHEUR
- 3 typed pages and carbon copy, [1967?]. - 6 and 8 handwritten pages, n.d.
BRETAGNE
- Story outline/treatment, handwritten [on reverse side of typewritten pages], 32 pages, n.d.
CALLA LILLIES
- A play in three acts, 101 pages, n.d. Original typescript and carbon copy. Includes reader's "broad comments for Jean alone." - Extra pages, Act II, pages 32 and 33. - Screen Writers' Guild registration, 1953.
- Two carbon copies play scripts, 101 pages, n.d. [Same as in Box 40, Folder 1].
- Two xerox copies of play scripts, 101 pages, n.d. [Same as in Box 40, Folder 1] - Two copies of reader's comments.
- Annotated script fragments, entitled "The Heirs," in English, incl. duplicates of scenes, 70 pages, n.d.
LE CANONNIER DE WILMERSDORF
- Handwritten and typed pages, 8 pages, n.d.
CELIA
- Handwritten pages, 25 pages, n.d.
LA CHANSON DE ROLAND
- Synopsis with receipt for deposit of the manuscript, 11/23/59. - Synopsis, 5 pages, 1959.
LA CHASSE AU BONHEUR
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
CHRISTINE
- Two carbon copies and two xerox copies of story, 39 pages each.
- Story treatment, 23 pgs, typescript, carbon copy, aka "Les Pauvres," "La Reine Christine." - "Christine II," June 1967, handwritten, 20 pages, typescript and carbon copy, 8 pgs each. - "Notes pour la fin," 5 handwritten, 5 typed pages (2 copies).
- Manuscript notes: 10 pages, 29 pages, 10 pages, 10 pages, 43 pages, 9 pages, 4 pages, n.d.
LE CIEL ET LA TERRE
- Handwritten drafts: 20 pages, Aug. 6, 1970. - 5 pages, n.d. - 3 pages, n.d. - 5 pages, n.d. - 4 pages, n.d. - Typed story treatment, 13 pages.
- Handwritten pages, 26 total. - Typed pages, 7 total [possibly dating from 8/29/70]. - Clipping "The Birth of the Solar System," Los Angeles Times, 1970.
- Annotated typed pages, 16 pages, 9/11/70.
- Annotated typed pages (2 copies) 32 pages and 37 pages, dated 10/23/71 through 12/11/71. - "La Vieillese," fragment, 7 pages, 12/9/71. - Miscellaneous typed, annotated pages, dated from 12/9/71 through 6/30/72, 12 pages.
- Handwritten and typed pages, annotated, 13 pages, dated November 10, [1970?].
- Interleafed handwritten and typed pages, annotated, 50 pages total. n.d.
- Interleafed handwritten and typescript pages, annotated, 54 pages, n.d.
- Interleafed handwritten and typed pages, annotated, 61 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten pages, 19 pages, n.d.
- Annotated typed pages, 13 pages, n.d.
- Annotated typed pages, 27 pages, dated 11/9/71 through 7/5/72.
LE CINEMA AU SERVICE DE L'ENFANCE ANORMALE
- Typed notes, 17 pages, 6/12/36.
LES CONTES DE PERRAULT (not by Jean Renoir)
- Receipt for the deposit of the scenario by Pierre Lestringuez, 1/17/25.
LES COURTISANS
- Handwritten treatment, 4 pages, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 8 pages, n.d.
LE COUSIN DE GERSHWIN
- Legal pad with handwritten notes, n.d.
LA CREATION DU MONDE
- Handwritten notes from a notebook, 22 pages, n.d. - Annotated typed pages, 4 and 6 pages, n.d.
LA CROIX DE MALTE
- Handwritten notes in notebook, 42 pages, n.d. Treatment, 8 pages, 2 copies, 4/28/63.
LA DANSE MACABRE
- Handwritten pages, 7 pages, 5/8/68.
LE DELUGE
- Notebook with handwritten notes, dated November 1947 (also includes commencement of additional project, "Les Ours en Cage," dated 11/28/47). - Handwritten pages, 130 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten notes, 8 pages and 38 pages, dated November 4-13, 1945, entitled "La Tour." - Handwritten notes [Dido Freire Renoir's hand], incl. "liste du personnages," 11 pages. - Magazine clipping, 11/30/47.
LES DEMI-REVES
- Notebook with handwritten notes [first 10 pages nearly completely excised], n.d.
DON JUAN
- Notes, handwritten, 4 pages, n.d. - Notes, typed, 3 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Script fragments, typed, 11 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Script fragment, handwritten, 7 pages, n.d. - Budget figures, handwritten, 7 pages.
EDMUND'S APPLE (not by Jean Renoir)
- Annotated typed screenplay, in English, by Joseph Steck (story by J.R., Michael Parks, David Wheeler and Joseph Steck), 68 pages, n.d.- 2 pages with sketches.
L'EDUCATION DES FILLES
- Four notebooks with handwritten notes, dated 12/1/56.
EN AVANT ROSALIE
- Annotated treatment, 27 pages and 1-page "synopsis" (2 copies), 1967.
- Story treatment, 15 pages, n.d. - Treatment, 29 pages and 1-page prefatory note.
- Handwritten pages, 42 pages, c. 1967-1969. - 4 pages, handwritten notes.
- Story treatment, carbon copy, 15 pages, 7/22/67. - Handwritten pages, 60 and 6 pages, 7/22/67. - Typed, handwritten, and carbon versions of poem "Rosalie", 2 pages each, n.d. - Typed poem, carbon, and notes, 12 pages. - Notes, 20 pages, 4/19/67.
LES EXILES (not by Jean Renoir)
- Outline of the film by Kent MacKenzie, which J.R. attempted to distribute, 7 pages, typed, annotated, n.d.
LA FAIM
- Annotated treatment, "Projet de film de Jean Renoir inspire du roman de Knut Hamsun," 25 pages, 7/6/61. - Xerox copy, with annotations and corrections, dated 5.8.61. - Treatment, 3 pages, n.d.
- Annotated treatment, entitled "Yladjali" [or "Hyladjali"], 21+2 pages, 5 copies. - 2 carbon copies of "Hyladjali," 20+2 pages, 1960-1962.
LE FEU AUX POUDRES
- Scenario and receipt for deposit with Association des Auteurs de Films, 10/26/55.
- English translation of story line/synopsis, 12 pages (5 copies), 10/14/55. - French version, 15 pages (3 copies), 10/14/55. - Scenario, 15 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Scenario, 9 pages, n.d. - Location breakdown, 5 and 6 pages, n.d.
FIRST LOVE
- Typescript of film proposal and story outline by J. R. and Hugh Gray (2 copies), 23 pages, Los Angeles, 2/11/61. - "Renoir Film: Suggested Screen Treatment" by Travis Bogard based on J.R./Hugh Gray story outline, 20 pages, n.d.
FLORA
- Annotated typed pages, 10 pages, n.d.
LES FRANCAIS
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d. - Side-spiralbound notebook with handwritten notes, inside front page marked "Les Francais," n.d. - Handwritten pages, 19 pages, total, dated, 6/29-6/30 [no year]. - Handwritten pages, 21 pages, n.d.
FRENCH REVUE
- Story outline, in English, with accompanying receipt for registration w/ Screen Writers' Guild, 8 pages (2 copies), 3/31/53.
FUGUES
- Annotated treatment, 11 pages, n.d.
GABIN, JEAN
- "Notes pour le film de Jean Gabin." - Project synopsis, 1 page (2 copies), 3/19/43. - Project scenario, 11 pages (2 copies), 3/24/43. - "Notes..," 2 pages (2 copies), 3/26/43. - "Suite de la partie dictee.." 3 pages (2 copies) 3/27/43.
LA GLANDE DESTRUCTRICE
- Typed pages, 3 pages, 1 original and 1 copy, 2/12/74.
LA GRACE
- Pages from a notebook, 4 pages, n.d.
LA GRANDE CUISINE
- Script fragments, 5 and 4 pages, n.d. - Handwritten pages, 2 pages, n.d.
LA GUERRE ET APRES
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
LE HEROS
- Typed pages, 1 original and 1 carbon copy, 2 pages each, 9/21/74.
HISTOIRE D'ENFANTS
- Typed pages, 5 pages, incl. original and photocopy, n.d.
- Treatment by Robert Flaherty, 20 pages, n.d.
- Annotated and corrected typed pages, 7 pages, n.d. - Typed fragment, considerably annotated and reassembled, 6 pages, n.d. - Manuscript pages, 13-28, n.d.
- Typescript, annotated carbon copy, 120 pages total, dated 6/11/48.
- Annotated typescript plus inserted handwritten page corrections, entitled "La Fuite de Monsieur Holmsen", carbon copy, 141 pages, dated 6/11/48 through 6/26/48.
- Annotated script, in English, 148 pages, n.d.
LES HORREURS DE LA GUERRE
- Scenario, 4 pages (2 copies), 1952.
HOW BEAUTIFUL WITH SHOES (not by Jean Renoir)
- Photocopied short story by Wilbur Daniel Steele, 11 pages, with accompanying correspondence from Jack Fields, 1 page, 2/2/68.
HUMEURS
- Handwritten notes, 26 pages, n.d.
IDA
- Scenario, 43 pages, 8/8/35-8/28/35.
LES IMAGINAIRES (not by Jean Renoir)
- Play in three acts by Pierre Lestringuez, 111 pages, n.d.
JUDGE NOT (not bu Jean Renoir)
- Synopsis from the publisher of the story by Sholem Asch, in English, 2 pages, n.d.
JUDITH
- Notebook with handwritten notes, 8/22/56. - Handwritten notes, 6 pages, n.d. - Clipping, "Terrorism Clouds Tlemcen, the 'Pearl of North Africa,'" New York Times, 7/26/56.
LE JUGEMENT DERNIER
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
LE JUGEMENT KANGOUROU
- Handwritten pages, 11 pages, August 1957. - Clippings from the San Francisco Chronicle, incl. "Peninsula Jail 'Court' Kills Inmate," 7/29/57.
JULES LE CONFORMISTE
- Handwritten notes, 13 pages, 36 pages, 21 pages, n.d.
JULIE
- Notebook with handwritten notes, 11/26/56.
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
- Annotated scenario, typed original and carbon copy, 32 pages each, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 2 pages, n.d.
- Typescript, 164 pages, n.d.
- Typescript, carbon copy, 164 pages, n.d.
- Typescript, carbon copy, 164 pages, n.d.
- Bound script, cover marked "copy 1 exemplaire Jean Renoir." Depose a la Societe des Auteurs. 174 pages, n.d.
- Bound script, copy 2. Depose a la Societe des Auteurs. 174 pp, n.d.
- Bound script, 174 pages, copy 3, n.d.
- Bound script, copy 4, 174 pages, n.d.
- Translated from the French by Mary Louise Gradwohl. Two copies: original typescript and xerox copy (both marked "no. 7733" on cover), in English, 164 pages each, n.d.
- Typescript, translated from the French by Mary Louise Gradwohl: carbon copy and bound xerox copy (both marked "no. 7737"), 164 pages each, n.d.
- Story outline, 24 pages, with annotations, and copy, n.d.
L'OR DU CRISTOBAL
- Postal receipt and copy of cover letter for scenario's submission to Association des Auteurs de Films, 2 items, 2/15/39. - Letter of acknowledgment and proof of receipt, 2 items, 2/20/39.
LANCELOT
- Handwritten pages, 70 pages, n.d.
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
- Treatments, drafts, and notes, typed 10/79-11/79, 143 pages total. Includes: Acts I and II (2 copies each) 56 pages, 10/27/79. - "Projet de scene pour Lancelot," (2 copies), 28 pages, 11/79. - Treatment, 58 pages, 11/23/79.
- Script, "Lancelot, piece en deux actes," 59 pages, typed 11/23/79.
LES LETTRES D'UN MILLIONAIRE
- Composition book, "Le Journal d'un Millionaire," c. 1/15/41. - Typed originals and copies, 34 pages, 1/41-5/46.
LE LEVER DU RIDEAU
- Typescript treatment by J.R. from a story by Vladimir Pozner, annotated/reassembled original, 12 pages, 1963. - Xerox, 17 pages, 1963. - Treatment, 7 pages, 10/26/63.
LOS ANGELES
- Notes, 18 pages, 5/21/45-5/24/45.
LOVE
- Notes, 7 pages, 11/1/46.
LUCIE
- Two notebooks with handwritten notes, one marked "Lucie" and "L. Doynal", n.d. - Notebook, marked "Lulu," and "Resume du 2 janvier au milieu de cahier" across cover, n.d.
MADAME BOVARY A REBOURS
- Story synopsis (in English) 3 pages, n.d. - Script fragment for a remake, in English (2 copies), 16 pages total, n.d. - Collected script fragments on typing carbons, 220 pages, n.d.
- Two treatments by J.R. for remake/adaptation, one mimeograph/offprint, one xerox, 15 pages each, n.d.
MAGNIFICAT
- Receipts for the deposit of the manuscript, 8/19/40, 11/12/59, and 12/28/59. - Project outline, 3 pages (4 copies), n.d. - 1941 version of project outline and scenario, 30 pages, 10/14/41. - Clipping, L.A. Times, 4/19/53. - Character list.
- Character sketches, in English, 7 carbon pages, 4/2/53. - Annotated treatment, in English, 43 carbon pages, 4/2/53. - Annotated treatments, 51 pages, n.d. (2 copies w/cover letter, 1 carbon copy, 1 xerox copy). - Notes, 2 pages.
LA MAISON DU DIABLE
- Notebook pages with handwritten notes (excerpt from notebook), 19 and 1 page, n.d.
LA MALADIE
- Typescript notes, 4 pages, n.d.
MARCEAU ET LA LUNE
- Scenario, 9 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Handwritten pages, 4 pages, n.d.
MAROUF THE COBBLER OF CAIRO
- Outlines, undated, 149 pages total: -"Tentative Construction Plan," typing carbons, 14 pgs. - "Prologue" outline, 330 pgs. - Story outline, 36 pgs (2 copies). - Additional story outline, 18 (nonsequential) pages. - Notes, 2 pgs, n.d.
LE MASQUE
- Story outline, 1 page, 12/6/52.
THE MEAL ON THE MOUNTAIN
- Partial typescript, in English, 2 copies, 40 and 39 pages, 9/6/49. - Handwritten pages, 9 pages and 1 typed cover page, 9/6/49.
- Notes (3 copies), 15 pages, 9/27/49. - Treatment for Chapter One (3 copies), 9 pages, n.d. - Treatment for Chapter Three, 2 pages. - Handwritten notes, 14 pages, n.d.
LA MEGRE APPRIVOISEE
- Notes, 12 pages, n.d.
LES MILLIONS
- Handwritten pages, 7 pages, n.d.
- Receipt for deposit of the manuscript, 5/11/38. - Photocopied pages of 1938 story outline, 32 pgs, 5/9/38. - Handwritten notes, 4 pgs, n.d. - Photocopied scenario, 4 pgs, 3/24/38. - Handwritten notes, 62 pgs, n.d. - Script fragments, 39 pgs, n.d.
MIRACLE
- Five notebooks with handwritten notes, December 31, 1959 - February 5, 1960.
MON ONCLE LEANDER
- Handwritten notes, 9 pages, n.d. - Typed notes, 3 pages, 11/4/66. - Story outline, 11 pages, 9/15/66.
THE MONEY-CHANGERS
- Synopsis in French, 2 pages (2 copies), 4/8/46. - Story outline, entitled "Marie Madeleine," 9 pages, 6/20/46. - Story synopsis, annotated, in English, 29 pages (4 copies), 9/12/46.
- Treatment in French, 7 pgs. n.d. - Treatment in English, 22 pgs, n.d. - Synopsis, 10 pgs, 8/9/46. - Lists of characters, 5 pgs, 8/10 - 8/15/46. - General notes, 3 pgs, 8/12/46. - Prologue ("Peter's Millions"), 29 pgs, n.d.
LA MORT SATISFAITE
- Annotated treatment, original and photocopy w/different annotations, 48 pages each, n.d. - Handwritten pages, 69 pages, dated 1965. - Clipping, "Woman Whose Heart Burst Is Recovering," Los Angeles Times, 8/1/65.
"MUSICAL"
- "Outline For A Musical," typescript in English, 29 pages (2 copies), n.d.
L'OMBRE DES PLATANES
- Typed pages, 2 pages (2 copies), dated 10/12 [no year].
PARIS-PROVINCE
- "Gisele: Inspiration pour un film": typescript, original and carbon copy, 12 pages each, n.d. - Photocopy, 15 pages. - Cahiers du Cinema article, 9 pages, publ. 1954. - Handwritten pages, "Contes du printemps," 8 pages, n.d.
- "Paris-Provence: inspiration pour un film," in Cahiers du Cinema, no. 35, May 1954, pp. 2-13.
LE PARURE D'EMERAUDES
- Photocopied scenario, 6 pages, n.d.
LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN
- Scenario, 7 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Scenario, 14 pages (2 copies), n.d.
PEDRO
- "Resume d'un scenario", 5 pages, carbon typescript and photocopy, 4/17/34. - Script fragment: typescript and annotated carbon copy, 20 pgs each, n.d. - Script fragment, typescript and carbon copy, 3 pgs each, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 9 pages, n.d.
LA PETITE FILLE DU ROI DE PRUSSE
- Story outline (2 copies) 3 pages, n.d. - Notes, 4 typed pages, n.d.
- Handwritten notes, 6 pages, n.d.
PROJECT DE PIECE EN UN ACTE
- "Projet de piece en un acte", 4 pages, 7/18/34 (2 copies). - "2eme fois", 5 pages, 7/19/34 (2 copies). - "3eme fois", 6 pages each, 7/20/34 (2 copies).
PIT BOY (not by Jeean Renoir)
- "Outline for film story of a pit boy and his pony" by Robert Flaherty, original and copy, 15 pages each, n.d.
PREMIER AMOUR
- Scenario "d'apres le roman de Tourgueniev [sic]," 3 pages (6 copies) w/attached cover letter from J.R., dated 6/25/52, and receipt of registration with Association des Auteur de Films, July 3, 1952.
PREVERT, JACQUES (not by Jean Renoir)
- "Scenario de Jacques Prevert," typescript, 162 pages, n.d.
LE PRINCE ET LA CHANTEUSE DES RUES
- Letter and accompanying receipt confirming deposit of the manuscript (by J.R. and P. Lestringuez) with the Societe des Auteurs de Films, 5/18/26. 2 items total.
PROPOS SUR LE 'UKIYO-E'
- Typed notes, "Propose sur le 'ukiyo-e' (estampes japonaises) en film, 2 pages, n.d.
QU'ELLE EST BELLE
- Fragment, 4 pages (pp. 9-12), n.d.
LE QUATORZE JUILLET
- Handwritten pages, 22 pages, n.d.
QUE DEVIENDRA CET ENFANT?
- Scenario, typescript and carbon copy, 8 pages each, plus 1 page of handwritten notes, 8/8/59. - Receipt for deposit of the manuscript with l'Association des Auteurs de Films, 8/14/59.
QUENTIN DURWARD
- Story outline, 13 pages, n.d.
REFLECT
- Carbon of letter applying for copyright, 9/17/26. - 2 receipts for deposit of scenario co-authored by Pierre Lestringuez and Jean Renoir, September 1926. - Personal "receipt"/note confirming transaction, dated 9/17/26. 4 items total.
LE REPAS
- Handwritten story outline, 3 pages, n.d. - Second version, 6 pages, no date. - Handwritten draft, 26 pages, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 18 pages, n.d. - Typed story outline, original and carbon copy, 8 pages each, n.d. [1967?].
LE REPENTANT
- Story outline, handwritten, 10 pages, n.d. - Handwritten draft, 39 pages, n.d. - Handwritten notes, 7 pages, n.d.
LA RETRAITE AUX FLAMBEAUSE
- Handwritten story outline, 6 pages, 8/12/65. - Handwritten outlines, 9 and 8 pages, respectively, n.d. - Handwritten pages, 28 pages total.
ROMEO ET JULIETTE
- Scenario, dated 5/29/39, original and copy, 2 pgs ea. - Treatment, 7 pgs, n.d. - "Rapport Sur Mon Prochain Film," June 1939, incl proposed budget, 12 pgs. - Xerox of annotated typescript/galley proofs (author unknown) re project, 11 pgs, n.d.
LA ROUQUINE
- Xerox of story treatment, 11 pages, n.d.
SABINE
- Story notes, handwritten, 6 pages, n.d.
SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE (not by Jean Renoir)
- "Scenario par Antoine de Saint Exupery," 9 pages, n.d.
SANS QUEUE NI TETE
- "Projet de saynetes pour un spectacle de television": annotated typescript, 45 pages, n.d.
LES SAUVETEURS
- Correspondence and receipt for the deposit of the scenario, 1/10/38.
LE SCHPOUNTZ
- Story summary, presentation: "Idees de Monsieur Koch (Le Schoupntz [sic])," typescript original and copy, 3 pages each, n.d.
LA SEQUESTREE
- Story treatment, copy of typed original with corrections and annotations, 19 pages total, c.1936. Includes "Reflexions au sujet de [Andre Gide's] La Sequestree de Poitiers."
THE SINNER
- Scenario, subtitled "A Story of Mary Magdalen", typescript and copy, 37 pages each, n.d. - Receipt for deposit with the Screen Writer's Guild, Inc., 4/29/46. - "Opening Choices," 2 pages, n.d. - Sequence outline, 3 pages, n.d.
SMALL-TOWN SCANDAL
- Typescript, first draft of film scenario (in English), 133 pages, n.d.
LES SOEURS THOMAS
- Story draft for play, 7 typed pages, along with 2 sets of handwritten pages, 6 and 8 pages respectively, 2/4/51. - Typed notes with handwritten annotations, 2 pages, n.d.
SPARKE
- Handwritten notebook, marked "Sparke-1a cahier," 10 pages total, c. 1930's.
STORY OF MR. POLLY
- Handwritten notes on typing carbons (some typed notes on back), 7 pages, n.d.
SUR UN BANC (not by Jean Renoir)
- Story/treatment by Simon Gantillon. 10 pages plus handwritten cover letter dated 5/24/1981?
LE SYSTEM DU DR. GOUDRON ET DU PROFESSEUR PLUME
- Letter to Ginette Doynel outlining story, 12/28/66, original, 4 pages, and 4 copies. - 12/28/66 revision, 12 typed and handwritten pgs. - News clipping "Chasse a l'homme.." Le Figaro, 9/16/68, and 4 typed-transcript copies, 2 pgs each.
TA VUKE N'BONGO (not by Jean Renoir)
- Scenario (note by Dido Renoir: "pas de J.R."), d'apres le roman d'Andre Derrin. Mimeographed offprint and xerox, 10 pages each. 1931.
THE TEMPEST
- First draft continuity script, in English, subtitled "A Jean Renoir-Dudley Nichols Production," 79 pages, with corrections and annotations, 4/10/43.
- Second-draft continuity script, in English, 4/15/43. 113 pages, includes interleafed pages of typed amendations (in French with English translation) and handwritten corrections and annotations.
- Second-draft continuity script, in English, 4/15/43. 99 pages, includes interleafed typed pages of amendations and annotations.
LES TEMPS DES CERISES (not by Jean Renoir)
- "Project de synopsis pour le film des Vieux Travailleurs. I/7/37. Dreyfus", scenario, 6 pages. - (Also includes: "Aventures," scenario by Dreyfus: 21 typed pages plus 1 handwritten page of notes by J.R., n.d.)
THE TERROR
- Story treatment (in English) by J.R. and Charles O'Neill, 49 pgs, w/ cover letter to Walter F. Wanger/Universal, 7/10/46. - Story outline w/ character list, in English, n.d. - Follow-up proposal, "Marie Madeleine," 13 pgs + 1 pg, 6/28-6/29/46.
THREE ROOMS IN MANHATTAN
- Treatment, in English, from Georges Simenon novel, 32 pages, 2 copies, 5/6/57.
TIBI
- Three notebooks with handwritten notes and project sketches, n.d.
- Synopsis, 3 versions marked Resume I, II, III, incl. originals and copies of varying pgs and 1-page character list. - Character list, 2 pgs. - "Prologue," orig. + copy, 4 pgs. ea. - Fragment, 7 pgs. - Notes, 12 pgs (2 ms). - " Artus", 11 pgs, n.d.
LE TONNEAU DU CLERGYMAN (not by Jean Renoir)
- Scenario by Dido Freire. Mimeographed offprint, 6 pages, n.d.
A TRIP TO TILSIT
- Story outline: screen version of the story of Sudermann, n.d., English original and copy, 3 pages each, French (re-trans. Paul Barman), 3 pages.
LE TROIS FILLES DU PERE LANCELOT (not by J.Renoir)
- "Decoupage" (Lestringuez), 27 pgs. - Treatments, 12 and 13 pgs. - Proposed budget breakdowns for French, English and German versions, 12 pgs total. - Scenario in German, 23 pgs, n.d. - Song lyrics (incl. Kurt Weill "contribution"), 3 items, n.d.
UNDER WESTERN EYES (not by Jean Renoir)
- Story treatment [by J.R.?], in English, 13 pages, 6/11/48.
UNE NUIT A PARIS
- "Scenario de J.R. depose a la Societe des Auteurs," 9 pgs., n.d.
LE VAGABOND
- Story outline in French, 6 pgs (2 copies), 12/31/43. - Story outline in English, 13 pgs (2 copies), 12/31/43. - Story treatment, in French, 11 pgs., n.d. - Notes to Charles Koerner discussing production costs, 1 typed, 1 ms pages, 1/3/44.
LE VERT GALLANT
- Project proposal, 2 pages, 11/19/59. - Scenario (aka "Henri IV"), photocopy, 13 pages, 11/19/59. - Treatment, "Henri IV," 10 typed plus 1 handwritten page, n.d.
VILLA DE L'EXTRA
- Story treatment, 20 pgs, n.d. - Story treatment, 23 pgs (2 copies), n.d. - Outline, photocopy, 4 pgs. - Treatment, in English ("Aurore"), 23 pgs, n.d. - Letter of submission and receipt from Association des Auteurs de Films, 2 items, 11/21/57.
VILLIERS
- Handwritten story scenario, fragments and notes, 10 pages, n.d. - Story fragment, 5 pages of original and copy, 5/15/43. - Story fragment, 9 pages, 5/22/43. - Scenario, 8 pages, 5/25/43.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d. - Treatment and partial script, photocopy, 50 pages, n.d. - Project slip stating title and primary period of composition (1953), 1 item.
VIRGILE DURAND
- Story outline, typed and reassembled, 4 pages, n.d.
WIND SAND AND STARS (not by Jean Renoir)
- Scenario based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery novel, in 3 versions: 25-pg (3 copies), 27-pg (2 copies), 28-pg (3 copies), n.d. - Cover letters to studios and individuals, in English and French, 5/25/41. - Responses, 3 pgs/items, June 1941.
- Scenario, marked "[Maximilian] Becker". 28 pages, n.d. - Unmarked version, 33 pages. - Synopsis of book by Edward Huebsch, 6 pages, 1/24/39.
WINESBERG, OHIO (not by Jean Renoir)
- Summary of the book by Sherwood Anderson, in French, 10 pages. n.d. - Outline (in English), 2 pages, 9/27/47.
THE WOMAN OF A HUNDRED FACES
- Screen adaptation, in English, by J.R. and Maximilian Ilyin ("after the original story by Louis Bromfield, Thomas Mann and Maximilian Ilyin"), 120 pages, n.d.
- Screen adaptation, in English, by J.R. and Maximilan Ilyin (marked "MI:MS [Mari Schick] 8/8/47" at top of first page), 114 pages. Some annotations. - Page with Mari Schick address, 1 item.
- Screenplay by Bernard Schubert. Typescript, 125 pages, 12/22/47.
- Screenplay by Bernard Schubert, based on story by Louis Bromfield, Thomas Mann, and Maximilian Ilyin, 127 pages, 1/8/48.
UNIDENTIFIED/UNTITLED
- Typed notes and ideas for film collaboration, 3 pages, 7/6/34, (3 copies).
- Handwritten pages, 7 pages, n.d.
- Manuscript notes and "list of names for an unremembered project," 7 pages, n.d.
Series V: PUBLICATIONS (Books) BY JEAN RENOIR
LES CAHIERS DU CAPITAINE GEORGES
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: the book.
- Synopsis entitled "Au Bonheur Mesdames," annotated typescript, 20 pages (2 copies) 3/19/63. - Story treatment, 5 pages, 3/18/63.
- Synopsis entitled "Le Bonhour, Mesdames," 28 pages (2 copies) 1/5/63. - "Traitement en vue d'un film par J.R.," 3 typescript pages (incomplete), n.d.
- Four notebooks: - 1) Begins with "L'amour et la grace.," - 2) Dated 12/7/62. - 3) Begins with "Le bonheur mesdames/cahier 3," n.d. (initial pages torn out). - 4) Marked "Georges," n.d.
- Manuscript draft(s), divided into sections, 159 pages, n.d.
- Text of radio review of the book, in German, 5/25/68. - Dust jacket for English edition published by Little, Brown. - Letter from Prof. Lee Siegel, w/copies of students' responses at Western Washington State University, 5/21/72.
- Manuscript draft and notes, 174 handwritten and 4 typed pages, n.d.
- Three notebooks, marked "No.3" and "1," "2," and "3," interleafed with typed and manuscript emendations and corrections, n.d.
- Typed draft with handwritten annotations, English translation by Remy Inglis Hall, 361 pages, n.d.
- Three notebooks, marked "1 - Volume I," "1 - Volume II," and "1 - Volume III." ["1 - Volume I" contains sheaf of 11 typed pages with glossary of book's terms and handwritten notes/corrections. No date.
- Typed manuscript (Chapitre I - VIII), with typed and handwritten annotations/corrections, 179 pages total. - "Service de Presse" list, 1 page, n.d.
- Manuscript carbon copy (Chapitre I - VIII), with typed and handwritten annotations, 181 pages, n.d.
- Typed manuscript (Chapitre IX - end), with typed and handwritten annotations, 175 pages, n.d.
- Typescript section (begins with page 150-e), with handwritten annotations, 177 pages total, n.d.
- Typescript, double-spiralbound, interleafed with typed pages and handwritten corrections and annotations, n.d.
LE COEUR A L'AISE
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: the book.
- Four spiralbound notebooks, three marked "L'Acteur 75." Dates of entries range from approximately 7/11/75 ("#0") through 7/29/75 ("#1") to 9/11/75 ("#2").
- Galleys for French-language publication, with correction sheets, dated 11/16/77.
- Typescript, entitled "Le Voyager Indecis," 199 pages total, 1/12/76 - 9/30/76.
- Typescript, entitled "Le Voyageur Indecis," carbon copy, annotated, 207 pages total.
- Typescript draft (part carbon), entitled "Amis, Je Viens D'Avoir Cent Ans," annotated, concluding date 10/12/76, 217 pages total.
- Untitled typescript, xerox copy, begins with "Amis, je viens d'avoir cent ans..," concluding date 8/13/76, 183 pages total.
- "Anciens chapitres," annotated typed pages from early draft, 95 pages total, dated Winter 1976 (4/29/76).
- Typescript entitled "Clement: Ancien Chapitres [Hiver 76]," annotated and reconstructed, 86 pages total, dated 4/29/76.
- Annotated typescript, 130 pages, 3/18/76 - 5/20/76.
- Typescript, entitled "Clement", first draft, carbon copy, 134 pages total, dated 5/5/75-6/24/75.
- Typescript, entitled "Clement", second draft, Autumn 75 - Winter 76, heavily annotated/reworked, 82 pages total.
- Intermediate typescript draft, annotated, dates of composition from 5/29/75 - 6/30/76, 200 pages total.
- Partial annotated typescript draft, with nonsequential pages, 187 pages total. Dates of composition range from 6/23/76 -6/30/76.
- Partial typescript draft, with nonsequential pages, annotated, 202 pages total. No date.
- Partial typescript, xerox copy, with nonsequential sections, 110 pages total. No date.
LE CRIME DE L'ANGLAIS
- Copy of newspaper article regarding "Le Crime de la Gloire-Dieu." - Annotated pages, n.d.
- Two spiralbound notebooks, n.d. - Research materials: illustrations/postcards of "Cafe-Concert" artists, with accompanying gloss by Andre Cerf, and clipping, 5/3/61, 6 items. - Assorted handwritten notes, 7 pages, n.d.
- Two notebooks with dictated notes: - 1) entitled "Notes Sur La Chaise-Dieu," February 1977. - 2) entitled "Le Crime de la Chaise-Dieu," n.d.
- Annotated typed and handwritten pages, entitled "Meurtre Sauvage," 132 pages total, Feb.- May 1977. - Copy of clipping, "C'etait il y a 76 ans: le Triple-Crime de la Gloire-Dieu," (?) 3/20/61.
- Annotated typescript entitled "Le Crime de la Gloire-Dieu," 46 pages (2 copies), dated August 1935.
- Typescript entitled "L'Assassinat de la Bonne Foi," 4 pages, n.d. - Handwritten manuscript by same title, 105 pages total, n.d.
- Fragment/draft w/annotated typescript pages, 14 pages total, n.d.
- Partial typescript entitled "L'Assassinat" [accompanying description on notecard identifies it as carbon copy of original], 153 pages total, January 1978.
- Annotated typescript, entitled "L'Assassinat," 141 pages, December 1977.
- Bound typescript entitled "L'Assassinat," 129 pages, dated 1978.
- Typed manuscript, entitled "L'Assassinat," with corrections, 136 pages, 1978. - Publisher's galley, 68 pages, n.d.
- Typescript, entitled "L'Assassinat," interleafed xerox and carbon pages of working copy, handwritten annotations, 146 pages, n.d.
GENEVIEVE
- Interleafed manuscript and typescript pages, with annotations, 222 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten pages, 70 pages, n.d.
- Label: "Histoires d'Amour," 11/8/66. - Handwritten pages, "Ma cher Genevieve.." and "La Mariage," 10 pgs ea., n.d. - Typed pages, "La Mariage," orig. and copy, 3 pgs ea., 5/25/79. - Typed pages, "Genevieve," orig. and copy, 3 pgs ea., 5/29/79.
- Interleafed manuscript and typescript pages, reassembled and annotated, 144 pages total, n.d.
- Handwritten pages, 109 pages, n.d.
- Typed manuscript, interleafed with original and carbon copy pages with handwritten annotations, 183 pages total, n.d. [Folder 1 of 2].
- Typed manuscripts, interleaved with original and carbon copy pages with handwritten annotations, 162 pages total, n.d. [Folder 2 of 2].
- Handwritten notes, incl. "Project de continuite," partly dictated, 8 pages total, n.d.
- Typescript, 110 pages, dated January 1979. - List of corrections, 7 and 4 pages.
- Typescript draft (carbon copy), annotated, 103 pages, n.d.
- Bound photocopy of typescript, 107 pages, January 1979. - Corrections, 7 pages, typed.
MA VIE ET MES FILMS
- Articles and reviews of the book in German. - Information from the publisher of the German edition of the book, October 1975-July 1976.
- Negatives for photographs published in "Ma Vie et Mes Films."
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the book.
- Corrected/annotated typescript draft of French language original, dated 10/29/73, pp. 1-147.
- Corrected/annotated typescript draft of French language original, middle section, pp.147-271.
- Corrected/annotated typescript draft of French language original, concluding section, pp. 272-378.
- Annotated typescript, in English, "author's copy," 294 pages, copy 1 of 2, n.d.
- Annotated typescript, in English, "author's copy," 294 pages, copy 2 of 2, n.d.
- Uncorrected advance proofs, translated into English by Norman Denny, 292 pages, 1974. - Typed list of J.R.'s film credits, 1924-1969, 2 pages (2 copies) - Typed list of press/advance copies, 2 pages, n.d.
- Bound copy proof, identified both as "Souvenirs Incomplets ou de L'Identite" and (handwritten on cover) "Ma vie et Mes Films," n.d.
- Bound copy proof, copy 2 of 3, entitled "Souvenirs Incomplets ou de L'Identite," 137 pages, n.d.
- Bound copy proof (copy 3 of 3) of "Souvenirs Incomplets ou de L'Identite," 137 pages, n.d.
- Original typescript, annotated, 358 pages, 5/14/73.
- Correction pages, 49 pages, 11/15/74.
- Annotated xeroxed typescript draft, "Souvenirs Incomplets, ou Reflexions d'un Metteur en Scene," 233 pages, 5/14/73.
- Complete draft, entitled "Souvenirs Incomplets..," approximately 254 pages, heavily annotated, cut-and-pasted inserts, dated 12/30/72-1/30/73.
- Xerox of typescript draft, 12/30/72 - 1/30/73, entitled "Souvenirs Incomplets..," 177 pages.
- Xerox of complete draft, entitled "Souvenirs Incomplets..," 180 pages, dated 9/20/72.
- Complete draft, entitled "Souvenirs Incomplets..," numbering 252 typed and handwritten pages (incl. duplicate pages), extensively annotated/revised/reassembled into working draft (marked "for reference"), 1972-3.
- Partial typed draft, cut-and-pasted/extensively annotated orig. typescript, begins with page 234 ("XXXV - Debut de Sejour chez les Peaux Rouges"), approx. 165 pages total, circa. 1972.
- Typed draft fragment, divided into sections of corrected pages, 163 pages total, dated January through July 1972.
- Annotated typed pages, entitled "L'Amour de Cinema" and marked "paragraphs elimines," approximately 52 pages, 1972.
- Annotated typed pages, entitled "L'Amour du Cinema" and marked "pages eliminees"), 81 pages, 1971-72.
- [Unused material] - "Chaplin," 6 pages, n.d. - "First Impressions of America," 6 pages, 8/2/72, + 4 interleafed typed/ms pages, n.d. - "Swamp Water," 7 pages, 7/31/72. - "Hollywood," 6 pages + 5 interleafed typed/ms pages, dated 8/1 through 8/2/72.
- Notes and studies, typed and handwritten, 1967-1975, 65 typed and 17 manuscript pages, incl.: - "L'Amour de Cinema," 4 pgs, 5/16/72. - "Faire des Films," orig. and copy, 7 pgs ea. - "Le Cinema, objet..," orig. and copy, 9 pgs ea, 6/12/74.
- "Studies for memoir": - Typed pages, 7 items. - Handwritten pages, 9 items. - Folder cover with notes marked on it.
- Handwritten pages, entitled "Le Cinema," 27 pages total, n.d.
- Typed pages entitled "Elena," original and copy, 3 pages each, 11/23/70.
- Handwritten pages, 65 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten pages, 40 pages total, circa 1970.
- Two spiralbound notebooks with handwritten notes, one with cover marked "Cinema," the other commencing with "Souvenirs d'un faiseur de films," c. 1/5/70.
- Annotated typed pages, "Faire des Films: Souvenirs et Considerations par J.R.," 4 pages (2 copies), n.d. - Typed pages, "Petite Grammaire Cinematographie a l'Usage des Apprentis Metteurs en Scene," 2 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten pages, including notes entitled "Souvenirs d'un faiseur," 74 pages total, n.d.
- Handwritten notes, commencing with notes entitled "Faire des Films," 93 pages total, 1/15/73.
- Handwritten pages, entitled "Faire des Films. Considerations, recettes et souvenirs," 110 pages, (?)9/5/67.
- "Souvenirs et Reflexions d'un Faiseur de Films," 23 ms. + 10 annotated typed pgs, orig. and copy, 1/11/71 and 1/23/71. - "Reflexions sur d'art de faire des films," 5 ms. pgs. - "Reflexions et souvenirs d'un faiseur de films," 12 ms. pgs, n.d
- Interleafed handwritten and typed notes, entitled "Souvenirs d'un Faiseur de Films," 116 pages, 1970-1974.
- Two single, undated pages (one marked "Faire de films - Souvenirs Imaginaires"). - Interleafed handwritten and typed pages, entitled, "Faire des films" and "Souvenir d'un faiseur du film," 60 pages, 5/25/71-6/14/71.
- Notebook marked "Adam," incl. notes re "Souvenirs d'un faiseur des films," circa 8/6/70. - Notes, primarily for "Souvenirs..," 5 typed/annotated and 26 handwritten pages, plus 14 notebook pages, circa 1/18/70.
- Notes "Comment Faire un Film," 8 pgs (2 copies) and 4-page notes, typed, 1/5/63. - "Faire des films," 1/4/67, 12 handwritten pgs. - "Faire un film," 7 and 5 handwritten pages, n.d. - "Petit Grammaire du Cinema," 3 and 2 pages, n.d.
- Handwritten notes, from dictation, 11 pages, n.d.
- "Faire des Films," handwritten notes, 16 pages. - "Souvenirs de Berlin apres 'Nana': Notes pour 'Ma Vie et Mes Films'" typed from dictation, 2/22/72, 5 pages.
- Typed pages, "Autres souvenirs et reflexions," original and copy, 4 pages each, 4/2/75.
- Annotated typed pages, 5 and 4 pages, 9/18/74.
- Handwritten pages, 12 pages, 1/6/70.
- Handwritten pages entitled "Film Reflections," 5 pages, n.d.
RENOIR [PIERRE-AUGUSTE]
- Articles re: works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. (6) items.
- Negatives for photographs published in "Renoir [Pierre-Auguste]."
- Articles from newspapers and magazines re: the book.
- Typed and handwritten notes, 1942. Includes several versions of the preface. - "Notes D'Auguste Renoir".
- Legal pad with handwritten notes, n.d.
- Bound spiral notebook translation into Portuguese by Luis Dantas.
- Receipts for royalty checks for RENOIR [PIERRE-AUGUSTE], 1963.
- Copy of script by Andrew Davies for B.B.C. program based on "Renoir, My Father," sent to J.R. 1/31/78.
- Uncorrected advance copy (in English) from the publisher with correction inserts by J.R., n.d.
- Reviews from the international press, November 1962. - Photograph, b/w, of shop window display on occasion of book's publication.
- Copies of J.R.'s contracts with French and foreign publishers, 1961-1973.
- Annotated section of final typescript, part I of IV (pp. 1 - 142, unbound), n.d.
- Annotated section of final typescript (bound), pp. 143-272. Cover marked "II," n.d.
- Annotated section of final typescript (bound), pp. 273-404. Cover marked "III," n.d.
- Annotated section of final typescript (bound), pp. 405-506. Cover marked "IV," n.d.
- Annotated section of typescript draft (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 1-120), marked "1ere version complete," 134 pages total, n.d.
- Annotated draft section of interleafed typed and handwritten pages (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 1-120), 132 pages total, n.d.
- Annotated draft section of interleafed typed and handwritten pages (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 121-250a), 168 pages total, incl. correction pages, n.d.
- Annotated section (marked "2") of typescript draft, with interleafed handwritten corrections, 166 pages total (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 121-250a), n.d.
- Annotated typescript draft of book section, interleafed with typed and handwritten corrections, 151 pages total (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 251-370), n.d.
- Annotated section of typescript draft (marked "3"), with interleafed handwritten corrections, 148 pages total (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 251-370), n.d.
- Annotated typescript draft of book section, interleafed with typed and handwritten corrections, 138 pages (equivalent to final typescript draft pgs. 371-476), n.d.
- Annotated section of typescript draft (marked "4"), with interleafed typed and handwritten corrections, 134 pages total (equivalent to final typescript pgs. 371-476), n.d.
- Assorted typed pages marked, "old version", annotated, 184 pages total (incl. several handwritten pages of notes and corrections), n.d.
- Assorted typed and handwritten pages, marked "old version," annotated, 146 pages total, n.d.
- Assorted typed and handwritten pages, marked "old version," annotated, 122 pages total, n.d.
- Assorted typed and handwritten pages, marked "old version," annotated, 190 pages total, n.d.
- Assorted typed and handwritten pages, marked "old version," annotated, 163 pages total, n.d.
- Compiled pages of corrections and revisions for of the February 1962 draft entitled "Auguste Renoir par Jean Renoir"), typed and handwritten, 78 pages total.
- Annotated typed and handwritten notes concerning Gabrielle Renard and her role in the Renoir family. - Side-spiralbound notebook, commencing with entry "Projet - Gabrielle," dated 9/29/46.
- Handwritten notes, loose/nonsequentially-numbered, 75 pages total.- Collated handwritten and typed notes, 80 pages total.
- Assorted typed and handwritten notes, 52 pages total, n.d.
- Annotated typescript draft of preface, 67 pages, plus 1 handwritten half-page of notes and 1 file card, n.d.
- Primary source materials (letters, notes and transcribed remarks by P.-A. Renoir) compiled by J.R., typed and annotated, 100 pages total. - Two pieces of notes, n.d.
- Primary and secondary source/research materials: transcribed extracts from books and journal articles re P.-A. Renoir, 127 typed/annotated and 3 handwritten pages.
- Book outline, overview, notes, total of 73 typed pages with annotations, dated 8/2/42 through 8/18/42.
- Text of speech (with remarks concerning P.-A. Renoir), "Projet de Conference a l'Alliance Francaise de Pasadena," 9 typed pages (2 copies), dated 3/17/43.
- Text, "Preface pour l'Exposition Renoir, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 9/15/43," 4 typed pages, dated 8/30/43. - Remarks prepared in conjunction with exhibit, 1 typed page (2 copies), n.d.
- Text of speech, "Conference d'un conferencier americain devant l'union francaise," 6 typed pages, marked "c. 1942."
- Typescript, "Conference de Jean Renoir a la Radio le 25 Novembre 1941," 6 pages. - Newspaper clipping, "La Maison de Renoir," dated 8/12/60.
- "Notes pour le conference de Jean Renoir a l'Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles," 7 pages (2 copies), 1/19/42.
- Typed, annotated drafts of article for Life Magazine: - 11/7/50 version, 12 pages each (2 copies). - 11/12/50 version, 11 pages. - 1/12/51 versions, 4 and 5 pages. - 1/15/51 version, 4 pages.
- Carbon typescript, "Renoir, le Siecle, et Moi," 4 pages (2 copies), n.d.
- "Au temps de Mon Pere," 4 typed, annotated pgs, 3/25/42. - Revision, "Chapitre I," annotated carbon, 6 pgs + frag., n.d. - "Souvenirs de Collettes" (version for Time Magazine), 3/10/47. - "My Happy Father" (English translation), 8 pgs and 7 pgs.
- "Peindre ou marcher," 7 typed, annotated pgs (2 copies), n.d. - "To Paint or to Walk," typed "correction," 6 pgs (2 copies) + cover letter fr/ transl, 1/21/1942. - Engl. trans, 4 copies (2 re-titled "The Miracle"), 4 pgs ea, n.d
- Various drafts and reworkings of "Au Temps de Mon Pere," dating 3/18/42 - 5/11/43.
- Typed, annotated pages, "Introduction [to Memoirs]," 5 pages each (2 copies), 5/6/43. - Typed pages, "Chapitre I [subtitled 'Jeunesse de Renoir']," 8 pages, (?)5/6/43.
- Notes and fragments, 3 items, circa 2/25/60 (?). - Two notebooks: one marked "Notes sur livre Renoir," the other "Renoir - conclusions," circa 1954.
- Notebook marked "Renoir," dated 6/9/??.
- Notebook, marked "Renoir - Achat des Collettes," October 1956.
- Notebook, marked "Renoir: Notes," incl. 2-page ms. insert, n.d [missing pages]. - Side-spiralbound notebook ("suite de 259+"), n.d. - 2 small notebooks, 1 topbound, the other (sidebound) marked "Notes" - Loose pgs/extract, 47 pages, 1/17/58.
- Clipping, "P.-A. Renoir repose en terre d'Essoyes," by P. Croyes, source and date unknown.
Series VI: ESSAYS AND ARTICLES BY JEAN RENOIR
- Transcribed essays by and interviews with J.R. (accompanying note: "textes a approuver pour publication"), 1930's - 1950's.
- Various handwritten essays, including "Rue Caulaincourt," n.d.
- Song lyrics and poems, on typed and handwritten pages: - "Chanson du Carrefour." - "Complainte." - "Opera" [fragment]. - Many untitled compositions, 23 pages, n.d.
- "Sans Titre" [essay re the artist, progress, consumerism, and related topics]. - Typed pages, 2 pages (2 copies) n.d. - Handwritten pages, 41 pages, n.d.
- Miscellaneous pages recording J.R.'s ideas and thoughts on a variety of subjects. Handwritten. 15 pages.
- Notebook pages w/ several essays/projects: "L'Actrice," "Le Diable," "Le Sexe," "Dialogues dans L'Au-dela/L'Autre-monde/L'Ange Gabriel." 32 pages.
- Notebook pages with handwritten notes on for several projects. 44 pages total.
- Loose pages, personal writings, some dated: 16 May 1971, 16 May 1972. (1) dated 12 November 1970, (1) dated 6 May 1971, (1) n.d. [several decades earlier]. Notes from the Scripps Clinic, Lo Jolla, California.
- Notebook dated 18 June, 1961, includes "Assassinat de jeune premier."
- Notebook, entitled "Propos" (main character Wladimir Waltz), n.d.
- Synopsis of novels: "Notes dictated by J. R. to Dido Freire," spanning February 1941 through 1947(?), 52 handwritten, 1 typed page. - Detailed "Resume d'un roman" ("Le Moulier"), original and copy, 12 pages each, dated 4/18/34. Author unknown.
- "Prologue," dated 7/2/75 and 2/18/76, 2 pages (2 copies).
- Two notebooks: one dated "fin fevrier, 1945," one entitled "projets."
- Individual pages, along with several short pieces (incl. "Je me reveille.."), 26 handwritten pages. n.d.
- Partial manuscript, pages 21-54, 38 pages, n.d. (Main characters are Simone and Emmanuel)
- Two unidentified notebooks, n.d.
- Notebook, c. 1968. Includes: "La Loi de Mann," "Le Fruit Pouri," "Reflexions, souvenirs, d'un faiseur de films."
- Notebook, n.d. Includes "La Peche," "La Reunion," "Melez vous de ce que vous regarde." Also includes numerous drawings.
- Introduction to exhibition pamphlet for show by Etienne Ret, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California, 2/6-2/28/??
1952
- "Cahiers du Cinema" Renoir Issue, no. 8, Jan. 1952: "On me demande," pp. 5-8, and "Quelque chose m'est arrive," pp. 31-32.
ANDRE, ALBERT
- Article "Albert Andre," with note, "Article pour une exposition Albert Andre a la Galerie Guiot," 1 page, 10/12/60.
ART APPRECIATION..
- J.R.'s preface to Lee Siegel Jr.'s book, "Art Appreciation For Grown-ups Under Ten," 2 pages, 8/13/66.
BAZIN, ANDRE
- Preface by J.R. to Andre Bazin's "Qu-est-ce que le Cinema?" - Preface by J.R. to Bazin's "Jean Renoir,"2 copies, 1971. - Tribute by J.R. entitled "Andre Bazin Notre Conscience," 2 pages, n.d.
BECKER, JACQUES
- Article for "Cahiers du Cinema," "Au Revoir, Jacques," 2 pages, 3/4/60, 1 page, 3/6/60.
LA BETE HUMAINE
- Notes by J.R. for a talk given at the annual meeting of "La Societie de Zola" at the Sorbonne, November 1939.
- "A Propos de la Bete Humaine," by J.R. 3 pages, including 1 handwritten copy, n.d.
BOUDU SAUVE DES EAUX
- Prefatory remarks by J.R. at screening by U.C. Santa Barbara Film Society, Santa Barbara, California, January 8, 1967. 2 pages.
- "How I Came to Film 'Boudu'," in Film Society Review, February 1967, p. 23.
C'EST LA REVOLUTION
- "Mon oncle Emmanuel..": 5 drafts, 30 handwritten pages total, n.d.
LE CAPORAL EPINGLE
- Article written by J.R., labeled "sent to Duncan McGregor," 3 pages, 2/15/63.
CHAPLIN, CHARLIE
- Articles about Charlie Chaplin and LIMELIGHT. 3 pages. n.d.
- Article, "Chaplin Among the Immortals," for "The Screen Writer" magazine, July 1947, 3 copies in English, 4 copies in French.
CHASSEZ LE NATUREL
- Article written at the request of Claude Beylie, "Chassez le naturel..," 1 page, 8/7/78.
LES COMEDIENS
- Article for the journal DU, Zurich. January 17, 1967. 2 pages, 2 copies.
- "La Comedia Dell'arte," 23 pages, in English, n.d.
LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE
- Article, "Souvenirs," with note "envoye a Brandon, N.Y.," 3 pages, 3/15/61.
DIRECTIONS AND RECIPES
- Typescript pages, entitled "Directions and Recipes - Version II," 3 pages total, 7/20/46.
DREYER, CARL-THEODORE
- Critical appreciation/reminiscence re Carl-Th. Dreyer, "La peche de Dreyer," pp. 41-45.
ELENA ET LES HOMMES
- " Jean Renoir et Venus": annotated album notes explicating the film's music. 2 copies, 13 pages, n.d., one copy 9 pages, n.d.
LES FILMS SONT-ILS UN ART OU UNE INDUSTRIE?
- Article for the Screen Producers Guild Journal, handwritten and typed pages, 14 pages, 12/23/63, with accompanying correspondence.
FLAHERTY, ROBERT
- Handwritten page, entitled "Robert Flaherty" (n.d.).
GODDEN, RUMER
- Article: "Jean Renoir, A Propos De Rumer Godden," 1 page (carbon), 8/28/63.
- Article, "Rumer Godden," for the Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., 10/1-10/17/50.
LA GRANDE ILLUSION
- "Texte de la bande annonce dit par J.R." 2 copies, n.d. 4 pages each.
- Various drafts, typed w/ manuscript changes. - Note: "Envoye a Georges Sadoul, le 20 Mars 1948."
- [La Grande Illusion] and [La Marseillaise], 4 pages, n.d.
HISTOIRE DU CANNIBALISM..
- "Histoire du cannibalism et da la diminution de la population d'une colonie," typed original and copy, 2 pages each, plus 1 handwritten title sheet, n.d.
IN WHAT WAY CAN A FILM BE INTERNATIONAL?
- Manuscript of an article solicited by United Nations publication, "In What Way Can A Film Be International?", 10 pages, 3 copies, in English, December 1952-January 1953. - Reply/correspondence from the magazine, March 1953.
J'AI 80 ANS
- "J'ai 80 Ans" ("I Am Eighty"), rough drafts of the article in manuscript and typescript (some carbon pages), in French and English, 41 pages, 8/21-8/27/74.
JAUBERT, MAURICE
- Poem by J.R., "Jean Renoir a Maurice Jaubert," 6/18/54.
LES JEUX FUNEBRES
- 2 drafts, of 9 and 13 handwritten pages, respectively, n.d.
LAEMMLE, CARL
- Poem/homage written by J.R. to Carl Laemmle, Jr., 1 page, 10/21/65.
LANGLOIS, HENRI
- Article, "Hommage to Henri Langlois," for "Filmex," 1 page, 3/2/77.
LEWIN, ALBERT
- Article on Albert Lewin, with second draft, 3 pages, 2/11/66-5/10/68. Incl. a poem by Albert Lewin.
LOURIE, EUGENE
- Exhibition program for show by Eugene Lourie, with introduction by J.R., for the American Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California, September 1944.
LA MARSEILLAISE
- [La Grande Illusion] and [La Marseillaise]. 4 pages, n.d.
- Essay ["a propos du film "La Marseillaise"], 1 page (carbon), 5/18/44.
A MODERN PARABLE
- "A Modern Parable ['..are films an art or an industry?']" in: "The Journal of the Screen Producers Guild, March 1964, pp. 3-6. in: The Journal of the Producers Guild of America, 10th Anniversary Anthology, pp. 5-8.
NOTRE TEMPS..
- "Notre temps c'est celui du succes..": 2 drafts, handwritten, 3 and 2 pages, respectively, 5/15/63. - "Histoires d'Amour," handwritten, 1 page, 5/15/63.
PAGNOL, MARCEL
- Article, "Marcel Pagnol," w/ note: "ecrit a la demande de Claude Beylie," 1 page, 10/24/73.
LE PARAGON
- "Le Paragon": 9 handwritten pages, n.d. - "Projet April 1960": 2 handwritten notebook pages.
UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE
- Essay written by J.R., in English, 4 pages, 11/29/50.
PICASSO AND CO.
- J.R.'s review of the book, "Picasso and Co," handwritten/annotated and typed ms. pages, in French and English, 60 pages, October 1966.
- Book review of "Picasso and Company" by Brassai, 1946.
PREVERT, JACQUES
- "Jean Renoir sur Jacques Prevert," 2 pages, n.d.
QUELQUE CHOSE D'IMPORTANT M'EST ARRIVE
- "Quelque chose d'important m'est arrive..," 3 pages, n.d.
REFLEXIONS SUR STANISLAVSKI
- Article, "Reflexions sur Stanislavski" (pour "L'Art du Cinema" - Moscou), 1 page (carbon), 10/27/62.
- Article, "Reflexions," for the Benedictine Brothers, 2 pages, 2 copies, 10/17/63.
REINIGER, LOTTE
- "A propos de Lotte Reiniger." Introduction for Paul Gelder's book on Lotte Reiniger, "Out of the Shadows," 8 pages, various drafts, 4/30/77.
ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO
- Article "Rossellini," with handwritten note, "article envoye a Pierre Lherminier," 1 page, 2/23/63.
SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE
- Article about Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "Il Parlait Toute La Nuit," 4 pages, dated 1977.
SESONSKE, ALEXANDER
- J.R.'s corrections of A. Sesonske's chapter re "The Grand Illusion," with accompanying correspondence, 40 pgs, 9/10/74. - Copy of Sesonke's chapter re "1944: A Salute to France," 17 pgs, n.d. - J.R.'s preface to A. Sesonske's book, 1 pg, 12/77.
SICARD, PIERRE
- Introduction by J.R. for an exhibition of paintings by Pierre Sicard, in Los Angeles, 3 pages, 12/28/50. Includes (2) gallery brochures. - Article, "Pierre Sicard," dated 12 August, 1963, 4 pages.
SIMENON, GEORGES
- "Simenon," 2 pages, February 1961.
SIMON, MICHEL
- "Michel Simon - Il Est Vivant," 13 pages, 2 copies, 12/23/74.
TEXT OF SPEECHES
- Transcript of "Recorded greeting for the Annual Women's Day of the Soviet Union - March 8, 1944." 2 pages, 3 copies, 2/25/44.
- Text of a speech to the League of American Writers, in English, 7 pages, 2 copies, 4/23/43.
- Text of a speech recorded by J.R. to be broadcast to North Africa, 7 pages, 7 copies, December 1942-January 1943.
- Text of an unspecified talk [re artistic future of the cinema], 13 pages, n.d.
- Text of speech delivered at the Museum of Modern Art (in conjunction with "A Short Survey of the Film in America: The Development of Narrative, 1895-1912"), MOMA Film Library, New York, 8/6/1943. Two copies in French, two copies in English.
- Transcription of a tape made in Beverly Hills, 2/10/58, for "L'Hommage a Jean Renoir," at La Grande Amphitheatre de la Sorbonne, 4 pages.
TIME MAGAZINE
- Project/article marked for "Time Magazine," two versions: 3 pages and 8 pages (3/3/47).
LA VANITE
- Typewritten notes, "L'Vanite": - 1-page statement/synopsis. - 2-page version, original and copy, 4/12/42. - 4-page version, original and copy, 4/13/42.
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
- Handwritten notes about Venice Film Festival, 1968.
LE VIEUX MONSIEUR
- Two typed pages, dated 6-2-75. 2 copies.
LES VIVANTS ET LES MORTS
- Notebook, 5 pages, entitled "Notes-Research", 3 typed pages and 12 handwritten pages.
Series VII: NOTEBOOKS
- Notebook pages with several essays/projects, n.d. Includes "L'Actrice," "Le Diable," "Le Sexe," "Dialogues dans L'Au-dela/L'Autre monde/L'Ange Gabriel." 32 pages total.
- Notebook pages with handwritten notes on plans for several projects. 44 pages total.
- Notebook dated 18 June, 1961, includes "Assassinat de jeune premier."
- Notebook, entitled "Propos" (main character Wladimir Waltz), n.d.
- Two notebooks, one dated "fin Fevrier, 1945," one entitled "projets".
- Notebook, includes "La poursuite du bonheur," "Les Francais," and several other projects, n.d.
- Notebook, c. 1968. Includes: "La Loi de Mann," "Le Fruit Pouri," "Reflexions, souvenirs, d'un faiseur de films."
- Notebook, n.d. Includes: "La Peche," "La Reunion," "Melez vous de ce que vous regarde." Also includes numerous drawings.
- Notebook, unidentified. (One of the main characters is Clemence).
- Two notebooks with handwritten notes and two handwritten pages dating from the time of J.R.'s service in the French Cinematographic Corps during World War II.
L'ACTRICE
- Handwritten notes for project, 7/2/66.
ADAM
- Side-spiralbound notebook, cover marked "Adam," dated c. 7/7/?year?
THE AMERICAN WAY
- Handwritten journal notes, 12-19 May (no year noted).
AMPHITRYON
- Five notebooks with handwritten notes, dated 4/12/48, 9/23/48, 1/7/49, 9/10 (no year given), 1/31/(no year given).
LES CAHIERS DU CAPITAINE GEORGES
- Four notebooks, incl. 2 spiralbound (on side), one commencing "L'amour et le grace," the other w/ date, 12/7/62. - Third (top-spiralbound) bgns w/ initial pages torn out, then "Le bonheur mesdames/cahier 3," n.d. Cover of 4th marked "Georges," n.d.
- Three notebooks, marked "No.3" and "1," "2," and "3," interleafed with typed and manuscript emendations and corrections, n.d.
- Three notebooks, marked "1 - Volume I," "1 - Volume II," and "1 - Volume III." "1 - Volume I" contains sheaf of 11 typed pages with glossary of book's terms and handwritten notes/corrections. No date specified.
- Double-spiralbound notebook containing bound version of typescript, interleafed with typed pages and handwritten corrections and annotations.
REFLECTIONS ON CAROLA AND GENERAL MEDITATIONS
- Three notebooks containing J.R.'s thoughts on "Carola" and related musings.
- Side-spiralbound notebook, first page of which marked (at top) "Carola 4 avril [n.d.]."
- Spiral top-bound notebook marked "Carola," with notes concerning play's production, n.d.
LA CHASSE AU BONHEUR
- Notebook with handwritten notes, n.d.
CHRSITINE
- Notebook. Forward entries on CHRISTINE, starting from the end notes on ROSALIE. Also includes a few pages each on MES REVES and LA TOSCA,
LE COEUR A L'AISE
- Four spiralbound notebooks, three of which are marked "L'Acteur 75." Dates of entries range from approx. 7/11/75 ("#0") through 7/29/75 ("#1") to 9/11/75 ("#2").
LE CRIME DE L'ANGLAIS
- Two side-spiralbound notebooks, n.d.
- Two notebooks with dictated notes, "Notes Sur la Cheze-Dieu," February 1977. - 1 notebook titled (first page) "Le Crime de le Chaise-Dieu," n.d.
LA CROIX DE MALTE
- Handwritten notes in notebook, 42 pages, n.d.
LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE (1959)
- Two handwritten notebooks, one denoted "Dejeuner," the other "Dejeuner 1/1/59" and "Nouveau Project, 11 August 1959."
LE DELUGE
- Notebook with handwritten notes, dated November 1947 (also includes commencement of additional project, "Les Ours en Cage," dated 11/28/47).
LES DEMI-REVES
- Notebook, marked with name of project and "Notes," n.d. First 10 pages nearly completely excised.
L'EDUCATION DES FILLES
- Four notebooks with handwritten notes, one dated 12/1/56.
ELENA ET LES HOMMES (1956)
- Notebook entitled "Generalites."
LES FRANCAIS
- Two notebooks, undated, one side-spiralbound, inside front page marked "Les Francais".
FRENCH CANCAN (1954)
- Handwritten notebook entitled "Cancan" ("Gaspard" and "Idees" at other end, inverted). Includes notes and sketches for "Gaspard," "La Lutte contre les Conventions," and "Rosario." Total 24 pgs.
LA GUERRE ET APRES
- Handwritten notes, n.d.
JUDITH
- Handwritten notes, dated 8/22/56.
LE JUGEMENT DERNIER
- Notebook, n.d.
JULIE
- Notebook, 11/26/56.
- Notebook, marked "L'assassinat du jeune premier" across front, n.d.
LANCELOT
- Notebook, incl. notes for other projects, n.d.
LES LETTRES D'UN MILLIONAIRE
- Notebook, marked "Le Journal d'un Millionaire," c. 1/15/41.
LUCIE
- Two notebooks, one maked "Lucie" and "L. Doynal" on front, n.d. the other marked "Lulu" and "Resume du 2 janvier au milieu de cahier," n.d.
MA VIE ET MES FILMS
- Two spiralbound notebooks, one with cover marked "Cinema," the other commencing with "Souvenirs d'un faiseur de films," c. 1/5/70.
- Notebook, marked "Adam" on cover, incl. notes re "Souvenirs de un faiseur des films," c. 8/6/70.
MIRACLE
- Five notebooks, December 31, 1959 - February 5, 1960.
ORVET
- Three notebooks, dated November 1954, February 8 (1955?), and October 21 (1954?)
LE PETIT THEATRE DE JEAN RENOIR (1969)
- Notebook, marked "C'est la Revolution," n.d.
RENOIR [PIERRE-AUGUSTE]
- Side-spiralbound notebook, commencing with "Projet - Gabrielle," dated 9/29/46.
- Two notebooks: one marked "Notes sur livre Renoir," the other, "Renoir - conclusions," dating from c. 1954.
- Notebook, marked "Renoir," dated 6/9/??.
- Notebook, marked "Renoir - Achat des Collettes," October 1956.
SPARKE
- Notebook, marked "Sparke-1a cahier," 10 pages, c. 1930's.
TIBI
- Three notebooks, includes project sketches, n.d.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
- Notebook, n.d.
Series VIII: WRITINGS ABOUT JEAN RENOIR
1937
- Transcribed article, "Entretien Avec Jean Renoir," by Kawazoe Shiro, 7 pages, 10/21/37.
1952
- "Cahiers du Cinema" J. R. Issue, no. 8, Jan. 1952. Incl: - A. Bazin, "Renoir Francais," pp. 9-29. - D. Nichols, "La Fleuve," p. 30. - M. Scherer, "Renoir Americain," pp. 33-40. - J. Doniol-Valcroze, "Entretien avec J.R.," pp. 48-51. - Filmography.
1955
- Photographic illustrations of J.R., Jean Gabin, Marcel Pagnol, and other leading French film and intellectual figures of the 1950's, in Japanese movie magazine, "Eiga No Tomo ["Friend of Movies"]," vol. 23, no. 3, March 1955, p. 125.
1956
- Outline for the "Omnibus" television program about J.R., 2 pages, 8/12/56.
1957
- "Jean Renoir: An Interview with Gideon Bachmann," in "Film Journal," 7, March-April 1957, pp. 21-37. - "A Conversation with Jean Renoir" [interviewer: Gideon Bachmann], for San Francisco Collection of New Writing Art and Ideas, June 1960, pp. 9-24.
- "Cahiers du Cinema: Jean Renoir" [special issue signed by staff and contributors, incl. Truffaut, Rivette, Rohmer, Bazin, Doniol-Valcroze], vol. XIII, no. 78, Noel 1957. Contains 2 pages of ms. notes plus photo clipping, inserted into volume.
1958
- "Renoir le Constructeur" by Claude Beylie, "Cahiers du Cinema," no. 80, Feb. 1958, pp. 1-8.
1960
- "Conversation with Renoir" by Joanna Gewertz, in "Impulse: The Annual of Contemporary Dance," 1960 (Theme: "Dance in the Screen Media"), pp. 3-4.
1962
- "Conversation with Jean Renoir" by Louis Marcorelles, in "Sight and Sound: The Film Quarterly," Spring 1962, pp. 78-83, 103.
- "Great Films of the Century: 'La Regle du Jeu'," by Richard Whitehall in "Films and Filming," November 1962, pp. 21-25. [See also pp. 7, 33, 47, 54, and 74 for additional references to J.R. and his films].
1964
- Issue of "Cinema" Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, February 1964: article,"Jean Renoir, an exclusive interview on Love, Hollywood, Authors, and Critics! [sic]" by James R. Silke.
1967
- "La marche de l'idee: entretien avec Jean Renoir" by Michel Delahaye and Jean Narboni, "Cahiers du Cinema," no. 196, December 1967, p. 5, pp. 13-27.
1968
- "Intentions Pedagogiques": 11/13/68 discussion btw/ J.R. and Henri Langlois transcr. and intro. by Louis Lumiere, for "Dossiers Pedagogigiques de la Radio-Television Scolaire (lettres theatre-cinema)," October-November-December 1968, pp. 55-62.
1971
- Manuscript of JEAN RENOIR by Andre Bazin.
- "Leaving the Game: Renoir in the 30's" by Leo Braudy, in "The Columbia Forum," Winter 1971 (vol. 1, no. 1, "New Series"), pp. 36-43.
1972
- Correspondence between Charles W. Brooks and J.R., 7 pgs, 2/2/71-2/16/71. - Copy of paper for "French Historical Studies" re "La Regle de Jeu" by Brooks, 27 pgs, + cover letter, dated 5/2/71. - "Jean Renoir's 'The Rules of the Game,'" 22 pgs, n.d.
- "Jean Renoir and 'La Grande Illusion'," by Digby Diehl, in "Action" (Directors Guild of America), May-June 1972, pp. 2-8.
1973
- "Tell Me, Leslie Caron": interview incl. remarks re J.R., in "Gambit [KCET/Channel 28 Program Guide]," February 1973.
1974
- "'La Regle de Jeu' et la Critique en 1939" by Claude Sauter, in "La Revue du Cinema: Image et Son," no. 282, March 1974, pp.49-75.
- "Renoir's 'The River' Reviewed" by John Frazer, "The Velvet Light Trap," Winter 1974/no. 11, pp. 54-56.
- "House and Garden: Three Films by Jean Renoir ["Diary of a Chambermaid," "The Lower Depths," "Picnic on the Grass"]" by Roger Greenspun, in "Film Comment," July-August 1974, pp. 22-27.
- Bound/collated press kit (incl. articles re J.R.) for 10th International Film Festival, Stratford, Canada, September 13-22, 1974.
1975
- Newspaper and magazine articles (oversize) relating to celebrations of J.R.'s 80th birthday, 1974-1975. - Programs from tributes to J.R. - Program from the Academy Awards, 4/8/75.
- Copy of college paper (unsolicited) re J.R. and his oeuvre sent by a Ms. Alice Seidman, 25 pages plus cover letter, dated 12/30/75.
1976
- Special issue of "Cineaste" devoted to Jean Renoir, cover dated 1/2/76.
1977
- Article excerpted from Cahiers du Cinema, no. 278, July 1977: "[La fiction historique:] Un corps en trop" by Jean-Louis Comolli [incl's. remarks re J.R.'s father and brother]
1979
- Thesis, "Jean Renoir in America: A Critical Analysis of His Major Films From SWAMP WATER to THE RIVER" Vols 1 & 2, by William Harry Gilcher, July 1979.
1980
- Special Commemorative "Renoir" Issue, "L'Avant-Scene Cinema," July 1-15, 1980, no. 251-252. Incl's: "Jean Renoir face au cinema parlant" by Claude Beylie, pp. 5-19, plus "Toni," script and introductory remarks.
1982
- Program for "Exposition Jean Renoir": "exposition cree a l'occasion de l'ouverture de Centre d'Animation Culturelle Jean Renoir de Dieppe 29 Janvier 1982."
1988
- Transcript of commentary by A. Sesonske (read by Peter Bogdanovich) for laser-disc of "La Regle du Jeu," planned by the Criterion Collection, 49 pages, 1988. - Cover letter by Isaac Mizrahi, 2 pages, 7/7/88.
- Roger Viry-Babel, "Les Images de la Femme dans l'Oeuvre de Jean Renoir [doctoral thesis]," vol. I, Nancy, 1988. Inside cover inscribed/dedicated to Dido [Freire] Renoir, 6/18/88.
- Roger Viry-Babel, "Les Images de la Femme dans l'Oeuvre de Jean Renoir [doctoral thesis]," vol. 2.
- Roger Viry-Babel, "Les Images de la Femme dans l'Oeuvre de Jean REnoir [doctoral thesis]," vol. 3.
- Roger Viry-Babel, "De la Femme dans l'Oeuvre de Jean Renoir," Vols. 1 and 2 [dissertation thesis], 1988.
CLIPPINGS
- Magazine articles re: major directors acknowledging J.R.'s influence on their approach to filmmaking.
- Articles regarding family members and friends.
- Articles from newspapers and magazines (4 folders) re J.R.
UNDATED
- "Mon Ami Jean Renoir," article written by Jean Gabin, transcribed from the Bellinger Archives, 1 page, n.d.
- Photocopied early draft of a televised tribute to J.R. by the French television channel FR3, 18 pages, n.d. "Textes et illustrations prevues".
- Transcript of reminiscences by Albert Andre, "Souvenirs sur Renoir par Albert Andre," mimeographed offprint, annotated, 5 pages, n.d.
- Transcript of article, "Renoir Tel Qu'En Lui-Meme" by Claude Beylie, 4 pages, n.d.
- Copy of paper written by Suzanne Budgen re "La Regle du Jeu," 20 pages, n.d. - Paper by unidentified author re J.R., 13 pages, n.d.
- Transcript, "Pour Tout Vous Dire ["une emission consacree aux souvenirs de Jean Renoir.."]" by Jean Serge, typescript, original and copy, 190 pages each, n.d.
Series IX: INTERVIEWS
- Partial text from interview, "L'Album de Famille de Jean Renoir," 3 pages, n.d.
- Typed transcripts of 2 radio interviews with J.R. by Paul Gilson for Radio Diffusion Francaise, Hollywood, 6 and 4 pages, c. 1945-1946.
- "Hommage a Jean Renoir": transcript of interview with Jacques Rivette for RadioTelevision Francaise, 47 pages. n.d. [?1962].
- Transcript of "Entretien avec Jean Renoir," by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, 9 pages, n.d.
- Transcript of interview with Digby Diehl, from "Directors go to the Movies," 15 pages, n.d.
- Transcript of interview [sequence distorted] with J.R., Charles Champlin and Philip Chamberlin, 24 pages, n.d.
- Transcript of interview with J.R. at the American Film Institute, with handwritten annotations, 45 pages, 4/15/70. - A.F.I. letter requesting publication rights [permission refused by D.F.R.], 1 page, 8/14/70.
- Transcript of interview with J.R. by M. Samuels, 42 pages, c. 1972-3.
- Transcript of interview with J.R. for Arts and Entertainment by Kimmis Hendrick, 8 pages, 10/19/71.
- Issue of "Cinema" Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, February 1964: article, "Jean Renoir, an exclusive interview on Love, Hollywood, Authors, and Critics! [sic]"
- "Conversation with Jean Renoir" by Louis Marcorelles, in "Sight and Sound: A Film Quarterly," Spring 1962, pp. 78-83, 103.
- "La marche de l'idee: entretien avec Jean Renoir" by Michel Delahaye and Jean Narboni, "Cahiers du Cinema," no. 196, December 1967, p. 5, pp. 13-27.
- "The Quest for Realism" by Gordon Gow (transcript of diverse interviews with J.R., Robert Bresson, George Cukor, Roberto Rossellini, et al., for B.B.C.), in "Films and Filming," December 1957, pp. 14-15, 30-31.
- "Jean Renoir and 'La Grande Illusion'," by Digby Diehl, in "Action" (Directors Guild of America), May-June 1972, pp. 2-8.
- "Jean Renoir: An Interview with Gideon Bachmann," in "Film Journal," 7, March-April 1957, pp. 21-37. - "A Conversation with Jean Renoir" [interviewer: Gideon Bachmann], for San Francisco Collection of New Writing Art and Ideas, June 1960, pp. 9-24.
- "Conversation with Renoir" by Joanna Gewertz, in "Impulse: The Annual of Contemporary Dance," 1960 (Theme: "Dance in the Screen Media"), pp. 3-4.
- "Intentions Pedagogiques": 11/13/68 discussion btw. J.R. and Henri Langlois transcr. and intro. by Louis Lumiere, for "Dossiers Pedagogigues de la Radio-Television Scolaire (lettres theatre-cinema)," October-November-December 1968, pp. 55-62.
- "Entretien avec Jean Renoir" by Jacques Rivette et Francois Truffaut, "Cahiers du Cinema," no. 35, May 1954, pp. 14-30.
- Transcript of excerpt from interview by Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (in Cahiers du Cinema, vol. XIII, no. 78) - repr. in conjunction with British Film Institute's "Jean Renoir Season [part II]," 4/24-6/1/62.
- Transcript, "Pour Tout Vous Dire ["une emission consacree aux souvenirs de Jean Renoir"]" by Jean Serge, typescript, original and copy, 190 pages each, n.d.
Series X: PHOTOGRAPHS-INDIVIDUAL NAMES (often including Jean Renoir)
ANDRE, ALBERT
- Photographs of Albert Andre and family, b/w, (4) photographs, (1) postcard.
ARNOUL, FRANCOISE
- Photographs with guest at Leona Drive, April 1957, b/w, (14) items, some with J.R. [1 photograph damaged]
BACHMAN, GIDEON
- Photographs of Bachman and J.R., New York, September 1956, b/w, (2) items.
BALLARD, LUCIEN
- Photographs taken in Hollywood with J.R., 1941, b/w, (2) items.
BECKER, JACQUES
- Photographs autographed to J.R., 5/10/45, b/w, (2) items.
BERGMAN, INGRID
- Photographs of Ingrid Bergman and family with J.R. in Paris, January 1956, b/w, (17) items (6 oversized). - Color photographs with Dido and J.R., April 9, 1975, (10) items. - Color slides with J.R., April 9, 1975, (7) items.
BERNARD, ARTHUR
- Photograph (headshot), b/w, autographed. - Christmas card/photograph, color, inscribed, Christmas 1982.
BRANDT, WILLY
- Photograph with J.R. taken in Berlin, June 1959, b/w.
BRAQUE, GEORGE
- Photographs taken at Braque's studio in Paris (J.R., Dido, Braque), April 1956, b/w, (6) items. - Varengeirelle: Marcelle Braque in 1931, George Braque in 1957, b/w, (2) items. - Dinner Party, May 1962, with J.R., b/w, (7) items.
BRAUNBERGER, PIERRE
- Photographs, b/w, (2) items.
CARON, LESLIE
- Photographs of Leslie Caron, b/w, with her children, with J.R., Dido Freire Renoir, and Norman Lloyd, December 1972, (8) items.
- Oversized portrait.
CEZANNE, PAUL (FAMILY)
- Photographs, (12) b/w items (2 mounted on cardboard backing), (1) color.
CHAPLIN, CHARLES
- Photographs of Chaplin and J.R. at "Limelight" premiere, b/w, (4) items. - Christmas cards and group photographs from the Chaplin family, (15) items, 1958-1976.
CLAIR, RENE and DUVIVIER, JULIEN
- Photograph, b/w, of Pizella, Julien Duvivier, Rene Clair, et al., with J.R., Hollywood, 1941-42.
CUKOR, GEORGE
- Photograph, color, with accompanying Christmas card, 1976.
CURTIS, TONY
- Photograph of Tony Curtis and family, autographed, b/w.
DALIO, MARCEL
- Photograph with accompanying notes from Marie-Elena Prime, dated 8/15/77.
DOYNEL, GINETTE (aka ANNE DE SAINT-PHALLE)
- Photographs, color, (11) total. - Photographs, b/w, (2) total, c. 1963
- Oversize photograph, w/ J.R. in kitchen, Ave. Frochot.
DURANT, TIM
- Photograph, b/w, autographed, dated 1968.
DURBIN, DEANNA
- Photographs taken with Durbin and others on the Universal Studios lot, 1942, b/w, (29) publicity stills, (15) snapshots.
FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS, SR.
- Photographs with J.R., b/w, (4) items.
FEINSTEIN, HERBERT
- Photographs, b/w, San Francisco, 1960, (2) items. - Photographs, b/w, August 1968, Excelsior Hotel, Venice, Lido, (3) items.
FERRER, MEL and HEPBURN, AUDREY
- Photographs of Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn at the time of "Elena et les Hommes," b/w, (3) items.
FLAHERTY, ROBERT
- Photographs with J.R., b/w, (3) items.
FLOREY, ROBERT
- Photographs of Robert Florey, Dido Renoir, et al. with J.R., 1941-42, b/w, (2) items.
FOMEY, GEORGES
- Photograph, autographed, of Fomey with Paulette Goddard and Ingrid Bergman, b/w.
FORD, JOHN
- Photograph of John Ford with J.R., b/w.
FRANGAKIS, NICK
- Photographs of Nick Frangakis, J.R. and Dido Renoir, 1973, color, (3) items. - Photograph, b/w, of Frangakis, n.d.
FRIEDMAN, ARTHUR
- Photograph with J.R., color, n.d.
GABIN, JEAN
- Photographs with J.R. dated 1942-43, b/w, (4) items.
GODDEN, RUMER
- Christmas card with cover photograph and brief note, 1979, color.
GRIFFITH, D.W.
- Sketched portrait of D.W. Griffith, dedicated and dated 2/8/44.
HARTWELL, JEANNE and RUSSELL
- Photographs dated 12/2/62, b/w, (2) items.
HORNE, LENA
- Photographs of Lena Horne on the set of "Le Carrosse d'Or," (14) items, b/w, incl. J. R. and Dido Freire Renoir.
JOUVET, LOUIS
- Photographs, b/w, (2) items.
KOCH, KARL and REINIGER, LOTTE
- Photographs, 1943-1956, b/w, (5) items.
KRAUSS, WERNER
- Photograph with J.R., b/w.
LAEMMLE, CARL, JR.
- Photographs, b/w and color, (2) items.
LANG, FRITZ
- Photograph of Fritz Lang with J.R., b/w.
LARSON, SCOTT
- Photographs with J.R., b/w, (2) items.
LESTRINGUEZ, MARIE
- Photograph of Marie Lestringuez with J.R., b/w.
LEWIN, ALBERT
- Photograph, b/w, 3/16/43. - Photographs, b/w, 1971. (6) items.
LOTHAR, EVA
- Photographs taken with J.R., color, (6) items.
LOURIE, EUGENE
- Photograph w/ Dido Freire Renoir, b/w. - Photograph of three children, (2) items.
MARSHALL, E.G.
- Photographs taken at a party with Marshall, J.R. and Dido Freire Renoir, January 1957, b/w, (1)0 items.
MEREDITH, BURGESS
- Christmas card with color photograph enclosed. - Publicity photograph, b/w, November 1982.
MEURISSE, PAUL
- Photographs, b/w, (4) items.
MILLER, HENRY
- Photograph/postcard ("H.M. age 3 1/2," addressed to Mme. Jean Renoir), 7/24/65. - Photograph with J.R. w/ accompanying notes, 1966.
MINELLI, VINCENTE
- Photographs, b/w, (9) items.
MOREAU, JEANNE
- Photographs with Dido Freire Renoir, March 1984, color.
MORTIER, JEAN
- Photographs, b/w, 4/15/42, (2) items.
NICHOLS, DUDLEY
- Photograph, b/w, with Dido Renoir at the Peck Mine, 5/29/48.
NYQUIST FAMILY
- Photographs, color, with accompanying Christmas card, (2) items.
ODETS, CLIFFORD
- Photographs, b/w and color, with J.R., Sidney Longstreet, and Herbert Kline, (5) items.
OLAF, PIERRE
- Photographs, b/w, 1978, 1981, (2) items, incl. child.
PAGNOL, MARCEL
- Photographs, b/w, (4) items.
PECK FAMILY
- Photographs taken at the Peck Family Mine, 1940's-1967, (27) b/w, (4) color, (3) postcards.
PREVERT, JACQUES
- Photograph with J.R., b/w.
RADHA
- Photographs taken during shooting of "Le Carrosse d'Or," including Radha, Mary Pickford, et al., b/w, (4) items.
RAY, MAN
- Photographs taken at the American Embassy in Paris, 1955, b/w, (7) items.
REINER, CARL (MRS)
- Photograph of Mrs. Carl Reiner with J.R. and Dido Renoir, June 1967, color.
ROUVEL, CATHERINE
- (1) color transparency, (1) item total.
RUFFO, TITTA
- (1) b/w photograph inscribed to J.R. dated 7/1/32.
RYAN, ROBERT
- Photograph of Robert Ryan and Frank Silvera at the French Film Office, New York, September 1956, b/w. - Photograph of J.R. with Tim Ryan (son of Robert), c. 1947. (2) items total.
SANDBURG, CARL
- (1) photograph, b/w, of Carl Sandburg, Marcel Marceau, Charles Laughton, and Agnes Moorhead with J.R., Los Angeles, January 1961. - (1) photograph, b/w, of Carl Sandburg, Marcel Marceau, Shirley Jones, J.R., from same date/venue. (2) items total.
SEN GUPTA, RAM
- Photographs of Ram Sen Gupta and family, b/w, (3) items total.
SERGE, JEAN
- Photograph of Jean Serge with J.R., b/w, (1) item total.
SESONSKE, ALEXANDER
- Photographs of Alexander and Sally Sesonske with J.R., b/w , (7) items total.
SILVERA, FRANK
- Photographs, b/w, of Silvera with J.R. and Dido Renoir, (3) items total.
SIMENON, GEORGES
- Photographs of Simenon family with J.R. and Dido Freire Renoir, 1951, b/w, (33) items total.
SLADE, GABRIELLE (RENARD)
- Photographs of Gabrielle Renard Slade, Conrad, and Bernard Slade with J.R., 1905 - 1959, b/w, (112) items. - Includes Gabrielle as young woman/Pierre-Auguste's model, b/w, (6) total.
- Oversized photograph of Gabrielle Renard Slade, b/w, (1) item total.
SMITH, BESSIE
- Photographs, b/w, (9) items total.
TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS
- Photographs, b/w and color, (31) items total, incl. (5) of Truffaut solo, Beverly Hills Hotel, December 1975, and (21) color snapshots of J. R., Dido Freire Renoir, and Truffaut.
TUAL, CHRISTIAN
- Photographs with accompanying correspondence, 7/8/85, color, (3) items total.
VALERY, MRS. PAUL
- Photograph of Mrs. Paul Valery with J.R., 5/14/66, b/w, (1) item total.
VAUDRY, SIMONE
- (1) photograph, b/w, partially damaged publicity still.
VAUGHAN, OLWEN
- Photographs of Olwen Vaughan with J.R. at "Le Petit Club Francaise," London, b/w, (2) items total.
WERNER, OSKAR
- Photographs of Oskar Werner at Les Collettes (one-time Renoir home), Spring, 1972, in color, (6) items total.
WYLER, WILLIAM
- Photograph taken with J.R. in Rome, 1953, b/w, (1) item total.
Series XI: PHOTOGRAPHS-PERSONAL/FAMILY
RENOIR, JEAN (WWI)
- WWI service photographs, b/w, (25) items, incl. negatives. - As young man in uniform, (7) items. - In group company shot, incl. closeups, (7) items. - Troops in presentation, (3) items. - Biplane/pilot shots, (8) items.
RENOIR, JEAN (192Os and 1930s)
- Photographs, b/w, (9) items, incl. one autographed item.
RENOIR, JEAN (1940s)
- Photographs taken at a dinner for French servicemen, with Dido Freire Renoir, Elsa Lanchester, J.R., Jean Gabin, Dudley Nichols, in Hollywood, c. 1943, b/w. (19) items total and negatives.
- Mainly portraits, (38) items, incl. one proof sheet. - Rome, 1940, (12) items, incl. postcards, w/ Andre Bender, Micheline Cheirel, Oliver Vaughan. - J.R. and Dido Freire, Milan and Lisbon, (9) items. - Arriving in New York City, (15) items.
RENOIR, JEAN (1950s)
- Oversize photographs: "Attitudes" (portraits) by Lucien Clergue, 1954, (5) items.
- Oversized photographs, b/w: - at rue Foucault residence, Paris 2 items, at C.C.U. screening of "Toni" and "La Petit Marchande d'Allumettes," December 1958, (4) items.
- Photographs taken in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, (91) b/w items, (1) color negative.
RENOIR, JEAN (1960s)
- Photographs taken in the 1960's, (102) b/w, (16) color, (1) postcard portrait (b/w), (8) negative color transparencies, (188) items total.
- Photographs taken during a televised interview, b/w, (14) total.
- Photographs of J.R. with Dido and associates in Venice, 1960s, b/w, (8) items. - Photographs of Italian marquis poster advertising Renoir retrospective, (2) items, 7/4-7/10/(year?).
- Photo album from "Rencontres avec Jean Renoir" at the Theatre de la Commune d'Aubervillers, 2/17-2/21/68, incl. photographs Francois Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Sylvia Bataille, Joseph Kosma, Jean-Luc Godard, Gabriel Garran.
- Photo album, b/w and color, J.R.'s grandchildren, family and friends, 1960's.
RENOIR, JEAN (1970s)
- Oversize photographs: (4) portraits.
- Photographs of Jean Renoir, (54) items, b/w. - Proof pages, (4) items, picture postcards, (6) items.
- Color photographs of J.R., with and without Dido, during 1970s, (13) items total. - (4) mounted portraits of J.R., one with Dido, dated September 1974. - (6) color photogr. 81st Birthday. - (3) color photogr. J.R. w/ Sophie Renoir (granddaughter).
RENOIR, ALAIN
- Photographs of Alain Renoir and family, c. 1922-1986, b/w and color, (79) items, with accompanying correspondence.
- Photograph album (Dec. 1950/Jan. 1951 to Oct. 1953) covering early years of John and Peter Renoir. Oversized book.
RENOIR, JEAN and DIDO FREIRE
- Portraits, b/w, by Man Ray, 1949, (3) of Jean and (9) of Dido Freire Renoir.
- Oversize photograph, in front of Hollywood drugstore exterior, b/w, [see box 21, folder 1 for same photo, 8"x10"]
- Oversize photographs of Jean and Dido Renoir, New York, 1958, b/w, (2) items.
- Photographs of Dido with Jean Renoir, as "Mrs. Jean Renoir" on public and private occasions, c. 1940's-1970's, (57) items total. (49) b/w items, (8) color (1 mounted).
FREIRE (RENOIR), DIDO
- Oversize portrait, b/w, 1983 (79 years old). - Oversize collage of 3 children (FotoPreuss, Rio de Janiero), b/w.
- Photographs of Dido Renoir, from 1940's-1987, (19) b/w, (11) color.
- Photographs, b/w, in album, of Dido Freire Renoir's family and friends, c. 1920's. - Personal items belonging to Dido Freire Renoir, 3 items total.
- (Loose) photographs, (85) b/w and (186) color, of Dido Renoir's family and friends, 1910-1987. - Miscellaneous negatives from photos.
- Photographs of Dido Freire Renoir and relatives, some mounted/slipcased, (9) b/w, (3) color.
RENOIR, JEAN (HOMES)
- Photographs of the Renoir homes on Martel and Leona Drives in Los Angeles, c. 1940-1985, (27) items total. Martel Drive, b/w, (2) items. Leona Drive, color, (25) items.
- Stereoscopic slide viewer and glass slides of the Renoir home on Leona Drive, December 1951, January 1952, 1959, and 1960.
RENOIR, JEAN (with unidentified people)
- Photographs taken of acquaintances and friends on various occasions, with and without Jean and Dido Freire Renoir, (25) items, incl. 1 by Man Ray), b/w and color. - Slides of same, (7) items, accompanying letter.
- Miscellaneous photographs of Renoir with various (unidentified) individuals, b/w, (16) items.
- Photographs and snapshots, with and without J. R. and Dido with pets: Dogs, (46) b/w items, (1) cutout, (3) color. - Cats, (44) b/w items, (1) color photo, (5) slides. Total of (105) items plus negatives.
RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE
- Portrait with Aline and Claude "Coco" Renoir. Oversized.
- Photographs of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Aline Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Claude Renoir, Sr., Claude Renoir, Jr., and Vera Sergine Renoir, 1900-1917, (49) items.
- Glass plate negatives of photographs of the Renoir family, c. 1910-1919.
Series XII: PERSONAL ITEMS
- Personal items belonging to Dido Renoir.
- Drawing of the Renoir kitchen at Leona Drive, 11/30/52.
- Notebook with household expenses for 1615 N. Martel, Los Angeles. 1942-43.
- J.R.'s pension books from the French army, 1936-1938: 2 booklets, 4 pages, 1 envelope.
- J.R.'s military papers relating to pension and discharge, spanning 1930's.
- "Livret de famille" for J.R.'s marriage to Andree Heuschling, 1/17/20.
- Receipts for C.A.R.E. packages sent to friends and family after World War II., 1946-1948.
- Inventories of J.R.'s furniture and artwork, including lists of those to be sent from France after World War II.
- Personal inventories/compilations of J.R.'s films, interviews, books, unpublished texts, and projects, dated 1979-1980.
- Lease agreement for J.R's home at 8150 Hollywood Blvd, 1/22/41.
- Legal documents concerning the founding of the Cinematheque Francaise by Henri Langlois and Pierre Harle, 4 copies, 9/2/36.
- Postcards from World War I, (7) items total. - Pamphlet, "Historique Campagne Contre L'Allemagne de 1914 a 1919."
- Two notebooks with handwritten notes and 2 handwritten pages dating from the time of J.R.'s service in the French Cinematographic Corps during World War II.
- Ration books, coupons and stamps for J.R. and Dido Freire Renoir during World War II (1942-43). - Voting stubs, 1 postcard, n.d.
- Lists of names and addresses of friends, 2 pages, n.d. - List of tape recordings owned by J.R., 1 page, n.d.
- Italian driving permits for J.R. and Dido Renoir, 9/15/52.
- Pedigree books, certificates, etc., concerning the Renoirs' dogs, 1940's-1970's.
- Autographed menu from a dinner celebrating "La Bete Humaine," 1 page, 3/12/39. - "La Restaurant bar de Centre Jean Renoir," souvenir menu, n.d. - Handmade birthday "card" from MOMA Film Dept. staff, 9/15/74.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
- Biographical questionnaire for Twentieth Century Fox, w/ J.R's vital statistics/information, 1/25/41, subseq. revised/updated (?date). - Bio/fact sheet, 2 pgs, 3/27/58. - "Notes on Jean Renoir," 2 pgs, n.d. - Aesthetic ethos (?author), 2 pgs, n.d.
HONORS/TRIBUTES/RETROSPECTIVES
- Scrapbook: "Semaine Jean Renoir," Cine-Club de la Jeunesse showing of "Le Carosse d'Or," "Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe," and "Une Partie de Campagne," December, 1959, incl. clippings, invitations, schedules.
- Programs from diverse retrospective film series, 1962-1977, commemorating J.R.'s film oeuvre.
- Program from a "Special Tribute to J.R." at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 11/19/76.
- Transcription of Royal College of Art (London) convocation programme, incl. awarding of honorary Ph.D. in absentia to J.R., 7/9/71.
- UCLA Charter Day Program, incl. awarding of honorary degree to J.R., 4/4/63. - Program for UCLA Winter 1964 Film Series, "The American Film and Its Creators," incl. J.R. w/ "The Little Matchseller" and "Southerner," 2/16/64.
- "Grande Semaine de l'Universite, du 19 au 28 fevrier [?year], calendrier des manifestations a la Sorbonne": notice of "Hommage a J.R," plus extract fr/ special "J.R." issue of Cahiers du Cinema, Noel 1957, re J.R. re "Grande Illusion," unpaginated.
- Program for 1959-60 Golden and Silver Laurel Awards Presentation (with J.R.'s name listed as prior recipient on back), 2/14/60.
- Notice of symposium w/ J.R. scheduled as participant/featured speaker, "The Role of Films in International Cultural Relations," date unknown. - Oct. 1963 issue of "Author & Journalist" w/ J.R. photo and quote on cover.
- Announcements, obituaries and tributes occasioned by J.R.'s death.
- Programs from film retrospective, 1961-1975, devoted exclusively or in part to J.R. and his film oeuvre.
LETTRES D'AMERIQUE
- Articles from newspapers and magazine re: "Lettres D'Amerique."
- Introduction and notes for "Lettres d'Amerique," by Dido Renoir, 8 pages, n.d.
NICHOLS, DUDLEY
- Poem about the film, "The River," by Dudley Nichols, translated into French by Jean Renoir.
RENOIR CINEMA, NYC
- Articles regarding the formation of the "Renoir Cinema" in New York, c. 1977.
RENOIR, CLAUDE
- Typed script of narration (to be read by J.R.) for film on Cezanne by Claude Renoir, Jr., "Commentaire pour Cezanne, Court Metrage de Claude Renoir," 17 pages (plus fragment of 18th page), includes accompanying letter, 12/2/59.
- Text of a speech by Alain Renoir, June 1973. - Extract from an article by Alain Renoir, n.d.
RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE
- Photographs, b/w, 5 items,and 2 programs, documenting/detailing creation of Musee Renoir, Chateau de Cagnes, 11/4/50.
- Exhibition brochure from 1972 Los Angeles gallery exhibit. - Christian Science Monitor review (counterpointing exhibit with Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Jean Renoir with Cookie"), 12/18/72, (2) items.
- Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings, (18) items, color, February 1973.
- Photographic reproductions of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, incl. portraits of J.R. and/or Gabrielle Renard Slade, b/w, (44) items total. - Postcard and notecard reproductions, (7) color, (1) b/w.
- Photographic reproductions of notes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, b/w, (2) items.
- Photocopies of letters from Eduoard Manet and Claude Monet to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 14 pages total, n.d.
- Reprint from Gazette des Beaux-Arts, "Auguste Renoir and His Brother," by John Rewald, n.d.
- Oversize photographs (4), color. - (1) experimental photograph by Walter Allen. - (4) color reproductions of Renoir paintings.
- Pamphlet/articles: "The Mastery Of Arthritis By A Master of Painting, Pierre-Auguste Renoir," n.d. - Renoir exhibit, Boston, 1985. - "La Vie Artistique," by Henry Asselin, 4 pages, 1962. -"Renoir und Gabrielle," by Willi Schub, 1960.
- Certificate of authenticity regarding one of P.-A.'s paintings, 1939. - Color transparency of same, 1 item, n.d.
SERGE, JEAN
- "Project de Film sur Jean Renoir," by Jean Serge, 2 pages, n.d.
Series XIII: MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
- Photographs, b/w, (7) items, taken by Joao de Freitas Martino, 1940.
- Photographs, b/w, (7) items, incl. (1) oversized, from Flaherty's film, "Elephant Boy," 1935.
- Photographs and sketches of miscellaneous artworks.
- Photographs, b/w, of artworks by Jacqueline Andre-Bret, incl. a painting of J.R., (3) items, n.d.
- Photographic reproductions primarily of 19th-c. portraits/landscapes, b/w, (57) items.
- Costume design watercolor sketch by Bernard Larotte for "Flight to Arras," n.d.
- Sheet music c. 1930, "Ninon, Je Vous Aime" and "Celle des Fauches".
- Copy of "Screenwriter's Guild Magazine", July 1945. - Information regarding the French Army in the U.S., n.d.
- Personalized invitation/announcement of MOMA exhibit by Fernand Leger, 1940-41.
- Unidentified, handwritten notes. - Sheet music for "En Revenant de la Revue," n.d.
- Script of "Linkletter's House Party" T.V. show, 11/15/62.
- "A Walk in Alabama": public address given on April 6, 1965 to the School of Library Service, UCLA, by Guy Endore, 17 pages.
- Program from an exhibition of the works of Berthe Morisot, n.d.
- Program from an exhibition of works by Marcel Gimond, July-September 1965.
Part II - Correspondence
1913-1915
Letters from J.R. to his family while in the hospital during World War I. - letter to J.R.'s commanding officer requesting a transfer to an aviation squadron. Photocopies only. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Andre, Albert * Renoir, Aline * Renoir, Pierre-Auguste * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
MARCH-APRIL 1923
Donation of Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting to France - includes photocopied letters to and from Jean and Pierre Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Pierre
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1925
Release of and reaction to LA FILLE DE L'EAU in the United States, Harold Van Doren to Jean and Claude Renor. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Van Doren, Harold * FILLE DE L'EAU, LA
1934
J.R.'s attempt to make TONI - formation of "Les Films d'Aujourd'hui" - J.R.'s resignation from "Syndicat des Chef Cineastes Francais". Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Koch, Carl * Renoir, Alain * TONI * FILMS D'AUJOURD'HUI, LES
1936
J.R. engaged to direct LES BAS FONDS - J.R. nominated to be awarded Chevalier De La Legion D'Honneur. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * BAS FONDS, LES * Spaak, Charles
1937
J.R. awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur - Yugoslavian ban of LA GRANDE ILLUSION and plagarism alleged by Jean des Vallieres (author of "Kavalier-Scharnhorst") and Albin Michel (publisher) - project of contractual correspondence with R.A.C. (Realizations d'Art Cinematographiques) - reactions to LA GRANDE ILLUSION - pre-production issues re LA MARSELLAISE. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Des Vallieres, Jean * Michel, Albin * Aragon, Louis * Spaak, Charles * Pinsard, Col. * MARSEILLAISE, LA
1938
Offer by Samuel Goldwyn to work in U.S.A. - J.R. requests to work for the French Cinematography Corps in case of war - research for and shooting of LA BETE HUMAINE - J.R.'s speech at the Sorbonne on Emile Zola - confirmation contract for LA BETE HUMAINE - projects "Trip to Tilsit" and "La Journal d'une Femme de Chambre" (Diary of a Chambermaid) - telegrams re: LA MARSEILLAISE. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Goldwyn, Samuel * Renoir, Alain * Slade, Gabrielle * LeBlond-Zola, Maurice * Hirschmann, Andre * Pinkewich, Albert * MARSEILLAISE, LA * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * TRIP TO TILSIT (project)
1939
J.R. and Dido Freire working on LA TOSCA in Italy - beginning of World War II - military correspondence - letters from Dido Freire's family in England - release of LA REGLE DU JEU - telegram announcing LA GRANDE ILLUSION's winning of the N.Y. Film Critics Award for the Best Foreign Film of 1938. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Alain * Ivens, Joris * REGLE DU JEU, LA * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * TOSCA, LA
APRIL 1940
Letters from Dido Freire's family and friends - Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis
MAY 1940
Letters to and from J.R. and Dido Freire during work on LA TOSCA in Italy - J.R. considers leaving for U.S.A. - Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert
JULY 1940
Wartime events in France - telegrams re: J.R. and Dido Freire attempts to arrange passage to U.S.A. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Rochemont, Richard de * Tual, Denise
AUGUST 1940
Letters to and from J.R. and Dido Freire - attempts to leave France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Rochemont, Richard de * Vignancour, Tixier
SEPTEMBER 1940
J.R. and Dido Freire attempts to acquire Visa's to leave for U.S.A. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert
OCTOBER 1940
J.R. and Dido Freire acquisition of Visa's for trip to Lisbon and departure to U.S.A. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Flaherty, Robert * Rochemont, Richard de * Daven, Andre
NOVEMBER 1940
Letters to and from J.R. and Dido Freire - trip to Lisbon for departure to U.S.A. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Hakim, Robert
DECEMBER 1940
J.R. and Dido Freire depart for U.S.A., arrival in New York - welcoming telegrams from friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Clair, Rene * Flaherty, Robert * Rochemont, Richard de * Daven, Andre * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Vignancour, Tixier
JANUARY 1941
J.R. and Dido Freire arrive in New York - greetings - immigration problems for family and friends - U.S. film industry - wartime monetary restrictions - renting house on Hollywood Blvd. - project: "Venezuela" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Henry-Haye, Gaston * Renoir, Alain * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Vignancour, Tixier * Lourie, Eugene * Lestringuez, Pierre * Feldman, Charles * Flaherty, Robert * Von Stroheim, Erich * Daven, Andre * Zanuck, Darryl F. * VENEZUELA (project)
FEBRUARY 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - J.R. signs with Twentieth Century Fox Studios - beginning of SWAMP WATER - going to Georgia for location scouting - news of friends - invitations - requests for immigration help for friends in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Flaherty, Robert * Flaherty, David * Lubitsch, Ernst * Ivens, Joris * Lazareff, Pierre * SWAMP WATER
MARCH 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - life in Occupied France - letter from Vereen Bell to Dudley Nichols re: SWAMP WATER - news of family and friends - memos from Darryl F. Zanuck re: SWAMP WATER - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Gabrielle * Braunberger, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Bell, Vereen * SWAMP WATER * Daven, Andre * Renoir, Alain * Lubitsch, Ernst * Zanuck, Darryl F. * Nichols, Dudley * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
APRIL 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - state of French film industry during the German occupation - memos from Darryl F. Zanuck re: projects "Venezuela", "I Wake Up Screaming" and "Wind, Sand, and Stars"- requests for help from friends and family in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Alain * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Nichols, Dudley * SWAMP WATER * Feldman, Charles * Blum, Ralph * Clair, Rene * Florian, Werner * David, Charles
MAY 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - memos from Darryl Zanuck re: projects "I Wake Up Screaming" and "Wind, Sand, and Stars"; SWAMP WATER: casting, location shooting in Florida and Georgia - invitations - life and film industry in Occupied France - J.R. invited to join the Screen Director's Guild - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Zanuck, Darryl F. * SWAMP WATER * Leger, Fernand * Ivens, Joris * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Feldman, Charles * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Cezanne, Renee * Barnes, Albert * Rainer, Luise * Milhaud, Darius * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Alain * Hirschmann, Andre * Lourie, Eugene * Andre, Albert
JUNE 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - film industry in Occupied France - news of family and friends - memos from Darryl F. Zanuck re: casting and production of SWAMP WATER - location shooting in Georgia - J.R. trying to interest studios in "Wind, Sand, and Stars" - J.R. inducted into the Screen Director's Guild - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Zanuck, Darryl F. * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * SWAMP WATER * Nichols, Dudley * Lang, Fritz * Pichel, Irving * Clair, Rene * Renoir, Alain * Lestringuez, Pierre * Chomette, Henri * Slade, Gabrielle * Andre, Albert * Temps, Paul
JULY 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - J.R. trying to interest producers in "Wind, Sand, and Stars" - working on SWAMP WATER - memos from Darryl F. Zanuck - state of French film industry - potential projects with Dudley Nichols - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Zanuck, Darryl F. * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Vaughan, Olwen * Bell, Vereen * Nichols, Dudley * Pichel, Irving * Boyer, Charles * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Florian, Werner * Kosma, Joseph * SWAMP WATER
AUGUST 1941
News of family and friends in France - memos from Darryl F. Zanuck re: rushes of SWAMP WATER - death of Henri Chomette - J.R.'s problems with SWAMP WATER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Esta * Renoir, Pierre * Zanuck, Darryl F. * SWAMP WATER * Nichols, Dudley * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Lourie, Eugene * Slade, Gabrielle * Boyer, Charles * Chomette, Henri * Milhaud, Darius
SEPTEMBER 1941
J.R.'s problems with SWAMP WATER - project "Hunky" with Dudley Nichols - attempts to get Joseph Kosma in U.S.A.- Alain Renoir's immigration problems. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Leger, Fernand * Nichols, Dudley * Renoir, Alain * Vaughan, Olwen * Moguy, Leonide * Lourie, Eugene * Slade, Gabrielle * Kracauer, Siegfried * Renoir, Paulette * SWAMP WATER * Kosma, Joseph
OCTOBER 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration problems - arrival of the Slades to Los Angeles - projects with Dudley Nichols. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Lorentz, Pare * Wanger, Walter * Slade, Gabrielle
NOVEMBER 1941
Alain Renoir's immigration to U.S.A. - project "Jarka" - invitations - publicity for SWAMP WATER in Waycross, Georgia - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Rainer, Luise * Lourie, Eugene * Lazareff, Pierre * Kosma, Joseph * SWAMP WATER
DECEMBER 1941
Arrival of Alain Renoir to U.S.A. - news from family and friends in France - reactions to SWAMP WATER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Lazareff, Pierre * Lourie, Eugene * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Paulette * Lamotte, Bernard * SWAMP WATER * Wanger, Walter * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Stevens, George
JANUARY 1942
French Ambassador's request for J.R. to return to France - film projects - Claude Renoir, Sr.'s attempted immigration to U.S.A. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Paulette * Renoir, Alain * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Huston, Walter * Lamotte, Bernard
FEBRUARY 1942
War correspondence from Alain Renoir - project with Deanna Durbin at Universal - charity appeals - project of book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir - purchase of home on Martel Ave. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Pagnol, Marcel * Renoir, Alain * Lourie, Eugene * Flaherty, Robert * Koster, Henry * Henry-Haye, Gaston * Evans, Ernestine * Nichols, Dudley
MARCH 1942
Contract with Universal Studios for film with Deanna Durbin - Claude Renoir, Sr.'s attempted immigration to U.S.A. - charity appeals - invitations. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dali, Salvador * Daltour, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * Tiomkin, Dimitri * Vaughan, Olwen * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
APRIL 1942
News of French film industry - Claude Renoir, Sr.'s attempted immigration to U.S.A. - war correspondence from Alain Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Slade, Jean
MAY 1942
Immigration issue Claude Renoir. - Letter from Alain Renoir. - Letter of recommendation on behalf of Jean Gabin. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Gabin, Jean * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Alain
JUNE 1942
J.R. requests government work in U.S. Signal Corps cinematography devision - working at Universal on Deanna Durbin film - attempted immigration of Claude Renoir, Sr.- war correspondence from Alain Renoir - invitations - initialization of divorce for J.R. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Joy, Col. Jason * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Nadi, Aldo * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Van Loon, Henrik Willem * Bossevain, Estrella
JULY 1942
J.R.'s request for government service in the U.S. Signal Corps - problems with and resignation from Deanna Durbin film for Universal Studios - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - invitations- includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Lazareff, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Alain * Saint-Exupery, Antoine de * Lamotte, Bernard * Van Loon, Henrik Willem
AUGUST 1942
J.R. working on a book about Pierre-Auguste Renoir - preparations for THIS LAND IS MINE - charity appeals - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - interruption of mail service to France - J.R.'s attempts to help with Louis Jouvet's immigration to U.S.A. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Von Stroheim, Erich * THIS LAND IS MINE * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Laughton, Charles * Flaherty, Robert * Evans, Ernestine * Davis, Bette * Jouvet, Louis * Pozner, Vladimir * Clair, Rene
SEPTEMBER 1942
J.R. working at R.K.O. Studio on THIS LAND IS MINE - J.R.'s attempts to bring Louis Jouvet to U.S.A. - J.R.'s divorce proceedings - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - letters returned because of mail interruption to France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Kracauer, Siegfried * Von Stroheim, Erich * Levi-Strauss, Jean * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * THIS LAND IS MINE
OCTOBER 1942
J.R. and friends's attempt to help Louis Jouvet immigrate to U.S.A.- war correspondence from Alain Renoir - help for Joseph Kosma's immigration - charity appeals - news of family and friends. Production code letter- divorce. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Kracauer, Siegfried * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Power, Tyrone * Jouvet, Louis * Clair, Rene * Wilder, Thornton * Renoir, Alain * Kosma, Joseph
NOVEMBER 1942
J.R. working on THIS LAND IS MINE - J.R. records message for French radio - divorce process - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - J.R. and friends's attempts to bring Louis Jouvet to U.S.A. - includes photocopied correspondence Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Lazareff, Pierre * Clair, Rene * THIS LAND IS MINE * Kracauer, Siegfried * Jouvet, Louis * Van Loon, Henrik Willem * Laughton, Charles
DECEMBER 1942
J.R. cancels speech for French radio - J.R.'s request for war service in Signal Corps - J.R. and friends's attempts to bring Louis Jouvet to U.S.A. - war correspondence from Alain Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Lazareff, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * Nichols, Dudley * Clair, Rene * Slezak, Walter * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Merivale, Phillip * Jouvet, Louis
JANUARY 1943
J.R. working on THIS LAND IS MINE - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - Christmas greetings from friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Evans, Ernestine * Flaherty, Robert * Renoir, Alain * THIS LAND IS MINE * Lazareff, Pierre * Jouvet, Louis
FEBRUARY 1943
Reactions to THIS LAND IS MINE - J.R. and friends's attempts to bring Louis Jouvet to U.S.A.- war correspondence from Alain Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * THIS LAND IS MINE * Renoir, Alain * Warner, Jack * Briac, Claude * Flaherty, Robert * Becker, Maximilian * Jouvet, Louis
MARCH 1943
Reactions to THIS LAND IS MINE - offer to re-make LES BAS FONDS in England - invitations - charity - French film titles for THIS LAND IS MINE - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Becker, Maximilian * THIS LAND IS MINE * Cezanne, Aline * Dmytryk, Edward * Renoir, Alain * Selznick, David O. * Vaughan, Olwen * Rogers, Ginger * Sasoon, William
APRIL 1943
War correspondence from Alain Renoir - charity appeals - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Becker, Maximilian * Renoir, Alain * Kaufman, Charles
MAY 1943
J.R. trying to write book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir - reactions to THIS LAND IS MINE - charity appeals - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - projects - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Robert * Jouvet, Louis * Kaufman, Charles * Becker, Maximilian * Wanger, Walter * THIS LAND IS MINE * Renoir, Alain
JUNE-AUGUST 1943
Reactions to THIS LAND IS MINE - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - J.R.'s operation for appendix - charity appeals - use of scenes from LE MARSEILLAISE to be used for propaganda film - J.R. and friends's attempts to bring Louis Jouvet to U.S.A.-projects- proposed Free-French aviation film- includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Vaughan, Olwen * THIS LAND IS MINE * Renoir, Alain * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Cavalcanti, Alberto * Flaherty, Robert * Jouvet, Louis * Lazareff, Pierre * Aumont, Jean-Pierre * Allenberg, Bert
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1943
Project "Precious Bane" with Dudley Nichols, re-making of LES BAS FONDS - charity appeals - Louis Jouvet's Visa case - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - news of friends in France - Reactions to THIS LAND IS MINE - invitations - projects. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Vaughan, Olwen * Catelain, Jacques * Merivale, Phillip * Jouvet, Louis * Lazareff, Pierre * Boyer, Charles * Wallis, Minna * Jouvet, Louis * THIS LAND IS MINE * Vaughn, Olwen * Catelain, Jacques * Merivale, Phillip * Lazareff, Pierre * Schwab, Pierre * Salemson, Harold
DECEMBER 1943-JANUARY 1944
Project "Precious Bane" with Ingrid Bergman and Dudley Nichols - J.R. trying to write book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir book - charity appeals - invitations - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - Louis Jouvet Visa case denied - projcts, includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Vaughan, Olwen * Lazareff, Pierre * Jouvet, Louis * Bergman, Ingrid * Breen, Joseph * Renoir, Alain * Brecht, Bertolt * Becker, Maximilian * Schwab, Pierre * Salemson, Harold
FEBRUARY 1944
Marriage of J.R. and Dido Freire - working for the Office of War Information making propaganda film for U.S. Government - proposition to make a film with Louis Jouvet in Mexico - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dunne, Philip * Lazareff, Pierre * Gish, Lillian * Slezak, Walter * O'Connor, Una * Boyer, Charles * Slade, Jean * Slade, Conrad * Loew, David * Renoir, Alain * Flaherty, Robert
MARCH 1944
J.R. working on SALUTE TO FRANCE - projects with Dudley Nichols "Precious Bane" and "Johnny Appleseed" and "Sister Kenny" - J.R.'s desire to make "Hold Autumn in Your Hand" (THE SOUTHERNER) - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Jouvet, Louis * Nichols, Dudley * Slade, Jean * Vaughan, Olwen * SOUTHERNER, THE * SALUTE TO FRANCE
APRIL 1944
Projects with Dudley Nichols, "Sister Kenny" and "Johnny Appleseed" - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - shooting of SALUTE TO FRANCE - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Jouvet, Louis * Slezak, Walter * Nichols, Dudley * Flaherty, Robert * SALUTE TO FRANCE * Weaver, Randolph * Roberts, Ruth
MAY 1944
J.R.'s arrangements to make THE SOUTHERNER ("Hold Autumn in Your Hand") - projects "Sister Kenny" and "Precious Bane" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * SOUTHERNER, THE * Michelet, Michel * Jouvet, Louis * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Nichols, Dudley * Ardisson, Edmond
JUNE-AUGUST 1944
Marriage congratulations - letters to Dido Renoir from J.R. in MN researching "Sister Kenny" with D.Nichols - SALUTE TO FRANCE - war correspondence from Alain Renoir- letters from Dido Renoir's friends - charity appeals - J.R.'s attempts to re-open Jouvet visa case - preparations for THE SOUTHERNER - J.R. acquiring information for his book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Jouvet, Louis * Weaver, Randolph * Smith, Bessie * Renoir, Alain * SALUTE TO FRANCE * Schiffrin, Simon * Nichols, Dudley * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Weston, Cecil * Rewald, John * SOUTHERNER, THE
SEPTEMBER 1944
Shooting THE SOUTHERNER ("Hold Autumn In Your Hand") - letters returned from France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Guillaume, Louis * Slade, Jean * Renoir, Pierre * Loew, David * SOUTHERNER, THE
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1944
War correspondence from Alain Renoir - shooting THE SOUTHERNER ("Hold Autumn In Your Hand") - J.R.'s attempt to re-open Louis Jouvet's Visa case- Plans for DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - news of family in France - Christmas greetings -belated wedding congratulations - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Weaver, Randolph * Nichols, Dudley * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Slade, Jean * Lloyd, Norman * Tallas, Gregg * Jouvet, Louis * SOUTHERNER, THE * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Denise * Allenberg, Bert * Ludwig, Emil * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Pozner, Vladimir * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Blanchard, Pierre * Bondi, Beulah * O'Connor, Una * Renoir, Paulette * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1945
Complications with J.R.'s divorce in France - project "Under Western Eyes" - new title for THE SOUTHERNER ("Hold Autumn In Your Hand")- work on THE SOUTHERNER - beginning work on THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - condition of the French film industry-project, "Under Western Eyes" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Scott, Zachary * Evans, Ernestine * Paiva, Nestor * Russell, Rosalind * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Rewald, John * SOUTHERNER, THE * Loew, David * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Lisa
MARCH-APRIL 1945
Titles and publicity for THE SOUTHERNER - state of the French film industry - fates of friends and associates in France - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - reactions to THE SOUTHERNER- shooting of DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Loew, David * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Renoir, Alain * Weaver, Dorothy * Weaver, Randolph * SOUTHERNER, THE * Scott, Zachary * Renoir, Pierre * Benoit-Levy, Jean
MAY 1945
Shooting DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - news of the French film industry - projects - news of family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Lestringuez, Pierre * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * Becker, Jacques * Evans, Ernestine * Zanuck, Darryl F. * Meredith, Burgess
JUNE 1945
Reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - J.R. and Dido Renoir sending of packages to family and friends in France - news of life in France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Jean * Lestringuez, Pierre * SOUTHERNER, THE * Cezanne, Renee * Andre, Albert * Bergman, Ingrid * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
JULY 1945
Shooting DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - news of family and friends - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * Loew, David * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Huston, John * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Tallas, Gregg * Catelain, Jacques * Renoir, Alain
AUGUST 1945
Shooting DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - end of W.W. II. - news of family and friends - complications with J.R.'s divorce in France - war correspondence from Alain Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Wood, Peggy * Flaherty, Robert * SOUTHERNER, THE * Bondi, Beulah
SEPTEMBER 1945
News of family and friends in France - sending of packages to France - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Vaughan, Olwen * Lestringuez, Marie * Smith, Bessie * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * Soskin, Paul
OCTOBER 1945
Reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - strike in Hollywood - charity tea for Spanish soliders - news of family and friends - post-production work on DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - war correspondence from Alain Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * SOUTHERNER, THE * Koster, Henry * Selznick, David O. * Field, Betty * Vaughan, Olwen * Goddard, Paulette * Nichols, Dudley * Meredith, Burgess * Lloyd, Norman * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Renoir, Alain
NOVEMBER 1945
Preview of DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - plans for WOMAN ON THE BEACH - return of Alain Renoir - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Goddard, Paulette * Meredith, Burgess * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Bondi, Beulah * Renoir, Alain
DECEMBER 1945
Reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - J.R. nominated for best director for THE SOUTHERNER - letters from Dido Renoir's friends - Christmas greetings - Alain Renoir return from W.W.II - J.R. finds cousins in California - invitations. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * SOUTHERNER, THE * McCarey, Leo * Meredith, Burgess * Lestringuez, Marie * Guillaume, Louis * Weaver, Randolph * Field, Betty * Barnes, Albert * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
UNDATED 1941-1945
War correspondence from Alain Renoir - news of family and friends - invitations - charity appeals. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Houle, Marguerite * Renoir, Alain * Bergman, Ingrid * Andre, Albert * Flaherty, Robert * Weaver, Randolph * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Nichols, Dudley * Loew, David
UNDATED 1942-1945
News of friends - war correspondence from Alain Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Milhaud, Darius * Renoir, Alain * Perreau, Robert
UNDATED 1944-1945
War correspondence from Alain Renoir - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Roberts, Ruth * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Cugat, Xavier * Gish, Lillian * Evans, Ernestine * Guillaume, Louis
JANUARY 1946
Reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - J.R.'s nominations for Best Director - shooting WOMAN ON THE BEACH (working title "Desirable Woman") - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - news of family in France - J.R. and Dorothy Parker host dinner to aid Spanish Refugee Appeal charity - project: re-make of MADAME BOVARY - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Ophuls, Max * Nadi, Aldo * SOUTHERNER, THE * Bondi, Beulah * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Scott, Zachary * Lestringuez, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Loew, David * Guillaume, Louis * Reiniger, Lotte
FEBRUARY 1946
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - reactions to THE SOUTHERNER - shooting WOMAN ON THE BEACH - news of family and friends in France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Aumont, Jean-Pierre * Lestringuez, Marie * Cezanne, Renee * Loew, David * Andre, Albert * SOUTHERNER, THE * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * Guillaume, Louis
MARCH 1946
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Chevallier-Munier, Louise * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * Loew, David * Weaver, Randolph * Lourie, Eugene
APRIL 1946
Shooting WOMAN ON THE BEACH - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - release of UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE in France - re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - charity appeals - J.R. joins the Screen Writer's Guild - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dozier, William * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
MAY 1946
News from family and friends in France - re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION in France - J.R.'s desire to bring Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting "Le Chasseur" to U.S.A. - complications with J.R.'s divorce in France - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Pierre * Spaak, Charles * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Cezanne, Renee * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Lestringuez, Pierre * Lestringuez, Marie
JUNE 1946
Project: re-make of MADAME BOVARY - release of UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE - complications with J.R. divorce case in France - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - charity appeals - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Hakim, Robert * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE * Cezanne, Renee
JULY 1946
French reaction to THIS LAND IS MINE - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - J.R.'s attempts to bring "Le Chasseur" to U.S.A. - news of family and friends in France - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Bondi, Beulah * Cezanne, Renee
AUGUST 1946
UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE shown at Cannes - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - news of family and friends - re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION in France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Alain * Cezanne, Renee * Lederer, Frances * Slezak, Walter * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Lestringuez, Pierre * Dewalde, Jean
SEPTEMBER 1946
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - projects - complications with J.R. divorce case in France - news of family and friends -re-takes of WOMAN ON THE BEACH. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Cezanne, Renee * Lestringuez, Pierre * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Alain * WOMAN ON THE BEACH
OCTOBER 1946
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - sending Jacques Becker camera equipment from U.S.A. - projects - charity appeals - J.R.'s plans to build a house in Beverly Hills - reactions to DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - sending for"Le Chasseur" from France - THE SOUTHERNER wins Best Picture prize at the Venice Film Festival - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Weaver, Randolph * Becker, Jacques * Andre, Albert * Smith, Bessie * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Cezanne, Renee * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * SOUTHERNER, THE * Breen, Joseph
NOVEMBER 1946
Re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION in France - re-takes of WOMAN ON THE BEACH - sending C.A.R.E. packages to family and friends in France - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - J.R. begins plans for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Bessy, Maurice * Koch, Carl * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * Smith, Bessie * Wood, Peggy * Gerard, Claire * Renoir, Alain * Roberts, Ruth * Loew, David * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * RIVER, THE
DECEMBER 1946
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - re-takes of WOMAN ON THE BEACH - J.R.'s plans to make THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Koch, Carl * Flaherty, Robert * Renoir, Pierre * Bessy, Maurice * Reiniger, Lotte * Slade, Jean * Smith, Bessie * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Laughton, Charles * Loew, David * Guillaume, Louis * RIVER, THE * WOMAN ON THE BEACH
News of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Smith, Bessie * Slezak, Walter * Slade, Jean * Andre, Albert
JANUARY 1947
Project "Le Faim" - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - complications with J.R.'s divorce in France - sending for "Le Chasseur" from France - plans for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Bennett, Joan * Braunberger, Pierre * Griffith, Richard * Cezanne, Renee * Smith, Bessie * RIVER, THE * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
FEBRUARY 1947
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - plans for THE RIVER - news of family and friends - plans for construction of the Leona Drive house - final re-takes on WOMAN ON THE BEACH - publication of UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE script by the Cinematheque Francaise - re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - invitations - arrival of "Le Chasseur" from France - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Koch, Carl * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Bennett, Joan * Braunberger, Pierre * Griffith, Richard * Cezanne, Renee * Guillaume, Louis * Smith, Bessie * RIVER, THE * WOMAN ON THE BEACH * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
MARCH 1947
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - sending of personal items from France to U.S.A. - plans for construction of Leona Drive house - news of friends - projects - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Andre, Albert * Renoir, Alain * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Flaherty, Robert * Friedman, Arthur * Guillaume, Louis * O'Neill, Charles
APRIL 1947
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - plans for THE RIVER - news of friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Smith, Bessie * Bondi, Beulah * Chaplin, Charlie * Evans, Ernestine * Meredith, Burgess * RIVER, THE
MAY 1947
Complications with J.R. divorce in France - personal items shipped from France - invitations - charity appeals - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - reactions to WOMAN ON THE BEACH. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Lestringuez, Pierre * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Wanger, Walter * Dozier, William * Evans, Ernestine * Goddard, Paulette * O'Neill, Charles * Einstein, Albert * WOMAN ON THE BEACH
JUNE 1947
Complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - projects - charity appeals - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - news of family and friends - plans for THE RIVER - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Goddard, Paulette * Spaak, Charles * Renoir, Alain * Andre, Albert * Boyer, Charles * Donat, Robert * Einstein, Albert * Bernheim, Andre * Evans, Ernestine * RIVER, THE * Coryell, Robert
JULY 1947
Complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - J.R.'s article on Charlie Chaplin for the Screen Writer's Guild Magazine - project "La Parure" with Charles Boyer - arrival of Elizabeth Smith as housekeeper - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - project "Woman of a Thousand Faces" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Koch, Carl * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Smith, Bessie * Andre, Albert * Guillaume, Louis * Gabin, Jean * Dozier, William * Goddard, Paulette * Morros, Borris * WOMAN OF A THOUSAND FACES
AUGUST 1947
Reactions to WOMAN ON THE BEACH - charity appeals - projects - news of family and friends in France - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Wanger, Walter * Cezanne, Renee * Ardisson, Edmond * Barnes, Albert * O'Neill, Charles * Einstein, Albert * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Edmund * WOMAN ON THE BEACH
SEPTEMBER 1947
Letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - personal items shipped from France - complications with J.R.'s divorce in France - dubbing of THE SOUTHERNER in French. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Wanger, Walter * Guillaume, Louis * Bergman, Ingrid * Aumont, Jean-Pierre * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Marshall, George * Koch, Howard * LeBaron, William * Paiva, Nestor * SOUTHERNER, THE
OCTOBER 1947
Death of Paul Cezanne, Jr. - projects "Fulfilment" with Walter Wanger and "Woman of A Hundred Faces" with Maximilian Ilyin - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Durant, Tim * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Slade, Gabrielle * Smith, Bessie * Wanger, Walter * Guillaume, Louis * Ilyin, Maximilian * Loew, David * WOMAN OF A THOUSAND FACES
NOVEMBER 1947
Death of Paul Cezanne, Jr. - condition of Hollywood film industry - plans for construction of the Leona Drive house - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Andre, Albert * Cezanne, Paul, Jr. * Dewalde, Jean * Lestringuez, Marie * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Mann, Thomas
DECEMBER 1947
News of family and friends - project "City of Angels" - state of Hollywood film industry - Christmas greetings - invitations - letters from Dido Renoir's family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Cezanne, Renee * Koch, Carl * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Pierre * Loew, David * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Catelain, Jacques * Flaherty, Robert * Bergman, Ingrid * Lestringuez, Marie * Judd, Forrest * CITY OF ANGELS (project)
JANUARY 1948
Projects "Romeo et Jeannette" and "City of Angels" - marriage of Alain Renoir - Christmas greetings - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - J.R.'s plans to form a production company - news of family and friends in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Chevalier, Maurice * Flaherty, Robert * Bessy, Maurice * Andriot, Lucien * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Cezanne, Renee * Boyer, Charles * Slade, Jean * Wanger, Walter * Lestringuez, Pierre * Sadoul, Georges * Braunberger, Pierre * Dewalde, Jean * CITY OF ANGELS (project) * ROMEO AND JEANNETTE (project) * Chevallier-Munier, Louise
FEBRUARY 1948
Projects for J.R.'s planned projection company - invitations - news of family and friends - deportation of Hanns Eisler from U.S.A. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Broidy, Steve * Judd, Forrest * Corteggiani, Tony * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Ilyin, Maximilian * Eastman, George * Eisler, Hanns * Eisler, Lou * Dewalde, Jean * Dreiser, Helen * Guillaume, Louis
MARCH 1948
J.R.'s plans to form a production company "The Film Group" - political situation in U.S.A. and France - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - deportation of Hanns Eisler from U.S.A.- news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Judd, Forrest * Simenon, Georges * Einstein, Albert * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Sadoul, Georges * Rohauer, Raymond * Bessy, Maurice * Guillaume, Louis * O'Brien, Eugene * Andriot, Lucien * Eisler, Hanns * Eisler, Lou * FILM GROUP, THE
APRIL 1948
J.R.'s plans to form a production company "The Film Group" - projects for the company - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Bergman, Ingrid * Slade, Gabrielle * Slade, Jean * Renoir, Pierre * Lestringuez, Marie * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis * FILM GROUP, THE
MAY 1948
J.R.'s plans for "The Film Group" - charity appeals - projects - invitations - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Esta * Lederer, Frances * Flaherty, Robert * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Wanger, Walter * Slade, Gabrielle * Guillaume, Louis * Kamenka, Alexandre * Lestringuez, Pierre * Lestringuez, Marie * FILM GROUP, THE
JUNE 1948
Construction of Leona Drive house - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - plans for J.R.'s company "The Film Group" - legal contracts for ownership of personal items sent from France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Kamenka, Alexandre * Eisler, Lou * Eisler, Hanns * Odets, Clifford * FILM GROUP, THE
JULY 1948
Projects for "The Film Group" - invitations - construction of the Leona Drive House - sending for personal items from France - news of family and friends - reactions to French release of DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - reactions to Robert Flaherty's film "Louisiana Story" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Peck, Sedley * Lestringuez, Pierre * Wanger, Walter * Cartier-Bresson, Henri * Cezanne, Renee * Flaherty, Robert * Guillaume, Louis * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID * Andre, Albert * Bessy, Maurice * Dewalde, Jean * FILM GROUP, THE
AUGUST 1948
Projects for "The Film Group" - news of family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Allegret, Marc * Simenon, Georges * Dewalde, Jean * Flaherty, Robert * Renoir, Pierre * Judd, Forrest * Odets, Clifford * Heymann, Claude * FILM GROUP, THE
SEPTEMBER 1948
"The Film Group" production company abandoned after U.S. Government refuses loan - news of family and friends - projects - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Bette * Odets, Clifford * Bergman, Ingrid * Tallas, Gregg * Slezak, Walter * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Carne, Marcel * Guillaume, Louis * Milhaud, Darius * Judd, Forrest * Koch, Carl * FILM GROUP, THE
OCTOBER 1948
Project "Amphitryon" - J.R.'s production company "The Film Group" is abandoned - invitations - news of family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Judd, Forrest * Simenon, Georges * Odets, Clifford * Duvivier, Julien * Lindstrom, Dr. Peter * Mason, James * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis * AMPHITRYON (project) * FILM GROUP, THE
NOVEMBER 1948
News of family and friends - sending for personal items from France - J.R. arranging production deal to shoot THE RIVER - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Eisler, Hanns * Eisler, Lou * Simenon, Georges * Nichols, Dudley * Loew, David * Guillaume, Louis * Sadoul, Georges * Odets, Clifford * Koch, Carl * RIVER, THE * Judd, Forrest
DECEMBER 1948
J.R. and Dido Renoir take a pre-production trip to England, Europe and India to plan THE RIVER - Christmas greetings - news of family and friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Judd, Forrest * Einstein, Albert * Lestringuez, Pierre * Simenon, Georges * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Pierre * Roosevelt, Eleanor * Koch, Carl * Mayen, Anne * Godden, Rumer * Dewalde, Jean * RIVER, THE
UNDATED 1946-1948
News of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Slade, Gabrielle * Clair, Rene * Ryan, Jessica * Slade, Conrad * Lauer, Jean * Odets, Bette
JANUARY 1949
Project "Goya" - J.R.'s initial trip to India to scout locations for THE RIVER - news from U.S.A. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * McEldowney, Kenneth * RIVER, THE * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Lestringuez, Marie * Koch, Carl * Guillaume, Louis * Judd, Forrest * Smith, Bessie * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Alain * GOYA (project)
FEBRUARY 1949
THE RIVER: casting, location scouting - project "Under Western Eyes" - news from U.S.A. - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Roberts, Ruth * RIVER, THE * Odets, Clifford * Lourie, Eugene * Smith, Bessie * Slade, Conrad * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Slade, Gabrielle * Guillaume, Louis
MARCH 1949
Pre-production work in India for THE RIVER - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - news of family and friends - project "Goya". Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Braunberger, Pierre * Smith, Bessie * Renoir, Pierre * McEldowney, Kenneth * Odets, Clifford * Godden, Rumer * RIVER, THE * Guillaume, Louis * GOYA (project)
APRIL 1949
J.R. and Dido Renoir return to U.S.A. - subtitles made for screening of LA REGLE DU JEU in U.S.A. - sending for personal items from France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Godden, Rumer * Weinberg, Herman * Benoit-Levy, Jean * Renoir, Alain * Mann, Christopher * Nichols, Dudley * Guillaume, Louis * RIVER, THE
MAY 1949
Landscape shooting of THE RIVER - J.R. and Dido Renoir move into Leona Drive house - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Godden, Rumer * Renoir, Alain * Braunberger, Pierre * Sen Gupta, Ram * Simenon, Georges * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Guillaume, Louis * McEldowney, Kenneth * Odets, Clifford * RIVER, THE
JUNE 1949
In India working on THE RIVER - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Conrad * Godden, Rumer * RIVER, THE * Sen Gupta, Ram * Laughton, Charles
JULY 1949
Arrangements for J.R's percentage for re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION in France - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - THE RIVER: location scouting, set-building, screentests, and casting - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dewalde, Jean * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Slade, Jean * Renoir, Alain * Odets, Clifford * Guillaume, Louis * Lourie, Eugene * McEldowney, Kenneth * Cleghorn, Colin * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
AUGUST 1949
News of family and friends - THE RIVER: casting, location scouting, schedulings, budgets, and M.P.A.A. censorship objections - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Godden, Rumer * Bergman, Ingrid * Braunberger, Pierre * Andre, Albert * Sen Gupta, Ram * Renoir, Alain * McEldowney, Kenneth * Odets, Clifford * Lourie, Eugene * Mann, Christopher * Breen, Joseph * Guillaume, Louis * RIVER, THE
SEPTEMBER 1949
Complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - THE RIVER: casting and screentests. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * McEldowney, Kenneth * Lourie, Eugene * Godden, Rumer * Judd, Forrest * Ferrer, Mel * Das Gupta, Hari * Slade, Jean * Sen Gupta, Ram * Guillaume, Louis * RIVER, THE * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
OCTOBER 1949
THE RIVER: casting, classes for the cameramen at Technicolor, London - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France - J.R.'s percentage of the receipts for the re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Dewalde, Jean * Godden, Rumer * RIVER, THE * Sen Gupta, Ram * Philippe, Gerard * Lourie, Eugene * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Guillaume, Louis
NOVEMBER 1949
J.R. sells his rights to DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - shooting THE RIVER - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Coryell, Robert * Singji, Prince Fateh * RIVER, THE * DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID
DECEMBER 1949
Shooting THE RIVER - project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Odets, Bette * Judd, Forrest * Guillaume, Louis * Mason, Pamela * Bergman, Ingrid * Lestringuez, Pierre * RIVER, THE * Philippe, Gerard * STRANGER, THE (project)
UNDATED 1941-1949
News of family and friends - plans for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * McCarey, Leo * Godden, Rumer * Fomey, Georges * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Tual, Denise * Renoir, Alain * Wood, Peggy * Andre, Albert * Cezanne, Renee * RIVER, THE
JANUARY 1950
Production correspondence, telegrams and memos from THE RIVER - news of family and friends - state of the Hollywood film industry - projects. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Dewalde, Jean * Lestringuez, Pierre * RIVER, THE * Slade, Gabrielle * Odets, Clifford * Nichols, Dudley * Coryell, Robert * McEldowney, Kenneth * Koch, Carl * Renoir, Claude, Jr.
FEBRUARY 1950
Production telegrams from THE RIVER - News of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Smith, Bessie * Slade, Gabrielle * Simenon, Georges * Keller, George * Nichols, Dudley * Koch, Carl * RIVER, THE * McEldowney, Kenneth
MARCH 1950
Production correspondence and telegrams for THE RIVER - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Paxinou, Katina * Simenon, Georges * Slade, Gabrielle * Slade, Conrad * Nichols, Dudley * RIVER, THE * Koch, Carl * McEldowney, Kenneth
APRIL 1950
News of family and friends - production telegrams from THE RIVER - Ingrid Bergman's divorce problems and reaction to her illegitamate son - complications with J.R.'s divorce in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Peck, Sedley * RIVER, THE * Singji, Prince Fateh * Smith, Bessie * Bergman, Ingrid * Godden, Rumer * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis
MAY 1950
Production correspondence and telegrams for THE RIVER - news of family and friends - shipment of personal items from France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Radha * Lestringuez, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * RIVER, THE * Singji, Prince Fateh * Coryell, Robert * Godden, Rumer * Loew, David * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis * Wolquitt, Eleanor
JUNE 1950
Working on THE RIVER - project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - news of family and friends - state of the French film industry. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Radha * RIVER, THE * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * McEldowney, Kenneth * Philippe, Gerard * Dewalde, Jean * Walters, Patricia * Singji, Prince Fateh * Guillaume, Louis * STRANGER, THE (project)
JULY 1950
News of family and friends - project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - shipment of personal items from France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Odets, Clifford * Philippe, Gerard * Vaughan, Olwen * Walters, Patricia * Simenon, Georges * Radha * Singji, Prince Fateh * Guillaume, Louis * Slade, Gabrielle * STRANGER, THE (project)
AUGUST 1950
Project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - plans for Radha's trip to U.S.A. for publicity for THE RIVER - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Ardisson, Edmond * RIVER, THE * Godden, Rumer * Radha * Singji, Prince Fateh * Evans, Ernestine * Lestringuez, Pierre * Langlois, Henri * Braunberger, Pierre * STRANGER, THE (project)
SEPTEMBER 1950
Project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - news of family and friends - post-production work on THE RIVER - plans for Radha's publicity tour of U.S.A. for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Philippe, Gerard * Braunberger, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Godden, Rumer * Walters, Patricia * Evans, Ernestine * Radha * STRANGER, THE (project)
OCTOBER 1950
News of family and friends - project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - plans for Radha's publicity tour of U.S.A. for THE RIVER - Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Braunberger, Pierre * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Godden, Rumer * Dewalde, Jean * Lestringuez, Pierre * Renoir, Pierre * Radha * Cezanne, Aline * STRANGER, THE (project)
NOVEMBER 1950
Project "The Stranger" with Gerard Philippe - Radha's publicity tour of U.S.A. for THE RIVER - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Paxinou, Katina * Braunberger, Pierre * Radha * Godden, Rumer * RIVER, THE * Walters, Patricia * Philippe, Gerard * Loew, David * Guillaume, Louis * Renoir, Pierre * STRANGER, THE (project)
DECEMBER 1950
Copy of the contract for the television rights to THE SOUTHERNER - Radha's publicity trip to U.S.A. for THE RIVER - death of Pierre Lestringuez. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Renoir, Pierre * Simenon, Georges * Walters, Patricia * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Radha * Garfield, John * Cezanne, Renee * Lestringuez, Marie * Lestringuez, Pierre * SOUTHERNER, THE
JANUARY 1951
Earning statement for THE SOUTHERNER - J.R.'s reaction to Clifford Odets's play "The Country Girl" - Radha's publicity tour of U.S.A. for THE RIVER - death of Pierre Lestringuez - projects "The Stranger" and "1984" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Simenon, Georges * Radha * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Philippe, Gerard * Dewalde, Jean * Lestringuez, Marie * Lestringuez, Pierre * Koch, Carl * Godden, Rumer * STRANGER, THE (project)
FEBRUARY 1951
News of family and friends - projects "Ondine" and "Jezebel" - Radha's publicity trip to U.S.A. for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Singji, Prince Fateh * RIVER, THE * Guillaume, Louis * Braunberger, Pierre * Walters, Patricia * Godden, Rumer * Radha * ONDINE (project) * JEZEBEL (project)
MARCH 1951
News of family and friends - plans for LE CARROSSE D'OR - projects "How Beautiful With Shoes" and "Jezebel" - complications with J.R.'s divorce case in France. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Zanuck, Darryl F. * RIVER, THE * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean * Koch, Carl * Godden, Rumer * Guillaume, Louis * Braunberger, Pierre * Singji, Prince Fateh * HOW BEAUTIFUL WITH SHOES * JEZEBEL (project)
APRIL 1951
Post-production work on THE RIVER - invitations - plans for LE CARROSSE D'OR production - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * RIVER, THE * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Flaherty, Robert * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean * Judd, Forrest * Gale, George * Godden, Rumer * Braunberger, Pierre
MAY 1951
Press reactions to THE RIVER - news of friends - letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during pre-production of LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Pierre * Singji, Prince Fateh * RIVER, THE * McEldowney, Kenneth * Godden, Rumer * Guillaume, Louis * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
JUNE 1951
News of family and friends - letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during work on LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Guillaume, Louis * Dewalde, Jean * McEldowney, Kenneth * Godden, Rumer * Smith, Bessie
JULY 1951
Letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during work on LE CARROSSE D'OR - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Smith, Bessie * Radha * Guillaume, Louis * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
AUGUST 1951
Receipts for J.R.'s percentage of profits from televised showings of THE SOUTHERNER - THE RIVER shown at Venice Film Festival. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Smith, Bessie * Radha * RIVER, THE * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Bondi, Beulah
SEPTEMBER 1951
Reactions to THE RIVER - contractual negotiations for LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean * Cowan, Lester * RIVER, THE
OCTOBER 1951
J.R. and Dido Renoir in Italy for LE CARROSSE D'OR - J.R. undergoes operation on his leg - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Guillaume, Louis * Dewalde, Jean * Coryell, Robert * RIVER, THE * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
NOVEMBER 1951
Arrangements for LE CARROSSE D'OR - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Odets, Clifford
DECEMBER 1951
News of friends - J.R.'s percentage of receipts for release of UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis * Odets, Clifford * Sen Gupta, Ram
Death of Robert Flaherty - Pierre Renoir performing in N.Y.C. - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Flaherty, Frances * Renoir, Pierre * Renoir, Alain * Richter, Hans * Slade, Gabrielle * Lewin, Albert * Nichols, Dudley * Mason, Pamela * Flaherty, Robert
JANUARY 1952
News of family and friends - birth of J.R.'s grandson - J.R.'s refusal to dub LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Radha * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Alliata, Francesco * Renoir, John
FEBRUARY 1952
Shooting LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Godden, Rumer * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
MARCH 1952
Shooting of LE CARROSSE D'OR - television contract for THE SOUTHERNER - inquiry into J.R.'s percentage of receipts for re-release of UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dewalde, Jean * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Braunberger, Pierre * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE * Guillaume, Louis * SOUTHERNER, THE
APRIL 1952
Work on LE CARROSSE D'OR - American censorship cuts of the film - problems with the crew not being paid. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Alliata, Francesco * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Harrison, Kay * Dewalde, Jean * Braunberger, Pierre * PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE, UNE
MAY 1952
Work on LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford
JUNE 1952
News of friends - death of John Garfield - working on LE CARROSSE D'OR - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Avronsart, Armand * Guillaume, Louis * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Nichols, Dudley * Odets, Clifford * Garfield, John
JULY 1952
Work on technicolor prints of LE CARROSSE D'OR - project of a book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Lauer, Jean * Masse, Jacques * Benouville, Pierre de * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean
AUGUST 1952
Projects - news of friends - J.R. trying to acquire rights to LA GRANDE ILLUSION for re-release. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Geddes, Virgil * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
SEPTEMBER 1952
Delays in printing copies of LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Alliata, Francesco * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
OCTOBER 1952
LE CARROSSE D'OR: American censorship problems, working on titles - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Salemson, Harold * Breen, Joseph * Hawkins, David * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Smith, Bessie * Alliata, Francesco * Odets, Clifford
NOVEMBER 1952
LE CARROSSE D'OR: American censorship problems - invitation for J.R. to speak at Ohio University - news of family. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Alain * Salemson, Harold * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Alliata, Francesco * Breen, Joseph
DECEMBER 1952
News of friends - J.R. speaks at Ohio University - Christmas greetings - release of and publicity for LE CARROSSE D'OR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Judd, Forrest * Magnani, Anna * Macchi, Guilio * Evans, Ernestine * Seigfried, Earl * Bergman, Ingrid * Rossellini, Roberto * Renoir, Claude, Jr.
Receipts for LE CARROSSE D'OR - death of Pierre Renoir. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Guillaume, Louis * Slade, Gabrielle * Renoir, Pierre
JANUARY 1953
News of friends - release of LE CARROSSE D'OR - re-release of LA REGLE DU JEU - request for article for Les Cahiers du Cinema. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Sen Gupta, Ram * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * REGLE DU JEU, LA * Salemson, Harold * Dewalde, Jean * Grierson, John * Tessier, Valentine * Nijinsky, Romola * Doniol-Valcroze, Jacques * Alliata, Francesco
FEBRUARY 1953
News of family and friends - reactions to LE CARROSSE D'OR - re-release of LA REGLE DU JEU - project "The Poachers" - project book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Walters, Patricia * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Doynel, Ginette * Guillaume, Louis * Salemson, Harold * Kresel, Lee * REGLE DU JEU, LA * Odets, Clifford * POACHERS, THE (project)
MARCH 1953
LE CARROSSE D'OR: contracts and reactions to the film - re-release of LA REGLE DU JEU - J.R.'s rights to his old films - news of family and friends - state of the Hollywood film industry. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Chaplin, Charlie * Guillaume, Louis * Doynel, Ginette * Sen Gupta, Ram * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * REGLE DU JEU, LA * Dewalde, Jean * RIVER, THE * Salemson, Harold * O'Neill, Charles * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Singji, Prince Fateh * Lamont, Duncan * Loew, Marcus * SOUTHERNER, THE
APRIL 1953
News of friends - release of LE CARROSSE D'OR - problems with the financial dealing of THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * O'Neill, Charles * Sen Gupta, Ram * Godden, Rumer * Guillaume, Louis * Singji, Prince Fateh * RIVER, THE * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Alliata, Francesco * Magnani, Anna
MAY 1953
Distribution problems with LE CARROSSE D'OR in U.S.A. - J.R. workingon a book on Pierre-Auguste Renoir - news of friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Nichols, Dudley * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Kresel, Lee * Radha * Godden, Rumer * Cerf, Bennett
JUNE 1953
Problems with U.S.A. distribution of LE CARROSSE D'OR - news of friends - project: stage direction of "Six Characters In Search Of An Author". Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Doynel, Ginette * Guillaume, Louis * Pascal, Gabriel * Salemson, Harold * SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH .. (project)
JULY 1953
News of friends - problems with the reimbursement of investment capital for THE RIVER - project "Six Characters In Search Of An Author" with Gabriel Pascal - U.S.A. distribution problems of LE CARROSSE D'OR - J.R. working on a book about Pierre-Auguste Renoir - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Salemson, Harold * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Guillaume, Louis * Singji, Prince Fateh * RIVER, THE * Pascal, Gabriel * Cerf, Bennett * Koch, Carl * Radha * Sen Gupta, Ram * Baudot, Jeanne * Odets, Clifford * SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH .. (project)
AUGUST 1953
News of friends - problems with U.S.A. distribution of LE CARROSSE D'OR - invitations - project "The Lady From The Sea" - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Godden, Rumer * Salemson, Harold * Seaton, George * Macchi, Guilio * Guillaume, Louis * Durant, Tim * Bergman, Ingrid * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * LADY FROM THE SEA (project)
SEPTEMBER 1953
U.S.A. premiere of LE CARROSSE D'OR delayed - project "Van Gogh". Includes correspondence regarding or with: * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Dewalde, Jean * Guillaume, Louis * Baudot, Jeanne * Rosenfield, Jonas, Jr. * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
OCTOBER 1953
Reactions to LE CARROSSE D'OR - project "Vincent Van Gogh". Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Dewalde, Jean * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project) * Guillaume, Louis * Stern, Stewart * Coryell, Robert * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
NOVEMBER 1953
Problems with financial dealings of THE RIVER - project "Van Gogh" with Van Heflin - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Coryell, Robert * Singji, Prince Fateh * Heflin, Van * Vaughan, Olwen * Lewin, Albert * Nichols, Dudley * Simenon, Denise * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
DECEMBER 1953
Project "Van Gogh" with Van Heflin - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Guillaume, Louis * Lewin, Albert * Loew, David * Nichols, Dudley * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
News of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Delorme, Danielle * Slade, Gabrielle * Caron, Leslie
JANUARY 1954
J.R. named in a publication by the California Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities - reactions to LE CARROSSE D'OR - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Lewin, Albert * CARROSSE D'OR, LE * Nichols, Dudley * Renoir, Claude, Sr.
FEBRUARY 1954
Project "Van Gogh" with Van Heflin - news of the House Un-American Activities hearings - request by the Cinematheque Francaise for a copy of LA GRANDE ILLUSION. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Langlois, Henri * Heflin, Van * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
MARCH 1954
Project "Van Gogh" with Van Heflin - death of Bette Odets - news of friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Guillaume, Louis * Odets, Clifford * Bergman, Ingrid * Odets, Bette * Simenon, Georges * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
APRIL 1954
J.R.'s contracts for FRENCH CANCAN - project "Van Gogh" with Van Heflin - J.R. to direct a stage version of JULES CESAR in Arles Amphitheatre. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Heflin, Van * JULES CESAR * FRENCH CANCAN * VINCENT VAN GOGH (project)
MAY 1954
News of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges
JUNE 1954
Birth of J.R.'s grandson Peter Renoir - news of friends - illness of Dudley Nichols - sale of the Martel Ave. house. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Nichols, Dudley
JULY 1954
J.R. beginning work on FRENCH CANCAN - preparations for ORVET - news of family and friends - J.R.'s salary to be paid for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Loew, David * McEldowney, Kenneth * Slade, Gabrielle * ORVET * FRENCH CANCAN * Nichols, Dudley * Caron, Leslie
AUGUST 1954
News of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Simenon, Georges * Slade, Gabrielle * FRENCH CANCAN
SEPTEMBER 1954
Photocopies of correspondence to and from Kenneth McEldowney re: (alleged) financial improprieties concerning THE RIVER - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * McEldowney, Kenneth * RIVER, THE * Slade, Jean * Simenon, Georges * Slade, Gabrielle * Odets, Clifford * Nichols, Dudley
OCTOBER 1954
Preparations for ORVET, publicity for LE CARROSSE D'OR - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Gabrielle * Caron, Leslie * Hovald, Patrice * ORVET * CARROSSE D'OR, LE
NOVEMBER 1954
News of family. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Jean * Slade, Gabrielle
DECEMBER 1954
Shooting of FRENCH CANCAN - preparations for ORVET - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Caron, Leslie * ORVET * Slade, Gabrielle * Smith, Bessie * FRENCH CANCAN
Offer of role in FRENCH CANCAN to Leslie Caron - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Caron, Leslie * Renoir, Alain * FRENCH CANCAN * Slade, Gabrielle
FEBRUARY 1955
Gallimard contract for publication rights to ORVET - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * ORVET * Nichols, Dudley
MARCH 1955
Death of Louis Guillaume - rights to ORVET - news of family. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Gabrielle * Nichols, Dudley * Guillaume, Louis
APRIL 1955
J.R.'s contract with C.I.M.U.R.A. - J.R.'s interest in producing Clifford Odets's play THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - FRENCH CANCAN wins "Grand Prix de l'Academie du Cinema" for best French film of 1955 - news of friends - inludes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Ryan, Jessica * Nichols, Dudley * Loew, David * ORVET * Odets, Clifford * Auric, Georges * FRENCH CANCAN
MAY 1955
J.R. receives payment for author's share of ORVET German and Italian language adaptation rights - J.R.'s interest in producing Clifford Odets's play THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRAND COUTEAU) - news of family. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Jean * Montel, Blanche * Odets, Clifford * GRAND COUTEAU, LE
JUNE 1955
Reactions to FRENCH CANCAN - publishing of J.R.'s song "Complainte de la Butte" from FRENCH CANCAN - J.R.'s interest in producing Clifford Odets's play THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Slade, Jean * Slade, Gabrielle * Nichols, Dudley * Kosma, Joseph * ORVET * FRENCH CANCAN
JULY 1955
J.R. receives payments for FRENCH CANCAN - preparations for JULES CESAR and ORVET - loan of artwork of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Loew, David * Nichols, Dudley
AUGUST 1955
News of family and friends - publication of J.R.'s song "Complainte de la Butte" from FRENCH CANCAN - preparations for production of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - J.R.'s payments for ORVET. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Montel, Blanche * ORVET * Serge, Jean * Slade, Gabrielle * Stravinsky, Igor
SEPTEMBER 1955
Rogers and Hammerstein's interest in adapting ORVET as a musical - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Spaak, Charles * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * ORVET * Slade, Gabrielle * Glass, Eric
OCTOBER 1955
ORVET synopsis sent to Rogers and Hammerstein - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Slade, Gabrielle * ORVET
NOVEMBER 1955
News of friends - loan of artwork to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley
DECEMBER 1955
Registration of "Complainte de la Butte" song from FRENCH CANCAN with Centre National de la Cinematographie. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Watier, Lucienne * FRENCH CANCAN
JANUARY 1956
News of friends - business correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Doynel, Ginette
FEBRUARY 1956
News of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley
MARCH 1956
Shooting ELENA ET LES HOMMES - preparations for production of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of friends - Italian rights to ORVET - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * ORVET * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Nichols, Dudley * Martel, Blanche * Odets, Clifford
APRIL 1956
Preparations for production of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - rights to ORVET - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Montel, Blanche * ORVET * Odets, Clifford * GRAND COUTEAU, LE
MAY-JUNE 1956
News of family - J.R. offers of his translation of Clifford Odets's LE GRANDE COUTEAU for publication. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Gallimard, Gaston * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * RIVER, THE
JULY 1956
Casting of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of family and friends - rights to ELENA ET LES HOMMES - J.R. working on RENOIR PAR RENOIR - English adaptation of ORVET. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Gabrielle * Slade, Jean * Flaud, Jacques * Doynel, Ginette * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * Montel, Blanche * ORVET * Glass, Eric * Odets, Clifford * Braunberger, Pierre * Dewalde, Jean * Serge, Jean * RENOIR PAR RENOIR
AUGUST 1956
Casting of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of family - reactions to ELENA ET LES HOMMES - J.R. trying to acquire illegal copies of LA REGLE DU JEU. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Bergman, Ingrid * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * REGLE DU JEU, LA * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Caron, Leslie * O'Neill, Carlotta Monterrey * Slade, Gabrielle * Odets, Clifford
SEPTEMBER 1956
News of family and friends - J.R.'s lecture at Hunter College High School - recording of J.R.'s song "Complainte de la Butte" from FRENCH CANCAN - ELENA ET LES HOMMES: success in France and editing instructions. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Blavette, Charles * Lichtig, Renee * Slade, Gabrielle * Deutschmeister, Henri * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * ALBUM DE FAMILLE, L' * Montel, Blanche * Doynel, Ginette * Sicard, Suzanne * Sicard, Pierre * Serge, Jean * Simenon, Georges * Caron, Leslie * Meerson, Mary * Cocteau, Jean * Miller, Mitch * Meurisse, Paul * Ilyin, Maximilian
OCTOBER 1956
J.R.'s author's rights for L'ALBUM DE FAMILLE DE J.R. - news of friends - ELENA ET LES HOMME: dubbing in English and reactions to the film. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * Deutschmeister, Henri * Bazin, Andre * Doynel, Ginette * Montel, Blanche * Bergman, Ingrid * Kresel, Lee * Meurisse, Paul * Caron, Leslie * Clair, Rene * Cartier-Bresson, Henri * ALBUM DE FAMILLE, L'
NOVEMBER 1956
News of family and friends - English rights to ORVET - re-recording dialogue of ELENA ET LES HOMMES - J.R.'s rights to his old films. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Von Stroheim, Erich * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Bergman, Ingrid * Lewin, Albert * Lestringuez, Marie * Meurisse, Paul * ORVET * Serge, Jean * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Doynel, Ginette * Bazin, Andre
DECEMBER 1956
Earning statements for THE RIVER - plans to re-release LA GRANDE ILLUSION - J.R.'s salary not being paid for ELENA ET LES HOMMES. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * RIVER, THE * Doynel, Ginette * Brown, Kay * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Kresel, Lee * Bergman, Ingrid * Blavette, Charles * ELENA ET LES HOMMES
Reactions to ELENA ET LES HOMMES - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Rossellini, Roberto * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * Koch, Carl * Vaughan, Olwen * Renoir, Alain * Reiniger, Lotte * Simenon, Georges
JANUARY 1957
Earning statements for THE RIVER and FRENCH CANCAN - news of family and friends - reactions to ELENA ET LES HOMMES in Rome - J.R.'s attempts to gain control of LA GRANDE ILLUSION distributuion - Ingrid Bergman's return to U.S.A. -J.R. not being paid for ELENA ET LES HOMMES - J.R.'s desire to have Erich Von Stroheim re-record dialogue for re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Simenon, Georges * Tessier, Valentine * Serge, Jean * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Bergman, Ingrid * Doynel, Ginette * Von Stroheim, Erich * FRENCH CANCAN
FEBRUARY 1957
Earning statements for THE RIVER - plans for re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - casting and plans for the stage production of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - projects with Leslie Caron - English translation of ORVET - ELENA ET LES HOMMES: reactions to the film and J.R.'s salary not being paid. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Serge, Jean * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Caron, Leslie * Scott, Zachary * Meurisse, Paul * Bergman, Ingrid * Kresel, Lee * Doynel, Ginette * Griot, Jean * RIVER, THE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Griffith, Richard * ORVET
MARCH 1957
Earning statements for THE RIVER - casting of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of friends - copies of LA GRANDE ILLUSION and TONI given to the Museum of Modern Art in New York - J.R. working on RENOIR PAR RENOIR - J.R.'s rights to his old films. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Simenon, Georges * Serge, Jean * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Scott, Zachary * Caron, Leslie * Meurisse, Paul * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Bergman, Ingrid * Kresel, Lee * Doynel, Ginette * Griot, Jean * RIVER, THE * Gaut, Pierre * RENOIR PAR RENOIR
APRIL 1957
Earning statements and contract copies for THE RIVER - preparations for THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron - illness of Erich Von Stroheim - J.R. working on RENOIR PAR RENOIR - J.R. attends the San Francisco film festival - bad editing by Warner Brothers of ELENA ET LES HOMMES and subsequent bad reviews. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Serge, Jean * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * ELENA ET LES HOMMES * RIVER, THE * Serge, Jean * Simenon, Georges * Scott, Zachary * Eveillard-Vernac, Denise * Caron, Leslie * Meurisse, Paul * Bergman, Ingrid * RENOIR PAR RENOIR
MAY 1957
Sale of Renoir family home Les Collettes to France - news of family and friends - plans for re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron - invitations - death of Erich Von Stroheim. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Sr. * Renoir, Alain * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Serge, Jean * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Spaak, Charles * Simenon, Georges * Caron, Leslie * Bergman, Ingrid * Doynel, Ginette * Von Stroheim, Erich * Griffith, Richard * THREE ROOMS IN MANHATTAN
JUNE 1957
Earning statements for THE RIVER - J.R.'s speech at Mills College - English translation of ORVET - J.R. conferred honorary membership of U.C.L.A. Theatre Arts Kap and Bells - news of friends - illness of J.R.'s godmother, Jeanne Baudot. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Presle, Micheline * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Caron, Leslie * Kresel, Lee * ORVET * Bergman, Ingrid * Andre, Jacqueline * Doynel, Ginette * Baudot, Jeanne * Rouart, Julie Manet * RIVER, THE
JULY 1957
Earning statements for THE RIVER - news of friends - death of J.R.'s godmother, Jeanne Baudot - performance of ORVET in Baden-Baden. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Olaf, Pierre * Baudot, Jeanne * Rouart, Julie Manet * Doynel, Ginette * Meurisse, Paul * ORVET * RIVER, THE
AUGUST 1957
J.R.'s desire to form a company with Charles Spaak to re-release his old films - preparations for THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Spaak, Charles * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Serge, Jean * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Tessier, Valentine * Caron, Leslie * Meurisse, Paul * Bergman, Ingrid * RIVER, THE * Odets, Clifford
SEPTEMBER 1957
Letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during rehearsals for THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - controversy over the editing of an article on J.R. by Francois Truffaut. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * RIVER, THE * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Truffaut, Francois * Doynel, Ginette
OCTOBER 1957
Project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron - earning statements for THE RIVER - J.R. asked to be on the faculty of U.C. Berkeley - letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during rehearsals and performances of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) in Paris - news of family and friends - hiring of Ginette Doynel as full-time manager - translations of ORVET - J.R. writing CAROLA (working title: Judith) - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * RIVER, THE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * ORVET * CAROLA * Spaak, Charles * Smith, Henry Nash * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Alain * Doynel, Ginette * Bergman, Ingrid * Kresel, Lee * Odets, Clifford * Meurisse, Paul
NOVEMBER 1957
J.R. declines U.C. Berkeley invitation - letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir during run of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - J.R. working on CAROLA (working title: Judith) - project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * Renoir, Alain * Godden, Rumer * Meurisse, Paul * Doynel, Ginette * CAROLA * Kresel, Lee * Blackwell, Earl * Blavette, Charles * THREE ROOMS IN MANHATTAN
DECEMBER 1957
News of family and friends - letters to and from J.R. and Dido Renoir duing the run of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRANDE COUTEAU) - J.R. asked to write a tribute article on Erich Von Stroheim - Christmas greetings. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Mekas, Jonas * Meurisse, Paul * Doynel, Ginette * Tessier, Valentine * Valery, Jeanne
Request by Paul Gachet to publish his father's letters from Pierre-Auguste Renoir - letters from J.R. to Dido Renoir - death of Erich Von Stroheim. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Gachet, Paul * Tessier, Valentine * Caron, Leslie * Meurisse, Paul * Eveillard-Vernac, Denise * Von Stroheim, Erich * Renoir, Alain * Macchi, Guilio
JANUARY 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - plans to the re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - J.R. working on CAROLA - invitations - Pierre-Auguste Renoir exhibition for children's charities in N.Y.C. - end of THE BIG KNIFE (LE GRAND COUTEAU) run in Paris - J.R. working on RENOIR PAR RENOIR - news of family and friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * RIVER, THE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * GRAND COUTEAU, LE * Kamenka, Alexandre * Kertz, Leo * CAROLA * Meurisse, Paul * Spaak, Charles * Caron, Leslie * Doynel, Ginette * Kresel, Lee * Brown, Kay * Bell, Ulric * RENOIR PAR RENOIR
FEBRUARY 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - J.R. given tribute at the Sorbonne - plans for the re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - J.R. working on RENOIR PAR RENOIR. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Spaak, Charles * Doynel, Ginette * RIVER, THE * Macchi, Guilio * RENOIR PAR RENOIR
MARCH 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - copies made of LA GRANDE ILLUSION in preparation for the re-release - translations of ORVET - project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * RIVER, THE * Spaak, Charles * Doynel, Ginette * Bell, Ulric * Kerr, Deborah * Kresel, Lee * Lloyd, Norman * Hughes, Robert * Brown, Kay * Griffith, Richard * Gaut, Pierre * Flaiano, Ennio * Caron, Leslie * Renoir, Claude, Jr. * THREE ROOMS IN MANHATTAN
APRIL 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - interest in CAROLA - news of LE GRAND COUTEAU. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * RIVER, THE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Brown, Kay * Nichols, Dudley * Caron, Leslie * Doynel, Ginette * CAROLA
MAY 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - projects - postponement of LA GRANDE ILLUSION re-release - notes from Screen Director's Guild meeting - news of friends - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Smith, Bessie * Kresel, Lee * CAROLA * Huebner, Rolf * Henry, Ed * Sidney, George * RIVER, THE * Odets, Clifford * GRAND COUTEAU, LE
JUNE 1958
Earning statements of THE RIVER - news of friends - interest in CAROLA - project "Three Rooms in Manhattan" with Leslie Caron. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Julien, A.M. * Watier, Lucienne * Caron, Leslie * RIVER, THE * THREE ROOMS IN MANHATTAN
JULY 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - news of friends - work on English translation of CAROLA - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Spaak, Charles * RIVER, THE * Caron, Leslie * Nichols, Dudley * Kresel, Lee * Doynel, Ginette
AUGUST 1958
Earning statements for THE RIVER - J.R. awarded Golden Laurel Trophy - news of friends - illness of Dudley Nichols. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Griffith, Richard * Selznick, David O. * Jurgens, Kurt * Nichols, Dudley * Odets, Clifford * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Spaak, Charles * RIVER, THE
SEPTEMBER 1958
Re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - news of family and friends - earning statements for THE RIVER. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Renoir, Alain * CAROLA * Odets, Clifford * Spaak, Charles * Becker, Jacques * RIVER, THE
OCTOBER 1958
Re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - English translation of CAROLA - ORVET performed on Spanish radio - J.R. directing Tcherina's ballet LE FEU AUX POUDRES - news of friends - photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * CAROLA * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * ORVET * FEU AUX POUDRES, LE * Caron, Leslie * Tcherina, Ludmilla * Daste, Jean * Spaak, Charles * Doynel, Ginette * Odets, Clifford
NOVEMBER 1958
Interest in CAROLA - J.R. working on ballet LE FEU AUX POUDRES with Tcherina - planning for LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE - success of LA GRANDE ILLUSION re-release. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Huebner, Rolf * CAROLA * Bonnat, Yves * Caron, Leslie * Picasso, Pablo * FEU AUX POUDRES, LE * Odets, Clifford * DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE, LE * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA
DECEMBER 1958
News of family and friends - interest in CAROLA - re-release of LA GRANDE ILLUSION - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Slade, Jean * Huebner, Rolf * CAROLA * Nichols, Dudley * Caron, Leslie * Odets, Clifford * Daste, Jean * Spaak, Charles
News of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Nichols, Dudley * Caron, Leslie * Odets, Clifford
JANUARY 1959
J.R. direction of Ludmilla Tcherina's ballet LE FEU AUX POUDRES - news of family and friends - search for unauthorized LA GRANDE ILLUSION prints - ORVET performed at a "Renoir" festival - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * FEU AUX POUDRES, LE * Doynel, Ginette * Godden, Rumer * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * ORVET * Caron, Leslie
FEBRUARY 1959
J.R. invited to teach at U.C. Berkeley - business letters - invitations. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Renoir, Alain * Tcherina, Ludmilla * Spaak, Charles
MARCH 1959
ORVET performed at an amateur theatre festival - J.R. accepts teaching semester at U.C. Berkeley - J.R.'s experience shooting LE TESTAMENT DU DR. CORDELIER for French T.V. - death of Gabrielle Slade. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * ORVET * DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE, LE * TESTAMENT DU DR. CORDELIER, LE * Slade, Gabrielle * Renoir, Alain * Bergman, Ingrid * Spaak, Charles
APRIL 1959
Performance of ORVET at an amateur theatre festival - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Spaak, Charles * ORVET * Ayme, Marcel * Guilheim, Jean
MAY 1959
News of friends - J.R. accepts position for Spring 1960 semester at U.C. Berkeley. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * GRANDE ILLUSION, LA * Spaak, Charles * Flaud, Jacques * Smith, Henry Nash * Renoir, Alain * Macchi, Guilio
JUNE 1959
Reactions to performance of ORVET at an amateur theatre festival - receipts for copies of LA GRANDE ILLUSION. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * TESTAMENT DU DR. CORDELIER, LE * Spaak, Charles * Doynel, Ginette
JULY 1959
J.R. shooting LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE at "Les Collettes" and contractual correspondence - includes photocopied correspondence. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE, LE * Smith, Henry Nash * Caron, Leslie
AUGUST 1959
J.R. shooting LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE - J.R. project to produce ORVET at U.C. Berkeley. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Odets, Clifford * Renoir, Alain * Smith, Henry Nash
SEPTEMBER 1959
Controversy over the simultaneous film and television release of LE TESTAMENT DU DR. CORDELIER - plans for J.R.'s semester at U.C. Berkley Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Spaak, Charles * TESTAMENT DU DR. CORDELIER, LE * Guilheim, Jean * Renoir, Alain * Bogard, Travis
OCTOBER 1959
Plans for J.R.'s semester at U.C. Berkeley and project of a film at Berkeley. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Bogard, Travis
NOVEMBER 1959
Commerical rights to LA MARSEILLAISE - use of extract of ORVET for French television - J.R. plans for semester for U.C. Berkeley - publicity for LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Bogard, Travis * MARSEILLAISE, LA * ORVET
DECEMBER 1959
J.R. plans for teaching semester at U.C. Berkeley - news of friends - production of ORVET. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Vogel, Amos * ORVET * Wolquitt, Eleanor * Bogard, Travis
Business correspondence for LE FEU AUX POUDRES - news of friends. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Krim, Villem * FEU AUX POUDRES, LE * Doynel, Ginette
UNDATED 1950-1959
News of family and friends - opening of Odets's play "The Country Girl" - invitations - project: film with Gerard Philippe - death of Conrad Slade. Includes correspondence regarding or with: * Renoir, Alain * Evans, Ernestine * Odets, Clifford * Odets, Bette * Peck, Sedley * Philippe, Gerard * Slade, Gabrielle * Godden, Rumer * Andre, Malek * Renoir, Pierre * Chaplin, Charlie * Cezanne, Renee * Chaplin, Oona * Braque, Georges * Delamare, Lise * Mudd, Mildred * Nichols, Dudley * Guillaume, Louis * Bazin, Andre