MARCEL CARNÉ - MICHEL DEVILLE - CHRISTIAN-JAQUE SET INCLUDING LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS AND CARDS, SIGNED.

1) MARCEL CARNÉ (1906-1996) Large photograph and card with autograph signed letter. i Black and white photograph dedicated and signed ‘Marcel Carné’ (lower left) In French. 29.5 x 21 cm ii Card (Cannes Festival 1992) autographed and signed ‘Marcel Carné’. Mounted on card with a small colour photograph. In French. 2) MICHEL DEVILLE (1931-2023) Black and white photograph, autographed and signed (top left) In French 17.5 x 24 cm 3) CHRISTIAN-JAQUE (1904-1994) Photograph and card, autographed and signed ‘Christian-Jaque i Autographed colour photograph, signed 29.5 x 21 cm ii Autograph card signed Provenance : Private collection, South of France Marcel Carné was a French film director and screenwriter. During the 1930s and 1940s, he made his mark on the history of French cinema through his collaboration with writer and screenwriter Jacques Prévert. Michel Deville is a French screenwriter and director, who won Best Director at the 1986 César Awards for ‘Péril en la demeure’. Christian Maudet, also known as Christian-Jaque, was a French film director, screenwriter and adaptor. He began designing cinema posters in the early 1920s, before moving on to work as a journalist and then a film set designer. He began directing films in the early 1930s, and in 1932 released his first feature film, ‘Le bidon d'or’.