Lucienne BRÉVAL (1869-1935) cantatrice. Lot n° 19

8 L. A. (minutes, one signed), plus 2 letters written for her (minutes), and 13 letters or attachments, 1921; plus 25 L. A. S., ca. 1921-1934; about 90 pages in various formats. About L'Arlésienne, a film adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's drama, directed by André Antoine for the Société d'Éditions cinématographiques (1921). Letter-contract for Bréval, in the role of Rose Mamaï. Correspondence with Pierre Decourcelle about deleted scenes, new reworked scenes to be shot in Arles, editing, etc. Attached are 3 original photographs of Bréval and the L'Arlésienne team, and 2 press clippings. Affectionate correspondence to his pupil Germaine Gien (3 to her husband, Léon Bélugou, and 3 to their daughter, his goddaughter Lucienne Bélugou), ca. 1921-1934. Advice for Germaine's "superb" voice: "don't sing without piano - and not too high-pitched...". Have you seen Rulhmann I love him very much, he has always been perfect for me "... Family news, and from " Father Weber ", Bonnet, the Dorivals, Mrs Jacquemaire Clemenceau, etc. We enclose 2 letters (one incomplete) to her from Germaine Gien. Plus a set of 15 letters or photographs, and a booklet of postcards depicting the retirement home for dramatic artists in Pont-aux-Dames.