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Renoir mss

 
Series: Correspondence  

Box 1 Folder 1-3
Correspondence, Claude Renoir: letters to and from Claude Renoir, 1921-1968 
Box 1 Folder 4-6
Correspondence, Jean Renoir: letters primarily from Jean Renoir to Claude and other family members; a few from Claude to Jean, 1914-1968 
Box 1 Folder 7
Military documents and papers of Jean Renoir, 1917-1922. 
 
Series: Films  

 
Scope Note: Arranged alphabetically by title of film.
Box 1 Folder 8
Le Capitaine a Perdu le Nord - Sujet de Film par Claude Renoir et Herbert Victor, 1945 
Box 1 Folder 9
Cezanne - Miscellaneous notes, script drafts and fragments about Paul Cezanne
Box 1 Folder 10
Cezanne - Notebook of Claude Renoir, with notes about Cezanne, 1958 
Box 1 Folder 11
Cezanne – Script: Scénario de Claude Renoir Sr.; Commentaire de Jean Renoir. T.D.,  17p.
Box 1 Folder 12
Charleston - Scénario de Pierre Lestringuez; Réalisé par Jean Renoir. T(carbon)D.,  2p.
Box 1 Folder 13
Les Donneurs de Sang. Synopsis, T(carbon)D.,  11p.
Box 1 Folder 14
Les Evasions du Colonel Pinsard. Synopsis. T(carbon)D.,  18p.
Box 1 Folder 15
Le Fiancé de Mlle Thompson. Comedie en 1 acte. A.D.,  30p.
Box 1 Folder 16
Le Jardinier d’Argenteuil. Contract for film rights; miscellaneous notes
Box 1 Folder 17
Le Jardinier d’Argenteuil. d’après le roman de René Jouglet. Synopsis, T.D.,  14p.

(4 copies)

Box 1 Folder 18
Le Jardinier d’Argenteuil. d’après le roman de René Jouglet. Script T.D.
Box 1 Folder 19
Je suis au Paradis. Sujet de film de Jean Fred-Mele. [a.k.a. "Vacances" and "Bonnes Vacances"] Script. T.D.,  25p.
Box 1 Folder 20
Je suis au Paradis. April [19]53  version. T(carbon)D.  23p.

(3 copies, 1 with numerous changes and annotations in ink and pencil.) Accompanied by miscellaneous pages concerning music, expenditures, etc.

Box 1 Folder 21
"Nana" Contacts & Agreements concerning distribution of film, Oct 1925-Jun 1926 
Box 1 Folder 22
"Nana" concerning distribution in and outside France, 1925-1926 
Box 1 Folder 23
Opera Musette. Miscellanoeus - lists of scenes, of actors, etc.
Box 1 Folder 24
Opera Musette. Plan de Travail. 10 Sep 1941 
Box 1 Folder 25
Opera - Musette. Scénario de Fernand Pouey at René Lefevre; Dialogues de René Lefevre. Script, Jul 1941,  with corrections and changes throughout  (Spiral bound)
Box 1 Folder 26
Opera – Musette. Script, Jul 1941.   106p.
Box 1 Folder 27
La Peur. [play] A.D.,  10p.

Settings, directions, and characters written in red ink; dialogue in purple ink

Box 1 Folder 28
Les Portes de L’enfer, by André Chauvin - Scénario. T(carbon)D.,  47p.
Box 1 Folder 29
La Tosca. Resume des Scenes. T(carbon)D.,  28p.
Box 1 Folder 30
Villevieille. Synopsis. T.D.,  4p.
Box 1 Folder 31
Yvette. Transposition Cinématographique de la Nouvelle de Guy de Maupassant. Synopsis. T.(carbon)D.,  34p.
Box 1 Folder 32
Unidentified synopsis or scenario, beginning “PARIS—Le Grand Palais (extérieur)....” Characters include artist Pierre Palette, Gilbert Soyer, Odette Chennevière, et al. T.(carbon)D.,  28p.

Some notes and annotations in ink on versos of pages.

 
Series: Miscellaneous  

Box 1 Folder 33
Renoir, Claude. Identity/membership cards (2)
Box 1 Folder 34
Renoir, C. Film projects (4)
Box 1 Folder 35-37
Renoir, C. Miscellaneous notes, fragments, etc. concerning film
Box 1 Folder 38
Renoir, Jean. Miscellaneous notes, etc. concerning film
 
Series: Financial  

Box 1 Folder 39
Societé Franco Film de Distribution, 1927 
Box 1 Folder 40
Contract forming NEF film company, 1938 
Box 1 Folder 41
Notebook - film distribution record, 1942-1943. 
 
Scope Note: "Le Paradis Terrestre," Dec 1942-Oct 1943; "La Creation du Monde," Dec 1942-Nov 1943; "Les Bêtes blanches et les Bêtes noires," Jun-Nov 1943
Box 1 Folder 42
Travel receipts and documents for Claude Renoir, 1945 
Box 1 Folder 43
Le Manifeste du Comité de Défense du Cinéma Français, 1948 
Box 1 Folder 44
Assurance des Productions de Film, undated
Box 1 Folder 45
Exposé du Projet Franco – Britannique [Statement connected with Claude Renoir, relating to a contract for joint French/English film] T.D., undated 4p.
Box 1 Folder 46
Miscellaneous financial documents and accounts
 
Series: Photographs  

Box 1 Folder 47
Photographs (snapshots) of Jean Renoir in the military, World War I (13)
Box 1 Folder 48
Portrait photographs of Jean Renoir (5)
Box 1 Folder 49
Photograph album - Jean Renoir at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

(Renoir sent the photographs to his sister-in-law, Claude’s wife, Paulette, ca. 1979. Included are photos of the garden, house interior and exterior views, and of Jean, family, and pets (8))

Box 1 Folder 50
Photographs of sets or scenes from film(s) by Jean Renoir (6)
 
Series: Printed  

Box 1 Folder 51
Lobby card for "La Règle du Jeu," de Jean Renoir

(2 copies)

Box 1 Folder 52
Chéret, Pierre. Exposé sur la situation financière du Cinéma Français. Conference, 30 Jan 1945. 
Box 1 Folder 53
Le Syndicat des Techniciens de la Production Cinématographique. Various documents relating to meetings, etc., ca. 1945-1947 
Box 1 Folder 54
Le Syndicat des Techniciens de la Production Cinématographique – Bulletin Périodique, 1946-1947. 
Box 1 Folder 55
Documents relating to French cinema (2)
Box 1 Folder 56
Various bulletins, circulars and clippings, all relating to French cinema, ca. 1944-1948