Signed postcard photograph of the French actor and director, who has inscribed "Pour Paul / Amitiés / JL Barrault" in black ink. Light wear to edges, else fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 8.9 x 14 cm.
Barrault is best remembered on screen as the mime Baptiste Debureau in Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). With his wife, Madeleine Renaud, he founded the Compagnie Renaud-Barrault in 1946, and he later directed the Théâtre de France at the Odéon.
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.
Signed postcard photograph of the French actor and director, who has inscribed "Pour Paul / Amitiés / JL Barrault" in black ink. Light wear to edges, else fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 8.9 x 14 cm.
Barrault is best remembered on screen as the mime Baptiste Debureau in Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). With his wife, Madeleine Renaud, he founded the Compagnie Renaud-Barrault in 1946, and he later directed the Théâtre de France at the Odéon.
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.