SACHA GUITRY

SEATED AT HIS DESK

in front, framed artwork on display

Vintage, "9 1/2 " x 7", single weight, glossy

Photo by P. Philip with stamp on verso

Inscribed: "a mon ami Albert Dubeux"

Condition: minor signs of handling

Sacha Guitry was a Russian-born le plus cher French stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and playwright

of the Boulevard Theatre in Paris. He worked with many famous French actors of the day including

Andre LeFaur in Nine Bachelors (1939), which he wrote, directed and starred in and with Maurice

Escande in The Lame Devil - Le Diable Boiteux (1948) also written, directed and starring Guitry.

In 1944, after the Liberation of Paris, Guitry was arrested and charged with collaboration with the

Nazis, but he was later vindicated.

Born: 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia; died: 1957, Paris, France.