"... des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes ! "

Autograph letter signed by Abel Gance, from his Parisian home, addressed to Carlo Rim, 19 lines in black ink, requesting Carlo Rim's discretion in order to spare the sensitivities of Nelly Kaplan and Abel Gance's wife : "Cher Carlo, soyez gentil - & je compte sur votre discrétion totale, de ne rien dire à Nelly Kaplan au sujet de la demande que je vous ai faite pour mad.e Gance - Des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes !" ["Dear Carlo, be kind - & I count on your complete discretion, to say nothing to Nelly Kaplan about the request I made to you for Mrs. Gance - Insignificant details often become aggravated with women's nerves!"]
Abel Gance, caught up in the pharaonic project of his film "Austerlitz" (released in 1960 with Pierre Mondy, Jean Marais and Martine Carol) is not certain of appearing at the Cannes festival: "J'essaierai de venir à Cannes les 2-3 derniers jours - Cela dépendra de la finition de ma copie d'Austerlitz mais je ne crains de terminer que le 21 mai". ["I will try to come to Cannes the last 2-3 days - It will depend on finishing my copy of Austerlitz but I fear I won't finish until May 21st."]
Central folds inherent to mailing, light tears and marginal folds of no consequence to the letter's margins.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, notably author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker: "Justin de Marseille", "L'armoire volante", "La maison Bonnadieu", and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.