Lettre dactylographiée et signée à son grand ami et biographe Carlo Rim à propos de sa filmographie et d'un article écrit par Alice Rim, la femme de Carlo, que Fernandel n'a toujours pas "digéré"

Typed letter dated and signed in blue ink by Fernandel, addressed from his Marseilles property "Les milleroses" to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was also his biographer.
(24 lines, creases inherent to folding for mailing as well as in the left margin).
Fernandel first conforms to the courtesies of New Year wishes: "Obligé de commencer ma lettre comme la tienne (par correction), je te présente mes meilleurs voeux pour toi et tous ceux que tu aimes." ["Obliged to begin my letter like yours (out of courtesy), I present my best wishes for you and all those you love."] before signifying that he will not delay in sending him the exhaustive list of his filmography, Carlo Rim wishing to write a biography of his friend Fernandel: "... afin que tu puisses avoir des choses vraies à raconter..." ["... so that you can have true things to tell..."]
Finally, Fernandel returns to an article published in Cinémonde and written by Alice, Carlo Rim's wife, for whom he harbors vindictive memories: "... dis-lui de ma part, qu'on ne peut pas écrire de plus grandes conneries, car d'après son papier, j'ai été imposé dans le film d'Aron... et qui m'avait démandé si cela ne me faisait rien d'avoir Gaby Morlay comme partenaire..." ["... tell her from me, that one cannot write greater nonsense, because according to her article, I was imposed in Aron's film... and who had asked me if it didn't bother me to have Gaby Morlay as a partner..."], Fernandel concluding his letter with a peremptory: "... mon cher Carlo, je te supplie de ne pas prendre ta femme comme collaboratrice pour le livre, car alors..." ["... my dear Carlo, I beg you not to take your wife as collaborator for the book, because then..."]
Manuscript signature in blue ink by Fernandel at the foot of the letter.