Lettre autographe signée de trois pages à son grand ami Carlo Rim : " la page des théâtres est en général absolument hilarante par l'incompréhension absolue de M. Martin (du Gard). Il a d'ailleurs été très gentil pour moi, mais il s'y connait autant que moi en peinture..."

Signed autograph letter of three pages by Marcel Pagnol addressed to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, pseudonym of Jean Marius Richard, one of his oldest accomplices.
(33 lines in blue ink on Théâtre des Variétés letterhead).
Folding traces inherent to being placed in an envelope, a date inscribed in pencil by Carlo Rim, probably that of the receipt of this letter.
In this very fine letter of indulgent and touching tenderness for his old friend Carlo Rim with whom he is slightly at odds, Marcel Pagnol shows less clemency for the theatrical criticisms of Roger Martin du Gard:
"Mon cher Jean,
Je reçois un mot de toi - Il est petit, mais il me fait grand plaisir. Il y a eu entre nous quelque pique imbécile. Partageons en la responsabilité, et embrassons nous Folleville ! J'ai d'ailleurs des nouvelles de toi, par les littéraires - où je regarde tes dessins chaque semaine. Je t'avoue d'ailleurs que c'est la seule raison pour laquelle j'achète ce journal, dont la page des théâtres est en général absolument hilarante par l'incompréhension absolue de M. Martin (du Gard). Il a d'ailleurs été très gentil pour moi, mais il s'y connait autant que moi en peinture. Quand déjeune-t-on ensemble ? Téléphone donc à Gras, qui est aux Variétés tous les jours de 3 à 7. Tous mes respects chez toi. Ton vieux Marcel." ["My dear Jean,
I receive a note from you - It is small, but it gives me great pleasure. There has been some foolish quarrel between us. Let us share the responsibility, and embrace each other Folleville! I have news of you, moreover, through the literary papers - where I look at your drawings each week. I confess to you moreover that it is the only reason for which I buy this journal, whose theatre page is generally absolutely hilarious by the absolute incomprehension of M. Martin (du Gard). He has moreover been very kind to me, but he knows as much about it as I do about painting. When shall we lunch together? Do telephone Gras, who is at the Variétés every day from 3 to 7. All my respects to your household. Your old Marcel."]
Tutor to the aspiring bachelor Jean Marius, the very young graduate Marcel Pagnol preferred to teach him bilboquet, mocking the uselessness of the baccalauréat.
This was the beginning of an unbreakable friendship between the two artists whose literature, theatre and films contributed to the fame of the land of cicadas.