Tag Archives: Jean Cocteau

1950: Rumble at the Café des Poètes

Posted on August 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

Stolen poems incite a rumble in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950).

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1946: Beauty and the Beast

Posted on September 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jean Cocteau, director: La Belle et la Bête (1946)

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1950: Murals

Posted on October 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

“In the Spring of 1950, Francine Weisweiller invited…Jean Cocteau to the villa for dinner and basically he and his handsome boyfriend…Edouard Dermit ended up moving in and staying for 13 years….Cocteau offered to do a drawing over the fireplace in … Continue reading →

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1913: Cocteau

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacques-Émile Blanche: Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1913)

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1950: Mirrors Are the Doors through which Death Comes and Goes

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jean Marais in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950)

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