The Grand Maneuver [Les grandes manoeuvres]

Paris: Cinedis, 1955. Original single weight film still for the 1955 French film, showing actress Michele Morgan sipping tea in long black gloves. Numerical notation stamped on the verso.

Director René Clair's first color film, based largely on his childhood experiences. Winner of two French film awards, the Prix Louis-Delluc and the Prix Melies. Screened out-of-competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Still photographer Serge Beauvarlet remains uncredited for the film, perhaps overshadowed by the film's prolific cinematographer, Robert Lefebvre.

In the years just before World War I, a womanizing lieutenant bets that he can seduce a woman in time for his company to begin its summer maneuvers. The woman in question is a divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and is also being courted by another man.

9 x 7 inches, with short white border. Very Good plus, with light curling and brief wear to lower corners.

[Book #145022]