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  Just came across this picture, while doing some research: Orson Welles, Juliette Gréco and Françoise Sagan at the Cannes film festival in 1959. The Hollywood tycoon Darryl F Zanuck, who was madly in love with Juliette Gréco, gave her starring roles in John Huston's "Roots of Heaven" and Richard Fleischer's "Crack in the Mirror", alongside Orson Welles in both. In an interview to The Guardian, the legendary Left-Bank muse and singer (who turned 92 on Feb 7th) recalls: "I don't think I have ever laughed as much in my life as during those years. The writer Françoise Sagan was always visiting me then, too – she was barely 20 and really wicked, in the nicest way. We were like children. Orson was a genius and a gentle ogre, Françoise was extraordinarily witty. We loved eating, drinking and being merry. You should have seen us all after a dinner, roaring with laughter in St Tropez's deserted streets at night. We were very naughty." Those were the days... 🤒 #juliettegreco #orsonwelles #francoisesagan #oldphoto #nostalgic #cannesfilmfestival #joiedevivre #trueglamour #frenchwriter #frenchsinger #americanfilmdirector #bonjourtristesse #labelleepoque #thosewerethedays #wickedinagoodway

  Repost @travelinggentleman "Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.” ―Karl Lagerfeld. Rest in Peace Kaiser Karl (10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) #karllagerfeld #fashion #designer  #chanel #books #bookcollection #library  #homelibrary #bookstagram #style #booklover #rip

  As the carnival begins in Venice, I feel nostalgic, though I wouldn't want to be there right now. Not with the crowds. But it reminds me of my previous stays in the city, when I was lucky enough to stay in friends' apartments, rather than hotels, and live for a few days like a local. I could say, snobbishly, like Henry James, "Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice, there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.” Or joyfully, like Marcel Proust: “When I went to Venice, I discovered that my dream had become—incredibly, but quite simply—my address.” I once stayed in Palazzo Minotto Barbarigo (now known as the Music Palazzo) and slept in the Tiepolo room, under his fresco on the ceiling... 🎨 The drawings are by Gérard Ramon, author of "In Love with Paris". 🎨 Perhaps Betimes Books should publish "In Love with Venice" and then I, as a publisher, would have to return to Venice again, on a research trip... ❓What do you think? ❓ #nostalgic #missvenice #inlovewithvenice #watercolours #mixedmedia #gerardramon #frenchartist #inlovewithparis #marcelproust #henryjames #quotesaboutvenice #writersaboutvenice #publisherslife #publishingideas #betimesbooks #artstagram #bookstagram

  I doubt too many enamoured couples would be reading together tonight, but as a publisher I have to suggest the idea 😉 #behappy 💓 #bereading 📖 #buybooks 📚 #valentinesday 💘 #publishersdream 📘📙📗📑 #couplereading #booksarethebestgifts #betimesbooks

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