Every once in awhile, I receive a nice note or email from somebody who has read WORLD'S COOLEST MOVIE STAR, my book about Jean Gabin (www.jeangabinbook.com).
Today, I was delighted to receive this unexpected email from the office of France's Minister of Culture, the Honorable Christine Albanel.
Monsieur Charles ZIGMAN
Nos réf. : CC/19396/MAC
Monsieur,
Vous avez bien voulu adresser à Christine Albanel, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, vos deux livres consacrés à Jean Gabin.
La ministre a pris connaissance avec beaucoup de plaisir de ces deux ouvrages et m’a chargé de vous remercier pour votre contribution de grande qualité à la mémoire d’une étoile du cinéma français.
Je vous prie d’agréer, Monsieur, l’expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs.
Le Chef de cabinet
Olivier BREUILLY
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Sir,
Christine Albanel, Minister of Culture and Communication, has received your two books devoted to Jean Gabin.
The Minister noted these two books with great pleasure, and has asked me to thank you for your contribution of high-quality memory of a star of French cinema.
Please accept the assurances of my best.
The Chief of Staff,
Olivier BREUILLY
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PS: Some Gabin "Dribs and Drabs" for a December Morning:
-- reader Brian D. Scott emailed and told me that he remembers Telly Savalas playing Pepe Le Moko on the old CBS "Carol Burnett Show;"
-- Lawrence Peck tells me that there is (or was, a few years ago) a karaoke bar in Seoul, Korea called "The Jean Gabin Club," and he's trying to find his old matchbook with the silhouette of Gabin on it... I'll post it here, if it ever turns up.
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