Rehearsing Les Parents Terribles (1946)

Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau and Josette Day, during the rehearsals of the play Les Parents Terribles in 1946.

 

Elsa Schiaparelli’s Cocteau evening jacket

Elsa Schiaparelli’s”Cocteau” evening Jacket, Fall 1937. Linen, metallic foil, beads, paillettes. If you don’t know Schiaparelli, do google her, the amazing woman will make your day.  I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited about linen in my entire life.
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Jean Cocteau and Kon Ichikawa

Jean Cocteau and Kon Ichikawa. Undated. Contact me if you have any info about this shot.
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Jean Cocteau on set of Orpheus

Jean Cocteau and Juliette Gréco on the set of Orpheus (1950, directed by Jean Cocteau).
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Yukio Mishima and Jean Cocteau

Japanese author/poet/filmmaker Yukio Mishima and Jean Cocteau. Undated/ Unknown photographer. 
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Beauty & The Beast, Swedish poster.

Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946) Swedish design by Lindforss.

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Jean Cocteau by Cecil Beaton

Jean Cocteau by Cecil Beaton in Toulon (South of France), 1930.

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Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf

Jean Cocteau & Édith Piaf, ca. 1940. Photo by Serge Lido.
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Jean Marais & Jean Cocteau at the Venice Film Festival

Jean Marais & Jean Cocteau at the Venice film festival in 1947, after the release of “Beauty & The Beast”(1946).
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4/5 “The Hands of Jean Cocteau” by Berenice Abbott

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