Louis Bromfield (1896 – 1956) - Als from Louis Bromfield Regarding the Emergency Committee for American Wounded in the Spanish CIVIL War

Senlis, Oise, France: circa 1938. 4to. 2pp. in French. To Joseph [Renard?}. At the end of the Spanish Civil War, Bromfield served as the chairman of the Paris-based Emergency Committee for American Wounded, which helped repatriate volunteers who had fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigades. He later received the French Legion of Honor for this effort.. Falling in love with France, he took a 50 year lease in 1925 on the Presbytere de St. Etienne in Senlis. His daughters Hope (1929) and Ellen (1932) are born there. The famous family became known in social circles for their lavish entertaining while in Senlis.. Bromfield publishes a series of short stories titled It Takes All Kinds. He writes and publishes a 33-page pamphlet titled England: A Dieing Oligarchy. The pamphlet is a harsh critique of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policies towards Adolf Hitler. While in Ohio, he buys three farms near Lucas, OH and names them "Malabar Farm". Spending time in Hollywood, Bromfield publishes two screenplays, Bringham young, Frontiersman and It All Came True. The Rains Came, a movie adaptation of his best selling novel, premiers in Mansfield, OH. With the inevitability of war, George Hawkins is sent to Senlis to arrange the shipping of Bromfield's possessions... (en français, parlant de son travail au « comité pour l’aide des Américains blessés en Espagne »). Provenance: SAS Signatures, Paris. Expertise by Thierry BODIN Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en Oeuvres d’Art Librairie Les Autographes 45, rue de l’Abbé Grégoire 75006 PARIS. .

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