Who did that to those poor cars? N°1 - Solved by Ehhxekt, jotage 21, Allemano &

[Ray B.]

There is a very tight relation between #9 and this man.

[Ray B.]

And a much more farfetched (and semantic) relation between #7 and this woman.

[Ray B.]

 

[Otto Puzzell]

I don't know who she is...

[Ray B.]

Actress, singer. Very famous in her time.

[Ray B.]

If I were to tally the points now, we'd have:
Ehhxekt, jotage 21: 6 pts
Allemano: 2 pts
Unfortunately there's still two cars unidentified, despite the clues given, and they'll all have to wait.

[Ray B.]

The loneliness of the forgotten puzzles...

This (see reply #25) is a SELF-portrait. As for the nationality of the artist, it should made obvious by one look at picture #9 in the first page of this puzzle.

[Ray B.]

... as for the girl who was a clue for #7 (see replies 26 and 29), she passed away last Sunday...

[Allemano]

that's Lena Horne...

[Ray B.]

Fine. Now you've got another clue in reply 13, and guess what the name of this girl is...

[pnegyesi]

I assume No9 is a French film and the clue self-portrait shows the director. Right?

[Ray B.]

A french film, yes. Not the director, but even more concerned by the film, which is totally inspired by his work.

[pnegyesi]

Was this clue-guy to No9 an artist, like a painter?

[Ray B.]

I said it was a self portrait, right? Not exactly a painter. But very well known (in France at least) in his time.

[pnegyesi]

"his time" - was that pre-war?

[Ray B.]

Before and after WWII

[pnegyesi]

Was he active in cartoons or caricatures?

[Ray B.]

The word cartoon is too vague. Let's say yes, cartoonist, illustrators. I don't believe he made many caricatures (no political drawings as far as I know). He illustrated several books, made a few famous movie posters.

[pnegyesi]

Roger Soubie?

[Ray B.]

No.
This guy's style is very consistent, whatever the medium, cartoon or movie poster. Here's another example.

[pnegyesi]

The movie is La Rue sans Loi, the guy is Albert Dubout, the car, well, I don't know yet

[Ray B.]

Very well done, as this movie isn't mentioned on the Albert Dubout page (only on a "Dubout" page) on imdb!
The car is to be a "made for movie" car. The specialized website doesn't know more. I doubt that you could, and it's not what we're after.

Only one left!

[pnegyesi]

Lena Horne is phonetically similar to the name of the clue girl, right?

[Ray B.]

Yes. Not her whole name, only half of it.
Add that and the action that you see the clue girl doing, and you're halfway home!

[pnegyesi]

It's like finding a needle in haystack. In the first clue, that girl is jumping over a haystack. Is that from a movie?