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Le Manoir du diable
Méliès' first year, billed at his own theatre.
What
The anonymous 1896 lithograph for Le Manoir du diable at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin, 8 boulevard des Italiens, held by the Musée Carnavalet.
Why
Georges Méliès ran the Robert-Houdin as a magic theatre and began showing his own films there in 1896.
Notice
The theatre's address on the boulevard des Italiens is part of the sheet.
“A conjuror's house, turned cinema.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Le Manoir du diable (1896), dir. Georges Méliès
- Country / studio
- France · Star Film
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- French theatre poster, lithograph, 1896
- Source
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris Musées
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
