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Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
Sound film, sold at the 1900 Exposition.
What
François Flameng's 1900 poster for the Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, rue de Paris, at the Exposition Universelle.
Why
The theatre showed actors in "living visions" with recorded sound on the Gratioulet-Lioret system, a quarter century before the talkies.
Notice
Mme Réjane is drawn on the sheet, with the names of eighteen other performers who appeared.
“Talking pictures, 1900.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre (1900), dir. Clément Maurice
- Country / studio
- France
- Designer
- François Flameng
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- French exposition poster, 1900
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Archives nationales, De l'image fixe à l'image animée, 2014)
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. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.
