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The Barber of Seville, Star Film Catalogue Cover
A costumed barber leaps on a black ground.
What
The cover of a 1904 advertising booklet from Georges Méliès's Star Film Company for The Barber of Seville, a French silent film.
Why
Méliès adapted Beaumarchais's 1775 play, and his catalogues numbered the film 606 to 625 and sold it as a comédie burlesque in seven acts.
Notice
The cover bills "A FARCE COMEDY" and gives the New York branch at 204 East 38th Street, managed by Gaston Méliès.
“Beaumarchais in twenty-five scenes”
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
- The Barber of Seville (1904), dir. Georges Méliès
- Country / studio
- France · Star Film
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Star Film catalogue supplement, letterpress, 1904
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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.
