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A Grandmother's Story, Star Films Advertisement
Three new Méliès films, priced by the foot.
What
A 1908 advertisement from Gaston Méliès's Star Films in New York, printed in The Moving Picture World on October 3, 1908, for A Grandmother's Story and two comedies.
Why
Gaston Méliès, Georges's brother, worked mainly in the United States, and the ad sells the films from his office on East 38th Street.
Notice
Each film is listed with its length and price, from 263 feet at $34.19 to 840 feet at $109.20 for A Grandmother's Story.
“Films sold by the foot”
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- A Grandmother's Story (1908), dir. Georges Méliès
- Country / studio
- France · Star Film
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade-paper advertisement, letterpress, 1908
- 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.
