BARRERE CINEMA PATHE RARE HISTORICAL POSTER Start Price USD 6,000.00 Current Price USD 6,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 07, 2008 End Time Monday, October 13, 2008 Location Belle Mead, New Jersey See more about 'BARRERE CINEMA PATHE RARE HISTORICAL POSTER' Description   ADRIEN BARRERE (1877-1931) 59 1/2 x 46 in./151.2 x 117 cmPrinter: Affiches Robert, ParisCond A One of the first-and possibly most important-film posters ever done. "The sovereigns all bring their children to the 'Pathe' cinema to see the first news reels that will turn them into stars. In the room, one recognizes Alphonse XIII and his son, Edouard VII, Leopold II, Falliers, Victor-Emmanuel III and his children Umberto and Yolande, Nicolas II with his wife Alexandra and their son Alexis" (Celebrites, p. 95). The following hand-written text appears at the top of this poster and on the illustrated screen: "Le Cinema-Auto DImanche 11 Avril a la Halle A 8 heures 1/2 du Soir." "I didn't invent films; I industrialized them," stated Charles Pathe (1863-1957), the man who became the first international cinema mogul. Something of an adventurer, this son of a butcher from Vincennes traveled around the world for a while, but returned home broke in 1894, just in time to see a demonstration of Edison's peephole machine, the Kinetescope. Interested, he raised enough money to rent one and for the first time in his life realized a profit. He then joined-up with a mechanically-minded friend and the two of them devised their own projector and camera equipment. In 1896, he persuaded his three brothers-Emile, Theophile and Jacques-to join him in the founding of Pathe Freres. At first they made only the equipment, but in 1898 they expanded into film production. Soon, the Pathe insignia of the Gallic rooster became known and instantly recognizable throughout Europe. From their inception as a moviemaking entity through World War I, Pathe produced by far more film footage than all other European and American producers combined. (Rennert, Poster Auctions International).                                                                                          IMPORTANT PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL OR CONTACT US IF YOU WIN, WAIT FOR OUR AUTOMATED SYSTEM EMAIL CONFIRMATION Please ignore Ebay prompters and buttons. FAILURE TO SEND PAYMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY RESULT IN NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AND RELISTING OF ITEM. . WE ONLY CONSOLIDATE MULTIPLE WON LOTS FROM THE SAME AUCTION ENDING DATE. CARRANDI GALLERY Mario Carrandi Inc. (ESTABLISHED 1967) P O Box 515 Belle Mead, N.J. 08502     Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!