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Auction History Result 3d143 NAPOLEON French souvenir program book '27 Abel Gance classic, rare 1st MGM version! Date Sold 12/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage French Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm]; 26 pages) (Learn More) Napoleon, the classic 1927 (released in the U.S. in 1929) Abel Gance French Napoleonic War silent biographical historical military melodrama (about the life of Napoleon, starting from when he was a young boy, and carrying through to when he became Emperor) starring Albert Dieudonne (in the title role as the famous French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte), Paul Amiot, Annabella (in her first film), Antonin Artaud, Edmond Van Daele, and Abel Gance (as Louis Saint-Just). Note that this movie was the masterpiece of director Abel Gance. It included "triptych" (triple screen) images that predated Cinerama by 30 years, and it is really a remarkable movie on every level. But sadly, it was a silent movie, and sound had just begun, and the movie was not successful, and Gance removed it from circulation and was thought to have destroyed the original movie. In 1981, Francis Ford Coppola financed a restoration by Kevin Brownlow, a silent-film historian and filmmaker. It was presented in Great Britain with a new musical score by Carl Davis. Coppola's father, Carmine, composed (and adapted other period classical pieces) the score that was used for the U.S. and worldwide (except Great Britain) exhibitions. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we previously auctioned a program from the very first release of this movie in France at the Theatre National de L'Opera in Paris in April 1927. That program had "Theatre National de L'Opera" at the top of the cover. This program is very similar to that program, but it is from when the film was shown in Paris later that year, and this version has "Gaumont-Metro-Goldwyn" on the top of the cover instead of the "Theatre National de L'Opera". There are two other important differences. This first program has a credit on the title page that reads "Musique et Adaptation D'Arthur Honegger", which is not present in this MGM program (because that music was only at the premiere), and this program has a page of press release comments (those comments were added from people who saw the original premiere several months before). Also, some of the pictures have a slightly different layout from the other program. Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and two interior 2-page spreads from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing. Condition: good to very good. The program was once lightly partially folded down the middle and its main effect was to cause creases down the color image in the cover, but fortunately, they are to the left of Napoleon's face (see our image). There are a few dot stains around the edges of the first and last interior pages and minor wear around the edges of the covers. Otherwise, the program is in nice condition, especially considering its age! Learn More about condition grades 
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