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Auction History Result 2a072 CAMILLE linen French 2p 1912 Dreville art of Sarah Bernhardt as Dumas doomed heroine, rare! Date Sold 12/8/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Two-Panel "Double Grande" Movie Poster (2p; measures 62 3/4" x 93 3/4" [159 x 238 cm]; printed in 2 pieces) (Learn More) La Dame aux Camelias (released in English-speaking countries as "Camille"), the 1912 Andre Calmettes, Henri Pouctal, & Louis Mercanton French silent romantic melodrama (based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils; about the French son of a noble family who is a law student and he falls for a beautiful prostitute; she reforms for him and they live in poverty, but the young man's father feels disgraced, and he convinces the woman to give up his son, and she returns to her former life, and he, not knowing what his father did, meets her publicly and denounces her, but she does not enlighten him, and at the climax, she dies holding a gift he gave her) starring Sarah Bernhardt (in the title role as Marguerite Gauthier; one of just seven movies made by the famous French stage actress!), Lou Tellegen, Paul Capellani, Jean Chameroy, Suzanne Seylor, Henri Desfontaines, Henri Pouctal, and Pitou. Note that this classic story was made into a movie many times in the silent days, but very few posters survive from any of those versions. The most memorable versions are this one, the 1926 version starring Norma Talmadge, and the 1936 sound version starring Greta Garbo. Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary French stage actresses who was born in 1844 in Paris. The daughter of poor Jewish parents, she acted while a student in her teens, but later became the mistress of a Belgian prince, and had a child by him. The prince's family forced him to break up with Bernhardt, and she became a courtesan, and then began acting again in 1866. By the 1870s Bernhardt was France's leading actress, and toured all over Europe and in New York, earning her the nickname "The Divine Sarah". She made her first movie in 1900, and only appeared in a total of seven films. An old injury eventually forced her to have her right leg amputated in 1914, but she continued to perform until her passing in 1923 at the age of 78! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Dreville Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this French poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie! The only other posters from this movie we have ever auctioned are two examples of the French one-panel, and one of those was in really lesser condition, and the one-panel has a much less interesting image than this two-panel! Also note that this French two-panel measures 62 3/4" x 93 3/4" [159 x 238 cm] (it was originally printed in two sections. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds. It had darkening on some folds and in the outer edges of the blank borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. We would think it's fair to say the poster had survived in as good condition as one could possibly hope, considering it is 107 years old! The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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