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Auction History Result 7m009 NAPOLEON English program 1928 Abel Gance classic, many images & much text, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/18/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1928 (from the first release of this movie in England) Vintage English Film Program (measures 7 1/4" x 9 3/4" [18 x 25 cm]; 25 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. Important Added Info: Note that this is the program from the specific English theater that played this classic movie when it opened there on Thursday, June 28, 1928 (the date is printed on the inside of the program). This program is different from the other programs we have seen from other countries (we have never seen an English program before). Note that we have provided an image of the front cover and several interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good to very good. There are stains around the edges of the cover and a few down the center of the cover. There are similar stains on the blank back cover. The program was lightly folded down the middle. The interior pages are in pretty nice condition (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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