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Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
(1900) France
B&W : [?] 140 feet?
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Coquelin Ainé
Produced by Clément-Maurice Gratioulet. / [?] 35mm spherical format? Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre sound-on-cylinder synchronized sound system. / Soundtrack was presented on Lioretographe sound cylinders. The film was distributed in France after 1907 by Urban Eclipse. The film was distributed in the USA (at 140 feet) by Kleine Optical Company in 1908; the film apparently was not distributed with a soundtrack in the USA. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 9 March 2015.
References: AFI-A n. A.03422; Ball-Shakespeare p. 386; Bardèche-History p. 27; Card-Seductive p. 25; Geduld-Birth p. 53; Kerr-Silent pp. 4, 7; Menefee-Bernhardt pp. 90, 91, 96.
Home video: DVD.
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