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Romeo and Juliet (1900 film)

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'Romo et Juliette' is a 1900 French film adaptation of the classic and famous William Shakespeare play, 'Romeo and Juliet'.

Production



This film version was directed by Clment Maurice and featured Emilio Cossira singing a tenor aria from Charles Gounod's 'Romo et Juliette'. It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the Shakespeare classic.

The film was produced by "Phono-Cinma-Thtre", which premiered one of the first synchronized sound film systems at the Paris exhibition of 1900, with this film being one of the earliest to use the sound technique. The sound was recorded first using a Lioretograph onto a cellophane cylinder. This was then played back, and the actors filmed lip-syncing to the recording. To view the film, the sound was played back and the projectionist altered the speed of the hand-cranked projector to try to match the playback.

Cossira was among 18 celebrities featured in Phono-Cinma-Thtre works at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. Another Shakespearean adaptation was Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet in 'Le Duel d'Hamlet', the earliest film adaptation of 'Hamlet'. Among the better known of these is a film adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play 'Cyrano de Bergerac', also directed by Maurice.

See also



*List of lost films

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