Document : 1900PCT 00007 - ROMEO AND JULIET by Emile COSSIRA

Reference

1900PCT 00007

Titles

Title :  ROMEO AND JULIET by Emile COSSIRA

Dates

Shooting : 1900
First distribution : 1900

Credits

ART : Marguerite VRIGNAULT
INT : Emilio COSSIRA
OPE : Clément MAURICE GRATIOULET
PRO : Paul DECAUVILLE

Summary catalog

This film belongs to the PHONO CINEMA THEATRE programme that proposed during the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1900, synchronized screenings of films and recorded voices of famous actors and singers.

The original cylinder has not been found for retauration work made in August 2012.

Extract from Charles GOUNOD's opera in five acts, text by Jules BARBIER and Michel CARRé from SHAKESPEARE created in Paris et the Théâtre-Lyrique on April 27th 1867.

Descriptive summary

In front of a window and under a balcony, Romeo (Emile COSSIRA) wearing Romeo's outfit, sings the air of "Ah ! Lève toi, soleil".