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Les précieuses ridicules
(1900) France
B&W : [?] 180 feet?
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Coquelin Ainé

Produced by Clément-Maurice Gratioulet. From the play Les Précieuses ridicules by Molière. / [?] 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 released in the USA (at 180 feet) by Kleine Optical Company in 1908; the film appears to not have been distributed with a soundtrack in the USA. The play was subsequently filmed as Les Précieuses ridicules (1910). / Full-sound film.

Performance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 2 November 2022.

References: Bardèche-History p. 27; Card-Seductive p. 25; Geduld-Birth p. 53; Menefee-Bernhardt pp. 90, 91 : Website-IMDb.