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PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF LIFE IN PRE-WWI PARIS USING OLD FRENCH NEWSREELS, THEATRE PROGRAMS, EARLY SILENT FILMS AND MELIES TRICK FILMS. TRACES THE GAIETY OF LA BELLE EPOQUE, THE MISERLY OF THE OTHER HALF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND THE CULTURAL TRENDS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. SHOTS OF SUCH FAMOUS PEOPLE AS RENOIR, RODIN, GIDE, COLLETTE, CARUSO, MONET, ETC. FRANCE.
NELLIE MELBA, ENRICO CARUSO,
EUROPE
b&w
1900-1914
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