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French Theatre Legend Sarah Bernhardt Original 1890s Victorian Cabinet Card Rare
French Theatre Legend Sarah Bernhardt Original 1890s Victorian Cabinet Card Rare
French Theatre Legend Sarah Bernhardt Original 1890s Victorian Cabinet Card Rare

French Theatre Legend Sarah Bernhardt Original 1890s Victorian Cabinet Card Rare

$ 2.61

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Object Type: Photograph
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Industry: Theater
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Subject: Sarah Bernhardt
  • Condition: This 130 year old cabinet card is in good condition, no better, with corner wear, scattered surface wear, and general storage/handling wear throughout. Please use the included images as a conditional guide.
  • Size: 4.25" x 6.5"

    Description

    ITEM: This is a c. 1890s antique and original cabinet card photograph of French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt. A beautiful and glamorous Victorian portrait, this card is by UK distributor Lafayette, Ltd.
    Bernhardt starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 29th centuries, including male roles like Shakespeare's Hamlet. Playwright Edmond Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Victor Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours around the world, and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures.
    Cabinet card measures 4.25" x 6.5"
    Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
    More about Sarah Bernhardt:
    This celebrated star of the French stage had a sporadic love-hate affair with early cinema. After her film debut in Le duel d'Hamlet (1900) she declared she detested the medium; yet she consented to appear in another film, La Tosca (1909). Upon seeing the results, she reportedly recoiled in horror, demanding that the negative be destroyed. Her next film appearance, in the Film d'Art production of Camille (1912), was a critical and popular success, helping give cinema artistic dignity. The following year she made Queen Elizabeth (1912) in Britain. The receipts from this film's distribution in the US provided Adolph Zukor with the funds to found Paramount. Bernhardt, at 69, was offered a fortune to make films with other companies, but stayed with Film d'Art, appearing in Adrienne Lecouvreur (1913). She appeared in two more pictures after losing a leg in 1915, Jeanne Doré (1915) and Mothers of France (1917), both produced as WWI morale boosters. In 1923, when she was 79, her hotel room was turned into a studio so that she could appear in the film The Clairvoyant (1924). But her failing health halted production and she died before the film was completed. She was portrayed on the screen by Glenda Jackson in The Incredible Sarah (1976).
    - IMDb Mini Biography By: Daniel Yates