Framed Napoleon 1927 Film Window Card Offset Lithograph, signature to lower right illegible, subject a Broadway show card for Abel Gance’s 1927 show of Napoleon, measures 26 1/4 x 40 inches, window measures 24 1/4 x 37 3/4 inches, metallic toned composite frame, surface wear to frame professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Property of Paris, France Estate. From Paris to New York by family descent. Napoléon is a 1927 silent French epic film written, produced, and directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of Napoleon's early years. On screen, the title is Napoléon vu par Abel Gance, meaning "Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance". The film is recognised as a masterwork of fluid camera motion, produced in a time when most camera shots were static. Many innovative techniques were used to make the film, including fast cutting, extensive close-ups, a wide variety of hand-held camera shots, location shooting, point of view shots, multiple-camera setups, multiple exposure, superimposition, underwater camera, kaleidoscopic images, film tinting, split