Post No Bills (1896 film)

Post No Bills
Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Georges Méliès
Release date(s)	1896
Country	France
Language	Silent

Post No Bills (French: Défense d'afficher; Star Film Catalogue no. 15.) is a 1896 French short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Georges Méliès, featuring two bill posters squabbling over a poorly guarded wall. The film, long thought lost, was recovered in 2004.

Synopsis

A sentry marches past a wall, upon which is painted Défense d'afficher (Post No Bills). A bill poster waits for him to pass and pastes up an advertising bill. A second bill poster covers the first ad with a larger poster. The two bill posters squabble, and then flee at the approach of the sentry. The sentry is then reprimanded by his commander for the defacing of the wall.

External links

Défense d'afficher at the Internet Movie Database
Complete film on Youtube

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