Winter Sports in Switzerland Patheplay Film Poster
This poster was produced by the Pathé film company to promote a documentary titled Winter Sports in Switzerland. Patheplay. The poster features the image of a young luge athlete in his best winter outfit hurtling down the bobsleigh course head first.
Pathé was founded in 1896 by four brothers: Charles, Émile, Théophile, and Jacques Pathé. The company started out in Paris and quickly became a major player in the film equipment and production world. By the early 1900s, Pathé was the largest film production company in the world. It produced a wide variety of films, including newsreels, comedies, and dramas. In addition to films, the company also produced phonograph records. Pathé’s success continued throughout the early 20th century.
In 1902, Pathé set up production facilities and a chain of movie theatres in London and by 1909, they had built more than 200 movie theatres in France and Belgium. Just a year later they had facilities in Madrid, Moscow, Rome, New York City, Australia, and Japan! Before the outbreak of world war one, Pathé dominated Europe’s market in motion picture cameras and projectors. According to the article Film and Electrolux through the ages, It has been estimated that at one time, 60 percent of all films were shot with Pathé equipment.
Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears, or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.
The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £15. So you can bag a bargain of print and frame for a great price.
