The above image shows a film can that was produced for the Paris based branch of the Vitagraph Company. It was used as packaging for The Poor Musician, a dramatic film that was scheduled for release in the USA on February 23, 1909.1 The subsequent release of the film in France was roughly three months later. It was listed as novelty under the title Pauvre Musicien! in Cine-Journal at the end of April 1909.2
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