{"product_id":"the-romeo-and-juliet-film-premiere-in-levantine-izmir-romeo-ve-juliyet-ilk-defa-yeni-nin-muhterem-mudavimlerine-1943-yilbasi-armagani-i-e-romeo-and-juliet-for-the-first-time-a-new-years-1943-gift-to-the-esteemed-patrons-of-yeni-cinema","title":"[THE ROMEO AND JULIET FILM PREMIERE IN LEVANTINE IZMIR] Romeo ve Juliyet, Ilk defa! Yeni’nin muhterem müdavimlerine 1943 yılbaşı armağanı [i.e., Romeo and Juliet. For the first time! A New Year's 1943 gift to the esteemed patrons of Yeni Cinema]","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMPLETE TITLE: [\u003cspan style=\"color: #ee0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTHE ROMEO AND JULIET FILM PREMIERE IN LEVANTINE IZMIR]\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRomeo ve Juliyet, Ilk defa! Yeni’nin muhterem müdavimlerine 1943 yılbaşı armağanı. [Verso] Kanunsuz Şehir: Bill Elliott, Bağdad Hırsızı, etc. [i.e., Romeo and Juliet. For the first time! A New Year’s 1943 gift to the esteemed patrons of Yeni Cinema [Verso] Lawless City (Bill Elliott), The Thief of Baghdad, etc.].\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e[ROMEO AND JULIET].\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eYeni Sinema \/ Yeniyol Matbaasi, Izmir, 1943. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOriginal lithograph broadside. Double-sided printing. Housed in a brown wooden frame. 46,5 x 31,5 cm (broadside’s sizes). In Turkish. Originally postal stamped. Illustrated. Slight chippings on extremities, tear on the folded trace. Otherwise, a very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eExtremely rare and seemingly unrecorded illustrated advertisement poster of the first screening of the “Romeo and Juliet” film in the important Levantine city Izmir in Turkey, which is a 1936 American film adapted from the play by William Shakespeare, directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings. The film stars Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet, and the supporting cast features John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, and Andy Devine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis rare poster, produced for the New Year of 1943, announces the screening of the first film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e to be shown in the cinemas of Izmir, which premiered on 8 January 1943 at the Yeni Sinema in the Basmane district. Printed in a double-sided lithographic format, the poster was distributed and displayed in various parts of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhile the recto features \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, the verso carries advertisements for several other films then being screened, including the American Western \u003ci\u003eLawless City\u003c\/i\u003e starring Bill Elliott, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Thief of Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolis Hafiyesi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKan Vergisi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCentilmen Gangster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“The first public film screenings in Izmir took place in 1896 at the Apollon Club in the Frank quarter, only one year after the famous projection by Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière at the Grand Café in Paris, and in the very same year that cinema first arrived in Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAt the time, Izmir (Smyrna), was one of the most important commercial Levantine ports of Asia Minor and among the most cosmopolitan cities of the Ottoman Empire. The city possessed a richly diverse population composed of Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Jews, and Levantines. This diversity was also reflected in its urban layout, with distinct neighbourhoods associated with the various communities. The Frank quarter, inhabited primarily by European Levantines and other affluent non-European elites, functioned as the city’s principal commercial and cultural centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe waterfront promenade known as the Kordon formed the heart of Levantine social life, lined with cafés, social clubs, assembly halls, theatres, hotels, and foreign consulates. Contemporary European travellers frequently referred to Smyrna as \"the little Paris of the East\". It was along the Kordon that the first permanent cinema halls began to appear from 1908 onward. One contemporary source notes that within a stretch of scarcely twenty meters between the Kraemer Pub and the Sporting Club there were no fewer than four separate cinema venues. Among the earliest motion-picture establishments in the city were Ciné Pallas, Lux, Cinematographe Paris, Pathé, and the Théâtre de Smyrne. After nearly all the Kordon cinemas were destroyed in the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922, new cinemas in the modern sense began to be established in the city shortly after the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. Among them were Elhamra Cinema, Yeni Sinema, Milli Sinema, Tayyare Cinema, and Lale Cinema, among others. (Source: Hafiza Izmir online).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs of March 2026, we couldn’t trace any copies in OCLC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khalkedon Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46806402891907,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0390\/3294\/6819\/files\/RJ1.jpg?v=1773779756","url":"https:\/\/khalkedonrarebooks.com\/products\/the-romeo-and-juliet-film-premiere-in-levantine-izmir-romeo-ve-juliyet-ilk-defa-yeni-nin-muhterem-mudavimlerine-1943-yilbasi-armagani-i-e-romeo-and-juliet-for-the-first-time-a-new-years-1943-gift-to-the-esteemed-patrons-of-yeni-cinema","provider":"Khalkedon Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}