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Pathe' films hired many artists to create posters to advertise the showing. One artist was Adrien Barrère (baptized 'Adrien Baneux') (1877 Paris - 1931 Paris), was a French poster artist and painter, active in Paris during the Belle Époque. He was unique as he studied the law and medicine, Barrère turned to illustrating and particularly to the art of caricature, also designing a large number of posters for Parisian cinemas.