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Le Comptoir, Gaumont’s film-hire service, enters into a contract with America's Paramount Pictures under which they gain exclusive rights to their productions. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 9/1 - | Animation pioneer Emile Reynaud dies penniless in a hospice at Ivry-sur-Seine. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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Eclipse release Un Roman d’amour et d’aventures, starring Sacha Guitry, Yvonne Printemps and Fred Wright. Rene Hervil and Louis Mercanton co-direct. [MORE] [ADD] |
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French producers stage a strike that is due to last until 23rd May in protest at the difficulties encountered in importing unexposed reels and foreign films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Abel Gance starts filming J’Accuse for Pathe. It is to be the first in a trilogy of films about war and peace. Romuald Joube and Severin-Mars star. [MORE] [ADD] |
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While filming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for the Jules Verne Company, an aviator named Rouit drowns performing a stunt which requires him to dive into a whirlpool. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Addressing the Cinema Employers Federation in Paris, Charles Pathe proposes that a percentage of takings replace the existing film rental system. He also calls for heavy import taxes on foreign films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Andre Antoine leaves France for Italy to film Israel for Tiber Film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Abel Gance’s La Dixieme Symphonie is released to mixed reviews. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Pathe split into two companies. The Sound Reproduction Machine Company is to be run by Emile Pathe , while brother Charles will control the Pathe-Cinema Company. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| France 1918 - Other Films of Note | ||||
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Mathias Sandorf (serial: Henri Fescourt) [MORE] [ADD] |
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La Nouvelle Mission de Judex (serial: Louis Feuillade) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Scenes de la vie Boheme (Albert Capellani) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Tih Minh (serial: Louis Feuillade) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Les Travailleurs de la mer (Andre Antoine) [MORE] [ADD] |