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The History of French Cinema: 1926 |
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| 9/1 - |
Writer Pierre Mac Orlan delivers a lecture on humour and the fantastic at the Vieux-Colombier Theatre in Paris. [ADD] |
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Gaston Doumergue, the President of the Republic, is treated to a screening of Leon Poirier’s The Black Crossing, a newsreel of Citroen’s recent expedition in Africa. [ADD] |
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| 14/8 - |
Jean Renoir’s Nana becomes the year’s box office hit as it begins its eighth week at the Aubert Palace in Paris. [ADD] |
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| 3/9 - |
The Gaumont Palace in Paris re-opens after being refurbished under the direction of Tommy Dowd. [ADD] |
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27/9 - |
The League of Nations’ Committee on Intellectual Co-Operation hold an International Motion Picture Congress in Paris. William Seabury argues that the European film industry needs to win a larger share of the US market if it is to thrive, rather than imposing punitive restrictions on US imports. [ADD] |
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| 19/10 - |
Jean Epstein’s Mauprat is released. The director’s assistant during filming is a young Spaniard named Luis Bunuel. [ADD] |
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| 31/10 - |
Gaumont-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer buy the French, Belgian and Swiss rights to Abel Gance’s Napoleon. [ADD] |
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