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The History of French Cinema: 1931 |
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23/1 - |
Abel Gance’s first sound film, La fin du monde (The End of the World) premieres at a gala event at the Olympia in Paris. Starring Gance and Victor Francen, audiences find the film largely incomprehensible, due to major cuts carried out against the director’s wishes. [ADD] | |||
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25/2 - |
The newly refurbished Pagoda cinema opens in the Chinese Pavilion, rue de Babylone. [ADD] | |||
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10/3 - |
In Marseilles, audiences are offered lessons in how to whistle down bad films at the cinema. [ADD] | |||
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15/4 - |
Rene Clair’s Le Million is released. Starring Anabella and Rene Lefevre, the film is a huge international success. [ADD] | |||
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30/4 - |
Reports are issued of a crisis in the cinema industry due to lack of available product and the cost of the use of sound equipment. [ADD] | |||
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30/9 - |
An unusually wet summer results in the postponement or cancellation of a number of location shoots. [ADD] | |||
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10/10 - |
Alexander Korda’s Marius, an adaptation of the Marcel Pagnol play, is released. The film stars Raimu, Pierre Fresnay and Orane Demazis. [ADD] | |||
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19/11 - |
Jean Renoir’s La Chienne (The Bitch) is released, two months after the death of its lead actress, Janie Mareze in a car accident. [ADD] | |||
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18/12 - |
Rene Clair’s A Nous la liberte, a musical satire on the evils of mass-production and capitalism, premieres in Paris. The film stars Raymond Cordy and Henri Marchand as former cellmates who are re-united when one gets a job in the other’s factory. [ADD] | |||
Other Key French Films of 1931 |
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