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The History of Cinema: 1909 |
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Australia - France |
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Australia |
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| – The largest cinema to date is opened in Melbourne by T. J. West. It accommodates an audience of 4,000. [ADD] | ||||
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Austria |
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Erich Pommer becomes manager of Gaumont for central Europe. [ADD] |
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Denmark |
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| – Biorama and Fotorama production companies are founded in Copenhagen and Arhus respectively. [ADD] | ||||
| – Distributor Fotorama introduces ‘stable customer service’ whereby exhibitors order a package of films of varying commercial quality and value in order to obtain the better films. This is arguably cinema’s first instance of block-booking. [ADD] | ||||
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France |
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Georges Demeny puts forward his version of the origins of the cinematograph, promoting his own research while playing down the role of Etienne Marey. [ADD] |
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32 Production companies are represented at a meeting of the International Congress of Film Producers at Georges Melies Robert Houdin Theatre to discuss terms for film hire. [ADD] |
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| 15/3 - | Following the meeting of the International Congress of Film Producers, new measures regarding film rental come into existence. After a four month rental period, films will be returned to their original production companies to be destroyed. [ADD] | |||
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Felix Mesguich becomes the first man to film from an aeroplane in flight when he joins aeronautical pioneer Wilbur Wright on a three-minute flight at Pau. [ADD] |
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Pathe launches a weekly newsreel. Pathe fait divers, edited by Albert Gaveau. It is soon followed by Gaumont Actualites and Eclair-Journal. [ADD] |
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Pathe’s four-reel version of Les Miserables is the first film written specifically for the screen. [ADD] |
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| 6/5 - | Moury markets the Cine Multiphone Rousselot, a kind of piano that produces film sound effects. [ADD] | |||
| 15/6 - | The Film d’Art company runs into financial difficulties with debts of approximately 80,000 francs. Paul Gavault replaces founder Paul Lafitte as company chief. [ADD] | |||
| 12/7 - | The Kinema Exchange company is established in Paris. [ADD] | |||
| 9/9 - | Gaumont release tinted versions of Louis Feuillade’s La Mort de Mozart and Etienne Arnaud’s Trait de bonte de Napoleon I. [ADD] | |||
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| 14/11 - |
Harry Baur makes his screen debut in le Legende du bon chevalier. [ADD] |
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| 19/12 - | Gaumont release toned and tinted versions of Noel d’Artist and Noel du chiffonier. [ADD] | |||
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– Georges Melies ceases independent production. [ADD] |
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– Pathe’s chain of cinemas grows to 200 in France and Belgium. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1909 |
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| Denmark | ||||
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Madame Sans-Gene (Viggo Larsen) [ADD] |
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France |
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Les Dragonnades sous Louis XIV (Victorin Jasset) [ADD] |
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Les Nouveaux exploits de Nick Carter (Victorin Jasset) [ADD] |
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| Les Lunettes feeriques (Emile Cohl) [ADD] | ||||
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Le Petit Jeune Homme (Louis Gasnier) [ADD] |
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| Spain - USA | ||||
