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The History of Cinema: 1918 |
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Austria |
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– Sascha-Film became the agent of Paramount in Austria [ADD] |
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– The government establishes the Exhibits and Publicity Bureau to centralise promotional film production. [ADD] |
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| 4/12 - | Suzanne Marwille makes her screen debut in Vaclav Binovec’s Demon Rodu Halkenu. [ADD] | |||
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Denmark |
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Nordisk Film Company suffers financial difficulties as a result of competition from the recently formed Germany production company, Ufa. [ADD] |
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– Sophus Madsen builds a new Palace Theatre on the grounds of the old theatre. The first film screened in the new theatre is D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. [ADD] |
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Egypt |
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| – Italian filmmaker De Lagarne establishes the Italo-Egyptian Cinematographic Company. [ADD] | ||||
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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. [ADD] |
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| 9/1 - | Animation pioneer Emile Reynaud dies penniless in a hospice at Ivry-sur-Seine. [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. [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. [ADD] |
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| 25/8 - |
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. [ADD] |
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| 31/8 - |
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. [ADD] |
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| 27/9 - |
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. [ADD] |
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| 11/11 - |
Andre Antoine leaves France for Italy to film Israel for Tiber Film. [ADD] |
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| 30/11 - |
Abel Gance’s La Dixieme Symphonie is released to mixed reviews. [ADD] |
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| 30/11 - |
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. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1918 |
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La avenida de las acacias (Arturo Mario) [ADD] |
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Todo por la patria o jirón de la bandera (Arturo Mario) [ADD] |
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| Denmark | ||||
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Himmelskibet (Holger-Madsen) [ADD] |
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| Egypt | ||||
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Sharaf el Badawi (Honor of the Bedouin) (Italo Egyptian Cinematograph Company) (Feature) [ADD] |
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al-Azhar al-Moumita (Deadly Flowers) [ADD] |
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| France | ||||
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Mathias Sandorf (serial: Henri Fescourt) [ADD] |
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La Nouvelle Mission de Judex (serial: Louis Feuillade) [ADD] |
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Scenes de la vie Boheme (Albert Capellani) [ADD] |
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Tih Minh (serial: Louis Feuillade) [ADD] |
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Les Travailleurs de la mer (Andre Antoine) [ADD] |
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