Growth and Diversification (Exhibition & Technology)
A type of entertainment business that was the first main venue for showing films in France until 1905.
What are traveling fairground shows?
Question- This pioneering French studio was founded in 1895 by the Pathé brothers and became one of the world’s largest film companies.
What is Pathé Frères?
Comic film would dominate in popularity and this actor would go on to become the greatest pre-war star; appearing in 582 comic films!
Who is Max Linder?
This French comic star was a major influence on Charlie Chaplin, blending restrained gestures with bourgeois dandy humor.
Who is Max Linder?
This 1900 event showcased innovations like the Lumière Cinématographe Géant and the Phono-Cinéma Théâter.
What is the Paris World's Fair?
She is considered one of the first female filmmakers and was a key director and producer at Gaumont before founding her own studio.
Who is Alice Guy?
Max Linder’s bourgeois dandy character would greatly influence this American actor, who would expand on Max’s comic persona.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
This director, known for serials like Fantômas and Les Vampires, developed an aesthetic of cinematic paranoia with restrained acting and realistic locations.
Who is Louis Feuillade?
Madame Léon Richebé’s Populaire Cinéma in Marseilles was modeled after this popular American venue type.
What is a nickelodeon?
Founded by Léon Gaumont, this company was known for innovations like the Chronophone sound system and the development of film serials.
What is Gaumont?
This studio would be quick to profit off a standardized form of comedy through the rise of the movie star, Max Linder being the greatest.
What is Pathé Frères?
Characteristics of this type of film and studio of the same name include: restrained and expressive acting, use of depth to create multiple planes of action, and the development of modern film publicity.
What is Film d’Art?
The catastrophic 1897 fire at this Paris charity event killed 140 and fueled fears of cinema exhibition safety.
What is the Charity Bazaar (Bazaar de la Charité)?
Pathé introduced this type of film product in the early 1900s, which allowed exhibitors to rent films rather than buy them outright, helping to control the market.
What are film rentals?
The Max character appealed to both bourgeois (1) and working class (2) viewers for these reasons, respectively.
What is being amused by ridiculous antics (1) and being amused by a mockery of the bourgeoisie (2)?
This director’s L’Enfant de Paris (1913) and Le Roman d’un mousse (1914) exemplify “pictorialist melodrama,” noted for expressive lighting, naturalistic locations, and visual beauty.
Who is Léonce Perret?
This major media industrialist ended film sales in 1907, moving to rentals only, to squeeze out weaker fairground operators.
Who is Charles Pathé?
Alice Guy’s film “La Fée aux Choux” (The Cabbage Fairy, 1896) is significant because it is considered one of the first examples of this filmmaking technique.
What is narrative storytelling or fiction film?
The scene construction of Linder films (the invisible, dramatically motivated, and spatially logical joining of shots) would ultimately contribute greatly to the evolution of this kind of film.
What is commercial narrative film?
The 1908 Film d’Art production La Mort du duc de Guise was groundbreaking for being written by this Académie Française member and featuring a score by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Who is Henri Lavedan?