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Éclair Studios
Eclair, formerly Laboratoires Éclair, began as a film production, film laboratory, and movie camera manufacturing company established in Épinay-sur-Seine, France by Charles Jourjon in 1907. What remains of the business is a unit of Group :fr:Ymagis, offering creative and distribution services for the motion pictures industries across Europe and North America such as editing, color grading, restoration, digital and theatrical delivery, and versioning. The company is currently made up of two entities: Eclair Cinema and Eclair Media. History Founding The company produced many silent shorts in France starting in 1908, and soon thereafter in America. The American division produced films from 1911-1914 such as ''Robin Hood'', one of the first filmed versions of the classic story in 1912. Deutsche Eclair, later Decla-Film, was established as its German studio branch. In 1909, Eclair took part in the Paris Film Congress, an attempt by major European producers to form a cartel si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanves
Vanves () is a Communes of France, commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe and the tenth in France. History On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Vanves was annexed to Paris, and forms now essentially the neighborhood of Plaisance, in the XIVe arrondissement, 14th arrondissement of Paris. On 8 November 1883, about half of the territory of Vanves was detached and became the commune of Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine, Malakoff. Population Transport Vanves is served by Malakoff - Plateau de Vanves (Paris M̩tro), Malakoff РPlateau de Vanves station on Paris M̩tro Line 13. This station is located at the border between the commune of Vanves and the commune of Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine, Malakoff, on the Malakoff side of the border. Vanves is also served b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood (1912 Film)
''Robin Hood'' is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios. The film's costumes feature enormous versions of the familiar hats of Robin and his merry men, and uses the unusual effect of momentarily superimposing images of different animals over each character to emphasize their good or evil qualities. The film was directed by Étienne Arnaud and Herbert Blaché, and written by Eustace Hale Ball. A restored copy of the 30-minute film exists and was exhibited in 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Plot Cast * Robert Frazer ... Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ... * Barbara Tennant ... Maid Marian * Alec B. Francis ... Sheriff of Nottingham * Julia Stuart ... Sheriff's Housekeeper * Mathilde Baring ... Maid at Merwyn's * Isabel Lamon .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset (30 March 1862 - 22 June 1913) was an early film pioneer in France, active between the years 1905 and 1913. He worked on many genres of film and was particularly associated with the development of detective or crime Serial film, serials, such as the Nick Carter (literary character)#Films, Nick Carter and Zigomar series. Career Victorin Jasset was born to a pair of innkeepersRichard Abel''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema'' (Milton Park, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2005), p. 347. in Fumay in the Ardennes region of France in 1862, and after studying painting and sculpture with Jules Dalou, Dalou, he began a career designing theatre costumes and as a decorator of fans. He then became known as the producer and designer of spectacular ballets and pantomimes, notably ''Vercingétorix'' in 1900 at the newly built Théâtre de l'Hippodrome in Paris. In 1905 he was hired by the Gaumont Film Company to work with Alice Guy on film productions such as ''Esmeralda (1905 film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Sazie
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 * León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora * Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island * Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete North America * León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town * Leon, Iowa, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States * Leon, Wisconsin (other), United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Stage Driver
''The Girl Stage Driver'' is a 1914 American short silent Western film. It was directed by Webster Cullison and was thought to have been lost, but an incomplete 35mm positive print was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. The film was shot in Tucson, Arizona. Cast * Norbert A. Myles as The Sheriff * Edna Payne as The Girl * Will E. Sheerer as The Girl's Father See also * List of rediscovered films This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered film footage for films that are not wholly lost. For a fi ... References External links * 1914 films 1914 Western (genre) films 1910s rediscovered films American black-and-white films Films shot in Tucson, Arizona Rediscovered American films Silent American Western (genre) short films 1910s American films Films directed by Webster Cullison {{1910s-US-Western-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Foothills
''Into the Foothills'' (1914) is an American short (two-reel) silent Western film. It was written and directed by Webster Cullison and filmed on location in Tucson, Arizona in December 1913. The movie is believed to be lost. Plot The story is of a gold claim stolen and recovered. The dramatic apex of the film featured two men and a girl defending themselves against an attack by an intoxicated Mexican soldiers until they are rescued by United States Troopers. The hero of the drama, a young prospector discovers a gold mine but is shot by the father of the girl he loves. He recovers both his health and his mine which the villain was working to steal. In the end, he marries the heroine.''Arizona Daily Star'', Into Foothills is a Graphic Western Story With Lots of Color, May 30, 1914 ''The Moving Picture World The ''Moving Picture World'' was an influential early trade journal for the American film industry, from 1907 to 1927. An industry powerhouse at its height, ''Moving Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Gibson
Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the ''Titanic'' and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster. Early life and career Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889, to John A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen (1866-1961; Danish, and German immigrant father, and mother, respectively) as Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in Charles Frohman's musical ''The Dairymaids'' (1907). She was also a regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the Hippodrome Theatre. In 1909, the year before she married George Henry Battier, Jr., Doro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Brulatour
Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour (April 7, 1870 – October 26, 1946) was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema. Beginning as American distribution representative for Lumiere Brothers raw film stock in 1907, he joined producer Carl Laemmle in forming the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company in 1909, effectively weakening the stronghold of the Motion Picture Patents Company, headed by Thomas Edison, a large trust company that was then monopolizing the American film industry through contracts with hand-picked, established studios. By 1911 Brulatour was president of the Sales Company. He was a founder of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Universal Pictures. Early life Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour was born in New Orleans on April 7, 1870 to Thomas and Marie Mossy Brulatour. His grandfather Pierre Ernest Brulatour was a wine importer from Bordeaux. Early career Jules Brulatour moved to New York City in 1898 to work for the Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
