Cité Elgé () were French
film studios
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films. Today, studios are mostly financing and distribution entities. In addition, they may have their own studio facility or facilities; howev ...
located in
Paris
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. They were constructed in 1905 in the
Buttes-Chaumont area of the city by
Gaumont, a pioneer of European cinema. They were also known as the Studios des Buttes-Chaumont. For a period they were the largest studios in the world.
In 1953 the studios came under the control of the
RTF television organisation. They closed in the 1990s and were redeveloped for residential use.
The documentary dedicated to the history of the studios "Les Buttes-Chaumont, Legendary Studios", directed by
Jean-François Méplon and Fabien Lepage, produced by Olivier Wlodarczyk for
Egodoc, was broadcast on April 3, 2015 on France 3
Paris Île-de-France.
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993
French film studios
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