The Francoeur Studios are film production
studios
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Types Art
The studio o ...
in Paris. In 1926
Bernard Natan
Bernard Natan (born Natan Tannenzaft; 14 July 1886 – 1942 or 1943) was a French-Romanian film entrepreneur, director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
Natan worked in cinema from a young age, working his way up from projectionist and chemist ...
's Rapid Films set up production at the location, before in 1929 it was merged with the
Pathé
Pathé SAS (; styled as PATHÉ!) is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe.
It is the name of a network of Fren ...
conglomerate under Natan's overall control. In the
postwar era
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it was part of the
Franstudio complex along with the
Joinville
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and
Saint-Maurice Studios Saint-Maurice is the name or part of the name of places. It refers to the legendary Saint Maurice.
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. In the 1970s it was used for shooting television. Since 1999 it has been the headquarters of
La Fémis
La Fémis (French: ''École nationale supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Institute for Professional Image and Sound", formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC) is a French grande écol ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930–1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993.
* Hewitt, Nicholas. ''Montmartre: A Cultural History''. Oxford University Press, 2017.
* Steinhart, Daniel. ''Runaway Hollywood: Internationalizing Postwar Production and Location Shooting''. University of California Press, 2019.
* Turk, Edward Baron . ''Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema''. Harvard University Press, 1989.
French film studios
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