Louis Aubert (producer)

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Louis Aubert
Born27 August 1878
Died17 May 1944 (aged 65)
Occupation(s)Producer, Distributor, Politician

Louis Aubert (1878–1944) was a French film producer, distributor and exhibitor.[1] [2] [3] A pioneer in the early silent era, in 1909 he established the distribution company Compagnie Générale du Cinématographe and in 1913 founded Etablissements Louis Aubert. He also owned a chain of Aubert Palaces cinemas. He sold his film interests to the large Gaumont concern, but continued to produce individual films. He later entered politics, and was elected as a deputy for Sables-d'Olonne in 1932 and again in 1936. An Independent Radical he voted in 1940 to award supreme power to Philippe Pétain during the Fall of France.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ulff-Møller p.58
  2. ^ O'Brien p.143
  3. ^ Crisp p.27

Bibliography[edit]

  • Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930–1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.
  • O'Brien, Charles. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.. Indiana University Press, 2005.
  • Ulff-Møller, Jens. Hollywood's Film Wars with France: Film-trade Diplomacy and the Emergence of the French Film Quota Policy. University Rochester Press, 2001.

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