Louis Aubert (producer)

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.

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

Selected filmography

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References

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

Bibliography

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  • 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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