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"In the early twentieth century Gaumont was in the avant-garde of film technology, innovating in particular in the field of sound and colour. They were synchronizing sound on disk with motion pictures - representing a breakthrough in this area. Gaumont, with its ""phonoscenes"" and ""filmparlants"" presented a show, based in part on the world of vaudeville, song and monologue. This was a revolutionary technique of synchronization and amplification of sound. Leon Gaumont's research into sound cinema, ending at the end of the 1920s with the development of the Gaumont-Petersen-Poulsen optical system. Leon Gaumont was not the first or the only one trying to solve the problem of sound cinema. Many other companies developed parallel systems. However, it was the U.S. Vitaphone (none other than the improved Gaumont chronophone), which triumphed on the screen - at least for a while. Another innovative Gaumont was to entrust its film production to a young woman, Alice Guy. Under her direction, these fiction films developed considerably. But what exactly are the films by Alice Guy? When did she really start? Archival documents can clarify some of the mysteries. A number of studies collected in this book are based on unpublished material. Extensive illustration, not previosuly published, allows the reade to appreciate the beauty of equipment made by Leon Gaumont."

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Author:   Léon Gaumont
Publisher:   John Libbey & Company
Imprint:   John Libbey & Company
Edition:   French Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.30cm
Weight:   0.023kg
ISBN:  

9782742010974

ISBN 10:   2742010971
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   09 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   French

Table of Contents

Preface Martine Offroy Introduction Maurice Gianati et Laurent Mannoni 1. Alice Guy a-t-elle existe? Maurice Gianati 2. Gaumont pionnier du film sonore Laurent Mannoni 3. Alice Guy et les phonoscenes Maurice Gianati 4. Charles Proust et le chronomegaphone Gabriel Proust 5. L'exploitation en France du cinema sonore avant 1914 Eric Lange 6. Les premiers systemes Vitaphone, Movietone et Photophone Jean-Pierre Verscheure FILMOGRAPHIES Les catalogues des phonoscenes Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange Notes explicatives sur la filmographie des phonoscenes Gaumont Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange La filmographie des phonoscenes Gaumont Notes explicatives sur la filmographie des filmparlants Gaumont Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange Filmographie des filmparlants, annees 1910 et 1920 Bibliographie selective

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LAURENT MANNONI is a director and curator at the French Cinematheque in Paris. Author of fifteen works on early cinema, he is responsible for organising a great many scientific conferences and exhibitions. MAURICE GIANATI is a researcher, historian and collector, and has advised on the preparation of many exhibitions on early cinema. His archives are held by Gaumont, Pathe et la Cinematheque francaise.

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