LES ACTUALITES BURLESQUES, France , 1948 , 15' , Production Pierre Braunberger. Direction : Gilles Margaritis , Black and White, The complete version of this hilarious ten-sketches news parody, directed by Gilles Margaritis – who began his career as an actor in Jean Vigo’s masterpiece L’Atalante.

 

BALLOONLAND, United States , 1935 , 7’ , Colour , Director : Ub Iwerks, production de Celebrity Pictures. The balloons, light inhabitants of the wonderland of Balloonland, combine their forces to join battle with their enemy the pin cushion man. A flamboyant cartoon by the creator of Flip the Frog : Ub Iwerks, shown today for the first time in France.

 

LIZZIES OF THE FIELD (UNE ARRIVEE TRIOMPHALE) United States , 1924 , 10’ , Mack Sennett . A motor race is being organised. Two competitors working at rival garages will fight for victory in a rather “ unfairplay ” way. A frenzy short film in the great tradition of one of American slapstick masters.

 

TRICHROMIES GAUMONT, France , 1912 , 4 views of 1’. In 1912, Gaumont invented French first real-colour process : the three-colour process, which reconstitutes during the projection the same images shot separately in red, green and blue. It was such a success at the time that Gaumont opened the Gaumontcolor, a movie theatre entirely dedicated to that brand-new attraction.

 

ACTORS’ CASTING, France , 5’ , Sound, B&W , with the collaboration of the Archives du Film de Bois d’Arcy. The debuts on stage of French cinema stars : Jean Marais (and Eve Francis) in 1933 auditioning for L’Epervier by Marcel L’Herbier, and Mouloudji in 1936 for Jenny by Marcel Carné.

 

PROGRAMMES DE FILMS FORAINS, 1900,

 

LE JEU DE MASSACRE EN BALLADE, France , Pathe , 1908 , 10’ , with the collaboration of the Cinematheque Française, To continue this visit through early fun fairs, a short comic film in which the characters of an Aunt Sally game escape from their stall, considering it’s their turn to enjoy the fair…