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Chez le photographe

Chez le photographe

1900Short⏱️ 1mNot Rated
Short
5.4
IMDB Rating
279 votes

A man turns up to have his photograph taken. He and the photographer have different views concerning the composition of the photo.

Director
Alice Guy
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Language
None
Country
France
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Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

Georges Hatot and intellectual property
by kekseksa2017-10-31

"The dating of this film is curious. It appears on the C-series Gaumont catalogue, which consists otherwise of films made by Georges Hatot and Gaston Breteau in 1898. I can see no good reason to suppose that this film was not made by them at the same time. The actor playing the customer looks to be Henri Vallouy, a Gaumont employee who acted as cameraman for Hatot and Breteau but did also act in and direct films for Gaumont. As a result the film is nowadays often ascribed to Vallouy. However the fact that he appears as an actor does not mean he was necessarily the director During their time a..."

💡 Did You Know?

Included on the "Alice Guy Blanche Vol. 1: The Gaumont Years" Blu-ray, released by Kino.

📖 Synopsis

A man turns up to have his photograph taken. He and the photographer have different views concerning the composition of the photo.