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ROMANS Production Super-Film Production Verba-Film ÉDITION Le Film ÉDITION le plus formidable SUPER-FILM de la saison SUPER-FILM PRÉSENTATION PRÉSENTA TICN PRÉSENTATION 70, Rue de l'Aqueduc, Paris (10e) Nord 91-19 FIN OCTOBRE Courant Décembre FIN OCTOBRE IFËLW MiPIC vient de présenter avec succès La Fortune Mondanités de Tristan Bernard de Rip et J. Bousquet réalisé par Jean Hémard réalisé par Jean Hémard Production Ekaink La Vénus du Pôle Production Nordisk Tone La Fortune... vient en chantant. Scène tendre de La Fortune Une scène de Mondanités ¥T „ , Une scene d tkaluk De la qualité de votre appareil dépend l'avenir de votre exploitation IPS La première revue de grand luxe du cinéma français possède l'appareillage pour films parlants qui s'impose par sa perfection technique et la sécurité absolue de son fonctionnement M) IIIIIIAI lî I La consécration d'un effort, En l'honneur de M. Debrie. Grande simplicité de manipulation par Edmond Epardaud. En suivant la production. Ni Alimentation totale sur secteur. réglage ni nettoyage difficile. Films de première partie, Une merveilleuse invention française Lecteur de son sans fente. par Michel Goreloff. Mise en place instantanée sans aucun d'excitation sur l'Hypergonar. Lampe montée platine réglage. de centrage. Naïvetés... Sur le scénario, Echos et Informations. Démarrage instantané des appareils. Pas de amorces avec longues repères, les par E.-C. Paton. Aucun entretien de piles et d'accumula¬ changements de bobines se font aussi Les Films présentés. teurs. aisément que sur film muet. Les Journées Nationales Pathé-Natan. La Production soviétique, Visages de cinéastes : Murnau, Sécurité fonctionnement par Chamil Akouchkoff. de par Jean Mitry. Le marché financier. Amplificateurs doubles. - On dispose toujours d'un matériel complet de rechange. Comment j'ai réalisé Neiges, Installations faites entièrement par notre service spécial avec des câbles étudiés et fabriqués Nouvelles de l'Etranger. par G. de Mire. pour cet usage. Notre service « Entretien » est à toute heure et partout à votre disposition. ABONNEMENTS : REVUE MENSUELLE Songez à l'avenir 5e Année France, un an : 50 francs La technique du film parlant évolue rapidement. Etranger, un an : 85 francs Octobre -- N° 46 Si vous tenez à ce que votre équipement reste moderne, adressez-vous à un constructeur qui soit Directeur - Rédacteur en Chef : toujours à l'avant-garde du progrès et n'oubliez pas que « PHILIPS » a présenté le premier un Edmond ÉPARDAUD appareillage entièrement alimenté sur secteur. Direction artistique : Henri FRANÇOIS S,ë Ame PHILIPS, " Eclairage et Radio 2, Cité Paradis, PARIS - Xe Fondateurs : Henri François, Pierre Weill et Edmond Epardaud Editions Henri FRANÇOIS :9 , Avenue de Taillebourg, Paris (XIe) — Tél. Diderot 88-40 et 88-41 £a consécration cftfun effort FILMS DE PREMIERE PARTIE Sept bobines de 300 mètres... Huit bobines de 325 mètres... — Bien, M'sieu. Six bobines de 350 mètres... — J'ai donné à vous trois djours pour sortir cinq films OUS avons toujours pensé dans ce journal que Le cinéaste, jusqu'ici, était prisonnier de ces chiffres. cummiques ! — M. Natan si puissamment aidé par son frère Emile « Allongez. » — « Coupez. » — « Votre film est trop court ». Entendu, M'sieu. — — « Votre film est Voici une Natan, était tout à fait capable de montrer la voie au trop long. » chèque ! — — Mais le scénario ? La pensée de l'auteur ? L'origina¬ Oh ! merci, merci, M'sieu ! cinéma français et de lui inculquer la confiance qui lité ? La fantaisie ? L'inspiration ? Cette conversation finie, le régisseur sautait dans un taxi, lui manqua jusqu'à présent. — allait chercher On s'en moque. Coupez, quand on vous le dit. Allongez Boucot, ou Biscot, ou Dorville, ou n'importe quand le producteur l'exige. Il nous faut, il faut aux exploi¬ quel autre « as » de music-hall, de théâtre de quartier ou de Travailleur acharné, possédant au plus haut tants, un métrage-standard, vous m'entendez : stan-dard... n'importe quoi. Il le ramenait au studio. Devant n'importe point l'obstination qui permet de triompher des pires N'est-ce pas ? quel décor, avec n'importe quelle musique, il lui faisait tourner obstacles et « cran » tout ce qui donne du à qu'on Tout cela va changer, parait-il. n'importe quoi, n'importe comment. L'opérateur américain ne entreprend, l'animateur de la compagnie Pathé- La petite et la moyenne exploitation ne peuvent plus supporter comprenait pas et mâchait son cigare. L'acteur, énervé, pas Cinéma, que l'usage désigne à peu près constamment sous le nom de Pathé- les frais d'un programme comprenant deux grands films : habitué du tout au studio, aveuglé par les « sunlights » mul¬ Natan, méritait le succès. S'il le touche aujourd'hui, après deux dures années 1.800 à 2.500 mètres chacun. Aussi bien va-t-on faire des tiples, perdait le nord, transpirait, bafouillait. Les machinistes laborieuses et films de première partie... rigolaient dans leur barbe. Le régisseur, pendant ce temps, d ailleurs préparatoires, il le doit à ce ressort moral qui carac¬ Les films de scrutait avidement les oeuvres térise première partie ! Si nos grandes firmes le veu¬ complètes de M. Vernot : il cher¬ les grands caractères et sans lequel la plus lumineuse intelligence lent bien, c'est la porte largement ouverte à l'imagination et chait déjà un sujet pour le prochain acteur. ne saurait atteindre son but. à la fantaisie. Les documentaires sonores, dont je parlais dans ... Et lorsque la bande passait dans les salles, les spectateurs En tête du un récent numéro de Cinéma, peuvent, avec des sketchs amu¬ prenaient le chemin du bar, dans les cinémas où il y avait un Livre d'Or de Cinéma qui parut fin décembre dernier, nous sants, avec des fantaisies visuelles vraiment jeunes, avec des bar ; des w.-c. dans les cinémas où il y avait les w.-c. ; du publiâmes une déclaration de M. Natan dont nous ces véri¬ rappelons lignes films de poupées — comme savent en réaliser ces deux magi¬ sommeil, dans les cinémas où il n'y avait rien du tout... tablement prophétiques : ciens franco-russes : Bianchi et Starevitch — avec des actua¬ Est-ce que tout cela va changer aussi ? lités ne se bornant pas à reproduire les discours des ministres, Il y a, à Paris, toute une équipe de jeunes cinéastes qui ne « et lui ai voué J'aime le cinéma depuis déjà de longues années toute mais restituant tout le charme, toute la richesse, tout le désordre demandent qu'à travailler. Ils ont fait leurs preuves : du temps mon activité. ses Je l'aime sans réserve, sous multiples formes, avec toutes poétique du monde, avec des dessins animés enfin, où le rêve du muet, ils nous ont donné quelques petits films — « des ses et films de possibilités quasi incalculables. Cette passion, comme toutes les passions, l'humour prennent toujours leur revanche sur tout ce qui quat'sous », dirait Gaston Thierry — où l'originalité est est lourd, dur, la plus authentique éclatait malgré toutes les embûches maté¬ exigeante. Elle absorbe mon temps, mon énergie, ma puissance de travail. plat, anguleux et tiré par les cheveux, — com¬ Mais poser un spectacle d'une heure, spectacle d'autant plus riche, rielles, toutes les difficultés financières et techniques. Georges le cinéma, celui d'aujourd'hui que nous réalisons, celui de demain que plus substantiel et copieux qu'il mêlera tous les genres, culbu¬ Lacombe, collaborateur dévoué et infatigable de René Clair; nous préparons, mérite qu'on lui consacre sa vie... tera toutes les classifications arbitraires, et, ne se souciant que Pierre Chenal; Marcel Cerné; Paul Gilson; Jean Dréville; de l'amusement du Claude Autant Lara, a « Il faut spectateur, fera pleinement ressortir toutes qui travaillé à Hollywood; Eugène que 1931 voit le triomphe de la production française non les possibilités, toutes les originalités, toutes les malices, tous les Deslaw, tels sont les noms des jeunes cinéastes les mieux doués.
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