Gaumont
Type	Independent and partnership with Sony Pictures for worldwide film production and distribution.
Founded	1895
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Léon Gaumont
Industry	Motion pictures
Products	motion pictures, television programs, film distribution
Website	http://www.gaumont.com/

Gaumont is a French film production company and is the world's oldest film company. It was founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946). From 1905 to 1914, its studios "Cité Elgé" (from the normal French pronunciation of founder's initials) at La Villette, France, were the largest in the world. The company manufactured its own equipment and mass-produced films until 1907 under Alice Guy Blaché, the motion picture industry’s first female director, and then under Louis Feuillade. Image File history File links Logo-GAUMONT.jpg‎ [edit] Summary Current Gaumont logo. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Léon Gaumont, born May 10, 1864 - died August 10, 1946, was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Léon Gaumont, born May 10, 1864 - died August 10, 1946, was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Villette is a novel by Charlotte Brontë. Villette and La Villette is the name or part of the name of several communes in Europe: France Villette, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département Villette, in the Yvelines département Villette-dAnthon, in the Isère département Villette-de... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873–March 24, 1968) was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be the first ever director of a fiction film. ... Louis Feuillade (February 19, 1873 - February 25, 1925) was a French film director from the silent era. ...

Gaumont logo in the 20's.

Among some of the most notable films produced were the serials "Judex", "Fantomas"; the comedies of "Onesime", "Bebe"; and the newsreels of the "Gaumont Actualities". Directors such as Abel Gance, Alfred Hitchcock, and the early animator Emile Cohl worked for this studio at one time or another. Image File history File links Gaumont_années_20. ... Image File history File links Gaumont_années_20. ... Judex is the title of a 1914 silent movie serial created by Louis Feuillade and Arthur Bernède. ... Fantômas, a fictional master criminal and villain, is the subject of a series of early-20th century French detective thrillers. ... A newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories. ... Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 - November 10, 1981) was a world-renowned French film director, producer, writer, actor and editor. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a highly influential director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Émile Cohl (January 4, 1857 - January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely-forgotten Incoherent movement, cartoonist, and animator, called The Father of the Animated Cartoon and The Oldest Parisian. The Courtet family has been traced back to the 10th century...

Gaumont-British logo in the 20's.

Gaumont opened foreign offices and acquired theatre chains Gaumont British, which later notably produced several Hitchcock films such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). Along with its giant competitor, Pathé Frères, Gaumont dominated the motion-picture industry in Europe until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Gaumont also constructed the Lime Grove Studios. Image File history File links Gaumont_British_logo. ... Image File history File links Gaumont_British_logo. ... The 39 Steps is a 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. ... See also: 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ... The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Lime Grove Studios was a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915 situated in a street named Lime Grove, near Hammersmith, west London and described by Gaumont as the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for...

After significant post-war losses in market-share/competition to American productions, Gaumont experienced the subsequent business reversals of technological change (the advent of sound) and financial depression, and was eventually merged with Franco-Film Aubert in the early 1930s. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Until now, Gaumont has been independent and has been still recognized as one of the largest producers (Léon, The Fifth Element) and distributors of films in France. Léon (aka The Cleaner, The Professional, or Léon the Professional) is a 1994 film written and directed by French director Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, as well as Natalie Portman in her first starring role. ... The Fifth Element (1997) is a science fantasy, action, comedy, techno thriller film, written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker and Luke Perry in a cameo role, The aesthetics of the movie were designed by Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean...

The company has also produced television as well, including four animated series: Highlander: The Animated Series, Dragon Flyz, and Sky Dancers (the second and third are based on their respective toy lines) and the very popular Oggy and the Cockroaches. Dragon Flyz is a television program created by Gaumont Pictures that ran for approximately two or three years, accompained by a line of toy action-figures. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Oggy and the Cockroaches is a French animated cartoon series produced by Gaumont Film Company in 1998, creator of the popular series Space Goofs. ...

Current Gaumont-Columbia-TriStar Films logo.

Since 2004 the company has a partnership with Sony for producing films and for theatres and DVDs distrubution worldwide. Together with Pathe they are operating own cinemas across France. Image File history File links Gaumont-Columbia-TriStar. ... Image File history File links Gaumont-Columbia-TriStar. ...

Logo

Leon Gaumont selected the daisy as the company logo to pay homage to his wife whose first name is Daisy. Today, in spite of regular modifications of the drawing, the daisy is always present even if its significance is somewhat forgotten. Binomial name Bellis perennis L. Bellis perennis is a common European species of daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name, though many other related plants share the name; to distinguish it from other daisies, it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, or occasionally English daisy. ...

External links

• Official site (requires Macromedia Flash)
• Gaumont-Columbia TriStar Films