1552604
1552604

The Charles Pathé-Babies

1986-01-01 fr 12m
Documentary
The 13th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. The Pathé-Baby, or ‘cinema at home’, the precursor to home cinema, was launched in 1922 and made it possible to watch comedy stars such as Max Linder, Laurel and Hardy, and Felix the Cat, as well as ‘big films’ such as Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Abel Gance's Napoléon, at home.

Director

Pierre Levie

Writer

Pierre Levie

Music

Alain Pierre

Sound

Alain Pierre

Editor

Rosanne Van Haesebrouck

short film pre cinema

Status

Released

Countries

  • Belgium

Companies

  • SODEP