Clément Maurice
D'abord employé des usines Lumière, où il entre en 1894, il devient photographe portraitiste à Paris, où il s'installe dans l'atelier d'Antoine Lumière au 8 boulevard des Italiens, ce qui lui permet d'entrer dans le milieu du cinématographe. En 1899, la société de production Association frères Lumière l'embauche comme collaborateur et technicien cinématographe pour le tournage du film Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan. Rapidement, il se lance dans la production et la réalisation de films de long métrage comme Le Duel d'Hamlet ou Cyrano de Bergerac. Avec Henri Lioret, il développe le Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, système pionnier du cinéma sonore, présenté lors de l'Exposition universelle de 1900.
Le duel d'Hamlet (1900)
The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop. (more)
The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop. (more)
Romeo and Juliet (1900)
Only 15 seconds remain of this lost short about the famous garden scene in Romeo and Juliet (more)
Only 15 seconds remain of this lost short about the famous garden scene in Romeo and Juliet (more)
Voitures automobiles (1896)
Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race. (more)
Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race. (more)
L'inutile sacrifice (1911)
The photoplay has for theme the fickleness of Pierre, the village "Beau Brummel" of a pretty little French town. He makes love to Blanche, who promises to be his bride. Her friend, Mariette, coquettes with Pierre, and wins his affections, falling in love herself, ... (more)
The photoplay has for theme the fickleness of Pierre, the village "Beau Brummel" of a pretty little French town. He makes love to Blanche, who promises to be his bride. Her friend, Mariette, coquettes with Pierre, and wins his affections, falling in love herself, ... (more)
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre (1900)
The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from ... (more)
The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from ... (more)