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  • Mere months after seeing the Lumière brothers in 1895 demonstrate their motion-picture camera, while working as a secretary for Gaumont, Alice persuades her boss to let her use the camera to make a film.

    Gerit Quealy: The Director's Guild of America Honors Alice Guy-Blaché Gerit Quealy 2011

  • Revier had worked in production for both American Gaumont and Universal before joining with Burns in 1912.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • Mark Ostrer, meanwhile, was one of three brothers (Isidore, Maurice and Mark) who administered the affairs of Gaumont-British, founded in 1927 in the wake of the Cinematograph Films (Quota) Act.

    Geoffrey Mark Steve 2010

  • Much later in life, while I was filming in England, Mom would introduce me to one of those gentlemen who had been a principal at British Gaumont Films.

    One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

  • Isidore became President of Gaumont-British in 1929; Mark Ostrer was Chairman.

    Geoffrey Mark Steve 2010

  • Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September, but Gaumont co-chair Jerome Seydoux stated that it would get finished with or without him.

    Summit Bringing Roman Polanski's Film The Ghost to the US « FirstShowing.net 2009

  • Both OSS films were bankrolled by French studio giant Gaumont, which, far from rushing "Lost in Rio" into production after the success of the first film, gave their screenwriters ample time to develop a second film that is not a carbon copy of the first and works well on its own terms.

    Meet the French James Bond 2009

  • Soon she signed a contract with the Gaumont-British film company and after various hurdles in obtaining work permits in England she was eventually granted a permanent permit, lending some security to her life in exile.

    Lilli Palmer. 2009

  • Gaumont started to convert a lot of theaters into RealD.

    The Real 3D Battle Will Be Fought On Your Face | /Film 2009

  • As for Gaumont, "" The Fifth Element '' was meant to catapult it into the majors, but instead it's made it a butt of jokes around Hollywood.

    Future Schlock 2008

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