Gaumont Film Company

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Gaumont Pictures

Gaumont Pictures was founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, [[L�on Gaumont]]. From 1905 to 1914 its studios 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, the motion picture industry’s first woman director.

Gaumont opened foreign offices and acquired theatre chains and along with its giant competitor, [[Path� Fr�res]], they dominated the motion-picture industry in Europe until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

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