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Louis Aubert (1878–1944) was a French film producer, distributor and exhibitor. A pioneer in the early silent era, in 1909 he established the distribution company Compagnie Générale du Cinématographe and in 1913 founded Etablissements Louis Aubert. He also owned a chain of Aubert Palaces cinemas. He sold his film interests to the large Gaumont concern, but continued to produce individual films. He later entered politics, and was elected as a deputy for Sables-d'Olonne in 1932 and again in 1936. An Independent Radical he voted in 1940 to award supreme power to Philippe Pétain during the Fall of France.

Selected filmography

• L'Atlantide (1921)
• Sarati the Terrible (1923)
• Princess Lulu (1925)
• My Priest Among the Rich (1925)
• Simone (1926)
• My Priest Among the Poor (1926)
• Siren of the Tropics (1927)
• Nile Water (1928)
• The New Testament (1936)

References

1. Ulff-Møller p.58
2. O'Brien p.143
3. Crisp p.27

Bibliography

• Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930–1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.
• O'Brien, Charles. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.. Indiana University Press, 2005.
• Ulff-Møller, Jens. Hollywood's Film Wars with France: Film-trade Diplomacy and the Emergence of the French Film Quota Policy. University Rochester Press, 2001.

External links

• Louis Aubert at IMDb

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