The beginnings of cinematographer in the 10th arrondissement
When: 24.11.2026 18:30
Where: 48.856586, 2.353225
Organizer: Admin
From the beginning of cinema,
Grands Boulevards and Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple concentrate on
numerous rooms, located on the traditional axes of popular entertainment. The
cinematographer is initially housed in places of which he is not the
first destination, then in dedicated or transformed spaces: cafés-concerts
Thus become cinemas.
In the 10th
borough, "animated photographs" sessions are
organized, from 1896, in a department store on Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, a
famous café-concert of the boulevard de Strasbourg or a wax museum of the Porte
Saint-Denis. They make the summer season of boulevard theatres or spend
in simple neighborhood cafes. At the Saint-Martin Gate, the first room
is housed in the modest boutique rented by Antoine
Light to project the views filmed by his sons.
Cinema is then a curiosity
scientific, attraction, variety number. In search of respectability,
He soon got closer to popular theatre. We'll have to wait until the 1920s for him to offer
real palaces to celebrate the new cult, perhaps history of
To make forget its carnival origins. Ains, the Luxor is designed in a spirit
The Great Cinema of the Palace of Ice is covered with mirrors, now gone.
This conference will be given by Claude
Calvarin, member of History and Lives of the 10th, author of the book Un
boulevard for the first steps of cinema, published by the association in 2026.
Tags: history, lecture, conference, cinema
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/les-debuts-du-cinematographe-dans-le-10e-arrondissement-114473
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