The Charles Pathé-Babies

Overview

The 13th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. The Pathé-Baby, or ‘cinema at home’, the precursor to home cinema, was launched in 1922 and made it possible to watch comedy stars such as Max Linder, Laurel and Hardy, and Felix the Cat, as well as ‘big films’ such as Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Abel Gance's Napoléon, at home.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1986

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Belgium

Production

SODEP

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded