Table of Contents

Preface Martine Offroy Introduction Maurice Gianati et Laurent Mannoni 1. Alice Guy a-t-elle existe? Maurice Gianati 2. Gaumont pionnier du film sonore Laurent Mannoni 3. Alice Guy et les phonoscenes Maurice Gianati 4. Charles Proust et le chronomegaphone Gabriel Proust 5. L'exploitation en France du cinema sonore avant 1914 Eric Lange 6. Les premiers systemes Vitaphone, Movietone et Photophone Jean-Pierre Verscheure FILMOGRAPHIES Les catalogues des phonoscenes Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange Notes explicatives sur la filmographie des phonoscenes Gaumont Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange La filmographie des phonoscenes Gaumont Notes explicatives sur la filmographie des filmparlants Gaumont Maurice Gianati et Eric Lange Filmographie des filmparlants, annees 1910 et 1920 Bibliographie selective

About the Author

LAURENT MANNONI is a director and curator at the French Cinematheque in Paris. Author of fifteen works on early cinema, he is responsible for organising a great many scientific conferences and exhibitions. MAURICE GIANATI is a researcher, historian and collector, and has advised on the preparation of many exhibitions on early cinema. His archives are held by Gaumont, Pathe et la Cinematheque francaise.