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L’Assassinat du duc de Guise
(The Assassination of the Duke of Guise)
Also known as La mort du duc de Guise in France : [Assassination of the Duc de Guise]
(1908) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes
Cast: Charles Le Bargy [Henri III], Raphaël Albert Lambert fils (Albert Lambert) [Le duc de Guise], Dieudonné (Albert Dieudonné), Madamoiselle Robinne (Gabrielle Robinne) [Marquise de Noirmoutier, maîtresse du duc], Berthe Bovy [le page], Jean Angelo, Huguette Duflos, Raphaël Duflos, Charles Lorrain, Rolla Norman
Le Film d’Art production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Produced by Léon Laffitte and Paul Laffitte. Scenario by Henri Lavédan. Production design by Émile Bertin. Cinematography by Émile Pierre. Original music score by Camille Saint-Saëns. / Released 17 November 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Generally accepted as the first motion picture with an original music score. [?] The first Film d’Art production? [?] Bardèche-History p. ? lists this film as the first Film d'Art production. [?] Pratt-Spellbound p. ? lists L’Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908) as the second Film d'Art production, and [Incriminating Evidence] (1909) as the first. [?] Shipman-Cinema pp. 38, 39 lists the title of this film as La mort du duc de Guise. The film was released in the USA on 17 February 1909.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 October 2023.
References: Altman-Sound p. 8; Ball-Shakespeare p. 385; Bardèche-History p. ?; Brownlow-Parade pp. 339, 522; Geduld-Birth p. 38; Pratt-Spellbound p. ?; Robinson-Palace pp. 135, 174; Shipman-Cinema pp. 38, 39 : Website-IMDb.
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