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Fantômas
Also known as Fantômas — Á l’ombre de la guillotine in France
(1913) France
B&W : Serial / Three chapters
Directed by Louis Feuillade

Cast: René Navarre [Fantômas / Gurn], Edmond Bréon [Le policier Juve (Inspector Juve)], Georges Melchior [Jérôme Fandor, journaliste à ‘La Capitale’], Renée Carl [Lady Beltham, maîtresse de Fantômas], Jane Faber [Princesse Danidoff], Volbert [L’acteur Valgrand (the actor Valgrand)], Naudier [Le gardien Nibet], Maillard [L’habilleur de Valgrand], Yvette Andréyor [Josephine]

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont production; distributed by [?] Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont? / Scenario by Louis Feuillade, from a novel by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. / Premiered 9 May 1913. Three chapters [?] (of 2-5 reels each part?). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the USA (in five chapters of three reels each) on State Rights basis by Gaumont Company: [1] “Fantomas Under the Shadow of the Guillotine,” released 7 September 1913.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime - Criminals: Master

Listing updated: 5 January 2023.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 40, 47, 69, 88, 112, 113, 130, 131, 191; Everson-Detective p. 7; Fell-History pp. 88-89; Limbacher-Feature p. 76; Robinson-Palace pp. 137, 138; Sinyard-Silent p. 59; Stedman-Serials p. 9; Tarbox-Lost pp. 146, 209 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
 
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