Born this day Léon Ernest Gaumont (1864-1946), founder of the world's first and oldest film studio (incorporated 1895, one year prior to Pathé Frères.) Gaumont was an employee of a firm that manufactured film and camera equipment. To expand into the brand new field of cinema he obtained the backing of a financier named Alfred […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM on May 10, 2023