Studios Joinville - Joinville-le-Pont (FR94) - 2020-08-27 - 2

The Joinville Studios were a

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which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as

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and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original in 1923. This was located less than a kilometre away, and together the two served as a major filmmaking hub. After the

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the studio was merged into the Franstudio network in 1947 along with other major

studios including the

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and

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. In the early 1930s, the American company

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took over the studios and made

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versions of their hit films. In total, films were made in fourteen different languages as Joinville became a hub of such multi-language versions. While many were remakes of English-language hits, some were original stories. This practice declined as

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became more commonplace.Williams p.175-77

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. * Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993 * Williams, Alan Larson. ''Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking''. Harvard University Press, 1992. * Waldman, Harry. ''Paramount in Paris: 300 Films Produced at the Joinville Studios, 1930-1933'', Scarecrow Press, 1998. French film studios {{film-studio-stub