Louis Nalpas

Louis Nalpas
Louis Nalpas
Born	3 November 1884; Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Died	1948; Paris, France
Occupation	Producer

Louis Nalpas (1884-1948) was a Greek-French film producer. He was a leading producer during the silent era, and was employed by the large French studio Pathé.[1]^:30 He was behind the company's construction of the Victorine Studios in Nice in 1921, which attempted to create a version of Hollywood on the French Riviera.[1]^:95 He then broke away to form his own production company.

Nalpas produced many of the early films of director Abel Gance. He was the maternal uncle of Antonin Artaud and was essential in establishing Artaud's career as a film actor.[2]^:623

Selected filmography

Le périscope (1916)
Les Gaz mortels (1916)
Le droit à la vie (1917)
The Torture of Silence (1917)
Barberousse (1917)
The Zone of Death (1917)
The Tenth Symphony (1918)
La Fête espagnole (1920)
Mathias Sandorf (1921)
Surcouf (1925)
The Marriage of Rosine (1926)
The Chocolate Girl (1927)
Monte Cristo (1929)

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References

Crisp, Colin (1997). The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21115-6.
Artaud, Antonin (1988-10-10). Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06443-0.

Bibliography

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External links

Louis Nalpas on IMDb

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[:0-1] Crisp, Colin (1997). The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21115-6.

[2] Artaud, Antonin (1988-10-10). Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06443-0.