This article deals with the Pathé movie company. For their music business, see Pathé Records.
Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.
Founded as Société Pathé Frères in Paris, France on September 28, 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé, during the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and production company...
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This article deals with the Pathé movie company. For their music business, see Pathé Records.
Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.
Founded as Société Pathé Frères in Paris, France on September 28, 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé, during the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and production company in the world as well as a major producer of phonograph records.
The driving force behind the film operation was Charles Pathé who had helped open a gramophone shop in 1894 and then established a phonograph factory at Chatou on the western outskirts of Paris. Successful, he saw the opportunities that new means of entertainment offered and in particular by the fledgling motion picture industry. Having decided to expand the record business to include film equipment, Charles Pathé oversaw a rapid expansion of the company. To finance its growth,...
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