Fantômas
Also known as Fantômas — Á l’ombre de la guillotine in France
(1913) French
B&W : Serial / Three episodes
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 episodes [?] (of 2-5 reels each part?). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in the USA on State Rights basis by Gaumont Company; part one “Fantomas Under the Shadow of the Guillotine.”
