Get ready for another engaging episode of Join Us in France! This week, my co-host Elyse Rivin and I delve into the captivating story of cinema's trailblazers, the Lumière Brothers. We also discuss Alice Guy, the first woman film director. As we unravel the saga of their groundbreaking inventions and the birth of cinema, Elyse's keen insights illuminate the past, painting a vivid picture of the early days of film and how it has shaped our present. This episode is a must-listen for all film enthusiasts!

Table of Contents for this Episode

• Today on the podcast
• Podcast supporters
• Thank you, Patrons!
• Install the Patreon app
• Next week on the podcast
• Annie and Elyse about the Lumières brothers
• Elyse’s love for movies
• History of cinema and it’s relationship to France
• Luc Besson
• Let’s talk about the beginning
• Muiberg’s optical illusion
• Edison’s Kinetoscope
• Emile Reynaud’s Optical Theater, Illuminated Pantomimes
• Frères Lumière, The Light Brothers
• The first “film festival” in Paris
• The first travel films
• Next step for Lumière Brothers
• George Meliès and the first special effects
• The first political movie
• The first movie houses and the first cinema studio
• Destroyed everything they had built
• Alice Guy, the first woman film director
• The cabbage fairy film
• Jesus of Nazareth film
• The first peplum
• The Pathé brothers
• The first sound studio in Europe
• World War I pauses everything
• The New Wave
• Copyright