Louis Aubert

Louis Aubert (1878–1944) was a French film producer, distributor and exhibitor. A pioneer in the early silent era, in 1909 he established the distribution company Compagnie Générale du Cinématographe and in 1913 founded Etablissements Louis Aubert. He also owned a chain of Aubert Palaces cinemas. He sold his film interests to the large Gaumont concern, but continued to produce individual films. He later entered politics, and was elected, as a deputy for Sables-d'Olonne in 1932 and again in 1936. An Independent Radical he voted in 1940 to award supreme power to Philippe Pétain during the Fall of France.

Selected filmography L'Atlantide (1921) Sarati the Terrible (1923) Princess Lulu (1925) My Priest Among the Rich (1925) Simone (1926) My Priest Among the Poor (1926) Siren of the Tropics (1927) Nile Water (1928) The New Testament (1936)