“A pink moving screen will stand at the entrance to the theatre, in the night. One hour before the screening a projectionist will show Griffith’s Intolerance on this screen. The start of the film will be announced at 8.30 but no one will enter before 9.30. During these 60 minutes of waiting, people on the first floor of the building will shake out very dusty carpets, and someone else will throw ice water on the heads of those spectators waiting for the screening. Some actors who have infiltrated the crowd will insult other actors on the first floor. At this moment only, and to stop the beginning of a scandal, the doors of the theatre will open…”
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Maurice Lemaître Director
First release November 12, 1951 · Produced in France · Original title Le film est déjà commencé ?
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Original title
Le film est déjà commencé ?
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 12, 1951
Premiere · Ciné-club du Musée de l'Homme
France · December 7, 1951
Limited theatrical · Le Cluny, boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Près, à Paris
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