Paul Sablon aka Paul Bourgeois in Motion Picture News, 1915

Paul Sablon (6 November 1888 – 3 November 1940), later Paul Bourgeois, was a Brussels-born actor, director, cinematographer, writer and animal trainer, who worked in the early film industry, including for Pathé Frères in Europe and Universal in the United States.[1]

While working in the Netherlands, "Sablon became the regular cameraman for Alfred Machin’s tiger Mimir."[2] He later toured with the Circus Hagenbeck, developing his animal training skills.[1] During his American era he seems to have been a combination animal trainer, critically and commercially successful director, con man and workplace predator.[3] “Bourgeois and his wife, actress Rosita Marstini, arrived in Hollywood in summer 1915” after he had worked with animals in New York and New Jersey.[3] He was head animal trainer and Universal City Zoo superintendent from approximately 1915 to 1916.[4] In 1916, he defrauded investors with an ice rink scheme and then absconded to Arizona with the money and his 19-year-old stenographer.[3] He spent time in both Canada and the United States but died in his home country of Belgium.[1][3]

Filmography

Actor:

  • 1912: Het vervloekte Geld (The Curse of Money)
  • 1913: Beasts of the Jungle[5]
  • 1915: The Prisoner of the Harem[6]
  • 1916: Hungry Happy’s Dream[7]

Director or cinematographer, in Europe:

  • 1912: Babylas va se marier
  • 1912: L'Âme des moulins[8]
  • 1912: Calvaire du mousse
  • 1912: L'Or qui brûle
  • 1912: De Molens die juichen en weenen
  • 1912: La Peinture et les cochons

Director, working in the United States under the name Paul Bourgeois:

Further reading

  • Donaldson, Geoffrey (1997). Of joy and sorrow : a filmography of Dutch silent fiction. Amsterdam: Stichting Nederlands Filmmuseum. ISBN 90-71338-10-X. OCLC 39197409.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Paul Sablon". DEV EYE Filmdatabase. Eye Filmmuseum. 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. ↑ Engelen, Leen. "ON THE TRAIL OF THE TIGRESS | Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival". Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Johnston, Keith (2021-10-03). "He made history as Hollywood's first animal trainer. Then he scammed L.A. with 'iceless ice'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ↑ "Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1916) - Lantern". lantern.mediahist.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  6. ↑ McMahan, Alison (2014-08-22). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-0269-5.
  7. ↑ "Hungry's Happy Dream". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Paul Sablon". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  9. ↑ "Joe Martin Turns Them Loose". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Greenroom Jottings". Motion Picture. Macfadden-Bartell. 1915. p. 127.
  11. ↑ "Nadine of Nowhere". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Whole Jungle Was After Him, The". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  13. ↑ "On the Trail of the Tigress". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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