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Has the Film Already Started? (1951)

Name: Has the Film Already Started?
Director: Maurice Lemaître
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1951-12-07
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Marcelle Dumont-Billaudot, Christiane Guymer, Bernard Marçay, Isidore Isou, Maurice Lemaître

IMDb 7.61h 2mFantasy

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Plot Summary

“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…”