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.