Louis J. Gasnier
Directing
Born 1875-09-13
Died 1963-02-15
Paris, France
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Louis J. Gasnier (15 September 1875 - 15 February 1963) was a French film director.
Born in Paris, Gasnier was working in theatre when Pathé hired him to direct films in the earliest days of cinema. He directed comedian Max Linder in many of his early short comedies. In 1912 he emigrated to the United States, where he made his name working on several fairly prestigious productions, most notably the serial The Perils of Pauline starring Pearl White, with whom he made several other star vehicles.
Gasnier's career declined with the advent of sound, and he was later confined to making low-budget B movies. Arguably his most famous film, although not for artistic reasons, is the anti-marijuana opus Reefer Madness, made in 1936. The film's over-preachy, over-the-top propaganda message has earned it a dedicated cult following, which remains strong to the present day. It is widely available in the public domain and on DVD, and has been frequently shown on many terrestrial and cable TV channels, quite remarkable for an ultra cheap exploitation movie of the 1930s that apparently had very scant distribution when it was originally released. After Reefer Madness, Gasnier made an additional eight films before retiring in 1941. He died in Hollywood at the age of 87.
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Directing
57 credits
Il Trovatore
Fedora
Silent Years
Tell Your Children
Fashion Madness
Sin Cargo
Gambling Ship
Forgotten Commandments
The Last Outpost
The Hero
Wine
Espérame
Iris perdue et retrouvée
Good Women
The Exploits of Elaine
Shadow of the Law
The Lawyer's Secret
The Call of Home
Bold Love
Max Makes a Touch
Out of the Storm
John, the Soldier of Vengeance
The Mystery of the Double Cross
Darkened Rooms
Rich Men's Wives
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
Lost at Sea
A Wife's Awakening
Parisian Love
Max's First Job
The Seven Pearls
Silence
The Gold Racket
The Virtuous Sin
Poisoned Paradise
The Tiger's Trail
Slightly Scarlet
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
Sunset Murder Case
The Beauty Shoppers
Downhill
The Marines Come Thru
The Boomerang
Pleasures of the Rich
The Dummy
Should Tall Men Marry?
The Butterfly Man
Faint Perfume
The Perils of Pauline
Stolen Paradise
Maytime
The Triflers
Streets of Shanghai
The Breath of Scandal
The Runaway Horse
Mothers-in-Law
A Drama in Seaville
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