Source: El Cultural.

Chronological Overview: Four Periods

1. Silent Films

E.g., Charleston (1924)

2. Sound Films: France, 1930s

First Sound Film: On purge bébé (1931)

Popular Front Films

E.g., The Crime of M. Lange (1936), La Vie Est a Nous (1936)

Poetic Realist Films

E.g., The Human Beast (1938)

Final French Film: Rules of the Game (1939)

3. Sound Films: US War-time Films

E.g., The Woman on the Beach

4. Sound Films: France, post-War

Works in India and Italy En Route to France

E.g., The River (1951)

1950s French Films

E.g., French Cancan (1954)

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