Pathé-Baby
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
The Pathé Baby was an amateur cinema system of 1.37:1 aspect ratio of motion pictures invented by Victor Continsouza, manufactured and marketed by the French company Pathé Frères between 1922 and 1936, which stood out for being one of the first cinematographic systems conceived and designed to bring the cinema home.
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Visuals: Over a black background is an oval with a picture of a cracked egg and a baby chick, with the text "Pathé-Baby" in a fancy font underlined.
Variants:
- A red tinted version can be seen on The Infernal Contortionist (1923).
- A magenta version can be seen on Spring Song (1931).
Technique: A still, printed image.
Audio: None.
| Media Title | Date(s) of Release | Additional Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Enchanted Pond (L'étang enchanté) IMDb | 1922 | First appearance; originally released in 1907 |
| The Castle of Chambord (Le Châteaux de Chambord) | 1922 | Originally released in 1907 |
| La Nouvelle bonne | 1922 | Originally released in 1908 |
| Les ficelles de Léontine IMDb | 1922 | Originally released in 1910 |
| Les lions sont lachés | 1922 | Originally released in 1920 |
| The Infernal Contortionist (L’infernal Contorsionniste) IMDb | 1923 | Red variant |
| A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa (石川五右衛門の法事) IMDb | July 13, 1930 | |
| Spring Song (春の唄) IMDb | April 14, 1931 | Last appearance; magenta variant |
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Visuals: Over a black background is the white, abstract rooster that crows again, which is written in a graffiti-like style, albeit with a fluorescent white drawing. Underneath is "Pathé - Baby" with underlined below the rooster, and the "-" is inside the leg of rooster.
Variant: A version of the logo exists that features just the word "Pathé" in black in front of the rooster.
Technique: A still, printed image.
Audio: None.
| Media Title | Date(s) of Release | Additional Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mysterious Boudoir (Le Boudoir mystérieux) | 1922 | First appearance; originally released in 1907 |
| The Siege of Calais (Le siège de Calais) | 1922 | Originally released in 1911 |
| The Frog (Le grenouille) | 1922 | Originally released in 1911 |
| The Otter (La loutre) | 1922 | Originally released in 1913 |
| La bonne cuisiniere (An Excellent Cook) | 1922 | Originally released in 1921 |
| A Visit to the Pathe-Cinema Works (Une Visite aux Usines Pathe-Cinema) | 1922 | Originally released in 1921 |
| The City Struck by Lightning (La Cité Foudroyée) | December 5, 1924 | |
| Mister Mustard’s Millions (600000 francs par mois) | July 2, 1926 | Final appearance |
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