
Louis J. Gasnier
Biography
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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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Acting (1 movie)
Directing (65 movies)

The Perils of Pauline
1914
First Night Out
1905

Tell Your Children
1938
The Beauty Shoppers
1927

Gambling Ship
1933

The Last Outpost
1935

Topaze
1933

Poisoned Paradise
1924

Sunset Murder Case
1938

Parisian Love
1925

The Virtuous Sin
1930

Bank Alarm
1937

Max's First Job
1910

Downhill
1934

The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932

His First Cigar
1908

The Runaway Horse
1908

The Exploits of Elaine
1914

The Lawyer's Secret
1931

The Gold Racket
1937

Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Espérame
1933

Maytime
1923

Shadow of the Law
1930

Out of the Storm
1926
Max Makes a Touch
1910
A Short-Sighted Duellist
1910

Darkened Rooms
1929

Forgotten Commandments
1932

Max Learns to Skate
1907

Attempted Suicide
1906

Silence
1931

Murder on the Yukon
1940

Streets of Shanghai
1927
The Marines Come Thru
1938

Max Skiing
1910

Kismet
1920

The Mystery of the Double Cross
1917

Suburban Melody
1933

The Butterfly Man
1920

Stolen Paradise
1940
Bold Love
1930

Faint Perfume
1925

Slightly Scarlet
1930

White Man
1924

El tango en Broadway
1934

That Model from Paris
1926

Fedora
1934

John, the Soldier of Vengeance
1940
The Enigmatic Mr. Parkes
1930
Iris perdue et retrouvée
1934

The Tiger's Trail
1919

Hands Up
1918

Thorns and Orange Blossoms
1922

The Triflers
1924

The Parasite
1925

The Shielding Shadow
1916

Wine
1924

The Seven Pearls
1917
Noisy Neighbors
1908

Poor Men's Wives
1923

The New Exploits of Elaine
1915

Mothers-in-Law
1923

The Boomerang
1925

Il Trovatore
1910
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| First Night Out | 1905 | Writer | 
| Max Learns to Skate | 1907 | Screenplay | 
| The Fatal Ring | 1917 | Producer | 
| Topaze | 1933 | Writer | 
| Espérame | 1933 | Writer | 
