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In 1907, Pathé opened a factory in Bound Brook to make positive distribution prints from negatives sent from France. Business catapulted. Pathé went on to open a film studio in Bound Brook in 1910.
The French surname Pathé has been synonymous with the motion picture industry and film quality since the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
The Pathé Company was originally founded in Paris, France (1896-1897) and expanded to New York City, Jersey City and the East Bound Brook/Middlesex border (Lincoln Boulevard, between B and C Streets) over the next two decades.
Two roosters crowed from both sides of the signage atop the Lincoln Boulevard plant: “Pathé Frères: Moving Pictures.” The rooster, the company’s chosen trademark, had been an emblem of victory since the days of the Gauls.
French citizens Patrice Lafaurie and his wife, Chantal, have researched the company on both sides of the Atlantic over the past three years. They have a personal interest, as some of Patrice’s family members worked for Pathé in various locations, including the Lincoln Boulevard facility. It was established in 1907 as the processing laboratory of the original (American) Pathé Studios in Jersey City. Printing, developing, inspection, and distribution of motion picture films was the sole purpose of the Lincoln Boulevard site.
Patrice and Chantal Lafaurie will present a program on the development of Pathé in the USA and the French immigrants who ventured far from home to contribute to the company’s extraordinary success.
