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Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour (April 7, 1870 – October 26, 1946) was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema.
Jules Brulatour was born on 7 April 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Saved from the Titanic (1912), Marionettes (1925) and Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III (1922).
- Producer, Actor
- April 7, 1870
- Jules Brulatour
- October 26, 1946
Learn about Jules Brulatour, a New Orleans native and a pioneer of the motion picture industry. He cofounded Universal Pictures, had a scandalous affair with Dorothy Gibson, and was the inspiration for Citizen Kane.
- Greater New Orleans
- Bourbon Era, Reconstruction Period
Jules Brulatour was born on April 7, 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Saved from the Titanic (1912), Marionettes (1925) and Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III (1922).
- April 7, 1870
- October 26, 1946
Dec 11, 2003 · Jules Brulatour was a distributor of raw stock for Eastman Kodak and one of the founders of Universal Film Co. He also survived the Titanic disaster and married actress Hope Hamilton.
Ernest Jules Brulatour was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema. Beginning as American distribution representative for Lumiere Brothers raw film stock in 1907, he joined producer Carl Laemmle in forming Universal Pictures in 1912.
Jules E. Brulatour of 1145 Park Avenue, motion-picture financier, who had been one of the city's best-known "first-nighters" for twenty years, died last night in Mount Sinai Hospital, after an...
