Pathé's Montreuil studio opened in April 1904, at 52 rue du Sergent Bobillot.
My fellow searcher Denis Dupont, creator of the wonderful Vincennes 1900 blog, has identified at least sixteen films that used the studio buildings themselves as locations (see here). Most satisfying of Denis's discoveries is the whereabouts of the stables at the end of Le Cheval emballé (1907). The runaway horse is seen in Vincennes, Joinville-le-Pont and Nogent-sur-Marne before returning 'home' to the studio on the rue du Sergent Bobillot in Montreuil:
This and other nearby streets provided convenient exteriors whenever a film's narrative moved out of the studio space. As a supplement to Denis's work, here are some views of this part of Montreuil, as seen in Pathé productions between 1907 and 1913.
rue du Sergent Bobillot
The northward stretch of the rue du Sergent Bobillot from the studio entrance at 52 is a common sight in films made at the Montreuil studio:
Several of the studio buildings remain but most of that part of the rue du Sergent Bobillot has been redeveloped. Below is the entrance to the studio now and two buildings along the street that have survived from the period:
I haven't yet seen either of these latter buildings in a film, but across the street, at no. 37, is a building that appears at least five times:
With its brickwork plastered over the house is almost unrecognisable. The ventilation grill visible in Pickpock (aka Slippery Jim) helps to confirm the identification:
rue du Sergent Bobillot / rue Michelet
The building in the background of the scene from Les Inconvénients du cinématographe tells us that this is shot on the rue du Sergent Bobillot, looking towards the rue Michelet.
rue du Sergent Bobillot / villa de la Tourelle
villa de la Tourelle
The building on the left side of the villa de la Tourelle in the images above was shown from a different angle in at least three other films:
Across the street, the wall in front of the house at 12 rue de la Tourelle, opposite the entrance to the villa de la Tourelle, can be recognised below in Boireau et la gigolette and in Calino a mangé du cheval:
rue du Sergent Bobillot / rue de la Tourelle
rue de la Tourelle
(The rue de la Tourelle is now the rue du Sergent Godefroy.)
rue Kléber / rue de la Tourelle
79 rue Kléber
rue Kléber / rue Michelet
10 rue Kléber
The dispensary and the police station are both locations in Apaches mal avisés (1908). The print of this film in the Huntley Archives is, for these two shots at least, reversed:
I don't think this reversal is simply a fault in the Huntley Archive print, since a publicity still for this film is also reversed:
49 rue Kléber
rue Kléber / rue Douy Delcupe
25 rue Douy Delcupe
rue Douy Delcupe / rue de Vincennes
rue du Gazomètre / rue Michelet
rue du Gazomètre
(The rue du Gazomètre is now the rue Edouard Vaillant.)
Including those identified by Denis Dupont that use the studio itself as a location, we have identified about thirty films that use the vicinity of the Montreuil studio as a location. There are of course many films that I haven't seen, and among those I have seen there are several locations that may be Montreuil but that I cannot identify. Here is a selection of those (suggestions here, please):