2 February - The
Paris Film Congress opens. It is an attempt to form a cartel of leading European producers similar to that of the
MPPC in the United States
30 July – Société Française de teintures inoffersires, as predecessor of
L'Oréal was founded.[citation needed]
22 September - Three of the
Chauffeurs de la Drome are executed by guillotine in
Valence, Drôme in south-west France. They were a gang responsible for a three-year campaign of theft, torture and murder in the department of
Drôme.