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Ernest F. G. HATCH
(1859-1927)
Jean-Claude SEGUIN
2
Les origines (1859-1898)
Fils de John William Hatch, Ernest, Frederic, George Hatch fonde, en 1894, la marque Hatch, Mansfield and Company, spécialisé dans le commerce du vin.
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| Hatch, Mansfield & Co., Ltd., Juillet 1900 | The Belfast news-lettre, Belfast, samedi 29 juin 1895, p. 3. |
Dès 1895, il est également l'un des directeurs de la Fine Arts and General Insurance Company. Il va échouer à deux reprises à se faire élire comme représentant conservateur de la Gorton Divison of Lancashire, avant d'y parvenir, en 1895, face au Dr. Pankhurst, le candidat travailliste.
Le Cinématographe (1899-1900)
Ernest Hatch, en septembre 1899, va se lancer dans un voyage qui va le conduire en Amérique, puis en Extrême-Orient. Il est accompagné, outre d'un serviteur, par Hubert Crichton et par le cinématographiste S. A. Millen. Les quatre hommes se rendent d'abord au Canada, en septembre :
Mr. E. F. G. Hatch, M. P., who is accompanied by the Hon. Arthur Crichton, leaves England on Saturday by the s.s. New York, from Southampton, for Canada, en route for Japan and China. Mr. Hatch and Mr. Crichton do not expect to return to England until the end of February or the beginning of March, 1900.
Sheffield Evening Telegraph, Sheffield, jeudi 31 août 1899, p. 4.
Ils vont y rester environ un mois. Ils sont signalés à Montréal :
Mr. Ernest F. G. Hatch, M.P., for the Gorton division of Manchester England, is at [t]he Place Viger.
The Gazette, Montreal, jeudi 28 septembre 1899, p. 3.
À Winnipeg, on annonce leur prochain départ :
Mr. Ernest Hatch, M. P. for the Gorton division of Lancashire, Engl, and the Hon. Arthur Crichton, are guests at government house. They will leave on Friday morning.
The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, jeudi 5 octobre 1899, p. 8.
Ernest Hatch et ses compagnons va demeurer au Japon et en Corée pendant deux mois environ. L'équipe en profite pour tourner quelques vues dont Coaling Man-on-War at Nagasaki et Market Scene in Corea avec d'arriver en Chine. Plusieurs tournages sont réalisés à Pékin. Vers la mi-décembre, on retrouve Ernest Hatch à Shanghai où il organise une séance de bienfaisance en faveur de la Church Building Fund, mais des problèmes d'alimentation empêchent son déroulement normal :
MR. E. F. G. HATCH, M.P.,
is an enterprising man in more ways than one, he travels with a cinematograph and with an expert to take films illustrative of native life in the various places he visits. He kindly offered to give an exhibition in aid of the finances of our Church Building Fund. But the best-laid plans of mice and M. P.'s gang aft agley ; the gear of the oxy-hydrogen plant went wrong and an expectant public was disappointed at the last moment.
North China Herald, Shanghai, lundi 18 décembre 1899, p. 1212.
En revanche, la séance au Cusmons Club va se dérouler sans anicroches :
There was again a very successful exhibition of Mr. Hatch’s cinematograph views at the Customs Club on Friday afternoon, and the Ball-room was filled by an enthusiastic audience. The show was given for the benefit of the Red Cross Societies, British and Dutch, now working in South Africa.
North China Herald, Shanghai, lundi 18 décembre 1899, p. 1205.
Le même journal propose un compte rendu détaillé d'une autre séance organisée au Lyceum :
THE CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT AT THE LYCEUM
More than a thousand of the children of Shanghai, including several midshipmen from H.M.S. Bonaventure, accepted the very kind invitation of Mr. E. F. G. Hatch, M.P., to see an exhibition of his cinematograph pictures at the Lyceum on Thursday afternoon. The theatre itself was an exhibition, packed as it was from floor to ceiling, the gallery being occupied by hundreds of boys and the girls and smaller children occupying the boxes, dress circle, und stalls. Lady Hannen had organised a committee of ladies to look after the children, and the whole entertainment was supervised by Mr. F, Anderson, Chairman of the Municipal Council, and Mr. G. Lanning, Headmaster of the Shanghai Public School. The exhibition was run by Mr, Millen, who has been brought out by Mr. Hatch for the purpose, Mr. Nelson looking after the electric light. Mrs. Petersen was in charge of the musical arrangements. In opening the entertainment, Mr. Lanning mentioned that Mr. Hatch was travelling round the world, that he had brought a cinematograph with him to take views to take home with him, and at the same time he had brought out some scenes, which he had kindly off-red to exhibit to the children of Shanghai. There was first a piano duet as overture, and then twenty views in all were shown, in batches of four, with a musical interlude by some of the girl pupils‘ of the Public School between each batch. The whole entertainment was a perfect success ; the delight of the children was expressed after each picture with enthusiasm which they will unfortunately lose as they get older, and they heartily applauded the musical interludes. It was a great pleasure to hear their hearty and spontaneous recognition as picture after picture, most of them of remarkable excellence, passed before them. At the close of the entertainment. Mr. Lanning called for three cheers for Mr. Hatch which were given with grateful vehemence, and in a very few minutes the theatre was empty again.
North China Herald, Shanghai, 18 décembre 1899, p. 1223.
Le voyage se poursuit vers Hong Kong où Ernest Hatch et ses amis arrivent dans les tout premiers jours de janvier 1900 :
PASSENGERS
ARRIVED
[...]
Per Parramatta, from Shanghai: for Hongkong, Messrs [...] E. F. G. Hatch and servant, The Hon. A. Crighton, Mr. S. A. Millen.
Overland China Mail, Hong Kong, samedi 6 janvier 1900, p. 12.
Une réprésentation est donnée au cours de ce même mois :
We have received Hongkong papers to the 19th instant.
[...]
Mr. Hatch had given a cinematograph show in Hongkong in aid of the "Missus and Kids" fund.
North China Herald, mercredi 24 janvier 1900, p. 135.
Ernest Hatch et ses compagnons continuent leur route vers la Malaisie, le Yemen... C'est à Aden qu'Ernest Hatch va contracter des fièvres qui vont mettre un terme à son périple :
An M.P. from China.
Mr. Ernest Hatch, whose voyage home from China early in the year had to be interrupted at Aden in consequence of an acute attack of fever, and who, since approaching convalescence, has been cruising in the Mediterranean with Lord Charles Beresford, put in an appearance at the House of Commons last night for the first time this session, and he was cordially congratulated on his restoration to health. Mr. Hatch spent three months in China, during which period he visited all the treaty ports, besides making, long excursions into the interior.
Hull Evening News, mercredi 20 juin 1900, p. 4.
King and his Navy and Army, vol. 1.samedi 23 juin 1900, p. 13.
À son retour en Grande-Bretagne, Ernest Hatch va donner quelques conférences illustrés par des vues animées et fixes. C'est le cas à la Wimborne House :
A large and distinguished audience assembled yesterday afternoon at Wimborne House, Arlington-street, to witness an exhibition of cinematograph pictures of China and Japan taken by Mr. E. Hatch, M.P., and also the performance of one of Mr. Weedon Grossmith's amusing farces entitled "The Commission." The pictures included views of Canton, Pekin, and Shanghai, street scenes in those cities, and representations of various phases of life in China. Views in Japan of a similar character were highly effective, and the audience showed their appreciation of them by frequent applause.
Morning Post, Londres, samedi 21 juillet 1900, p. 6.
La presse évoque quelques titres de vues animées :
Many of the places which are attracting so much attention were abundantly illustrated, and the "moving" pictures of native life aroused particular admiration, amongst the most graphic being a wondertully realistic boat-race, a picture of the traffic on the river at Canton, a Geisha dance, a theatrical "fight," and such native employments as cotton spinning, combing rice, and the coaling of ships.
Ladies' Field, samedi 4 août 1900, p. 47.
Dans un article ultérieur, Ernest Hatch évoque les tournages effectués en Extrême-Orient :
The Cinematograph
When Pekin is haunted by an evil spirit in a brown box and a click in its inside it startles John Chinaman, says the London Mall. Mr. Ernest Hatch, M. P., so startled Pekin. Perhaps because of the startling nature of his familiar spirit he and his cinematograph have returned to England with whole bones and undamaged films. He has been cinematographing the undying East, "At Pekin," he said to a Daily Mail representative yesterday, "we wanted to get a cinematograph picture of a street scene. A big crowd collected round us, and we had no chance of anything like an extended view. Muy friend and I brushed away the crowd and got a chance for ourselves. We got our machine working and obtained a really admirable picture. An hour or two later a couple of Germans came along with an ordinary camera, but so annoyed were the crowd by that time that they smashed the camera into bits and made it very unpleasant for the Germans."
Joplin News-Herald, Joplin,dimanche 23 septembre 1900, p. 10.
Si E. F. G. Hatch fait un usage personnel des vues de son répertoire, elles vont également avoir une diffusion commerciale. C'est la Harrison & Co qui en est chargé et elle fait publier quelques annonces, en particulier, dans The Era ou The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger.
Films of Scenes in China.
Messrs Harrison & Co., 13 Berners Street, London, W., have acquired the sole rights for some excellent films taken by E. F. G. Hatch, Esq., M. P., during his voyage in the East. Those relating to China, Japan, and Corea will command more than ordinary attention at the present moment, and we advise all interested to apply for list and prices.
The Showman, samedi 1er septembre 1900, p. 14.
The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger, vol. II, nº 137, octobre 1900.
Et après... (1901-1927)
Hatch va rester député conservateur jusqu'en 1904. Il rejoint alors le partie libéral, sans succès. En 1908, il obtient le titre nobiliaire de baronnet. Par la suite, il devient président du conseil de l'Association Beyond Seas.
Sir Ernest Frederic George Hatch, 1st Bt (5 septembre 1923)
Source: Ntional Portrait Gallery
Il décède en 1927.
Sources
HATCH E.F.G., "China From Within. The problem of the powers", Morning Post, mercredi 11 juillet 1900, p. 7.
XU Meimei, Knowledge Development: Cinema in China prior to WWI, Bonn 2016, 303 p.