Gaby Morlay
Biography: Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale. She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s. She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice. Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 08, 1893
Deathday: July 04, 1964
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The Lost Village
1947-11-26
The Lost Village
Overview: In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-11-26
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Aux portes de Paris
1935-03-22
Aux portes de Paris
Overview: A local man raised two boys. One is his son and the other is that of a rich industrialist, to get the bonus to the unhappy father, he gives his own son a lazy scoundrel, to the tearful father and decides to keep the other boy, but the truth does not soon to burst.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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Monsieur
1964-04-22
Monsieur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-22
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When the Child Appears
1956-10-05
When the Child Appears
Overview: Charles Fouquet, the Minister of Family Affairs, is having a hard time. His wife Olympe, although not that young, is expecting a baby. His daughter Annie, as for her, is pregnant by her fiance. And let's not forget Georges, Fouquet's son, who has seduced Natacha, his close (too close!) collaborator. As if that were not enough, a former mistress of Charles' comes and reveals to him the existence of a son he knew nothing about. But Charles is a man of action and he is not so easily deterred: he WILL take action against this abundance of offspring.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-05
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Le Plaisir
1952-02-29
Le Plaisir
Overview: Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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The Love of a Woman
1953-12-13
The Love of a Woman
Overview: Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an italian engineer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-12-13
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Un revenant
1946-10-18
Un revenant
Overview: A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-10-18
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Millionaires for One Day
1949-12-13
Millionaires for One Day
Overview: A typographer makes a mistake by printing the winning number of the national lottery. Many people believe they have won the jackpot. Pursued by his newspaper editor, the worker appears in court where all mystified people are invited to testify.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-13
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Fortunate
1960-11-16
Fortunate
Overview: During WW2, a posh bourgeois woman (Morgan)is compelled to live under the same room as a crude simple-minded yet big-hearted man.(Bourvil) Her husband was arrested by the Gestapo and she is a hunted woman.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-16
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Faubourg Montmartre
1931-10-02
Faubourg Montmartre
Overview: Two sisters struggle to stay on the straight and narrow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-10-02
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954-02-10
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Overview: Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-10
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Samson
1936-03-04
Samson
Overview: An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-03-04
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Companion Wanted
1932-02-19
Companion Wanted
Overview: Young love blossoms between a salesgirl and a handsome man on the French Riviera.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-02-19
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Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954-11-26
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-11-26
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Once Upon a Time
1933-10-06
Once Upon a Time
Overview: A poor disgraced girl, belonging to a gang of criminals, is morally transformed by a cosmetic operation that makes her beautiful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-10-06
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We Are Not Children
1934-01-25
We Are Not Children
Overview: In the spring of 1913, Jean Servin, a son of a family, became friends with Roberte, a little midinette. He leaves her a few months later to marry Cécile Breton. The years go by. Jean becomes an important businessman. One evening, he meets Roberte, who has become the wife of a wealthy American. She does not love her husband any more than he loves his wife. They recall their memories. They seem to still love each other. They plan to rebuild their lives. Together, they will spend a few days in Dieppe, as they did in the past after their first meeting. They feel so different from what they were twenty years ago that they understand that the past cannot live again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-01-25
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Jeanne
1934-11-30
Jeanne
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-11-30
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Le Billet de mille
1935-01-11
Le Billet de mille
Overview: The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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The Seniors
1936-09-29
The Seniors
Overview: A high school in the thirties: most of the students are leaving for the Easter holidays. However, one of them,Brassier, an A -student ,stays for sentimental reasons. He is desperately in love with the principal's wife who does not want to cheat on her husband, and, above all, does not want the young man to ruin his good prospects. On a night he calls on her, a theft is committed, in the principal's office. Although completely innocent, the good lad stands accused. He's got an alibi, but it would compromise the reputation of the woman he is in love with.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-09-29
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The Black Diamond
1941-06-25
The Black Diamond
Overview: A wealthy man's wife dies in a car crash; she is survived by him and their daughter. The father learns that he's not her biological father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-06-25
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White Wings
1943-03-10
White Wings
Overview: A great disappointed love once encouraged the vocation of Sister Claire, who, however, forgot nothing. She follows in their daily life three young girls beloved and badly brought up by a widower, an artist with measured comicality. Sister Claire will save one of the sisters abandoned by her seducer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-10
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Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
1943-04-14
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Overview: Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic reactions.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-14
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Mademoiselle Béatrice
1943-05-19
Mademoiselle Béatrice
Overview: A law student passed his exam in his first B.A. year in Paris ;he is in love with a girl who is not from the bourgeoisie and the boy is afraid his father might not approve of their union.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-05-19
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L'Enfant de l'amour
1944-07-13
L'Enfant de l'amour
Overview: This woman's melodrama pivots around a child that a famous actress had in her youth, but whom she has concealed from the wealthy businessman she is now with.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-07-13
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Her Last Part
1946-07-24
Her Last Part
Overview: An actress who has just played the part of an old lady says that she would like to grow old like that character did.Sadly, she will not get her wish because she is terminally-ill.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-07-24
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Mensonges
1946-07-25
Mensonges
Overview: Marie Leroux, who is married to Charles, an honest, understanding country doctor, lives an uneventful, rather monotonous life.Her husband is a kind man but he does not give her any thrill or excitement. One day, Marie meets Olivier Dumas-Beaulieu, a handsome industrialist, who is in the process of leaving his fiancée Corinne, despite her being pregnant by him. It is easy for the confirmed womanizer he is, to seduce Marie, who very foolishly thinks she has found true love. Shortly afterward Charles is shot dead by Olivier while the two men were having a quarrel about Marie. The latter, who finds the corpse, believes her husband has committed suicide. Which is not the police's opinion and Marie is arrested and condemned to ten years in prison. Annihilated by such unfair treatment and, worse, by the separation from her beloved eight-year-old daughter, she still manages to survive and to serve her sentence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-07-25
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Quadrille
1938-01-29
Quadrille
Overview: The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. Into the mix steps Carl Erickson, a charming Hollywood matinée idol in Paris briefly. He meets Paulette, sees her act (his box seat compliments of Philippe), and sets out to seduce her. The next two days bring talk, tears, separation, despair, surprises, and, perhaps, reconciliation as characters speak "exactly half the truth." It's a quadrille of changing partners.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-29
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Hyménée
1947-05-02
Hyménée
Overview: Although Pierre is married, he is in love with his sister in law Marianne, while he is loved by his cousin Agnés, a spinster. Marianne loves him but she prefers to marry Rémy, and ultimately Agnés leaves Pierre to his wife and kids.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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Without Trumpet or Drum
1950-06-13
Without Trumpet or Drum
Overview: For the Marquis Barbezieux de Saint-Rosay, nobility is important. If anything can comfort her, it's her family tree. In order to erase any doubt he invites in his castle a cousin of his established in Scotland, whom he instructs to bring him his titles of nobility. A first person introduces himself, calling himself his cousin, but it's not him. Then one, then two, then three false cousins appear in turn. Will the real Saint-Rosay of Scotland eventually present itself?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-06-13
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Born of Unknown Father
1950-12-12
Born of Unknown Father
Overview: By taking the defense of Raymond Denis, accused of having killed his mistress, when she committed suicide because he did not want to recognize his child, the lawyer Claude Nogent, learns that he himself was born of unknown father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-12-12
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Mammy
1951-11-28
Mammy
Overview: Mammy has a grandson she adores even though he is a good for nothing. One day Maurice disappears and Mammy becomes blind. When Maurice finally announces his return the fond old lady is overjoyed. Unfortunately, Maurice's plane crashes and catches fire. The young man is reported missing, presumably dead. Pierre, Mammy's husband, can't bring himself to announce such a shocking news. Desperate, he finds no other solution than subterfuge : he will ask a young couple to pass themselves off as Maurice and his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-11-28
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Ève et le serpent
1949-12-08
Ève et le serpent
Overview: Georges, a medical student, falls in love with Louisette, his pretty neighbor, and gets engaged to her. They are as happy as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. One small hitch is that Georges' father has serious money troubles and cannot support his son anymore. But what does it matter? Georges and Louisette just have to find work. The latter is hired by a rich tenant of the apartment building she lives in with her fiancé. Another hitch lies in the fact that Monsieur Grompat, her employer is a bit like the serpent in the Book of Genesis : he only aims to tempt her and to seduce her out of the arms of Georges. But Louisette is not Eve and she manages to emerge unscathed from the adventure. She will live happily with the man of her heart for the rest of her days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-08
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Summer Storm
1949-12-22
Summer Storm
Overview: An attractive Englishman who is spending his holidays in France, breaks into a French family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-22
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Foyer perdu
1952-06-13
Foyer perdu
Overview: A brave and talkative wine merchant, Eugène Barbentin drives his son Pierrot out of the family home, because he has given birth to his girlfriend. His wife then reveals to him that he is not Pierrot's father and she flees with her lover. Abandoned, Eugene will be saved by his mother who will restore the situation with energy and determination.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-06-13
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Good Enough to Eat
1951-06-08
Good Enough to Eat
Overview: Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels to her sick grandmother, Madame de Mergrand. But Hugues, the latter's brother, is prepared to do anything to get his hands on the loot. To this end he hires a villainous young man, Jean-Louis nicknamed Loup, to do the job. Will Loup engulf and devour Little "Rose "Riding Hood?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-06-08
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Love Around the Clock
1943-11-10
Love Around the Clock
Overview: Symbolizing the destiny of man, Hora imposes her destiny on everyone. She appears to a petty bourgeois trying to escape from his mediocre life, to a frivolous mother, to a reveler in nightclubs, to a man stranded without money in a restaurant, to a young sportsman, to a singer tired of the selfishness of his listeners and to a condemned man. To each, she brings the imperative message of Time...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-11-10
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Gigi
1949-10-05
Gigi
Overview: Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. But when Gaston throws off his latest mistress, it looks as if Gigi just might be ready to begin her destined career.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-10-05
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955-06-26
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Overview: A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-06-26
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Mlle. Desiree
1941-07-03
Mlle. Desiree
Overview: Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-07-03
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The Messenger
1937-09-02
The Messenger
Overview: Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but is prevented from success in France so travels without his wife to an African outpost. He tells his young assistant Gilbert about his wife. When Gilbert takes sick and returns to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Marie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-09-02
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Behind the Facade
1939-03-14
Behind the Facade
Overview: In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, they scour staircases and corridors, visiting every floor of both buildings, courtyard and facade. Their gruff rivalry allows them to complement each other in discovering who committed the crime among a gallery of characters, humble or rich, who all have something to be ashamed of... A rare, fast-paced, picturesque comedy set against the backdrop of a police mystery.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-03-14
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Accused, Stand Up!
1930-09-12
Accused, Stand Up!
Overview: Paris, 30's declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Yvonne's body is found in the theater. Gaby's future is threatened against the judgment to which it is subjected, with a probable prison sentence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-09-12
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Le mari ne compte pas
1963-04-02
Le mari ne compte pas
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-04-02
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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955-10-18
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Overview: Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Anna
1951-12-20
Anna
Overview: Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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First Communion
1950-09-29
First Communion
Overview: The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's communion frock.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-09-29
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L'Arlésienne
1942-09-04
L'Arlésienne
Overview: In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. His family thinks she is unsuitable as a wife because she had a fling with a soldier. His entourage attempt to cheer him up but he intends to commit suicide.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-09-04
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The New Gentlemen
1929-11-20
The New Gentlemen
Overview: The plot focuses on Gaillac (Albert Prejean), an electrician employed by the Paris Opera. In love with gorgeous ballerina Suzanne (Gaby Morlay), Gaillac must play second fiddle to Suzanne's wealthy "protector," powerful politician Count Montoire (Henry Roussell). When the Opera personnel go on strike, Gaillac is appointed leader of the strikers, doing his job so well that he is ultimately elected Secretary of Labor in the French cabinet. Now on equal footing with Montoire, Gaillac is at last a "worthy" suitor for Suzanne -- who can't make up her mind between her two well-connected admirers, leading to a political rivalry the likes of which Paris has never seen. This harmless political satire ended up being banned by the French government for undermining "the dignity of Parliament and its ministers". (moviefone.com)
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1929-11-20
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Max's Vacation
1914-01-09
Max's Vacation
Overview: Max is invited to join his uncle for a holiday, but he hasn't invited his wife, so he sneaks her in in his suitcase, always hiding her from his uncle...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-01-09
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Ramuntcho
1958-08-20
Ramuntcho
Overview: Love and adventure story about contraband runners in the Basque province of France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-08-20
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The Ragpickers of Emmaus
1955-02-23
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Overview: The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-02-23
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Les Lumières du soir
1956-11-07
Les Lumières du soir
Overview: A young opera dancer tries to help her mother financially by performing in a dubious cabaret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Le Tombeur !!!
1958-07-02
Le Tombeur !!!
Overview: Yes, Doudou (or, more respectfully, Edouard Doucin) is both heir to a big sugar refinery and its managing director but he is also an incorrigibly bashful bachelor, which just exasperates his aunt Agatha. Summoned to marry as soon as possible, Doudou is fortunate enough to meet Babette , an elegant young lady who wishes to introduce him to her parents. When he comes to visit them, he mistakes the floor out of nervousness. In fact,he finds himself at the Lautiers' not the Olivaros'. Now, chance has it that this couple of shopkeepers also have a marriageable daughter. And as Poupette is romantic, passionate and adorable, Doudou can't find the nerve to disappoint her. As a result the young man gets engaged...twice ! How the devil will he cope ?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-07-02
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Le Bonheur
1934-09-15
Le Bonheur
Overview: Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation and curiosity to know his motives, pleads in his favour at his trial, but he rebuffs her pity. After he has served 18 months in prison, they meet and fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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The Blue Veil
1942-11-18
The Blue Veil
Overview: In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double misfortune, Louise decides to dedicate her life to caring for the children of others. She becomes a nurse with several employers, giving her affection to little boys or girls. A widower and another man propose to her but she refuses twice determined as she is to live only for the children in her charge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-11-18
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Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg
1938-03-09
Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg
Overview: Pozdnycheff, a young party animal, destroyed by his lightness the marital happiness of one of his childhood friends who committed suicide. Since then, he is haunted by the memory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-09
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Paris - New-York
1940-04-03
Paris - New-York
Overview: The forbidden romance between wealthy Giselle Preville and impoverished journalist Claude Dauphin. When Preville disappears, Dauphin is accused of kidnapping by the girl's snobbish father Rene Alexander. By the time the Normandie reaches New York, however, the "mystery" is solved and all misunderstandings blithely swept away.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-04-03
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Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves
1926-11-12
Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves
Overview: Philibert Bretonneau signs novels which are actually written by Moluchet, his secretary, secretly in love with Bretonneau's charming wife, Pauline... One day, Jim la houlette, the king of thieves, resurfaces in France. He steals jewels from Madame Clisson, the wife of a lawyer. Saint-Lévy, Bretonneau's publisher, has an idea : to simulate the theft of a manuscript by Jim la houlette, in fact by Moluchet posing as the criminal. But Moluchet, confronted by the real Jim, lets him run away and is arrested...
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1926-11-12
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Dance House
1931-01-09
Dance House
Overview: Three men vie for a pretty young lady in a small Spanish port town: The boss of a dance hall who encourages her aspirations at performing, a married fisherman, and that man's unmarried younger brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-01-09
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The Twilight Girls
1957-05-03
The Twilight Girls
Overview: A beautiful and sophisticated teenager is placed in a regimented French girls' boarding school after her father apparently commits suicide over a business scandal. She immediately gains admirers -- a lustful middle-aged artist, a handsome young composer, a fellow female student -- as well as a jealous rival. With the help of her schoolmates, she attempts to elope with the composer, but the adults catch on to the plot, and she is locked into her room at night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-03
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La Mode rêvée
1940-01-28
La Mode rêvée
Overview: An American star, visiting Paris, falls asleep in the Louvre while a guide comments on Watteau's "Voyage à Cythère". She dreams that the painting's characters, beautiful ladies, escape, scattering across Paris after a tour of the fashion houses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-01-28
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Les amoureux de Marianne
1954-07-02
Les amoureux de Marianne
Overview: Gaston Duboutois and Catherine Berton love each other, and are about to play Romeo and Juliet in their small provincial town. The industrialist Duboutois is opposed to his accountant Berton, both of whom are running for parliament. Tempers flare and invective quickly escalates. In the end, Duboutois wins and Berton loses his position. Although futile and foolish, it's the excellent Mme Duboutois who brings peace to the situation, brings about reconciliation and helps the two children to unite.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-07-02
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My Darned Father
1958-06-25
My Darned Father
Overview: Roger, editor of a women's magazine, meets Roberte, his friend Jean's former mistress, at a major couturier's during a collection presentation. Roberte, who now lives in Florence with her niece Maria, asks Roger to arrange a student exchange so that Maria can come to Paris to perfect her French. Roger approaches Jean's son Philippe, a student at the Beaux-Arts, who agrees to go to Florence. Maria and Philippe meet on the platform at Pisé station. They miss their respective trains and take a walk together. A flirtation begins, then each goes back to the other. Jean finds Maria charming and, like an unrepentant Don Juan, decides to win her over, but thanks to his old maid, his intrigues come to nothing and Maria can marry Philippe.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-25
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Quai des illusions
1959-01-21
Quai des illusions
Overview: Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves her to escape from the police. Nevertheless, she gives birth to a baby who dies shortly afterwards. Distraught, she steals a parentless child from a maternity hospital. Arrested and tried, she is acquitted, only to find Fausto innocent.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-01-21
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Fantaisie d'un jour
1955-02-04
Fantaisie d'un jour
Overview: Thérèse is the daughter of a modest couple. One day, she wins a voucher for two hundred thousand francs in a department store. Dazzled, the little typist chose a fur cape, much to her parents' disappointment. She has a fiancé, François, whom she now scorns a little. She returns to him, however, after an unfortunate foray into the big wide world, and gets rid of the cumbersome cape forever.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-02-04
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La bande à Bobo
1963-12-11
La bande à Bobo
Overview: In Castallet, a village in Provence, cats are swarming and disturbing the peace and quiet of the inhabitants. The municipality decides to get rid of these invasive felines, but a group of children nicknamed "la bande à Bobo" (Bobo's gang) comes to their defense.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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Sacred Woods
1939-11-26
Sacred Woods
Overview: Despite her success, writer Francine Margerie is let down to see that she is not nominated for the Legion of Honor award. One solution could be to sleep with Champmorel, the Director of Fine Arts and one of the judges for the awarding of the coveted medal.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-11-26
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Hercule
1938-03-05
Hercule
Overview: Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-05
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They Were Twelve Women
1940-04-16
They Were Twelve Women
Overview: Early in the war, a group of women decide to help the soldiers in the war front. They enlist the help of the wealthy Madame Marion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-04-16
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The King
1936-10-29
The King
Overview: King John IV of Cerdania, who knows monarchs are a vanishing race but who plays his royalty role in state council or boudoir to the hilt, is in Paris to sign a treaty, and becomes enmeshed in intrigue with an actress, Therese Mannix and involved in a bit of cuckoldry with YouYou Bourdier, the ex-seamstress wife of a French senator, who is un-awed by money, power or the King's kisses. For his part, her husband, Senator Bourdier, is glad to use his wealth, wife and collectivist ideals for social position, in spite of his democratic posing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-10-29
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A Picnic on the Grass
1937-12-09
A Picnic on the Grass
Overview: A rich young woman asks a poor man to play for her the role of a generous friend. He ends up falling in love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-12-09
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The Terrible Lovers
1936-08-21
The Terrible Lovers
Overview: After a year of turbulent marriage Annette and Daniel get a divorce, and each marries again. However, they meet again on the French Riviera and are tempted to give in to their old passion...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-08-21
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Crime and Punishment
1956-12-04
Crime and Punishment
Overview: A young tormented student can no longer stand his miserable life. To avoid his sister marrying an old antiques dealer out of convenience, he murders a pawnbroker to steal his money. Very quickly, it is taken from remorse and confides to a young prostitute. The latter, very believing, advises him to go. He opposes this idea, but guilt devours him. He is soon struck by remorse, and confides in a young prostitute, who advise him to surrender. He opposes this idea, but guilt devours him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-12-04
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Nights of Fire
1937-04-16
Nights of Fire
Overview: 19th Century Russia. State prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who murdered his wife's lover. Despite a robust defence from the brilliant young lawyer Serge Rostoff, the accused man is found guilty and will be deported to Siberia. Having spoken to the condemned man, Fedor Andreiev sees a disturbing parallel with his own life...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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Le chevalier de Gaby
1920-05-14
Le chevalier de Gaby
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1920-05-14
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Cordial Agreement
1939-04-20
Cordial Agreement
Overview: The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-04-20
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Ariane, Russian Maid
1932-02-26
Ariane, Russian Maid
Overview: Arianne, a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-02-26
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The Girl with the Whip
1952-09-25
The Girl with the Whip
Overview: The daughter of a notorious smuggler is raised as a boy by her foster mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-09-25
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The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947-12-23
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Overview: On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock with Victorine Rousset nicknamed Maryse, a colorful tramp. When Garrone's son, Pilou, a worker, falls in love with Augusta, the mayor's daughter, the unconventional old couple tries to protect the unconventional young pair from the disapproval of self righteous villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-12-23
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Night Shift
1944-04-19
Night Shift
Overview: A devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-04-19
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The Ironmaster
1933-11-30
The Ironmaster
Overview: A young noblewoman is unhappy about needing to marry the village ironmaster for financial reasons, but later comes to appreciate her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-11-30
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Sacred Youth
1958-08-05
Sacred Youth
Overview: Mr. Longué, aged 79, is offered a life annuity on his provincial estate by his nephew. He receives the same, but more advantageous, offer from his insurer, but Mr. Longué has decided to undergo a rejuvenation treatment in Switzerland, at Dr. Koranoff's establishment. The effect was striking, and he was given a new lease on life, leaving his heirs and insurer in complete disarray. His wife, witnessing her husband's metamorphosis, also undergoes the treatment, and off they go on a second honeymoon to Italy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-08-05
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Lunegarde
1946-01-16
Lunegarde
Overview: A drifting woman hangs out in the suburbs of Marseille. A young engineer picks her up drunk and takes her to the hospital. He does not know then that it is the Countess Armance de Lunegarde, driven from her home and performing as a gummy in third-rate music halls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-01-16
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The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938-08-01
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Overview: The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1938-08-01
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The Last Metro
1945-06-27
The Last Metro
Overview: Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-06-27
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Le Scandale
1934-02-03
Le Scandale
Overview: A woman suffers ill repute when she deserts her husband for a fling with an adventurer and gives the lover jewelry to pay the hotel bill. Will the husband be understanding and forgive her?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-02-03
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Three Boys, One Girl
1948-10-04
Three Boys, One Girl
Overview: A seemingly united family is suddenly shaken by the turmoil caused by the discovery of a letter from the father. He announces his intention to divorce. The children immediately mobilize to preserve the nest, they just manage to do so. The family building will be consolidated.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-10-04
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The Dreamy Mouth
1932-10-20
The Dreamy Mouth
Overview: The story begins at a concert during which Beethoven's Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra is performed. Romaine, a mysterious woman, is in the concert hall. Pierre, her husband, is first violin of the Orchester Colonne. That evening, she discovers Marcel, a brilliant concerto soloist, and falls in love with him. Pierre and Marcel are friends, which complicates the situation. Pierre invites his friend to the house, without suspecting what will happen. The young woman, trying to find a clever pretext for a one-on-one meeting, quickly reveals her feelings to Marcel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-10-20
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The Fear
1936-04-10
The Fear
Overview: A lady who had a secret affair lives in fear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-04-10
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The Death Agony of the Eagles
1922-02-03
The Death Agony of the Eagles
Overview: After the death of Napoleon, colonel Montaner plots to restore the Empire, but falls in love with Lise, a beautiful dancer.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-02-03
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Farandole
1945-02-10
Farandole
Overview: A ruined banker is abandoned by his mistress. He commits suicide after entrusting a prostitute with twenty-thousand francs. The money changes hands. A crook is arrested in the house of an an actress he had fooled. In a luxury hotel, a typist kills her lover's wife. The trial of the murderer is followed by the bankruptcy of another financier and the money finally returns to the mistress of a suicide in the restaurant in which she had first appeared.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-02-10
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When Love Is Over
1931-12-04
When Love Is Over
Overview: An art historian has an affair with a young saleslady while his disaffected wife cheats on him in turn.Both illicit relationships end in little boys being born around the same time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-04
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