Marcel Simon
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 30, 1872
Deathday: October 15, 1958
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The Treasure of Cantenac
1950-09-06
The Treasure of Cantenac
Overview: While he was about to end his life, Baron de Cantenac wanted to return one last time to the land of his ancestors. He then discovers a treasure that he will strive to use to revive his village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-06
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Take the Road
1937-02-05
Take the Road
Overview: Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his father's home - where he is to meet the bride Dad has chosen for him - the young man comes across the charming Simone and falls in love with her at first sight. He elopes her, determined to ignore his progenitor's orders. Little does he know that Simone, the girl of his heart, is none other than the one he was supposed to marry...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-02-05
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He
1932-02-15
He
Overview: In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty girl, hands it has Isidore, the village idiot, who becomes rosier
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-02-15
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Paris-Soleil
1933-02-15
Paris-Soleil
Overview: Comedy and misunderstandings around thwarted loves in Paris but which will end well in Provence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-02-15
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La Femme invisible
1933-06-02
La Femme invisible
Overview: A young woman whose family doesn't want her to marry is taken by her lover to a seance, where before the eyes of her parents she is conjured away. Her man awaits on the other side.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-06-02
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Une femme chipée
1934-10-12
Une femme chipée
Overview: Hélène, married to Larsonnier, has developed a crush for Germont, her neighbor. One night, she is abducted and she discovers that her kidnapper is none other than Germont. But, to her dismay, he does not act out of love for her : his only motivation is money, which he proves by asking her husband a five-Million-franc ransom. After a long hesitation, Larsonnier finally pays the sum and Hélène returns to him. As for Germont, chased by the police, he goes on the loose... Some time later, Hélène is kidnapped one more time, and again by Germont! But this time around, this the elopement of her dreams.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-10-12
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Sacré Léonce
1936-01-17
Sacré Léonce
Overview: Léonce Vavin, an entomologist, marries Cecile Debienne, but the parents of the bride quickly realize that he's not just ugly but also a complete ignorant of all sexual matters.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-01-17
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Le Club des Aristocrates
1937-09-02
Le Club des Aristocrates
Overview: Serge loves living it up but painting the town red has a price... too high for him! What to do then? Alfred, his servant and former pickpocket, has the solution : steal of course! No sooner said than done ! Or rather: No sooner said than tried... For when Serge, assisted by his mistress Gloriane acting as bait, he tries to rob a jeweler on the Place Vendôme of a precious diamond bracelet, he realizes that a gang of thieves have preceded him. Later on, he will learn that the boss of the gang is a Polish noblewoman, Countess Waldapowska.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-09-02
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Mon député et sa femme
1937-07-29
Mon député et sa femme
Overview: An outgoing deputy, put on ballot, experiences many political and marital difficulties before regaining his seat. Ultimately and without suspecting it, he owes his victory obtained by a withdrawal at the last minute, to his young wife who did not hesitate to seduce the opponent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-07-29
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Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
1937-03-12
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
Overview: Three happy reservists are doing a military period. One evening out and about, thinking they were going back to the barracks, they enter a boarding school for young girls. They exchange their uniforms for the dresses of three teachers, which launches them into a series of incredible adventures for a few days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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La griffe du hasard
1937-04-02
La griffe du hasard
Overview: A likeable young man, reduced to living by expediency, is launched in spite of himself into an adventure of stealing jewels. With the help of a brave, rough-looking but actually very clear-sighted policeman, the jewels are recovered, the stolen young woman is reassured and the main culprit is forced into exile.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-04-02
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Monsieur Breloque a disparu
1938-03-30
Monsieur Breloque a disparu
Overview: The brave Monsieur Breloque has a friend, Pierre Martel, a private detective. When the latter asks him to replace him for a while, Breloque, although having no competence in the matter, accepts. He anticipates adventures and misadventures but also happy surprises.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-03-30
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Three Artillerymen on the Move
1938-04-24
Three Artillerymen on the Move
Overview: During a leave, three merry soldiers experience a series of incredible adventures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-04-24
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Le plus beau gosse de France
1938-05-25
Le plus beau gosse de France
Overview: The wife of a Parisian municipal guardian wins a beauty contest in spite of herself and narrowly escapes more or less honest adventures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-05-25
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Alexis gentleman chauffeur
1938-07-22
Alexis gentleman chauffeur
Overview: Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an aviator, and to simulate a take-off, he flies to Tokyo. It is the signal of happiness for the two lovers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-07-22
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Café de Paris
1938-09-28
Café de Paris
Overview: This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-09-28
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Katia
1938-11-07
Katia
Overview: In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-07
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La marraine du régiment
1938-10-28
La marraine du régiment
Overview: A wealthy old maid offers to be the godmother of a regiment in order to find a fiancé for her niece who must come into possession of a large inheritance the day she marries a private.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Moulin Rouge
1940-12-08
Moulin Rouge
Overview: A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-08
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Deux de la réserve
1939-04-19
Deux de la réserve
Overview: The farmer Remy has just invented a new fertilizer and spies are trying to seize his documents, taking him for the famous Remy, inventor of a device of interest to national defence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-04-19
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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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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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Angel and Sinner
1945-10-13
Angel and Sinner
Overview: During the stagecoach trip of a frightened group of inhabitants of Rouen, Elisabeth Rousset, known as "Boule de Suif", renders these people a signal service, but comes up against their stupidity and their sufficiency. A little later, Boule de Suif assassinates the formidable Prussian lieutenant whom his friends had nicknamed Fifi and who shamelessly displayed his taste for pillage and his sadistic tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-13
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With a Smile
1936-12-03
With a Smile
Overview: A tramp learns that even honesty won't help him overcome his struggles to prosper. After a man tells him that he needs to smile in order to succeed, he turns his attitude around and he becomes successful.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-12-03
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La Chanson du Souvenir
1937-05-21
La Chanson du Souvenir
Overview: A French-language remake of Douglas Sirk's "The Court Concert" (1936).
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
1913-04-11
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Overview: Silent mystery
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-04-11
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Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of Larsan
1914-07-01
Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of Larsan
Overview: The cub journalist comes to the aid of a recently remarried woman, whose late criminal husband turns out to be still alive.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-07-01
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The Virgin Bride
1937-08-06
The Virgin Bride
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-08-06
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The Midnight Gentleman
1931-08-17
The Midnight Gentleman
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-08-17
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He has lost a bride
1932-12-30
He has lost a bride
Overview: A young bank employee is engaged to the manager's daughter. He is very much in love but she thinks she is married for her dowry and breaks off her engagement on the wedding day...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-12-30
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