Lucien Callamand
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 01, 1888
Deathday: December 03, 1968
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Ronny
1931-12-22
Ronny
Overview: Ronny is a young designer on her way to the capital of the Ruritanian Kingdom of Perusa with the costumes she has created for the operetta written by the Prince. On her journey, she meets the prince and is persuaded to take the place of the star who had just walked out. The prince falls for Ronny but how can he marry a commoner?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-22
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The Beautiful Adventure
1932-10-18
The Beautiful Adventure
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-10-18
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Rumors
1947-03-25
Rumors
Overview: Jean is a good man who has a steady job (he is a mechanic in the village garage) and a companion named Aline. But Jean is also a guzzler and a philanderer. As a result, when a local prostitute is killed in the surroundings, he becomes at once the victim of rumor...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-03-25
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A hole in the wall
1930-06-06
A hole in the wall
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-06-06
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A Weak Woman
1933-03-20
A Weak Woman
Overview: Arlette Morand, a rich and pretty young widow, would like to remarry. She hesitates between Henri, the athlete, and Serge, the artist. She grants her favors to Henri, for whom it is only an adventure. She realizes that she doesn't love him and goes to join Serge on the boat that takes him to England...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-03-20
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One Night at the Front
1931-03-20
One Night at the Front
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-03-20
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The Devil's Holiday
1931-03-27
The Devil's Holiday
Overview: Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-03-27
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Naked as a Worm
1933-05-05
Naked as a Worm
Overview: A very rich businessman, knight of the Legion of Honor, bets that he can start his career from scratch. After all kinds of adventures, he climbs the ladder of society and, having become rich again, finds love and a new fortune.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-05-05
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A Woman at the Wheel
1933-09-15
A Woman at the Wheel
Overview: A young sportsman, heir to a tyre manufacturers wants to end the rivalry between his father's company and their main rival, by marrying the daughter of the rival family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-09-15
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C'était un musicien
1934-05-11
C'était un musicien
Overview: When he is not conducting his orchestra, a talented young man invents a device to thwart car thieves.Associating himself with a rich Dutch baron, he falls in love with the baron's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-05-11
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Bouton d'or
1934-03-09
Bouton d'or
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-09
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The Amorous Garrison
1934-03-24
The Amorous Garrison
Overview: In a small provincial town, the new colonel of the dragoon regiment consigns all his men. Three soldiers defy orders and jump the wall. But the colonel becomes indulgent thanks to the intervention of the general who did not remain insensitive to the charm of a young American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-24
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The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934-12-10
The King of the Champs-Élysées
Overview: In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-10
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L'Or dans la rue
1934-12-28
L'Or dans la rue
Overview: A young man is involved in a swindle to produce synthetic gold, but fortunately when the fakery is uncovered he still has his girlfriend and a ticket to America.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-12-28
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Count Obligado
1935-02-01
Count Obligado
Overview: Antoine, elevator operator of a haute couture house, takes advantage of an inheritance to lead the high life for three days by pretending to be a rich count.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-01
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What a Funny Kid!
1935-05-17
What a Funny Kid!
Overview: Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-05-17
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Vogue, mon coeur
1935-11-29
Vogue, mon coeur
Overview: Ginette is always squabbling with her mother and she cannot take it any more. One day, she asks Jim Ashbury to intervene and this is how the son of a wealthy lord gets involved in the life of a pretty Jane Doe. Charmed by Ginette, Jim invites her to a cruise on the Mediterranean. It does not take long before Cupid sends his arrows at the two young people but things are not so simple for all that. Jim indeed fears Ginette might want to marry him for money, which is totally wrong. Fortunately, Lord Ashbury manages to persuade his stubborn son of his error.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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Arènes joyeuses
1935-12-20
Arènes joyeuses
Overview: Cabissol, the Mayor of Martigues, a town in the South of France, wishes to organize a bullfight as part of the coming festivities. But that is not counting on Escopette, an opponent of bullfighting, who kidnaps the bulls. What further complicates things is that the appointed bullfighter, Chico de Granada, takes the French leave with Violette, one of Cabissol's daughters. As a measure of retaliation, Cabissol decides to force Escopette to replace Chico in the arena. Fortunately, Rémy, the head herdsman, comes to his rescue. Finally, everything goes well and Cabissol is so happy that he gives Rémy the hand of Marguerite, his other daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-12-20
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Une gueule en or
1936-06-16
Une gueule en or
Overview: The Marquis de Barfleur, an unattractive man, decides to resort to plastic surgery to ensure the fidelity of Colette, his young mistress. Now endowed with a face to die for, he is about to achieve his goal. But the Marchioness de Barfleur, the Marquis' loving wife, does not hear it that way. She has her revenge claiming everywhere that her husband is... dead! An assertion people believe since they do not recognize the Marquis! When her vengeance has lasted long enough, she forgives the Marquis and husband and wife fall into each other's arms.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-06-16
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Symphonie D'Amour
1936-09-18
Symphonie D'Amour
Overview: A ten-year old film when it was first released in the USA as "Symphonie D'Amour" in 1946. Panard (Fernand Gravet) is a talented composer who is having little success in his musical career. He is reduced to hiring out as a sandwich-board man to advertise what proves to be his own show. His girl, Jacqueline Francell, interests a Marquis in backing the show. She and Panard are happily reunited after the successful opening of his operetta.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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Generals Without Buttons
1936-10-27
Generals Without Buttons
Overview: Separated by an ancestral hatred, two small villages of the South see their infant population engaging in war, while the teacher of the first village and the mayor of the second love each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-10-27
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Quand minuit sonnera
1936-11-27
Quand minuit sonnera
Overview: A criminal is being blackmailed by his former accomplices. He does everything in his power to gain time because the statutory limitation for the crime he committed starts at midnight.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-11-27
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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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Un scandale aux Galeries
1937-07-28
Un scandale aux Galeries
Overview: The son of an industrialist is in love with a saleswoman employed by his father. The latter coos with an ingenue from whom he hides the age of his son. A department manager involved in all this has his sentimental disappointments. A double marriage puts a happy ending to the plot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-07-28
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In Venice, One Night
1937-11-19
In Venice, One Night
Overview: Mortal is ready to do anything to obtain a divorce from his wife Nadia. To compromise her, he needs to find her a lover. He thinks he has found the ideal candidate in the person of a manly private detective by the name of Robert Arnaud. But the experience gets out of Mortal's control as, on the one hand, Robert and Nadia fall in love for good, and, on the other hand, Robert, assisted by resourceful young Toto, manages to expose Mortal as the jewel thief he is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-11-19
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Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937-12-07
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
Overview: Mario Esposito, who sings in a Neapolitan restaurant, is in love with Assunta, the niece of Teresa, the owner of the place. He shares his apartment with Michel, his best friend. This one has fallen under the spell of Lolita, a gorgeous adventuress he met at the cathedral where he officiates as the organist. But things go awry as, while Michel intercedes with Aunt Teresa for Assunta's hand in his favor, Mario in turn falls in love with Lolita. On the very day of his wedding with Assunta, Mario runs away with Lolita, thus betraying both his love and his friend. But it does not take long before the young singer realizes the big mistake he has made.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-12-07
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I Accuse
1938-01-23
I Accuse
Overview: After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Genres: War Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-23
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Barnabé
1938-05-14
Barnabé
Overview: Barnabé, an occasional flutist, goes to Mme Petit-Durand to organize her daughter's 20 years. But he is confused with the Count of Marengo whom Mme Petit-Durand wants to give as husband to her daughter, who has already made her choice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-05-14
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Bouquet de joie
1951-10-25
Bouquet de joie
Overview: Back from America, famous singer Charles Trénet, nicknamed "Le Fou Chantant", makes the conquest of a bombshell called Anita. He tries to persuade his young friend Georges to follow them to the French Riviera but the pessimistic gloomy finicky fellow won't do it. Instead, he decides to go on holiday with his newly married wife but the trip , due to his grim mood, is no bed of roses. In Juan-lès-Pins they finally meet Charles, who is so infatuated with Anita that he has forgotten to meet his old friend Henri Poupon, the Meridional actor. Thanks to cheerful Charles and to the sunny climate, Georges relaxes and things improve in his relationships with his wife. The couple can applaud Charles who is giving one of his concerts there before he flies back to the USA, on Anita's arm this time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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Gargousse
1938-07-27
Gargousse
Overview: The peace of Trépigny is shattered when the new mayor Lebrennois sets out to modernise the little village and make it more attractive to tourists. Opposed to his schemes is the village's stationmaster Gargousse, a free-spirited soul who poaches in his spare time and has no time for Lebrennois's grand ambitions. Relations between Gargousse and the mayor are further strained when the former's goddaughter Antoinette begins an affair with the latter's nephew Allain. The mayor insists that the railway line is out-dated and should be replaced with a more efficient coach service. By taking up Lebrennois's offer of a duel, Gargousse has one last chance to save his job and discredit the unpopular mayor...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-07-27
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Inspector of the Red Cars
1935-02-16
Inspector of the Red Cars
Overview: Bernard, Sleeper Coach conductor and automobile inventor, is confused to be the racing car company president, and falls in love with a countess, who is actually a slogan prize winner chorine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-16
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940-12-20
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Overview: A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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The Acrobat
1941-05-06
The Acrobat
Overview: After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-05-06
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Promise to the Unknown One
1942-10-02
Promise to the Unknown One
Overview: A young woman is in love with a young writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Married to a banker, she must face her husband's anger and the blackmail of a former suitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Mélodie pour toi
1942-11-11
Mélodie pour toi
Overview: Famous singer, René Sartène, falls in love with a young bourgeois, Marie. Irène, her stage partner and the director of the show combine their efforts to annihilate this budding happiness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-11-11
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Two Shy Ones
1943-03-03
Two Shy Ones
Overview: Jules Frémissin is shy and in love. The father of the object of his flame is also shy. The marriage proposal is very laborious, because before marrying Cécile Thibaudier, Jules must fight a duel with the arrogant Vancouver, convinced that all this eager and awkward courtship was intended for his own wife, also named Cécile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-03
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The Italian Straw Hat
1941-06-01
The Italian Straw Hat
Overview: Fadinard is going through the woods on his horse en route to his wedding. Unfortunately, his horse eats the straw hat of a married woman who is having a secret rendezvous with her lover. In order to save the woman's honor, Fadinard must find the exact same type of hat to replace the one his horse ate and still be able to get to his wedding on time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-06-01
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Chambre 13
1942-01-31
Chambre 13
Overview: On a Marseille film set, a street urchin who has been hired as an actor is suspected when both a star and a baroness are robbed.With the help of the boy's neer do well friend the real crooks are tracked down.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-01-31
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The Bohemian Life
1945-10-17
The Bohemian Life
Overview: Four young friends share the carefree, cheerfulness, laughter and dances of Bohemian life. Rodolphe the painter, Alexandre Chaunard the composer, Colline the philosopher, as well as Marcel and his friend Musette. Mimi, a romantic young girl, falls in love with Rodolphe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-10-17
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The Marriage of Ramuntcho
1947-10-22
The Marriage of Ramuntcho
Overview: A Parisian painter working in the Basque country succeeds in keeping together a young woman and her smuggler boyfriend, even though the artist has feelings for the intended bride himself, and then he completes a painting on the subject of the wedding.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-10-22
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The Unknown Singer
1947-04-25
The Unknown Singer
Overview: Julien Mortal, a singer from Portugal suffering from amnesia, made a career in France under the name of Paolo. One day, he discovers the truth about his past: a man tried to assassinate him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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Le dolmen tragique
1948-07-21
Le dolmen tragique
Overview: Chatelard, one of Viscount de Kerlec's guests, has died in mysterious conditions. The police initiates an investigation and sends detective-inspector Pauc to de Kerlec's manor. Pauc decides to mingle with the viscount's guests , who are all likely to have committed the murder. Among them, there is Jacques Mauclerc, a naval officer, and a seedy character named Bartoli, in fact a spy in search of secret documents. Pauc will end up untangling the web during a dramatic séance.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-07-21
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La Cabane aux souvenirs
1947-09-10
La Cabane aux souvenirs
Overview: Laurangeais stays in a nursing home after his wife dies following an accident caused by Terrian, his adopted son. When he leaves he finds Terrian who is going to get married. He drags his future wife into a cabin and kills her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-09-10
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Nous avons tous fait la même chose
1950-03-20
Nous avons tous fait la même chose
Overview: Rémi sees his marriage troubled by a scandal caused by his former mistress. He takes refuge with his godmother while his wife organizes her revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-20
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Dominique
1950-04-21
Dominique
Overview: Dominique, a medical student, works in a cinema to help her friend Simone Lambert, a pharmacy student. Big scandal in his bourgeois-minded family when we learn and he works and he has a friend. His father chases him away brutally. Dominique is going to live with Simone, in her sixth grade. From that day on, she receives a visit from a mysterious character who calls himself a novelist and who helps her to meet the needs of her household. Dominique discovers that this character is none other than his father: he no longer understands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-04-21
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La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950-04-19
La Danseuse de Marrakech
Overview: A little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having become a great and beautiful dancer from the South, she meets Captain Portal, in garrison in Marrakech. This is the beginning of a great love story. But that's counting without Taraor's jealousy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-04-19
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The Sharks of Gibraltar
1947-11-14
The Sharks of Gibraltar
Overview: In order for important British admiralty papers to pass into the hands of the Germans, the spy Gordon has the ingenious idea of transforming a lamentable drunkard into a Lady, haughty but submissive to his orders. Stella's transformation is complete, the success extraordinary. Why must a French officer touching the heart of the former pochard bring down the fragile edifice? A submarine is about to blow up, Gordon is shot down and a confessed Stella returns to her horrible taverns to drown her sorrows in alcohol for good.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-11-14
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The Patron
1950-08-25
The Patron
Overview: Agnès de Louvigny, aviator, crashes with her plane on the villa of Martial Simonet, a fashion designer nicknamed La Patronne. But tourists are busy in front of the villa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-08-25
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La maison du printemps
1950-09-29
La maison du printemps
Overview: Four young girls fall in love with the same man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-29
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Les Aventuriers de l'air
1950-10-20
Les Aventuriers de l'air
Overview: A pilot, hero of the war, finds himself implicated in spite of himself in a traffic. He is wanted by the police, but his former companions and an air hostess will help him prove his innocence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-10-20
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Banco de prince
1950-11-20
Banco de prince
Overview: Josette, the daughter of a hotel-casino owner on the French Riviera is wooed by Pradier, a young gambler she (and everyone else) mistakes for the Prince of Austravia. On the other hand another young man starts courting her and she does not feel insensitive to his advances. What she does not know is that Monsieur Lefèvre, whom she feels so much to her liking, is actually the real prince of Austravia. When the Austravian revolution dethrones the prince, the young man has only one citadel left to conquer: Josette's heart.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-11-20
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Monte Carlo Baby
1951-11-22
Monte Carlo Baby
Overview: When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-11-22
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We Request an Assassin
1949-10-20
We Request an Assassin
Overview: A son of a family in debt decides to put an end to his life and calls on a professional killer to do so, who promises to kill him within forty-eight hours. However the next day, money, luck and love smile at her again. Then can begin an infernal hide-and-seek between the assassin and his victim.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-10-20
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Sin and Desire
1949-11-15
Sin and Desire
Overview: The tumultuous loves of a diver and a pretty bitch. Mario loves Perrucha, she only loves money. When, by dint of diving, the boy's health deteriorates, the girl goes to find an important industrialist. Such a story can only end badly and Mario strangles Perrucha.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-11-15
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A Royal Affair
1949-12-14
A Royal Affair
Overview: Mme Beaudrier, the wife of a Parliamentary Senator, hurls a pastry at visiting King Joan IV of Cerdagne, sparking off a series of farcical events involving all levels of the government and their mistresses.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-12-14
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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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Utopia
1951-10-17
Utopia
Overview: Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-17
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The Woman with the Orchid
1952-01-04
The Woman with the Orchid
Overview: A bold police officer arrives, not without difficulty, to infiltrate a dangerous gang of drug traffickers. With the help of a beautiful young woman, he tries to stop their nefarious activities ...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-01-04
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Love and Companionship
1950-01-27
Love and Companionship
Overview: The accountant of an insurance company, rather eccentric and quick to push the song, is responsible for monitoring the actions of an alluring South American whose suicide would mean the collapse of the company. Finally, the accountant discovers an attempted insurance scam and marries the surly and charming interpreter who was the liaison between the South American and himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-01-27
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The Convict
1951-03-07
The Convict
Overview: The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man's money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and ... misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe. A young woman helps to fight the disease and, thanks to her, Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-07
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A Girl on the Road
1952-03-28
A Girl on the Road
Overview: To escape his female fans, Carlos Cortez makes for the Riviera. Along the way, he picks up a hitchhiker named Annabel who invites him to go camping with her friends. Living under his real name, the incognito star wins new friends. But a theft complicates things. Fortunately, Annabel is still around and Jacques can do no better than to marry her.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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I Was It Three Times
1952-10-31
I Was It Three Times
Overview: A husband who had divorced twice because he had been betrayed by his former wives, takes his precautions to prevent the deed from happening a third time. And yet it does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-10-31
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Pardon My French
1951-08-10
Pardon My French
Overview: A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-10
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Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951-09-14
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Overview: Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an undertaker, a theater prompter, a casino bouncer, and so on, and failing at each job, he applies out of desperation to an institution where those rejected for physical reasons can hide and live together. But Adhémar immediately starts... laughing at them and gets kicked out as a result! In the end though, he finds his way as a circus artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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My Husband Is Marvelous
1953-04-29
My Husband Is Marvelous
Overview: A young journalist, Sylvia, has to interview a writer, Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Le naïf amoureux
1965-06-26
Le naïf amoureux
Overview: Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holidays to the provincial town where he was raised, finds Véronique, his childhood friend. He falls madly in love...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-06-26
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Méphisto
1931-04-17
Méphisto
Overview: On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-04-17
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Happy Hearts
1932-12-02
Happy Hearts
Overview: A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-12-02
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...And God Created Woman
1956-11-28
...And God Created Woman
Overview: Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite, and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn't dream of settling down with a woman his friends consider the town tramp.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-28
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Abused Confidence
1937-11-29
Abused Confidence
Overview: Lydia (Danielle Darrieux) is a student, poor and orphaned, who pretends to be the daughter of a famous writer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-11-29
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Trafiquants de la mer
1947-12-19
Trafiquants de la mer
Overview: A gang of drug pushers is rampant on the French Riviera. The police has been informed and arrests an accomplice who is about to collect the drugs dropped off from a yacht. This person happens to be a public figure of a nearby village...
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-12-19
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A Man Has Been Stolen
1934-01-02
A Man Has Been Stolen
Overview: A young man is kidnapped by his business competitors, but the jailer falls in love with the man she has to keep a prisoner. A lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-01-02
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Come Dance with Me!
1959-12-18
Come Dance with Me!
Overview: The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-18
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L'Assommoir
1908-12-21
L'Assommoir
Overview: Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is about the free fall of a group of working-class French folk into degradation and tragedy due to carelessness, jealousy, and alcohol abuse. At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-12-21
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An Angel on Wheels
1959-08-28
An Angel on Wheels
Overview: Heralded racing driver Pierre Chaillot has never noticed the pretty young flight attendant who dotes on him adoringly. But when his fiancée's infidelity drives him to the brink of suicide, Pierre's guardian angel takes the form of this stewardess to urge him to choose life. Though the angel confesses her divinity, Pierre is skeptical of the existence of angels. But, despite their difference, the two bond during her brief sojourn in human form.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-08-28
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Life Together
1958-09-24
Life Together
Overview: The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-24
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Napoleon Road
1953-10-14
Napoleon Road
Overview: A greedy advertising executive wants to attract the tourists into a small village:he claims Napoleon slept in the local inn on his was back from Elbe island.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-14
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My Seven Little Sins
1954-11-29
My Seven Little Sins
Overview: The Count of Courvallon, whose gallant exploits have made the headlines, has uncoupled and lives in a pleasant estate in the C te. He has a son, Edouard, and a stylish valet, Antonio. This peaceful life is disrupted by a battalion of penniless girls living in a neighboring villa. Luisella has the nerve to introduce herself to André de Courvallon as his daughter, and immediately her comrades follow suit. The supposed father is not fooled, but his son takes it badly, especially as he has fallen in love with Luisella. Fairy tales always have happy endings.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-11-29
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L'aventurière du Tchad
1953-11-06
L'aventurière du Tchad
Overview: Alain de Blomette, a family man, is in danger of becoming a deviant under the influence of his mistress Fanny Lacourt. He steals a bracelet, loses at gambling and contemplates suicide. His family intervenes and sends him to Equatorial Africa. Fanny, stubborn, joins him there, stirring up trouble on the plantation. The guns start talking. Alain's rival collapses and Fanny is mortally wounded. More devious than ever, Alain indulges in regrettable excesses. A fatherly inspector finally intervenes to instill in him a sense of honor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-06
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Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954-01-04
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Overview: A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire, he wants to fulfill his life's dream: to become a father. This plan is opposed by his greedy relatives who would go any low to take this money away from him. They are being led by a small-time crook. Mr. Bard's natural shyness and good heart lead him to the journey of self-exploration and finding his true love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-01-04
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Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952-08-01
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Overview: A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-08-01
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Intermediate Landing in Paris
1955-03-16
Intermediate Landing in Paris
Overview: Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but problems arise when he is transferred to the Tokyo route. Meanwhile Michèle's uncle Albert who works in the freight department sets out to tackle a drug trafficking outfit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-16
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A Trap for Cinderella
1965-10-22
A Trap for Cinderella
Overview: Based on Sébastien Japrisot's novel, the story revolves around a young girl who suffers from amnesia after surviving a terrible fire.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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Dernier tiercé
1965-07-17
Dernier tiercé
Overview: A beautician inherits a racing stable and a fortune of 160 million, which she can only collect in 5 years, if she has maintained and cared for the horses, including Prince III, preferred by her uncle who made her his heir. The thoroughbred wins a race during which the rival jockey is killed. The police suspect murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-07-17
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L'Homme aux clés d'or
1956-11-07
L'Homme aux clés d'or
Overview: Antoine Fournier, a language teacher at a secondary school in Lille, was disgraced by four young men he had caught stealing money from a charity collection. Dismissed from the teaching profession, Fournier found a job as a porter in a Monte Carlo palace through his wartime friend Ansaldi. A few years later, when he became the first concierge, the "man with the golden keys", chance brought him into the presence of the young men, married but as Machiavellian as ever. He won't take revenge on them, but their baser instincts will.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Bold Adventure
1956-11-07
Bold Adventure
Overview: In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo, Duke of Alba, and from there organize resistance against the invaders.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Venetian Nights
1931-02-27
Venetian Nights
Overview: After winning a cash prize in a contest a young woman decides to visit Venice. She hires a secretary, a wealthy young man in disguise, to accompany her on the holiday. Once in Italy she attracts several suitors but her real love is her secretary. When she discovers he has deceived her she returns to Berlin on the express and he pursues her to try and declare his love. Loosely based on the 1883 operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) by Johann Strauss II, it was a French-language version of the 1931 German film The Love Express.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-02-27
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Tumultes
1932-04-21
Tumultes
Overview: Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-04-21
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That Is the Dawn
1956-05-09
That Is the Dawn
Overview: A generous doctor is aghast that the population of a small island is being oppressed and mistreated, but is seemingly unable to do anything about it, until the arrival of a young woman and the death of one of his friends prompts him into action.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-05-09
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Un mauvais garçon
1936-12-18
Un mauvais garçon
Overview: Monsieur Serval has made a deal with his daughter Jacqueline. She can be a lawyer and act her own way provided that, in a given period of time, she becomes a great name of the profession. If she does not, she must pledge herself to marry the son of a rich man, Monsieur Feutrier. Jacqueline accepts and starts her career by defending Pierre Besnard, a bad Boy. Not only does she get the case dismissed but she falls in love with Pierre as well. But she is not famous for all that and sooner or later she will have to bring herself to marry Feutrier's son.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1936-12-18
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Sacred Fire
1942-11-12
Sacred Fire
Overview: A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she succeeded in gaining a place in the world of entertainment and becomes a great movie star.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-11-12
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Bread for the Birds
1911-08-03
Bread for the Birds
Overview: Like Max Ophüls, Capellani set many films in the theatre – backstage, on stage, in the public eye; Here is a rags-to-riches story of a dancer and her older benefactor, a kind-hearted piano tutor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-08-03
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Ronny
1931-12-22
Ronny
Overview: Käthe von Nagy plays Ronny, who designs the costumes for the upcoming premiere of an opera written by the young prince of Perusa (Willy Fritsch) and has to deliver them personally due to the urgency of the commission. Arriving there, the prince not only is charmed by the young lady (who wouldn't?), but also mistakenly believes her to be the famous singer who is to be the female lead in the opera. What Willy does not know yet is that the real singer has cancelled her appearance, and as the state ministers hope to distract him from politics with the performance of the opera, they indeed want Ronny to appear in the show….
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-12-22
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Mort en fraude
1957-04-09
Mort en fraude
Overview: In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the locals and their poor living conditions. He ultimately lays down his life on their behalf.
Genres: Crime Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-09
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Fandango
1948-12-03
Fandango
Overview: In the Basque Country, two friends, José and François, live a cheerful life. The two sly foxes use their wit to boost the business of an innkeeper they have a connection with. José is in love with Angélica, the innkeeper"s daughter, while François courts petite Annette. José also happens to have a beautiful voice and one day a night club manager hears him and wants to hire him. He will have to choose between Angelica, the inn, his roots... and a singing career in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-12-03
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56, rue Pigalle
1949-03-18
56, rue Pigalle
Overview: Lucien Bonnet, Jean Vigneron's manservant, blackmails his boss, who is having an affair with Inès de Montalban, married to Ricardo. Vigneron pays the sum but Lucien is killed by an accomplice, Baruch. Everything seems to accuse Jean who, for fear of compromising Inès, prefers to keep mum. Fortunately, his innocence will be proved thanks to a surprise witness. The two lovers flee to Congo while the husband soon forgets them, finding comfort in debauchery.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-18
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Prisoner of the Jungle
1960-02-24
Prisoner of the Jungle
Overview: The survivors of a forced landing progress in a hostile African bush.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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The Regattas of San Francisco
1960-04-20
The Regattas of San Francisco
Overview: A teenager who suffers from his mother's escapades imagines the life of his father in San Francisco.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-20
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A Night in the Balearics
1957-05-14
A Night in the Balearics
Overview: Mrs. Vargas has decided that her daughter Alma will marry Duke Pablo Dominguez, a good match for her, but not to the young lady's taste. Knowing that discussion was pointless, Alma decided to run away rather than consent to a union she found repugnant. A brave truck driver takes her to the South of France, where she sets sail for the Balearic Islands. On the boat, she meets two friendly stowaways, Miguel and Pierrot. Penniless, Alma finds work in an inn deserted by customers. Miguel and Pierrot manage to get themselves hired to liven up the room with their songs, and they soon attract a large, mostly female, clientele.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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There's Going to Be a Party
1960-12-22
There's Going to Be a Party
Overview: FBI agent John Lewis travels in Europe, from Paris to Lisbon, trying to locate a disappeared fellow secret-agent, Mark Lemoine. Soon he has trouble with a violant gang, and is involved with a young French reporter, Michèle Laurent. Finally, the chief of the Secret Service tells Lewis that Lemoine never existed. Instead of ending his mission there, the real trouble starts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-22
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My Concierge Is So Pretty
1912-09-08
My Concierge Is So Pretty
Overview: Madeleine Aubry is the new concierge at the apartment house, and she's a hard-working girl. She can get no work done, because all the men insist on doing it for her. If she is sweeping out the foyer, one comes and sweeps for her; when she turns her attention to polishing the stair rail, another shows up to do the task; and when she takes the opportunity to darn socks, a third does that chore.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-08
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Vous serez ma femme
1932-05-20
Vous serez ma femme
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-05-20
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Mam'zelle Spahi
1934-11-09
Mam'zelle Spahi
Overview: Two mistresses snubbed by their respective lovers crash a military ball and their lovers then resort to an unusual strategy to win them back.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-11-09
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Highway Pick-Up
1963-11-13
Highway Pick-Up
Overview: An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-13
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Mysteries of Paris
1943-09-08
Mysteries of Paris
Overview: Paris, 1830. Fleur de Marie is rescued from poverty by the mysterious Rodolphe, who is in fact the Grand Duke of Gérolstein, who has gone incognito in search of an illegitimate child he once had. Which is not at all to the taste of Sarah Mac Gregor, her current mistress who kidnaps Fleur and has her locked up in Saint-Lazare prison.
Genres: Drama Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-09-08
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Fan-Fan the Tulip
1952-03-20
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Overview: Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-20
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Une fois dans la vie
1934-03-16
Une fois dans la vie
Overview: One weekend an office worker is stuck with five million francs that he is temporarily unable to deposit, so he pretends to be a rich man.A woman takes that opportunity to seduce him, while a gang of crooks seeks to fleece him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-03-16
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L'assassin a peur la nuit
1942-09-02
L'assassin a peur la nuit
Overview: Having pulled off a robbery with his friend Maurice, Olivier leaves his mistress Lola and hides out in a small village in the country. He finds work, thanks to a young man named Gilbert, who introduces him to his sister, Monique. Once the robbery has been all but forgotten, Olivier intends to head back to Paris, but before he goes, he steals money from his employer. In Paris, Olivier wants to say a proper goodbye to Lola, but she is being blackmailed by Jérôme, an antique dealer who has recognized a necklace stolen by Olivier. Before returning to Monique, Olivier calls on Jérôme to recover the necklace.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-09-02
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Captain Craddock
1931-12-04
Captain Craddock
Overview: The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-04
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Young Wolves
1968-04-01
Young Wolves
Overview: Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-01
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The Black Tulip
1964-02-28
The Black Tulip
Overview: Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-28
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The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957-04-03
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Overview: Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are proven sound when unwed mother Nicole Courcel gives birth within Gabin's methodology. The childbirth sequence is filmed straight-on with a delicate combination of taste and frankness. Nonetheless, the lurid ad campaign of Cas Du Dr. Laurent sensationalized this sequence all out of proportion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-03
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Blonde in a White Car
1959-03-27
Blonde in a White Car
Overview: Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-03-27
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Truant School
1949-04-08
Truant School
Overview: 1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from their discoveries and takes them out into nature. The pupils will rediscover the pleasure of learning, and he will rediscover the pleasure of teaching. But some parents and notables don't take kindly to this little revolution.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-04-08
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La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909-08-13
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
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Genres: Crime History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-08-13
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Madame ne veut pas d'enfant
1933-04-10
Madame ne veut pas d'enfant
Overview: A young doctor suffers from his young wife's excessive love for sports. From the first day of their marriage, he must fight against this passion that he manages to overcome thanks to a former mistress who arouses the young woman's jealousy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-04-10
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