Paul Capellani
Also Known As: Paul Henri Capellani
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: September 09, 1877
Deathday: November 07, 1960
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Girl from Arles
Overview: The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-08-09
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Babbling Tongues
Overview: When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul's place in combat and is mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul's apartment where he discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-13
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The Reign of Terror
Overview: The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-02-27
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Germinal
Overview: Based on Emile Zola's novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-10-03
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The Siren
Overview: La Glu tells the story of a woman, separated from her husband, and of evil reputation, who at a summer resort tries to capture the fortune of a wealthy aristocrat whose nephew had been in love with her, and is herself caught in the toils of her interest in a poor and primitive Breton lobster-fisherman. His simple soul discovering the past career and the heartlessness of the Parisian woman, in despair he tries to kill himself by throwing him-self on the rocks. When the Glu, the name given to the woman in question, tries to see the youth, his mother kills her with a mallet on the steps leading to the room of the invalid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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The Escape from the Tuileries
Overview: The Count of Champcenetz is governor of the Palace of the Tuileries. His mistress Grace Elliott, a young widow, begs him not to go the Palace where he must defend King Louis XVI, who is threatened by the Revolution. After a few hours fight, in spite of the Count's best efforts, the crowd captures the King, the Queen, their children and their are taken to the prison of the Temple. Champcenetz, wounded, escapes and, disguised as a sans-culotte, walks back to Mrs. Elliott's. He leaves out of the country with her and marries her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-07-01
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Le courrier de Lyon
Overview: Directed by Albert Capellani.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-05-04
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Le Bercail
Overview: Evelyne attempts to reconnect with her family after a traumatizing experience with a young writer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1919-11-28
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Camille
Overview: Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-02
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La Mort du duc d'Enghien en 1804
Overview: Directed by Albert Capellani.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-12-03
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Sémiramis
Overview: Directed by Camille de Morlhon. Set in ancient Babylon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-01-02
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La Vie de Bohème
Overview: Mimi, an orphan, is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic. She meets Rudolphe, scion of a well-to-do family, who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest. They fall madly in love, but Rudolphe's uncle, M. Durandin, wants Rudolphe to marry a family friend, Madame de Rouvre, and writes Mimi a letter, telling her that she is ruining Rudolphe's life. Musette and Marcel, friends of Mimi, also try to break up the romance by introducing Mimi to other men, and Rudolphe becomes jealous and leaves her. Brokenhearted, Mimi declines in health and eventually throws herself into the river but is rescued and taken to the hospital. Realizing it is only a matter of time before she dies, she drags herself back to the room where she and Rudolphe were happiest. Rudolphe is there and she dies knowing that he loves her.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-18
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La Bohème
Overview: The story of a free-spirited Bohemian. Capellani would remake the film in the U.S. in 1916 with a longer runtime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-03-14
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Montargis' Dog
Overview: The aristocrat Macaire, out of jealousy, plans to ambush his comrade Montargis because the King favors him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-09-02
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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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One Law for Both
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-13
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Don Juan
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Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-04-03
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Anna Karenina
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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The Foolish Virgin
Overview: A 1916 film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-26
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L'oeuvre de Jacques Serval
Overview: The work of Jacques Serval.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-06-01
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Le Carnaval des vérités
Overview: Comtesse Della Gentia and her lover Paul attempt to seduce and blackmail a rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of theirs, Clarisse. Their plot fails; the Comtesse kills herself at a ball, and her lover re-covers her face with its mask.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1920-06-04
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A Bald Lie
Overview: John Jones has a bald head and a jealous wife, which, to say the least, is a very bad combination. Also John has a long thirst and is very fond of the society of pretty young ladies. This leads to many unhappy occurrences in his home, and finally to a catastrophe.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-07-10
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Camille
Overview: Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hopes of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-27
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Éternel amour
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-07-10
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Au temps des grisettes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-07-12
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Ninety-Three
Overview: In Britain, during the revolution, the nephew of the Marquis de Lantenac, Gawain (P. Capellani) befriends Cimourdain (H. Krauss), a priest who follows the precepts of the Revolution. During the Terror, the Marquis went into exile in England while his nephew is a soldier in the Revolutionary Army ...
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1921-06-23
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The Common Law
Overview: Based on the Novel by Robert W. Chambers of New York City life among the upper-crust, Valerie West , artist/model and philosopher, undergoes much sorrow and joy, many trials and tribulations, and final triumph on her journey to become the living personification of sweet and noble womanhood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-15
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Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp
Overview: The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals the lamp for himself. Aladdin must regain the lamp or lose everything.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1906-10-25
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The Richest Girl
Overview: A girl needs to marry by a year to get her aunt's money but her fiancé has left. After getting permission from her godfather for a "white wedding," she realizes she loves the godfather instead.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-08
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The Dark Silence
Overview: In Paris Mildred White becomes romantically involved with both Derwent Ainsworth and Dr. Mario Martinez. She prefers Derwent, but when he leaves suddenly to see his dying father, Mario convinces Mildred that he has deserted her. World War I begins, Derwent returns for Mildred, but upon learning that she is leaving Paris with Mario, he enlists in the army. Mildred, learning of Mario's deception joins the Red Cross to be near Derwent. When he is blinded in battle unbeknownst to him Mildred assumes his care. Their love renewed, though he is unaware of her identity, the two soon marry. Mildred then prevails upon Mario to perform a special operation on Derwent's eyes. His vision restored the pair restate their love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-25
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Marie Stuart
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-01-01
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Une femme a menti
Overview: Robert Chapelain, a renowned lawyer, loves Annette Rollan, a salesgirl. When his children Jean and Jacqueline witness their uncle telling their father that the woman is no good for him, they invite Annette to ask her to leave Robert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-07-04
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L'illusion des yeux
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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The Siege of Calais
Overview: Historical film set during the Hundred Year War.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-12-22
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Les caprices de Marion
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-04-18
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