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- In what is considered to be the first remake in the history of cinema, the grand French director, Georges Méliès, directs his very first short film, influenced by the Lumière Brothers' original story in "Partie d'écarté (1896)".
- Just back home from the theater in the company of a suitor, a frivolous ballerina has an odd idea: for the purpose of teasing the poor guy... she locks him up in a connecting room. With a smile on her face she executes a joyous dance step when, suddenly, appears in her mirror... the reflection of a menacing hand!
- John is one of a group of sightseers who loves the bottle a little too much. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on a ruin site where he starts having hallucinations. Some kind of high priest conjures up before his eyes visions of beautiful living statues in antique women's clothing as well as platefuls of appetizing victuals. But whenever poor John tries to embrace one of the goddesses or eat the food, everything disappears. In the end, when John thinks he has finally fallen into the arms of one of the sirens, he finds himself in those of a fat lady who had lain down near him to take a rest.
- A gentleman enters a grocery store and asks the owner to hire his nephew as a his assistant. The grocer agrees but little does he know the mistake he is making. For the young guy proves an awfully awkward Tomfool who wreaks havoc in the whole store...
- Benvenuto Cellini, the famed sculptor, has left Italy after a period of serious legal troubles. Francis I, the King of France who admires the Renaissance artists , gives him shelter at the court of Fontainebleau. One day Cellini receives a letter from a duchess who tells him that she is ready to pose for him on one condition - that she wears a mask. When the statue known as 'The Nymph of Fontainebleau' is completed the artist asks his mysterious model to unmask herself. She sticks to her initial demand and refuses...
- Who killed this man to rob him of his money in this notorious neighborhood of Paris? The usual local scoundrel such as the one that has almost been lynched by the mob and arrested by the police? Not at all. In fact the poor man is innocent, even though appearances are deceiving. The real culprit is a respectably-looking man who, to divert suspicion, has put some blood of his victim on his fingers and some of the stolen money in his pockets while he was asleep. But Pierrot, the bad boy's friend, won't buy it. He returns to the scene of crime where he discovers a calling card and a handkerchief stained with blood and immediately goes to the address written on the card. There, he discovers the man who caused all this havoc, a rich and and respected person, but who lives a double life. Outraged, Pierrot accuses the vile man...
- Rome, June 1800. Floria Tosca is a celebrated opera singer, better known as La Tosca. Her lover is Mario Cavaradossi, a young artist and Bomapartist sympathizer. When the latter helps Angelotti, the leader of the opposition, to escape from prison and hides him in La Tosca's home, he antagonizes Baron Scarpia, the ruthless chief of police, all the more as his love for Tosca is unrequited. Scarpia has Mario arrested and condemned to death. Upset, Floria begs the Baron for her lover's life. He accepts to have the bullets of the firing squad replaced by blanks if... she sleeps with him. She agrees nominally but when she finds herself with Scarpia, she stabs him to death. She then goes to see Mario in his cell and lets him know about his phony execution. But Scarpia had had time to get the order reversed and in the early hours of the morning, Mario is executed in the proper manner. In despair, Tosca throws herself into the void...
- A father has two sons, the older one serious and hard-working, the younger one spendthrift and pleasure-seeking. The latter rejects his father's authority and leaves home. It is not long before he wastes all his fortune and falls into poverty. He repents and decides to return home. Despite his older son's resentment, the father welcomes back the lost sheep.
- Marguerite de Bourgogne had her father, the Duke of Bourgogne, murdered by Buridan, her page and lover. Once her aim achieved, she tried to get rid both of Buridan and of the two sons, Philippe and Gaultier, they had together. But, not only did Buridan manage to escape but Landry, the man assigned to kill the two children, was moved to pity by their lot and could not bring himself to stab them to death. Twenty years later, Buridan is back from war in Paris; Marguerite has become the Queen of France and the two babies are now handsome knights. More pervert than ever, Marguerite lures men into the Tower of Nesle where she makes love to them before getting them killed and thrown into the River Seine. Worse, her present favorite is now Gaultier, who she does not know is her own son. As for Buridan, she tries one more time to eliminate him by accusing him falsely and having him imprisoned...
- A ruined nobleman, the baron of Sigognac, follows a group of actors out of love for their ingenue Isabelle. Unfortunately, the powerful Duke of Villombreuse has sets his sight on the young lady and has assigned Agostin, a bandit, to abduct her, which he does. But Sigognac, having now become the Capitaine Fracasse of the company, will not allow.
- The Baron intends to marry his son Perdican to his niece Camille, who has just left the convent. The two young people meet again after ten years of separation in the manor where they have grown, played and loved each other. The trouble is that Camille, indoctrinated by the nurses, distrusts all men, including Perdican, and wishes to devote herself to God. She therefore rejects her cousin's advances. Perdican is desperate but after a while he thinks he has found a way out: he will seduce Rosette, a young farm girl and Camille's foster sister, and arouse the jealousy of his cousin. But is flirting with love such a good idea?
- In a rage, a vagrant who has just been shoved out of the way roughly, hits Christ on a calvary. Driven mad by hunger, the vagrant pounces at a passing peasant but the moment he is about to hit him Jesus Christ appears before him. Later on a fire breaks out and the destitute man rushes towards the flames and saves a little child. But, exhausted by effort and hunger, he finally dies.
- Gilberte is the faithful wife of Duke of Roher, a man of high moral character, but deep in her heart she is still in love with Count Fernand, her childhood friend and former fiancé. One day their passion erupts and they consider fleeing and living together. But out of loyalty for her husband Gilberte tells him everything. His first reaction is anger and he has Gilberte thrown out of his home. But he soon pulls himself together and recognizes Gilberte her right to love and happiness. Touched by such unselfishness, the young woman, giving in to duty, decides to return to her husband.
- Paillasse is an actor in a traveling drama company. He loves his wife, Francesquine,who is also his partner on stage, more than anything else in the world. The play he interprets alongside her currently contains a scene in which the deceived husband kills his wife when he discovers her betrayal. One night, just before performing this very act Paillasse finds a letter proving that Fancesquine cheats on him with her lover Crispin. Mad with grief and rage, Paillasse comes on stage both as the character and himself. Losing all control, he hits Francesquine who collapses in the limelight...
- King Louis XIV has taken umbrage at his Superintendent of Finances' ostentatious display of wealth and power. When he surprises Nicolas Fouquet courting his mistress Louise de la Vallière, he grasps the opportunity to get rid of his rival. He has him arrested and imprisoned in the Château de Vincennes, under the guard of Saint-Mars, Fouquet's arch-enemy, with restraining order. Louise visits him despite the prohibition of visit, which will have dire consequences for the prisoner. Fouquet is indeed taken to a repellent underground cell where he is applied an iron mask...
- In love with Madame de Pompadour, Latude thinks he can curry favor with her by setting up a phony plot against her and by denouncing it. Alas for him, instead of landing between the sheets of La Pompadour he is put in the Bastille. It is the beginning of thirty-five years in captivity, punctuated by three failed escapes. At long last, a certain Madame Legros, seamstress of her condition, takes an interest in his sufferings and supports him until his final liberation.
- When they ask for a place to sleep for the night, Jupiter and Mercury, who travel disguised as mortals, are rejected by all except Philemon and Baucis, a poor pious couple. To punish the townspeople Jupiter burns their town to the ground whereas he turns his hosts' modest cottage into an ornate temple. He also grants the couple's two wishes, allowing them to become the guardians of the new temple and, when their time comes, to die together. Once their mortal lives are over, Philemon and Baucis are changed into an intertwining pair of trees, an oak and a lime-tree.
- Driven by his own ambition and by that of Tullia, his stepsister, Tarquin decides to usurp the throne of his stepfather, Servius Tullius, the good old King of Rome. To this end, he solicits and obtains the support of the patrician senators and has the monarch assassinated. Happy to hear the news, Tullia rushes into the regicide's arms, determined to marry him...
- Dupont and Durand, two public servants, are lazily going through the motions of their administrative tasks when they are interrupted by the coming of a solicitor. They instantly change their attitudes, for their visitor is none other than a pretty woman. Dupont zealously tries to help her only to be challenged by his colleague who over-zealously endeavors to respond to the lady's request. Unfortunately for them, the director, a handsome young man, walks into their office and soon personally (and gallantly) takes the matter in hand. Feeling sheepish, the two "rivals" reconcile: they have learned a lesson, they are now too old for seduction. But one can dream, can't one?
- 1911 adaption of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in which three men around the Notre Dame Cathedral are romantically interested in Esmeralda, a Romani girl: Commander Phöebus, Quasimodo the bell ringer and archdeacon Claude Frollo.
- There are two men in Pierre de Marsan, the physician who has sworn the Hippocratic Oath and the man of honor. It is the latter who reacts brutally when he discovers his wife in the arms of his friend André. But after shooting at the two-timer and injuring him seriously, the doctor in Pierre resurfaces. Realizing that if nothing is done André is doomed to die, de Marsan does his duty and rescues his rival's life. But, ultimately, it is the man of honor who regains the upper hand : de Marsan refuses to forgive his former friend. However, still in love with the one that cheated on him, he does not kick his wife out. She now has no other solution but to expiate her sins.
- Prince Odobert gives his armed men the order to seize a convoy heading for the castle of Idalcre, his powerful rival. To avenge himself, Ildacre, at his daughter Radgrune's instigation, has Odobert's son abducted and imprisoned. What was not planned was that Radgrune would fall in love with the young prisoner...
- Isabelle de la Croye, a young Burgundian countess, flees from her uncle Charles the Bold's court to avoid marrying William de La Marck, the man the Duke of Burgundy destines to her. She seeks hospitality and protection from Louis XI, the King of France. Unfortunately the messenger carrying her request betrays her and brings the missive to William de La Marck instead. Isabelle gets away from La Marck's clutches only thanks to the intervention of Quentin Durward, a young Scottish mercenary...
- King Ramses heard the beauties of Selime, called the rose of Thebes. Enchanted, he disguises himself and goes to see her: he is bewitched by her and has her kidnapped and taken to his palaces, falling madly in love. Prayers are in vain for the heart of Selime, who loves Ephraim, the shepherd, who, furious with jealousy, attacks the king's life and is put in prison. Now Selim is the arbitrator of Ephraim's fate; if she gives herself to him the shepherd will be free. But Selime disdainfully refuses, and Ramesses loses all hope of love. Then he orders that the shepherd should pick the rose of Thebes, and the wedding takes place with great solemnity. When the bride and groom are called to the palace, a casket is given to Selime by the King: it is the wedding gift. Ephraim opens it and finds there a style stained with blood: it is the weapon with which Ramesses pierced his heart.
- Robert Chenet, a chemistry student, is in love with Jeanne, a pretty Paris worker. But, to marry Marie Chanteau, a wealthy (if less pretty) heiress, the young man resolves (if reluctantly) to give up his love for her. Unfortunately (?) for him, Marie discovers his secret and, out of desperation, enters a convent. In the meantime Jeanne, who has caught severe bronchitis, is taken to Saint-André Hospital and treated in the ward of Sister Sainte-Marie. But her case is hopeless and following the advice of his former betrothed, Robert decides to soften the last moments of Jeanne by giving her his name...
- Juliette Groumet, a housemaid in a wealthy family, envies the luxury in which her employers live. Determined to live the good life one day, she is prepared to do anything to achieve her aim. Maurice, her masters' son is first to fall prey to her spell. Outright intoxicated by her, the young man puts her in a luxurious Paris apartment. But the day Maurice has squandered the last penny of the money he stole from his father Juliette leaves him and sets her sights on a rich baron. Other men - and a lot of woes - will follow until the gradual - but irredeemable - fall of the go-getter.
- Two young mothers come to see King Solomon for a judgment. They both claim they are the mother of a baby. But which of the two women tells the truth? To entangle this web, the wise king decides to split the child in two. One of the women then cries out, "Oh Lord, let the baby live, give him to her!" Now Solomon knows for certain that she is the true mother and hands her the infant.
- Jeanne, engaged to a young plumber, falls in love with a nobleman, Viscount of Prèves, and goes to live with him. For two years, she lives happily with him and has a son by him. But one day she recognizes her former fiancé in the person of a worker who has come to fix a gas leak. The viscount, who surprises them, believes they are guilty. He kicks the workman out of his home and overwhelms his wife with suspicion. So much so that Jeanne runs away from him with her son. Courageous and hard-working, she manages to bring him up till the day she gets killed by a car. Her son, who has now become an idle and lazy young adult, decides to be revenged on his father...
- Arthème loves playing the clarinet. He plays it in the streets, in the park, in the streetcar (at least when he does not miss it!). When he unfortunately walks under a piano clumsy removers are hauling, the heavy instrument falls down on him and he swallows his clarinet. A lot of people try to extirpate the protruding instrument but they all fail. Three farriers finally succeed in making him return to his former self.
- The atmosphere in the living-room of Bébé's parents living-room is peaceful. Bébé is reading a children's book and his father the newspaper while Madam is playing the piano. Peaceful at least until the maid comes in and gives Bébé's mother a document that makes her wince. Her husband takes notice of the paper and realizes it is an invoice from a clothes shop, whose amount gives him vertigo. Beside himself one more time, he starts one of those quarrels Bébé is fed up with. When his exasperated mother decides to leave home, Bébé has no other solution but to kill himself, or rather to simulate suicide, in order to reunite his parents.
- Jean Clédat, a young sculptor, has fallen in love with Gabrielle Normand, a painter. Jean's father, who expected him to perform his art in his native town, is surprised not to see him come back after his studies at the Fine Arts Academy, all the more as Marie-Claire, his kind-hearted fiancée, is waiting for him at home. Suspecting a love affair, Clédat Senior comes to visit Jean out of the blue. Not only are his suspicions confirmed but they are even reinforced when he catches sight of a doll in his son's studio. After telling Gabrielle that he will provide maintenance for the "child", he forces his son son to go back home. The only thing is that he is making a mistake : there IS a four-year-old girl, but she is Gabrielle's little sister, not her daughter...
- Albert, son of Baron Saint-Clair, wants to marry a pretty milliner from humble origins, who is expecting a child. But the father, enraged by his son's plans, personally goes to the young girl and snatches from her the promise to give up Alberto. After years, Alberto separates from his rich American wife and returns home hoping to see Elena and her son again. It is the old father who, regretting what he has done, brings them together.
- Without waiting for her parents' consent, Linette Robert has got engaged with Dranem, a plump easy-going lad. In the meantime unfortunately, Monsieur Norbert has set out to marry his daughter with Prosper Chabrol, the son of one of his oldest friends. But Dranem is not going to remain passive in the matter...
- Life smiles at Dr. Raymond Marty: he works as a researcher with professor Monbel, a man he deeply admires. On a personal level things are fine as well since he is about to marry Germaine, the prof's daughter. But life turns sour the day Madame Reinher, a dangerous vamp, sets her sights on the young man. And as Raymond refuses her obstinately, the embittered siren decides to compromise him in the presence of his future father in law. She unfortunately pulls it off, which causes Montel to break the engagement. Broken-hearted, Raymond nonetheless resists the renewed assaults of the devilish countess. But things, good or bad, must come to an end and one day the tide turns: Lili, Madame Reinher's little girl happens to fall seriously ill and her life is saved only thanks to the joint efforts of Martyl and Monbel, who have been sent for. Thankful to the two men, the countess eventually brings herself to confess the nasty trick she played on Raymond.
- Opera singer Gina Gioverni only lives for her art and for her blind mother. One day, one of her admirers that she refused to marry commits suicide. Alexandre, a young artist, takes advantage of it to draw a satirical cartoon mocking the diva. His work happens to be published in the press and the public starts hissing her. She who is accustomed to the adulation of the public, finds it hard to stand general reprobation. She sets about taking vengeance on Alexandre...
- A peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is seduced and left with child by its current owner.
- Marc Devernis, the son of a wealthy banker, has two passions in life, his lovely fiancée Louise and aviation. Unfortunately for the two lovebirds, Louise's mother is ruined after making bad stock market investments and Devernis vetoes their marriage. To make matters worse, as Marc reneges, the heartless father cuts off his son. The young man then decides to take part in an air show with a substantial prize...
- Madame de Lanssay, a ruined noblewoman, has become the lady's companion of Anne Guéric, a woman who suffers from a nervous illness. She has a daughter, the comely Gabrielle, that she plans secretly to marry to a rich man, and why not to Robert Dharmon, Madame Guéric's nephew? But Robert is in love with Eddie Rochefort, the daughter of a rich widowed banker. However, due to certain circumstances, the young man lets himself be seduced by the siren. Fortunately he comes back to his senses when he becomes aware of the intrigues of the two women. He energetically repels Gabrielle's advances and marries Eddie. But the gold digger has not said her last word...
- The sculptor Alberto has remained a widower and has a son in boarding school in Tivoli. Returning from the village he meets Francesca, a shepherdess, who agrees to marry him. But the woman, who has come into contact with the world of the capital, soon squanders all the wealth of her husband who, desperate, has to deal with the director of the boarding school, who wants to send his son home.
- Luc Ogier is the secretary of a rich nobleman. Engaged to the charming Linke, he looks forward to the day of their wedding. Unfortunately, a valuable jewel is stolen and not only is Luc wrongly accused of the theft but all turn against him into the bargain. Put off by such injustice, the poor man decides to distance himself. He accompanies the explorer Santher on an expedition to the Congo...
- The young teacher Noemi , only support for her sick mother, is the object of the attention of the school inspector Speri. Upon her refusal, the young girl is transferred to the small village of Rocca, where Count Marni asks her to be his son's governess. Slowly the young girl and the Count fall in love. But the inspector, jealous, instills in the Count the seed of doubt.
- Monsieur Pradier, an enriched trader, gives the hand of his daughter Germaine to Saint-Bris, a wealthy banker. What he does not know is how St-Bris made his fortune. In fact, Saint-Bris, then known as Marquis de Pont d'Anson, was once a crook and avoided prison only by miracle. To make matters worse a former accomplice resurfaces and manages to lead him astray again. But Elise, a young typist, discovers their crooked maneuvers...
- An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.
- 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. Lindey finds himself involved in the plot.
- Lieutenant (Navy) René Stroffer has developed an amorous passion for Gaby des Roses, a dancer loved and adored by the crowd. Gaby is flattered by the love of the young man and does not remain insensitive to him. As for Lucille, René's fiancée now neglected by him, she feels forsaken and miserable. After signing for an American tour, Gaby chooses to travel on the transatlantic liner Jupiter because René is an officer on board. But the ship is commanded by Captain Stroffer, René's father, who strongly disapproves of his son's affair with Gaby... During the crossing, one evening at dinner time, a fire starts in the hold and soon spreads and becomes menacing. Captain Stroffer wants at all costs to prevent panic among the passengers. René has an inspiration: he asks Gaby to dance for them until danger is no longer any danger...
- Anaïk, a lovely Breton girl, is engaged to Yvon, a sailor on the destroyer Amphititre. They plan to marry after his return. During his absence, Anaïk gets to know Bernard Grandval, a painter from Paris, and his daughter Simone. Enchanted by the young Breton's beauty, Bernard makes her his model and gradually falls in love with her. When Yvon's ship is reported lost with all hands Anaïk is devastated but Bernard, though sympathetic, starts hoping he will marry her some day. Alas for him Yvon reappears against all odds; he is the sole survivor of the shipwreck of the Amphititre...
- In 1572, young queen Marguerite de Valois is driven by her mother Catherine de Médicis to marry Henri de Navarre, a Protestant leader, so as to appease the tensions between Catholics and Huguenots. But the marriage of convenience proves a double failure because not only are the newlyweds ill-matched sexually but a horrible killing spree (the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre) ensues as well...
- Claude Barsac, a penniless attorney, has stolen one million francs from his friend Jacques de Mirande before murdering his wife who was on the verge of reporting him to the police. It is Jacques who is accused of the murder but Barsac defends his friend brilliantly at the trial and he is cleared. Later, Barsac works his way up in politics and becomes a member of parliament. He will wind up being arrested thanks to the perspicacity of an examining magistrate on the one hand and to the stubbornness of Jacques, determined to be revenged, on the other.
- On 16th March 1914, Gaston Calmette, manager of the newspaper Le Figaro, is murdered by Henriette Caillaux, the wife of the Finance Minister, for fear that the details of her private life will reach the public space. A trial ensues whose jury is... the audience.
- Talby is a celebrated tragedian. Among his most fervent admirers is Gaby Sombreuse. One day, Gaby meets her idol in the flesh and is... very disappointed. Talby, for his part, falls madly in love with the young woman while realizing the age gap is impassable. Six years later old age takes its toll: nobody wants Talby on the boards any more. To survive, the old thespian has no other choice but to become a clown in a small circus...