Maryse Dauvray

Dans un village provençal du sud de la France, les villageois accueillent avec enthousiasme la déclaration de guerre avec l'Allemagne en 1914 et affluent pour s'enrôler. Parmi eux, François Laurin, un homme au tempérament violent, marié à Édith, la fille d'un soldat vétéran appelé Maria Lazare. François soupçonne, à juste titre, qu'Édith mène une liaison avec le poète Jean Diaz qui vit au village avec sa mère, et il envoie Édith chez ses parents en Lorraine - où elle est par la suite capturée et violée par des soldats allemands. François et Jean se retrouvent au front dans le même bataillon...

Italian silent serial

Grandmother Hall, aged fast falling in health, is greatly comforted by her only two grandchildren, daughters of her own daughter long since past before. She has made a will in which she stipulates that Lawrence, her son, shall inherit her wealth providing he assumes the care of her grandchildren, and who are, of course, his nieces. She dies. Lawrence claims the estate and orders his nieces to get out and earn their own way. A second will is found, properly filed and recorded. It is read and they learn that it is a repudiation of the first will, should Lawrence fail to live up to the terms therein. Lawrence tries to break the will but fails and the estate is ordered delivered to the girls. The granddaughters kind-heartedly offer Lawrence a home with them.

The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau.

Nick Carter, the famous detective, is ordered to prosecute the gang of Zigomar. Carter gets into various thorny situations but manages to escape every time, helped by Olga, a former girlfriend of Zigomar. Carter finally manages to trap Zigomar and Zigomar is arrested. However, Zigomar avoids going to court by apparently poisoning himself.

Italian silent film