Claude France
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L'Autre aile
Nov 30, 1923Reymat se tue lors d'une exhibition acrobatique en avion. Hélène, sa fiancée, pour oublier son chagrin, décide de devenir aviatrice.
Drama
Le Père Goriot
Jan 01, 1922Fou d'amour paternel, le père Goriot vit misérablement pour subvenir aux délirantes requêtes d'argent de ses deux filles.
André Cornelis
Nov 25, 1927Le dédale
Oct 24, 1927Violettes impériales
Jan 01, 1923This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France. Here, Raquel Meller plays a Spanish flower girl who saves the life of the French empress Eugenie de Montijo (played by Suzanne Blanchetti), by taking her place in her carriage. When the carriage is overthrown by the anarchist's bomb, the girl survives because of the masses of violets in the imperial carriage, the empress' favorite flowers.
History
Fanfan-la-Tulipe
Jan 02, 1925
La Madone des sleepings
Apr 28, 1928Lady Diana Wynham, aristocrate en perte de vitesse, confie à son nouveau secrétaire, le prince Séliman, une mission audacieuse dont la réussite conditionne la survie de sa fortune.
Drama
Pension Groonen
Jan 09, 1925
Le Carnaval des vérités
Jun 04, 1920Comtesse 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.
Drama
L'Abbé Constantin
Oct 09, 1925Poor abbé Contantin, he is devastated at the news: to think that two American ladies have bought the local manor where he has always been welcome! Worse, Mrs. Scott and her cousin Bettina are protestant. But the good priest soon realizes there is no cause for alarm. The two ladies are charming and open-minded. They insist on Constantin sticking to his old habits and he gladly resumes his visits to the manor. Paul,his nephew, will even fall in love with Bettina and the priest will unite the two young people in the village of mirth.
Comedy
Moderne Ehen
Dec 10, 1924
Le bossu
Oct 02, 1925The Prince of Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers and tries to marry his widow, Aurore de Nevers, so he can get his hand on his fortune. The Chevalier Lagardère takes the child Irène de Nevers with him to Spain only to return disguised as a hunchback years later to unmask the Prince for the villain he is.
Le Prince charmant
Mar 27, 1925Unkwown to the vast majority, Count Patrice is the crown prince of Simenia. One day he sails for the East on his yacht "Bengal" in the company of Christiane, a beautiful princess, in love with him. Chance has it that Patrice sets Anar, an Oriental beauty, free from the harem where she is held captive. Love is born between the two young people, which infuriates Christiane. Mad with jealousy, the vexed woman sets about preventing Patrice and Anar from marrying... by all means fair or foul!
