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- Max has fallen in love with a pretty widow staying in the Alpine district. The widow is not at all certain that her light-hearted adorer will not soon turn to other loves. She proposes, therefore, as a test of his devotion, that he shall gather her a sprig of edelweiss, that rare flower that is only to be found on the tops of the mountains. Max starts out to execute his mission, and with his immaculate silk hat, light cane, and accurately creased trousers commences forthwith the ascent of an Alpine peak, evidently considering that the warmth of his passion will keep the cold out. He sights one of the blossoms through his telescope and heroically plunges through the snow, prodding his way with his stick and stumbling, slipping, and falling. Now he will disappear almost entirely beneath a mass of snow, with the top of his hat only to be seen, the next minute he has emerged and is struggling upwards. It is a hopeless task to attempt to describe the whole of the climb, which is rich in humor of the right sort. We will pass over the various incidents until the time when Max, having measurably decreased the distance between him and the longed-for flower, makes a false step and falls down the mountain. Luckily he is unhurt, but his spirits and his silk bat are both crushed. He screws his eye to the glass, takes a peep at the far-away flower which seems to mock at his misery, and decides to relinquish the task. He accordingly picks himself up and makes his way towards his hotel. On the way he meets an edelweiss seller, and in an instant makes up his mind what to do. He purchases a blossom, and bearing it away with great care, lays it in triumph at the feet of his enchantress.
- The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
- In this beautiful and wonderfully acted picture we present some of the principal incidents connected with the eventful life of the Maid of Orleans. In the opening picture we see Joan as a peasant girl wandering carefree through the meadows and living a tranquil life among the simple country folks. Her country is besieged in war and she being a patriot and a very religious girl, hears heavenly voices and St. Michael appears before her, telling her to go to see the King and save her country from the enemy. Joan tells her parents of the visions which she saw, but they are amazed at her strange actions and try to persuade her that it is only imagination. Finally they consent to her carrying out her purpose, and she takes her departure from her home and goes with Captain Beaudricourt to see the King. Upon hearing of the strange girl, the King is prone to be skeptical and as a test of her sincerity, he places a substitute on the throne to receive Joan. The latter through her supernatural powers discovers the deception and goes over to the King, who is keeping in the background. She falls on her knees before him and begs to be given charge of the army to lead them on to victory, telling the King that it is divine providence which sends her to him. The King becomes convinced of her sincerity and in the presence of the amassed multitude he complies with her request. In the next picture we see Joan entering Orleans at the head of the army and attacking the famous towers and after a fierce fight they put the enemy to rout. Next we see Joan triumphantly entering the great cathedral at Rheims where Charles VII is crowned King. Finally, at Campiegne, Joan is captured by the enemy and thrown into prison, where she is charged with being a sorceress and condemned to death, and in the last picture we see her being burned at the stake in Rouen, May 14, 1431.
- The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
- Mabel plays Arabella Flynn, a shop girl who mistakenly thinks she is an heiress. She gets in a jam on a spending spree only to discover that she actually is an heiress and can marry the heir of a corset manufacturer.
- There are few persons who are not familiar with the story of Samson, who possessed such supernatural strength, and his wooing of the fair Delilah. We first see Samson as a little baby, when his happy parents offer him up to God in the presence of a multitude of peasants. The next scene is years later, when he is possessed of such wonderful strength that he is the horror of the Philistines. They capture him and lead him into a courtyard, where they fasten him to a massive door to prevent his escape, but he astonishes all by getting a firm grip on it, and dragging the heavy gate away from its fastenings, throwing it aside like a piece of cardboard and walking out defiantly. In the next picture we see the King and a large mob in a public square, where the former is inducing Delilah to tempt Samson and win his love by strategy and learn the secret of his wonderful strength. Samson is soon on the scene and falls an easy prey to Delilah's beguiling ways and she lures him into her apartment in the castle, where she makes love to him. In a playful manner she binds his arms with heavy chains, then, to her great astonishment, he breaks them like thread. Finally she lulls him to sleep, and during his slumbers she accomplishes her purpose, cutting off his hair. When he awakens he is completely in her power and is led out a captive and thrown into a dungeon, where his enemies burn out his eyes and compel him to roll a large stone wheel to grind corn. In the last picture we see the King and the throng of people in the pagan temple, where they are worshiping images, and sending after Samson they try to force him on his knees to adore their gods. While he is imprisoned his hair has grown and he has regained his strength, and horrifies his captors by casting them aside and groping his way to the entrance of the temple we see him stand between the main supporting columns, and, putting them asunder, causes the vast structure to tumble down, killing himself and many of the multitude. The last picture shows him as he enters into his eternal home in Paradise.
- At the beach, amorous Max exchanges his shoes for those of a fair bather. The scheme goes awry, Linder's dog still further adding to the fun.
- Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- In this funny picture we see a young man who is possessed with an over amount of admiration for the fair son, and his lack of discretion in forcing his attentions on every woman that he meets leads him into many embarrassing positions, out of which he emerges as a rule much the worse for wear at the hands of a strong brother or father. The first picture shows him following a beautiful young woman down the street, and into an apartment where she goes to look at rooms. When the janitor shows the lady in the masher is close at her heels and tries in every way to attract her attention. His efforts are unsuccessful, however, as she utterly ignores him. But finally, so persistent does he become, that she, in an effort to rid herself of his presence, throws him on the floor and rushes out, locking him in the room. Soon we see him climbing out of the window and crawling along the ledge to another apartment in which a woman is seated reading. She is horrified when confronted by the stranger and is remonstrating with him for his audacity, when her husband enters, and mistaking the intruder for one of his wife's admirers, proceeds to give the innocent woman a beating, and follows the fellow downstairs, kicking him at every step. Undaunted by this harsh treatment, the young masher climbs up on a tram car, and seats himself between two women. He forces his attentions on one of the ladies, and at last becomes so obnoxious that her escort throws him down into the street and jumps down himself to have it out with him. The fellow overtakes a cab in which a young lady is riding, and to escape his enraged pursuer, he jumps in and explains the situation to the young woman, who is powerless to resist his entreaties, they soon arrive at the girl's home, and when they get out she tells her father of the stranger's conduct. The former not only administers a well deserved beating to the offender, but wipes up the thoroughfares with his remains.
- The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple's income but gradually becomes desperate when letters sent her by her husband request more and more money. Joe's letters actually are being intercepted and rewritten by millionaire Harlan Quinn, who has designs on Peggy and wishes to portray Joe's situation as hopeless. After receiving a particularly alarming letter, Peggy consents to sell her honor to Harlan, but Joe arrives, fully recovered, just as the villain knocks on her door. The two men fight until Peggy's stepfather, a drug addict who has been acting as Harlan's dupe, shoots Quinn. The police arrive and shoot the old man, after which Peggy and Joe begin a new life together.
- Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
- The rebellion of 1832 is on. There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his life, joins the mob and becomes a fighter in the ranks of the insurgents. Javert gets orders to investigate the extent of the insurrection. He assumes a disguise, and goes to a tavern, the headquarters of the rebellion, He is quickly recognized and seized. They search him and tie him to a wooden pillar. Documents on him reveal his identity, and the rioters condemn him to die if the barricade is taken. Martial law is proclaimed, and the people are ordered to disperse. They refuse, and a volley is fired. Eponine, in the mob, dies at the first fire. Marius thinking his death to be at hand, writes a note to Cosette, telling her where to find his body in case he is killed. Gavroche is sent with the note, but Valjean gets it at his home. He sees that this love affair is deeper than he bad supposed, and he goes to the scene of the rioting to find Marius. Gavroche is killed while trying to secure ammunition for the revolutionists in searching dead soldiers for cartridges. Fierce fighting follows and the rioters, realizing that they are losing ground, order the execution of Javert. Valjean interferes and tells them that Javert's life belongs to him. Taking Javert outside, Valjean frees his hands, fires a pistol in the air, and lets Javert go, thereby sparing his life. The military take the barricade by storm. Marius badly wounded, is picked up by Valjean, who disappears into a sewer opening and escapes with him underground. Javert, in the streets, comes upon Thenardier robbing the dead. In pursuit of this man, he comes upon Valjean emerging from another part of the sewer. Javert drops Thenardier and arrests Valjean. Valjean shows him the note of Marius to Cosette concerning the disposing of his body, and he begs permission to take Marius to the home of his grandfather before submitting to arrest. Javert consents, but accidentally drops upon the ground the order of arrest for Jean Valjean, which he has carried on his person, Thenardier pounces upon the order and keeps it for future blackmailing purposes. He also follows Valjean and Javert to the home of the grandfather of Marius. Javert observing the God-like character of Valjean, is overcome with remorse, and for the first time in his life departs from his path of duty and allows his prisoner to escape. He then writes his resignation to the police, and, as a public acknowledgment of his mortification and weakness, he ends his own life. The grandfather of Marius is deeply grateful for the boy's safe return. He sends for Valjean and asks the hand of Cosette for Marius. This Valjean grants, and transfers his property to Cosette. The lovers are married at the church, at which time Valjean shows the first signs of failing health. Thenardier thinks the time now ripe to commence blackmailing with the order of arrest. He negotiates with Marius, who buys it from him for a good sum. Marius goes to see Valjean to question him about the paper, but finds him low in health, and fondling Cosette's little dress of other days, the place lighted with the good priest's candlesticks. Marius hands him the order of arrest. Valjean feebly acknowledges it, and tells the story of his persecutions. Cosette arrives as Valjean is dreaming of the good priest who helped him to be a better man, and soon he expires peacefully in the arms of his two children. -- Moving Picture World synopsis
- This remarkable picture opens with a scene in a greenhouse, where a florist is potting a small chrysanthemum. How it is done is shown very plainly, and anyone who loves flowers, will greatly benefit by the few scenes which act as an introduction to the actual theme of the picture. The scene following, showing the plant stretching its stalks and leaves to the sunshine, and the swelling of the buds of the flowers, the opening of the petals at the center of the bud, and the elongation of the petals of the flower after it has opened. Showing in two minutes on the screen, ten days in nature, produces a picture never to be forgotten.
- A bargeman, his wife and sister-in-law navigate the canals of northern Belgium in their two vessels, the eponymous "L'Hirondelle et la Mésange," taking the time to appreciate the sites and landscapes they encounter along their way. Like many in his trade, the mariner supplements his income by transporting occasional contraband. The tranquil rhythms of their nautical lives are interrupted, however, when they hire an ambitious new pilot.
- Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), wealthy heir from Lodève in Occitania. He devoted part of his fortune to the observation of the Alps, sometimes opposing the scientific community. He built an observatory, still standing today.
- Films nominated for the annual awards include Babel (2006), The Departed (2006), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and The Queen (2006).
- Festival in Trianon. Menuet. Lunch on the Grass. Blindman's Bluff. Love Rendevouz. The Revolution. Taking the Bastille. The Temple Prison. Before the Court. The Scaffold.
- Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
- The Photo-Drama of Creation, is a four-part Christian film produced by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. The film presents the Bible's account of God's plan from the creation of the earth through to the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ.
- D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
- The Thenardiers and their small daughter, Eponine, and young son, Gavroche, are seen at their dingy country tavern. Here little Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, is seen performing drudgery and menial tasks. The Thenardiers are treating their own children kindly, but are cruel to Cosette. One day she is sent for water with a heavy pail. On the way she passes a toy store, and longingly admires a doll. On her way back she meets Jean Valjean, who asks her the way to the Thenardiers. Cosette leads him toward their place. On the way she looks longingly at the doll once more, and her action is observed by Valjean. He has learned by her talk that she is Fantine's child, whom he is seeking. Cosette runs ahead, and Valjean enters the tavern while Cosette is being scolded. He remonstrates with the Thenardiers, and goes out to the toy store and buys the doll for Cosette. Returning, he informs the Thenardiers that he has come to pay the child's board bill, and take her away. They gleefully accept the money and Valjean departs with the little girl. Thenardier, thinking he might have got more, follows him, but Valjean shows him the note that Fantine had written before she died, telling him to take care of the child. Valjean realizes a sum of money on securities, and decides to live in an obscure house in the poor quarter of Paris with little Cosette, away from the prying police. But the janitress of the house becomes suspicious of her new tenants and calls in the police after peeping and observing Valjean counting money, an unusual thing in that quarter of Paris. Javert by this time has been appointed to the detective force of Paris. He considers this case worthy of his personal inspection and goes to Valjean's lodgings and secrets himself in the garret above Valjean's room. Valjean takes alarm at Javert's boring through the ceiling. He leaves quickly, carrying Cosette, but is followed by Javert and his men. He is cornered in a blind alley, but makes his escape with a clothes line by the thrilling and dramatic feat of scaling an almost perpendicular wall. After a night of suspense he finds himself biding in the grounds of a convent. Here he meets the old gardener, Fauchelevent, whom he assisted from under the wagon and obtained for him his present position. The old man shows his gratitude by giving them asylum and getting Valjean a position as assistant gardener. The old man introduces him to the nuns as his brother, and thereafter Valjean is known as "Fauchelevent." Javert gives up the hope of capturing Valjean. Years after, Valjean still known as "Fauchelevent," is living in quiet ease with Cosette, now grown up, as his daughter. The Thenardiers have moved to Paris and are living in poverty, under an assumed name. In the next room to them dwells Marius, a student. Thenardier frequently appeals to him for money, and usually gets some. Eponine, Thenardiers daughter, also grown up, has fallen deeply in love with Marius, unbeknown to him. Marius walks and studies in the park, and there for the first time sees Cosette, sitting with her "father" Valjean. The two young people are attracted by each other at once. A little later Valjean is accosted by Eponine who is begging. She tells a pitiful story and Valjean and Cosette decide to go to her home and investigate the condition she has told concerning her family. Arriving there, Valjean leaves his coat and money, but neither he nor Cosette are recognized by any of the Thenardiers. As they leave the place, Marius is just returning home and he again comes face to face with Cosette, an incident which Valjean does not seem to like. Cosette accidentally drops a rose, Marius quickly picks it up and presses it to his lips. This action is observed by Eponine who becomes intensely jealous. Valjean has left his address with the Thenardiers in case they should need any further assistance. Marius demands of Eponine to give him the address, and this she does in a spirit of self-sacrifice. Marius starts at once to the house where Valjean and Cosette reside. He writes a note declaring his love, and puts it on a garden bench where Eponine has informed him Cosette lingers every evening. At this moment Cosette appears, reads the note and is surprised by Marius who has stepped behind the bushes at her approach. Valjean coming, suspects something, though Marius gets out of the way, and Cosette is taken to task by her foster father for the first time in his life. Marius has a wealthy grandfather who dotes on the lad provided his wishes are followed. The young man writes him of his love for Cosette and begs his sanction to an early marriage. The grandfather sends for Marius and tells him he cannot consent. .Marius repudiates him then and leaves in high anger. -- Moving Picture World synopsis
- A couple of Englishmen reach the middle of the earth accompanied by their guides. Here they find huge caverns covered with stalactites with gigantic mushrooms springing up spontaneously. Elephants innumerable, huge frogs, crocodiles and other monsters appear suddenly, and the travelers flee in tenor. After passing through streams of molten lava and fire they manage to return as if by miracle to the face of the earth.
- A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo
- With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
- The mechanic Etienne Lantier is a competent workman out of a job, whose tempestuous disposition is more than atoned for by a good heart. With bundle in hand he looks for work from town to town and in vain until he comes to the coal mines of Montsou. Luckily for him there is a vacancy because of a workman being absent, and the foreman, Maheu, hires him at the suggestion of his daughter, Catherine, who dressed as a man is wont to work like a man in the mine. Lantier creates an impression on her and she takes his part much to the chagrin of her accepted lover, Chaval, an unworthy and violent man. Lantier fails to recognize her as a woman until after sharing her lunch with him in the depths of the mine, her hair falls from under her miner's headgear. From that moment he devotes his whole heart to her. At the end of the day's labor Lantier, who has excited a fierce jealousy in Chaval, is invited by Maheu to become a boarder at his house and he joyfully accepts. The engineer, Negrel, making his daily descent into the mine finds the shoring timbers holding up the earth in a bad state and ready to fall. He makes a report recommending that the woodwork he immediately and properly repaired so as to avoid accident. The company, however, posts a notice saying that because the woodwork has to be repaired the price received by the miners per car of coal mined will be decreased. This arbitrary and unfair notice causes much discontent and anger among the miners. A mass meeting is called for at the Cabaret Rasseneur; Souvarine, an anarchistic workman, advocates violent measures. Lantier opposes this and suggests concerted action. The anger of the workmen breaks out afresh when they begin to receive their reduced wages and urged on by Lantier, whose influence is growing, they vote to strike. In the meantime Catherine, though in love with Lantier, dares not go back on her word to Chaval and marries him. Chaval treacherously carries full information of the strike proceedings to Mr. Hennebeau, the chief director of the company, and accepts pay for being a spy. The strike is now on amid general enthusiasm. In the meantime, Negrel, the engineer, who is in love with Hennebeau's daughter, pleads with Hennebeau to answer the miners' requests. Miss Hennebeau also pleads with her father, but in vain. The stores refuse to extend credit to the striking workmen and famine soon stalks among them. Lantier discovers to his surprise that Chaval is an exception and that he has plenty of food and money. As yet he has not discovered that Chaval is the paid spy of the company. Catherine brings secretly to her starving relative food and money. Chaval follows her, drives her from the house and strikes her. Lantier seeing it interferes in her behalf, and being attacked by Chaval thoroughly thrashes him. Chaval, taking advantage of the growing misery among the miners, urges some of them back to work. While they are in the mines the other strikers cut the elevator ropes. There is a panic in the mine depths. The imprisoned miners finally escape by ladders, but have to run the gauntlet of the enraged strikers, who still hold out. When Chaval is dragged from the mine Lantier rashes at him, but Catherine steps in between and prevents harm being done to her husband. Blinded by hatred Chaval goes to Hennebeau and denounces the miners' leaders, especially Lantier. The police are called upon to arrest him, but warned in time he escapes to the abandoned shaft of Voroux. The strike becomes violent and the troops are called in to reinforce the police. In the absence of Lantier, Souvarine is called in to head the strikers. Hennebeau's house is attacked and stoned. Seeing the soldiers preparing to fire on the mob, the director's daughter rushes from the house to try and avert the coming calamity. She is caught in the storm of bullets and dies together with many of the miners and their wives, among them Catherine's father. This crushes the strikers' movement and instigated by Chaval they vote to resume work. Lantier, emerged from his refuge, tries in vain to dissuade them, but his influence is gone and bowing to the majority he also goes back to work. Souvarine, alone implacable, determines upon desperate measures. He releases the bolts binding the barriers that hold back water from flooding the mine and the flood breaks loose. He is drowned in the cataclysm that follows. The miners, caught like rats in a trap, run madly hither and thither. Some escape, others, among them Lantier, Catherine and Chaval, are caught. These latter three find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned working pit, where they sit in despair with the water up to their knees. They have little food and when after long hours Catherine attempts to give a little of her lunch to Lantier. Chaval furiously opposes. Chaval finally attempts to deprive his wife by force of her morsel of food. In righteous rage Lantier strikes him and kills him. His dead body, floating on the water, haunts them. Forgetting their animosities, directors and workmen unite in the work of rescue. Through an abandoned pit they come near to Catherine and Lantier. Their signals being answered by the prisoners they redouble their exertions. By imprudence, however, an explosion takes place, which kills many of the rescuers and sets back the work. Among those killed is Catherine's brother. When the workers finally pierce the intervening walls they find only Lantier alive, for Catherine lies dead in his arms. When the unconscious man is brought into the daylight and at last opens his eyes it is the bereaved Negrel who, with a heart of sympathy, comforts him in his grief when he sees the body of his dead sweetheart. Broken in spirit he sees injustice rule and the poor pay the piper.
- Eva is dispossessed, thrown out, sold out and chased out. After the auction, while she is wandering disconsolately along the streets, she comes across her late possessions, stacked up outside of a second-hand dealer's shop, and when the furniture sees Eva, it dances for joy. The piano runs the whole scale, and the chairs fairly dance for joy. Down the street runs Eva and after her flies the furniture, the chairs making good time, because they have four legs to walk on. Two oil paintings lead the procession and the piano brings up the rear, smiling broadly. Eva leads the excited furniture to her old home, where the whole tribe triumphantly gallop up the stairs and assume their old positions in Eva's room.
- 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.
- Bargeman Louveau finds an abandoned boy, Victor, and with the authorities permission takes him back to his own family where he raises him. 10 years later Victor and Louveau's daughter Clara have fallen in love, and it is then that Louveau is called to Paris, where it has been discovered that Victor is really the son of Maugendré, a charcoal shipper on the Nivernaise canal. Meanwhile, Victor protects Clara when a jealous bargehand attacks her and he manages to save the family barge from crashing into the lock. Returned to his real father, Victor is sent away to be educated but misses Clara and his life on the barges. When Maugendré realizes this he lets him return and when they are married he gives Victor and Clara a barge of their own.
- A young student goes to his father and asks for money. When this isn't enough he goes to his mother who gives him more. Happy, he meets his friends who are at a cafe with two young women. They eat and drink and the waiter comes with the bill and demands the student pay it. A fight ensues and he is brought back to his parents house in a carriage. His parents wake up and rush to their son who can't furnish an explanation.
- Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions.
- Aboard the futuristic flying machine of his own invention, Professor Mabouloff and his team of intercultural explorers set off on yet another impossible expedition to North Pole's vast landscapes. What wonders await the bold adventurers?
- Based on the story by Honoré de Balzac. Caught in a storm, two young doctors book into an inn for the night and find themselves sharing a room with a Dutch diamond merchant. During the night Prosper steals from the merchant, but when he awakes in the morning he finds the merchant dead and his friend gone. When the stolen property is found on him he is arrested for the crime and executed. 25 years later the innkeeper's daughter relates the tale to a traveler, who in turn later relates it at a dinner party. At that party is Frederic Taillefer, the missing friend and murderer.
- A phlegmatic pickpocket is arrested and taken to his cell. As he is an unusually wily customer, he is bound by fetters and chained to the wall. Speedily putting these off, he is locked up by the enraged warders in a chest, but escapes and is finally thrown into the river tied up in a sack. Coming up from the water again, perfectly dry and safe, he makes a bicycle for himself and rides off furiously, springing ultimately onto a passing train which bars his passage. In this way he is carried along on his bicycle for some distance, but reaching the river again, he descends on his machine, performs a few revolutions in mid-air, the reflection of the bicycle showing up clearly on the face of the water, and then lands in a sumptuous room. The police follow, but are baffled by the continued disappearing tricks of the clever thief, who dissolves from view and reappears in the most unexpected places. At last he is captured in the police station itself and carried once more to his cell, but crashes through the iron bars with little trouble, leaving his warders safely under lock and key.
- A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...
- Max is a millionaire who is forced to lead a double-life as a waiter, the result of having lost a wager.
- This is the story of the most remarkable case of mistaken identity and the most terrible miscarriage of justice ever written in the judicial annals of the world. Roussel, a wealthy merchant, has the misfortune to have in Gasnier, a bandit, a double; the resemblance between them being remarkable. On the 27th of May, 1795, Roussel visits his father's little inn on the road to Orleans. At 7 P.M. he returned to Paris. At 11 P.M. the same night Gasnier and three companions, Nicolet, Champion and Minot, rob the Orleans coach, carrying $375,000 for General Bonaparte's army. Later Roussel is shot by Gasnier, who thinks the would-be assassin is his son. Roussel, the merchant, is arrested, tried and convicted. His future son-in-law tries desperately to prove Roussel innocent, but is thwarted at every turn by Gasnier and Roussel is finally executed. At the moment of his execution Judge Lebas discovers the real criminal and realizes an innocent man has gone to his death.
- The baptism of the Princess. The fatal spinning-wheel. The Prince is smitten with the Princess. The three cross-roads. The haunted inn. Fairy palace. The mysterious oak. The fairy grotto. The Princess awakes.