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- The owner of a fairground shooting gallery, haunted by the crime he committed ten years before with the complicity of his friend and associate, is ridden with guilt. One day, as he is under the influence of alcohol, he confesses his crime. In vain, for nobody, including the police, wants to believe him...
- Jack Taylor, a young inventor who has developed a television set, falls in love with Jeni.
- The police superintendent may be good-natured but he has got a lot on his plate with all the witnesses that come to make a statement before him. They are all crazier than the others and although the superintendent is not too bad at keeping his self-control, he might well go nuts after all with this bunch of lunatics!
- When Anna, a twenty-eight-year-old photographer, is put in charge of a report on the restoration works at The Ostend Museum of Modern Art, she discovers by chance five paintings signed Constant Permeke, whose power and mystery move and fascinate her.She decides to embark on a quest to find out about who Permeke actually was, the places where he lived, how he worked, what experiences he went through.
- One morning, Nicolo, a racing horse, is found dead by Léon Boujailles, the first stable boy. The horse, belonging to René Savy, a horse owner and trainer, has in fact been the victim of strychnine poisoning. But who was the perpetrator of the crime ? Maurice, René's brother-in-law that he has just fired? Pierre Cahuzac, a scheming trainer recently exposed by René? Philippe Mesnil-Beaugé, a former star horse owner whose only horse left is about to be sold by René to repay the money he owes him? Or René Savy himself to get the insurance premium? It will be up to Chief Police Inspector Bourrel and his assistant Inspector Dupuy to solve the case.
- A drama of love about a rich girl and a singer who hides his real identity.
- Dr. Lucien Petypon is usually a serious man, but, drawn by his friend Corignon, he once paints the town red at Maxim's. When he wakes up late the next morning, he finds the scantily clad Môme Crevette, a dancer at the famous Paris restaurant, by his side. It is the moment General Petypon du Grêlé, Lucien's rich uncle, chooses to make an unexpected visit. The good doctor has no other choice but to pass Crevette off as his lawful wife.
- A valuable painting has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.. On a train travelling between Paris and Rome, Zutra, a mysterious and sinister character, tries to find the stolen painting.
- Countess Maria believes that her only son, Luis, has died in the war in Morocco. Heartbroken, she lives surrounded by greedy relatives, but one day she receives a visit from Rosario.
- Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.
- .During he students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second,Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress .
- Biopic based on the memoirs of Caroline Otero, a beautiful Spanish entertainer who conquered the world at the beginning of the XX century.
- A chemist is selling "Sirop Soleil" (= Sunshine Syrup)which he makes in his dispensary.He makes a colossal mistake ,putting cyanide in his medicine.
- Jean is a proud spahi in the French army in North Africa. He loves Cora, a woman of the world and a man-eater. When he realizes that she has betrayed him, he takes refuge in the arms of Fatou, a beautiful native girl, with whom he falls in love, despite cultural differences and the disapproval of his hierarchy.
- An innocent girl is mistaken for one of the loose women at a Christmas Eve party and is pursued by a young man who doesn't know where she lives.
- A young Argentine screenwriter attempts to escape his daily routine through a fictional story. This attracts the attention of those around him. But his story gradually escapes him and he becomes entangled in dreams and reality.
- Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
- When the night comes,the wife's terror will rise..
- Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him.
- It all begins when astronomer Charles spots a heretofore undiscovered exploding star while peering through is telescope. While calling his colleagues with the news, Charles inadvertently eavesdrops on a young girl, threatening suicide. In the interests of humanity, Charles decides to try to prevent this tragedy.
- Roberto Ramirez (Carlos Gardel) is a gambler who meets Alina (Imperio Argentina) and takes the decision to change his life.
- Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.
- A headhunter search for talents in the Argentinian country. He recruits two sisters for his show. But soon they will discover the big city is not made for them.
- A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
- Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
- Few legends have been woven from humbler stuff, and this particular encounter between one of the poorest peasant girls in a tiny village of the Pyrenées and "the Lady" led to events that shook not only France but the entire Christian world. Living in the slum, the inhabitants call "the dungeon", nothing about her suggested she might one day become one of the most famous saints in the whole world. Lourdes has become the second Christian pilgrimage place in the world after Rome, the second hotel town in France after Paris.
- In an imaginary country, Michel VIII is still a child but he is to reign when his time comes. Revolution threatens and the young monarch's entourage lies to him and even tries to get rid of him.
- The young girls struggle against their parents' divorces.
- What to do when you are nicknamed Bluebeard and you have lost your your sixth wife? Marry a seventh one of course! This time around, Count de Salfère has chosen young Aline, the innkeeper's daughter. So much the worse if the belle already has a lover in the person of Giglio, little does it matter that the villagers accuse Bluebeard of having murdered his former wives, the proud papa says yes to the count. The wedding takes place with all the pomp and circumstance expected by all but the wedding night is less impressive as "Bluebeard" falls asleep, failing to honor his young wife. And just guess what the blushing bride does the next morning? She of course goes to the secret room to know everything about the secret beyond the door. But what she sees once the door is opened with the mysterious golden key has nothing to do with the legend...
- Raymond Bernard's film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot
- Alfred Boulard, a good-natured electrician, gives his blood to save Mona Thalia, a great theater actress. Mona Thalia survives and Boulard becomes the man of the hour. Grateful to him, Mona helps Alfred to become a singing star. But his fame will be short-lived.
- Jules, a pharmacist, embarrasses himself by trying to woe Claire, a younger girl he is in love with.
- King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois and the king's god-daughter Jeanne Fouquet and knight Robert Cottereau unfurl in spite of all the obstacles in their way. One of these being a pack of hungry wolves trying to stop Jeanne from carrying out an important mission assigned to her by the king himself.
- Benjamin Déboisé, a hatter, his salesman and a young man want to kidnap an American millionaire, put him in a bag and hold him to ransom. But they make a mistake: the fellow they find in the bag is not the millionaire himself, but his son...!
- Jacques Brachart is a parvenu in the finance, the boss of the African Coppers. The D'Andeline are noble but pennyless. They make their daughter Anne-Marie marry Brachart. A marriage of convenience for them. But Brachart is really in love with Anne-Marie, though she can hardly stand him. One days, she takes a lover, Jerome Le Govain, a dandy whose money comes from Brachart's advises... A fierce melodrama.
- After his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores, a cabaret girl (American version of a prostitute in the French version) at the "Kitcat" Club, and she agrees to wait for him. Leaving to return to his ship, Eric is stabbed by two thieves, Aimé and Victor, who take his money and papers and warn Dolores to say nothing. He wakes up in a hospital, with his ship gone, and is unable to give the police any useful information. He searches for Dolores, and Aimé sees him thrown out of the "Kitcat" and warns Dolores to get out of town. He gets work as a tourist guide and meets gypsy fortune teller Tania at the "Kitcat." One night they encounter Aimé and Victor; there is a fight and Victor is killed. Tanis, in love with Eric, hides him at a gypsy camp, but he is still obsessed with Dolores. Pierrot get false papers for him, as Hans Marin, and tries again to find Dolores. The police have released Aimé on the condition that he find Eric. His ship returns to port and Eric decides to sail, but sees Dolores pass by in a car. He finds Dolores at the "Kitcat" with a new boy friend, and she is furious when Eric interferes. Aimé tips off the police that Eric is at the club, and Dolores refuses to leave with him as he escapes ahead of the police. Later, Dolores finds Eric at her apartment, drunk and disillusioned after finally realizing that he was just another client to her. He says he is there to kill her.
- Off Gibraltar ,British ships blow up;there might be a mole among the British officers .
- Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of France she takes the young girl with her. The empress'cousin readily makes her his focus of attention, then she discovers a criminal attempt against the empress. Musical color version of a story previously played by Raquel Meller.
- The fictionalized story of Marthe Richard ,a spy in WW1.
- A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...
- A timid and naive schoolteacher who teaches his pupils honesty, is taken advantage of but when a crooked aristocrat involves him in a business scheme, he enjoys the dishonesty for a change.
- François Chotard , wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet , a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father-in-law, until Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, a prestigious literary award.
- In a prison camp, Gérard Lacassagne meets Maurice Morand, a mysterious, anticlerical officer. Lacassagne, who aspires to enter religion, discovers that Morand himself was a priest. He swears to bring him back into the fold of the Church.
- In his brilliant documentary study shot at 20 years old, Marcel Carné, while filming the ginguettes of the edges of Marne, sketches a poetic disenchanted of the laborious petty bourgeoisie of the large modern cities, of which one finds the elements at the same time in Germany in "People on Sunday" by Robert Siodmak or the United States in "Lonesome" by Paul Fejos.
- A hotel for women-only and catering to working girls is the setting for not being able to get a USA PCA seal-of-approval for this French-film, but New York City's 55th Playhouse played it anyway. Along the way the audience meets the girl who sneaked her lover into her no-men-allowed room and her patch soon turns blue; a young lady with a passionate intensity who chooses another young lady as the object of her affections; the blindly-misguided director of the hotel, another lady of real easy virtue who is not the one who smuggled her lover into her room; and a girl who is only there as a procurer for a slavery ring.