La belle époque

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows la belle époque

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Cendrillon

1922 version of Walt Disney's Cinderella

poster The Mermaid

The Mermaid

John Gary, a hotel owner, who wants to revitalize his business. After reading about a reported mermaid sighting, he has his daughter Ethel pose as a mermaid and gets a newspaper reporter to witness and ph…

poster The Conquering Power

The Conquering Power

89mn - Romance, Drama

Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriag…

poster The Electric Hotel

The Electric Hotel

9mn - Fantasy, Animation

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

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The Christmas Dream

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. Before lying dow…

poster Cordeliers' Square in Lyon

Cordeliers' Square in Lyon

1mn - Documentary

Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.

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Frenchman's Creek

120mn - Drama, History, Romance

Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the…

poster Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World

120mn - Drama, War

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young…

poster Beyond the Rocks

Beyond the Rocks

80mn - Drama, Romance

A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.

poster The Black Orchid

The Black Orchid

95mn - Romance, Drama

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

poster Back Pay

Back Pay

This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her,…

poster Japanese Butterflies

Japanese Butterflies

This early silent era film was released in France circa 1908 by Segundo de Chomón. It is partially hand coloured and shows several Japanese characters and eventually a worm change into a butterfly which w…

poster The Fairy of Spring

The Fairy of Spring

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

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Âme belge

Espionage movie about a German-Belgian family in occupied Brussels, and besides, an ode to the heroîsm of the Belgian soldier.

poster Wicked Woman

Wicked Woman

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on …

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Beau Brummel

George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. …

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Danse macabre

8mn - Drama, Horror, Music

The Black Death is ravaging Spain. As Camille Saint-Saëns's "Danse Macabre" plays on the soundtrack, a mix of animation and acted scenes tells the story of Youth and Love meeting one night. They dance, em…

poster F*&% the Prom

F*&% the Prom

Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo con…

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