Théâtre comique

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows théâtre comique

poster Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Comedy
A young woman teaches her timid husband about love and politics when he tries to convince her to support Abraham Lincoln for President.
poster Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy
1mn - Comedy
A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.
poster The Lilliputian Minuet
The Lilliputian Minuet
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
poster The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
poster His New Job
His New Job
(3.1/5)
32mn - Comedy
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he fina…
poster The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle
(3.5/5)
85mn - Comedy
An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s husband.
poster Barnum's Trunk
Barnum's Trunk
(3.0/5)
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster Transformation by Hats
Transformation by Hats
1mn - Comedy
Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
poster The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs
(3.8/5)
110mn - Drama, Horror
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popul…
poster Crainquebille
Crainquebille
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama
Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…
poster La Parisienne
La Parisienne
(3.2/5)
86mn - Comedy
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
15mn -
An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.
poster Princess Tam Tam
Princess Tam Tam
(3.2/5)
77mn - Drama, Comedy
A French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.
poster The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts
(3.4/5)
96mn - Comedy
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
poster The Haunted House
The Haunted House
21mn - Comedy, Horror
A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
poster Poor Pierrot
Poor Pierrot
(3.3/5)
15mn - Comedy, Animation
One night, Arlequin comes to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.
poster Grandma's Boy
Grandma's Boy
(3.5/5)
60mn - Comedy
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
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