Jour de fête

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows jour de fête

poster A Busy Day

A Busy Day

A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.

poster Seven Chances

Seven Chances

56mn - Comedy, Romance

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

poster Perfect Day

Perfect Day

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, thei…

poster Zero for Conduct

Zero for Conduct

41mn - Comedy, Drama

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

poster Chicot the Jester

Chicot the Jester

The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…

poster Day Dreams

Day Dreams

In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler one…

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

poster The Christmas Dream

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 Felix Trifles with Time

Felix Trifles with Time

8mn - Sci-Fi, Animation, Comedy

Felix the Cat can't find anything to eat, so he bribes Father Time to send him back to when life was easier. However, the Stone Age turns out to have its own problems.

poster One Week

One Week

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to asse…

poster Spanish Fiesta

Spanish Fiesta

A Spanish festival reveals the emotional distance between a woman and a man.

poster All Night

All Night

58mn - Drama, Comedy

A married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to take their places at a party while they pretend to be the servants.

poster Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel

Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel

1mn - Documentary

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

poster La Parisienne

La Parisienne

The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

poster Lazy Days

Lazy Days

20mn - Comedy, Family

While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.

poster The Beach Girls

The Beach Girls

School is out, and three girls head to the beach for vacation. Two of the girls are world-wise party-goers who attempt to loosen up their naive, virginal friend, whose uncle has allowed the girls to stay …

poster The Rink

The Rink

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

poster Rentrée à l'étable

Rentrée à l'étable

1mn - Documentary

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

poster Snowball Fight

Snowball Fight

1mn - Documentary, Comedy

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off…

poster Carnival Lady

Carnival Lady

When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Depressed, he joins a circus.

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