La ballade du cafe triste

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poster Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman

82mn - Drama, Romance

David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married …

poster Top of the Town

Top of the Town

86mn - Music, Comedy

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone…

poster Le Retour d'Ulysse

Le Retour d'Ulysse

11mn - History, Adventure

When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from his native land for ten years. As time rolls on witho…

Loyalty

Kaatje, the daughter of the miller Schoonejans, and Jef, a little shepherd, who live near Delft, are happy together. In a floral parade, the carriage the two children have decorated with tulips wins the f…

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 By the Sad Sea Waves

By the Sad Sea Waves

Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!

poster The Defect

The Defect

LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the d…

poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…

poster In the Barber Shop

In the Barber Shop

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

poster The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.

poster The Tenth Symphony

The Tenth Symphony

Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce meets Damor's daughter, Claire, and tries to marries her.…

poster Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

1mn - Documentary

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

poster The Witch

The Witch

13mn - Family, Fantasy

A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.

poster The Lady of the Camellias

The Lady of the Camellias

66mn - Drama, Romance

La Signora delle Camelie chronicles the tragic love story of courtesan Marguerite Gautier and provincial bourgeois Armand Duval. Armand’s father disapproves of the relationship and convinces Marguerite to…

poster J'accuse

J'accuse

140mn - War, Drama, History

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.

poster Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly intere…

poster Tango Tangles

Tango Tangles

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

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