Henry Bonvallet

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The Dreamy Mouth (1932)

The story begins at a concert during which Beethoven's Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra is performed. Romaine, a mysterious woman, is in the concert hall. Pierre, her husband, is first violin of the Orchester Colonne. That evening, she discovers Marcel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Czinner
CAST:  Gaby Morlay  •  Pierre Blanchar  •  Victor Francen  •  Maria Fromet

The story begins at a concert during which Beethoven's Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra is performed. Romaine, a mysterious woman, is in the concert hall. Pierre, her husband, is first violin of the Orchester Colonne. That evening, she discovers Marcel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Czinner
CAST:  Gaby Morlay  •  Pierre Blanchar  •  Victor Francen  •  Maria Fromet

Yoshiwara (1937)

Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Michiko Tanaka  •  Roland Toutain

Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Pierre Richard-Willm  •  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Michiko Tanaka  •  Roland Toutain

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DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin  •  Herbert Selpin
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Charles Vanel  •  Maurice Escande  •  Daniel Lecourtois

Cecile Is Dead (1944)

Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her aunt, is not taken seriously by the police until she the day she is found murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Santa Relli  •  Germaine Kerjean  •  Luce Fabiole

Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her aunt, is not taken seriously by the police until she the day she is found murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Santa Relli  •  Germaine Kerjean  •  Luce Fabiole

Second Bureau (1935)

Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage assigns one of their agents, beautiful Erna Fiedler, to seduce Benoît and to eliminate him. But the two spies fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Billon
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Pierre Alcover  •  Véra Korène  •  Janine Crispin

Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage assigns one of their agents, beautiful Erna Fiedler, to seduce Benoît and to eliminate him. But the two spies fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Billon
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Pierre Alcover  •  Véra Korène  •  Janine Crispin

Antoinette (1932)

Ruined by her banker, Antoinette becomes her driver. She signs a contract which assures her of the reimbursement of her fortune if she manages to support the banker for three months. She wins his bet, but falling in love with him, she tears up the check and marries him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Selpin
CAST:  Jeanne Boitel  •  Armand Bernard  •  Nadine Picard  •  Rolla Norman

Ruined by her banker, Antoinette becomes her driver. She signs a contract which assures her of the reimbursement of her fortune if she manages to support the banker for three months. She wins his bet, but falling in love with him, she tears up the check and marries him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Selpin
CAST:  Jeanne Boitel  •  Armand Bernard  •  Nadine Picard  •  Rolla Norman

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DIRECTION:  John Daumery
CAST:  Jean Marchat  •  Simone Genevois  •  Maurice Rémy  •  Jeanne Grumbach

Obsession (1934)

A man who suffers from the delirium of persecution and to the point of trying to strangle his wife is interned. His brother, needing his signature for his own business, gets him out of the asylum with the complicity of a false magistrate and against the advice of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Paul Amiot  •  Georges Paulais  •  Henry Bonvallet

A man who suffers from the delirium of persecution and to the point of trying to strangle his wife is interned. His brother, needing his signature for his own business, gets him out of the asylum with the complicity of a false magistrate and against the advice of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Paul Amiot  •  Georges Paulais  •  Henry Bonvallet

La Banque Némo (1934)

The rise of a crooked employee of a bank and the attempt of a former co-worker to bring him down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marguerite Viel
CAST:  Victor Boucher  •  Mona Goya  •  René Bergeron  •  Charles Fallot

The rise of a crooked employee of a bank and the attempt of a former co-worker to bring him down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marguerite Viel
CAST:  Victor Boucher  •  Mona Goya  •  René Bergeron  •  Charles Fallot

Un train dans la nuit (1934)

Travelers who have missed their correspondence are forced to spend the night in the waiting room of a small country station. They are told that a ghost train rushes through the night on each anniversary of an accident that once took place there. A detective tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Dolly Davis  •  Georgius  •  Alice Tissot  •  Héléna Manson

Travelers who have missed their correspondence are forced to spend the night in the waiting room of a small country station. They are told that a ghost train rushes through the night on each anniversary of an accident that once took place there. A detective tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Dolly Davis  •  Georgius  •  Alice Tissot  •  Héléna Manson

The Queen of Biarritz (1934)

Elenita from Sierra Mirador is the darling of Biarritz. For her, a young groom abandons his wife, a forty-year-old suddenly becomes inflamed and cheats on his young wife. But Elenita, watched by her mother, resigns herself to becoming honest and returns to her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Toulout
CAST:  Alice Field  •  Léon Belières  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  André Burgère

Elenita from Sierra Mirador is the darling of Biarritz. For her, a young groom abandons his wife, a forty-year-old suddenly becomes inflamed and cheats on his young wife. But Elenita, watched by her mother, resigns herself to becoming honest and returns to her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Toulout
CAST:  Alice Field  •  Léon Belières  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  André Burgère

Le miroir aux alouettes (1935)

From Constantinople to Marseilles, aboard a cargo ship, an intrigue full of adventures brings together a courageous young girl and a young risk-taker who succeeds in thwarting a series of long-planned crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Le Bon  •  Hans Steinhoff
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jessie Vihrog  •  Lucien Dayle

From Constantinople to Marseilles, aboard a cargo ship, an intrigue full of adventures brings together a courageous young girl and a young risk-taker who succeeds in thwarting a series of long-planned crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Le Bon  •  Hans Steinhoff
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jessie Vihrog  •  Lucien Dayle

Pasteur (1935)

Guitry reprises his role as Pasteur which he played successfully at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1919.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Guitry
CAST:  Sacha Guitry  •  Louis Maurel  •  Gaston Dubosc  •  José Squinquel

Guitry reprises his role as Pasteur which he played successfully at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1919.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Guitry
CAST:  Sacha Guitry  •  Louis Maurel  •  Gaston Dubosc  •  José Squinquel

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DIRECTION:  Gerhard Lamprecht  •  Roger Le Bon
CAST:  Annie Ducaux  •  Thomy Bourdelle  •  Jacques Dumesnil  •  Suzanne Dantès

Une gueule en or (1936)

The Marquis de Barfleur, an unattractive man, decides to resort to plastic surgery to ensure the fidelity of Colette, his young mistress. Now endowed with a face to die for, he is about to achieve his goal. But the Marchioness de Barfleur, the Marquis' loving wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Betty Stockfeld  •  Charles Dechamps  •  Jean Tissier

The Marquis de Barfleur, an unattractive man, decides to resort to plastic surgery to ensure the fidelity of Colette, his young mistress. Now endowed with a face to die for, he is about to achieve his goal. But the Marchioness de Barfleur, the Marquis' loving wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Betty Stockfeld  •  Charles Dechamps  •  Jean Tissier

Les Petites Alliées (1936)

A young girl has left her family and lives as best she can on the generosity of her lovers. A naval officer introduces her to Toulon in a special environment which provides companions to sailors on leave. After some setbacks, she finds love and protection with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville
CAST:  Madeleine Renaud  •  Constant Rémy  •  Maurice Escande  •  Mireille Perrey

A young girl has left her family and lives as best she can on the generosity of her lovers. A naval officer introduces her to Toulon in a special environment which provides companions to sailors on leave. After some setbacks, she finds love and protection with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville
CAST:  Madeleine Renaud  •  Constant Rémy  •  Maurice Escande  •  Mireille Perrey

The Seniors (1936)

A high school in the thirties: most of the students are leaving for the Easter holidays. However, one of them,Brassier, an A -student ,stays for sentimental reasons. He is desperately in love with the principal's wife who does not want to cheat on her husband, and, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bibal  •  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Gaby Morlay  •  André Fouché  •  Pierre Larquey

A high school in the thirties: most of the students are leaving for the Easter holidays. However, one of them,Brassier, an A -student ,stays for sentimental reasons. He is desperately in love with the principal's wife who does not want to cheat on her husband, and, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bibal  •  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Charles Vanel  •  Gaby Morlay  •  André Fouché  •  Pierre Larquey

Rigolboche (1936)

Lina Bourget, a realist singer, is forced to leave Dakar because of a murder she believes she has committed. Taking refuge in Paris, she unexpectedly becomes a star in the capital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Joe Alex  •  André Berley  •  Jules Berry  •  Mady Berry

Lina Bourget, a realist singer, is forced to leave Dakar because of a murder she believes she has committed. Taking refuge in Paris, she unexpectedly becomes a star in the capital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Joe Alex  •  André Berley  •  Jules Berry  •  Mady Berry

A Picnic on the Grass (1937)

A rich young woman asks a poor man to play for her the role of a generous friend. He ends up falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Cravenne
CAST:  Gaby Morlay  •  Jules Berry  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Marcelle Praince

A rich young woman asks a poor man to play for her the role of a generous friend. He ends up falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Cravenne
CAST:  Gaby Morlay  •  Jules Berry  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Marcelle Praince

Aloha, the Song of the Islands (1937)

During the London-Melbourne race, two aviators, one male (Guy,) the other female (Betty), are forced to land on a lost island in Polynesia. They learn to survive in difficult conditions and fall in love. Back in civilization, their union does not prove obvious. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Arletty  •  Jean Murat  •  Danièle Parola  •  André Alerme

During the London-Melbourne race, two aviators, one male (Guy,) the other female (Betty), are forced to land on a lost island in Polynesia. They learn to survive in difficult conditions and fall in love. Back in civilization, their union does not prove obvious. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Arletty  •  Jean Murat  •  Danièle Parola  •  André Alerme
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