Jacques Vitry

Quadrille (1938)

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Guitry
CAST:  Sacha Guitry  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jacqueline Delubac  •  Georges Grey

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Guitry
CAST:  Sacha Guitry  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jacqueline Delubac  •  Georges Grey

Mr. Nobody (1936)

For some time, the police have been on the trail of a mysterious burglar who has evaded capture whilst executing one daring robbery after another. No one has any clue as to the identity of this elusive criminal and he has come to be known as Monsieur Personne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Jules Berry  •  Josseline Gaël  •  André Berley  •  Henri Marchand

For some time, the police have been on the trail of a mysterious burglar who has evaded capture whilst executing one daring robbery after another. No one has any clue as to the identity of this elusive criminal and he has come to be known as Monsieur Personne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Jules Berry  •  Josseline Gaël  •  André Berley  •  Henri Marchand

Double Crime in the Maginot Line (1937)

Commander d'Espinac is found murdered. Having argued the day before the murder with Captain Bruchot, he is accused. The captain will have to conduct his own investigation if he wants to clear himself. His suspicions will fall on one of the three officers attached ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Victor Francen  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Fernand Fabre  •  Véra Korène

Commander d'Espinac is found murdered. Having argued the day before the murder with Captain Bruchot, he is accused. The captain will have to conduct his own investigation if he wants to clear himself. His suspicions will fall on one of the three officers attached ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Victor Francen  •  Jacques Baumer  •  Fernand Fabre  •  Véra Korène

François 1er (1937)

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Mona Goya  •  Alice Tissot  •  Aimé Simon-Girard

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Mona Goya  •  Alice Tissot  •  Aimé Simon-Girard

A Man to Kill (1937)

Captain Benoit successfully completes a mission in Berlin, but when he returns to Paris he escapes attacks by German agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Viviane Romance  •  Jules Berry  •  Roger Karl

Captain Benoit successfully completes a mission in Berlin, but when he returns to Paris he escapes attacks by German agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Viviane Romance  •  Jules Berry  •  Roger Karl

Troïka sur la piste blanche (1937)

Wife of an arms trafficker in Poland, Georgina is forced to help him. She will only be able to regain her freedom - and love - after a troika chase during which the trafficker loses his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Jany Holt  •  Charles Vanel  •  Foun-Sen

Wife of an arms trafficker in Poland, Georgina is forced to help him. She will only be able to regain her freedom - and love - after a troika chase during which the trafficker loses his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Jany Holt  •  Charles Vanel  •  Foun-Sen

Boulot aviateur (1937)

An operetta baron has teamed up with a mechanic to carry out insurance scams. During one of their shots, they come up against Boulot, a drunken but clever driver, who ends up having them arrested after revealing their ride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice de Canonge
CAST:  Robert Arnoux  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Michel Simon  •  Jacqueline Daix

An operetta baron has teamed up with a mechanic to carry out insurance scams. During one of their shots, they come up against Boulot, a drunken but clever driver, who ends up having them arrested after revealing their ride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice de Canonge
CAST:  Robert Arnoux  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Michel Simon  •  Jacqueline Daix

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

Liberté (1938)

Fictionalized biography of the sculptor Bartholdi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  Maurice Escande  •  Marie-Louise Derval  •  Jacqueline Brandt  •  Lucien Gallas

Fictionalized biography of the sculptor Bartholdi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  Maurice Escande  •  Marie-Louise Derval  •  Jacqueline Brandt  •  Lucien Gallas

Corsican Brothers (1939)

Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak  •  Géo Kelber
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Lucienne Le Marchand

Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak  •  Géo Kelber
CAST:  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Lucienne Le Marchand

Three from St. Cyr (1939)

Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Roland Toutain  •  Jean Mercanton  •  Jean Chevrier  •  Hélène Pendrière

Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Paulin
CAST:  Roland Toutain  •  Jean Mercanton  •  Jean Chevrier  •  Hélène Pendrière

The Emigrant (1940)

Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Jean Chevrier  •  Georges Lannes  •  Foun-Sen

Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Edwige Feuillère  •  Jean Chevrier  •  Georges Lannes  •  Foun-Sen

Fire in the Straw (1939)

Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immediately becomes a star. Antoine suffers from it. Christian's second film is a disaster and faced with the collapse of his son, Antoine forgets his jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Orane Demazis  •  Gaby Basset  •  Jean Fuller

Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immediately becomes a star. Antoine suffers from it. Christian's second film is a disaster and faced with the collapse of his son, Antoine forgets his jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Benoît-Lévy
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Orane Demazis  •  Gaby Basset  •  Jean Fuller

Hangman's Noose (1940)

In England, a boxer is sentenced to death for a murder he does not seem to have committed.... Anthony Gethryn, who has just resigned from the police on the occasion of his marriage, has three days left to find the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jacqueline Delubac  •  André Luguet  •  Annie Vernay  •  Georges Lannes

In England, a boxer is sentenced to death for a murder he does not seem to have committed.... Anthony Gethryn, who has just resigned from the police on the occasion of his marriage, has three days left to find the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Mathot
CAST:  Jacqueline Delubac  •  André Luguet  •  Annie Vernay  •  Georges Lannes