Maximilienne

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Our Lord's Vineyard (1932)

A repentant alcoholic, Henri is promised to the young Yvonne, but he is in love with Gisèle, her sister and the fiancée of his friend Hubert. They all go on vacation, to the villa of Valentine Bourjeon, the mother of the two young girls. Henri and Gisèle begin an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Victor Boucher  •  Simone Cerdan  •  Victor Garland  •  Jacqueline Made

A repentant alcoholic, Henri is promised to the young Yvonne, but he is in love with Gisèle, her sister and the fiancée of his friend Hubert. They all go on vacation, to the villa of Valentine Bourjeon, the mother of the two young girls. Henri and Gisèle begin an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Hervil
CAST:  Victor Boucher  •  Simone Cerdan  •  Victor Garland  •  Jacqueline Made

Adhémar Lampiot (1932)

The notary Tremplin wants to give his daughter to the young rich farmer Adhemar. He goes with both of them to Paris where Henriette meets a sleazy car salesman who is precisely the rich heir sought by her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernand René  •  Rolla France  •  Gaston Dupray  •  Marc Dantzer

The notary Tremplin wants to give his daughter to the young rich farmer Adhemar. He goes with both of them to Paris where Henriette meets a sleazy car salesman who is precisely the rich heir sought by her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Fernand René  •  Rolla France  •  Gaston Dupray  •  Marc Dantzer

Buridan's Donkey (1932)

Georges is a lover of women, of all women, without exception. One fine day, a young girl like no other, a savage, will come into his life. Will Georges fall in love and experience the joys of marriage despite his love of women?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Ryder
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Mona Goya  •  Charles Prince

Georges is a lover of women, of all women, without exception. One fine day, a young girl like no other, a savage, will come into his life. Will Georges fall in love and experience the joys of marriage despite his love of women?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Ryder
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Mona Goya  •  Charles Prince

Les surprises du divorce (1933)

A young husband, annoyed by his stepmother, divorces and marries a young girl whose father is a widower. When the two new spouses return from their honeymoon, the stepfather has married his son-in-law's first wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  Mauricet  •  Nadine Picard  •  Maximilienne  •  Louis Blanche

A young husband, annoyed by his stepmother, divorces and marries a young girl whose father is a widower. When the two new spouses return from their honeymoon, the stepfather has married his son-in-law's first wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  Mauricet  •  Nadine Picard  •  Maximilienne  •  Louis Blanche

600,000 francs per month (1933)

A disillusioned rich American bets with a railroad worker that the latter will not be able to spend the 600,000 francs a month that he will pay him for a year. All the railwayman's attempts to win his bet fail but his daughter luckily conquers the American.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Jean Aymé  •  Georges Biscot  •  Suzette Comte  •  Suzanne Dorian

A disillusioned rich American bets with a railroad worker that the latter will not be able to spend the 600,000 francs a month that he will pay him for a year. All the railwayman's attempts to win his bet fail but his daughter luckily conquers the American.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Jean Aymé  •  Georges Biscot  •  Suzette Comte  •  Suzanne Dorian

Maison hantée (1933)

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DIRECTION:  Roger Capellani
CAST:  Max Berger  •  Annie Cariel  •  Monette Dinay  •  Paulette Dubost

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DIRECTION:  Roger Capellani
CAST:  Max Berger  •  Annie Cariel  •  Monette Dinay  •  Paulette Dubost

Incognito (1934)

A restaurant waiter and the telephone operator at the Palace of Cap Martin sympathize without ever being able to go out together, because their day off is not the same. In the meantime, the disappearance of the Prince of Roumelia, whom no one knows, is announced. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Gerron
CAST:  Marcel Barencey  •  Louis-Jacques Boucot  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Guillet

A restaurant waiter and the telephone operator at the Palace of Cap Martin sympathize without ever being able to go out together, because their day off is not the same. In the meantime, the disappearance of the Prince of Roumelia, whom no one knows, is announced. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Gerron
CAST:  Marcel Barencey  •  Louis-Jacques Boucot  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Jean Guillet

We Found a Naked Woman (1934)

A young aristocrat whose ruined father decided to marry her spends one last night as a bachelor at the boarding school ball. But there, cheerful students strip her of her clothes and she finds refuge precisely with her future husband whom she did not know. Of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Paul Bernard

A young aristocrat whose ruined father decided to marry her spends one last night as a bachelor at the boarding school ball. But there, cheerful students strip her of her clothes and she finds refuge precisely with her future husband whom she did not know. Of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Mireille Balin  •  Jean Aquistapace  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Paul Bernard

The Daughters of the Concierge (1934)

Madame Leclerc, concierge of a beautiful place on Montmartre, has three daughters who are ready to get married - but things do not always go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Jeanne Cheirel  •  Ghislaine Bru  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Marcel André

Madame Leclerc, concierge of a beautiful place on Montmartre, has three daughters who are ready to get married - but things do not always go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Jeanne Cheirel  •  Ghislaine Bru  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Marcel André

Midnight, Place Pigalle (1934)

After retiring as a butler in a nightclub where he made his fortune, Prosper decides to return to his job after the death of his wife. Now ruined, he only finds a job as a dishwasher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Richebé
CAST:  Raimu  •  Hélène Robert  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Roger Tréville

After retiring as a butler in a nightclub where he made his fortune, Prosper decides to return to his job after the death of his wife. Now ruined, he only finds a job as a dishwasher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Richebé
CAST:  Raimu  •  Hélène Robert  •  Colette Darfeuil  •  Roger Tréville

Tartarin of Tarascon (1934)

Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as a Lion Hunter, which he is only in his imagination. Even though the locals know he has never been to Africa, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Raimu  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Jean Sinoël  •  Paul Ollivier

Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as a Lion Hunter, which he is only in his imagination. Even though the locals know he has never been to Africa, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Raimu  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Jean Sinoël  •  Paul Ollivier

Voyage d'agrément (1935)

Jerome has made his wife to believe that he's in prison in order to spend a few days with his girlfriend. But the deal goes bad when he found himself arrested, but this time for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Tramel  •  Yvonne Garat  •  Jeanne Fusier-Gir  •  Christiane Delyne

Jerome has made his wife to believe that he's in prison in order to spend a few days with his girlfriend. But the deal goes bad when he found himself arrested, but this time for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Tramel  •  Yvonne Garat  •  Jeanne Fusier-Gir  •  Christiane Delyne

Lovers and Thieves (1935)

Claude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of retrieving compromising letters from a woman whose lover fears blackmail. But before arriving there, Claude fortunately meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Arletty  •  Michel Simon  •  Raymond Aimos  •  Paul Azaïs

Claude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of retrieving compromising letters from a woman whose lover fears blackmail. But before arriving there, Claude fortunately meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Bernard
CAST:  Arletty  •  Michel Simon  •  Raymond Aimos  •  Paul Azaïs

Coup de vent (1936)

In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his building, he undergoes the rigors of the law and he is involved in the adventure of two lovers whose marriage he arranges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville  •  Giovacchino Forzano
CAST:  Jean Aquistapace  •  Yvette Lebon  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Mady Berry

In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his building, he undergoes the rigors of the law and he is involved in the adventure of two lovers whose marriage he arranges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Dréville  •  Giovacchino Forzano
CAST:  Jean Aquistapace  •  Yvette Lebon  •  Paul Azaïs  •  Mady Berry

Disk 413 (1936)

A secret message is on a recording, a man who had disappeared for a while may be trying to steal it.His wife, a singer, teams up with a spy chief she has met to confront her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Gitta Alpár  •  Constant Rémy  •  Jules Berry  •  Tomás Alcaide

A secret message is on a recording, a man who had disappeared for a while may be trying to steal it.His wife, a singer, teams up with a spy chief she has met to confront her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Gitta Alpár  •  Constant Rémy  •  Jules Berry  •  Tomás Alcaide

Prête-moi ta femme (1936)

Gontran is required to marry if he wants to benefit from his aunt's inheritance. To convince the latter in favor of a visit, he calls on the wife of a friend who will play the role of the future wife. This maneuver will cause many misunderstandings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cammage
CAST:  Mady Berry  •  Monique Bert  •  Georges Bever  •  Pierre Brasseur

Gontran is required to marry if he wants to benefit from his aunt's inheritance. To convince the latter in favor of a visit, he calls on the wife of a friend who will play the role of the future wife. This maneuver will cause many misunderstandings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cammage
CAST:  Mady Berry  •  Monique Bert  •  Georges Bever  •  Pierre Brasseur

My Aunts and I (1937)

Three "spinsters" focus their attention very narrowly on their nephew, in his first phase of adulthood. Éloi, handicapped by his shyness, behaves a bit awkwardly. He falls under the unfortunate influence of a couple of haddocks. The love of a pretty blonde woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Jacqueline Francell  •  Tramel

Three "spinsters" focus their attention very narrowly on their nephew, in his first phase of adulthood. Éloi, handicapped by his shyness, behaves a bit awkwardly. He falls under the unfortunate influence of a couple of haddocks. The love of a pretty blonde woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Noé
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Jacqueline Francell  •  Tramel

The Man from Nowhere (1937)

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Isa Miranda  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Ginette Leclerc

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Chenal
CAST:  Pierre Blanchar  •  Isa Miranda  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Ginette Leclerc

À nous deux, madame la vie (1937)

Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  André Luguet  •  Simone Berriau  •  Jean-Louis Barrault  •  Jeanne Marie-Laurent

Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart  •  Yves Mirande
CAST:  André Luguet  •  Simone Berriau  •  Jean-Louis Barrault  •  Jeanne Marie-Laurent

The Secrets of the Red Sea (1937)

Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to take possession of the treasure, he kills Said Aly but finds a terrible death by desecrating his tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Gaby Basset  •  Habib Benglia  •  Auguste Bovério

Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to take possession of the treasure, he kills Said Aly but finds a terrible death by desecrating his tomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pottier
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Gaby Basset  •  Habib Benglia  •  Auguste Bovério
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