Claude May

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Utopia (1951)

Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Suzy Delair  •  Max Elloy

Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Suzy Delair  •  Max Elloy

Barnabé (1938)

Barnabé, an occasional flutist, goes to Mme Petit-Durand to organize her daughter's 20 years. But he is confused with the Count of Marengo whom Mme Petit-Durand wants to give as husband to her daughter, who has already made her choice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Esway
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Andrex  •  Paulette Dubost

Barnabé, an occasional flutist, goes to Mme Petit-Durand to organize her daughter's 20 years. But he is confused with the Count of Marengo whom Mme Petit-Durand wants to give as husband to her daughter, who has already made her choice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Esway
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Marguerite Moreno  •  Andrex  •  Paulette Dubost

What a Funny Kid! (1935)

Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Jeanne Helbling

Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léo Joannon
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Lucien Baroux  •  Jeanne Helbling

Plein aux as (1933)

Flipotte, driven out of his band of burglars, takes the name, personality, house and checkbook of Monsieur Pardigon. When the real Pardigon returns, he doesn't stop him because he has learned from Flipotte that money can make people happy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin
CAST:  Tramel  •  Romain Bouquet  •  Charlotte Clasis  •  Claude Marcy

Flipotte, driven out of his band of burglars, takes the name, personality, house and checkbook of Monsieur Pardigon. When the real Pardigon returns, he doesn't stop him because he has learned from Flipotte that money can make people happy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin
CAST:  Tramel  •  Romain Bouquet  •  Charlotte Clasis  •  Claude Marcy

L'oncle de Pékin (1934)

In this musical comedy, all the heirs of a recently deceased uncle must stay in his chateau until they find a buyer for it.If no one is found or if any of them leave, the place will be left to its Chinese servants, who devise tricks to cheat the heirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Darmont
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Germaine Charley  •  Jean Dax

In this musical comedy, all the heirs of a recently deceased uncle must stay in his chateau until they find a buyer for it.If no one is found or if any of them leave, the place will be left to its Chinese servants, who devise tricks to cheat the heirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Darmont
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Germaine Charley  •  Jean Dax

Quelqu'un a tué... (1934)

A Scotland investigation into the sinister Lamberton family castle, where a servant was mysteriously killed and then a doctor strangled a few nights later. The servants are wrongly suspected and the truth provokes the suicide of the real culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Forrester
CAST:  André Burgère  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Pierre Magnier

A Scotland investigation into the sinister Lamberton family castle, where a servant was mysteriously killed and then a doctor strangled a few nights later. The servants are wrongly suspected and the truth provokes the suicide of the real culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Forrester
CAST:  André Burgère  •  Raymond Cordy  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Pierre Magnier

Odette (1935)

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DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin  •  Giorgio Zambon
CAST:  Francesca Bertini  •  Samson Fainsilber  •  Jacques Maury  •  Claude May

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DIRECTION:  Jacques Houssin  •  Giorgio Zambon
CAST:  Francesca Bertini  •  Samson Fainsilber  •  Jacques Maury  •  Claude May

A Night at a Honeymoon (1935)

The maid and the driver of Sidonie de Valpurgis have the absurd idea of ​​subletting the hotel of their boss during her absence, and precisely to Sidonie's ex-friend, who wants to spend his wedding night there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Monca  •  Maurice Kéroul
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Florelle  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Claude May

The maid and the driver of Sidonie de Valpurgis have the absurd idea of ​​subletting the hotel of their boss during her absence, and precisely to Sidonie's ex-friend, who wants to spend his wedding night there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Monca  •  Maurice Kéroul
CAST:  Armand Bernard  •  Florelle  •  Robert Arnoux  •  Claude May

Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'oeil (1935)

When a young woman named Aurélie throws a fit of jealousy at her husband and her lover, daily life becomes more complicated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Forrester
CAST:  René Bergeron  •  Jules Berry  •  Julien Carette  •  Colette Darfeuil

When a young woman named Aurélie throws a fit of jealousy at her husband and her lover, daily life becomes more complicated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Forrester
CAST:  René Bergeron  •  Jules Berry  •  Julien Carette  •  Colette Darfeuil

La Bandera (1935)

Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and Lucas. He tries to forget his fault... but Lucas's friendship soon appears to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Raymond Aimos  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Annabella

Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and Lucas. He tries to forget his fault... but Lucas's friendship soon appears to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Raymond Aimos  •  Robert Le Vigan  •  Annabella

Mysteries of Paris (1935)

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Duke of Gerolstein traveled to Paris. Sixteen years earlier he had a daughter who was taken from him by her mother who was chased out of the palace. After many dramatic adventures, the Duke finds his daughter in the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Madeleine Ozeray  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Roger Karl

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Duke of Gerolstein traveled to Paris. Sixteen years earlier he had a daughter who was taken from him by her mother who was chased out of the palace. After many dramatic adventures, the Duke finds his daughter in the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Félix Gandéra
CAST:  Lucien Baroux  •  Madeleine Ozeray  •  Marcelle Géniat  •  Roger Karl

Vogue, mon coeur (1935)

Ginette is always squabbling with her mother and she cannot take it any more. One day, she asks Jim Ashbury to intervene and this is how the son of a wealthy lord gets involved in the life of a pretty Jane Doe. Charmed by Ginette, Jim invites her to a cruise on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daroy
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Nicole Vattier  •  Charlotte Lysès  •  Henry Roussel

Ginette is always squabbling with her mother and she cannot take it any more. One day, she asks Jim Ashbury to intervene and this is how the son of a wealthy lord gets involved in the life of a pretty Jane Doe. Charmed by Ginette, Jim invites her to a cruise on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daroy
CAST:  René Lefèvre  •  Nicole Vattier  •  Charlotte Lysès  •  Henry Roussel

Toi, c'est moi (1936)

Bobby Guibert and Pat Duvallon are the best of friends. They are also big party animals. Honorine, Bobby's aunt, is outraged by her nephew's bad behavior, all the more as it is with her money that the young man paints the city red, always accompanied by Pat. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Junie Astor  •  Pauline Carton  •  Georges Tabet

Bobby Guibert and Pat Duvallon are the best of friends. They are also big party animals. Honorine, Bobby's aunt, is outraged by her nephew's bad behavior, all the more as it is with her money that the young man paints the city red, always accompanied by Pat. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Junie Astor  •  Pauline Carton  •  Georges Tabet

Generals Without Buttons (1936)

Separated by an ancestral hatred, two small villages of the South see their infant population engaging in war, while the teacher of the first village and the mayor of the second love each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daroy
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Marcel Mouloudji  •  Claude May

Separated by an ancestral hatred, two small villages of the South see their infant population engaging in war, while the teacher of the first village and the mayor of the second love each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daroy
CAST:  Jean Murat  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Marcel Mouloudji  •  Claude May

Take the Road (1937)

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Georges Tabet  •  Jacques Pills  •  Claude May  •  Marcel Simon

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Georges Tabet  •  Jacques Pills  •  Claude May  •  Marcel Simon

Ignace (1937)

Ignace Boitaclou, although sympathetic, is not very intelligent. Upon his arrival at the barracks to perform his military service, he was appointed colonel and had to take care of the latter's terrible wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Alice Tissot

Ignace Boitaclou, although sympathetic, is not very intelligent. Upon his arrival at the barracks to perform his military service, he was appointed colonel and had to take care of the latter's terrible wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Colombier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Saturnin Fabre  •  Fernand Charpin  •  Alice Tissot

Un scandale aux Galeries (1937)

The son of an industrialist is in love with a saleswoman employed by his father. The latter coos with an ingenue from whom he hides the age of his son. A department manager involved in all this has his sentimental disappointments. A double marriage puts a happy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Sti
CAST:  Pierre Larquey  •  Roland Toutain  •  Félix Oudart  •  Josseline Gaël

The son of an industrialist is in love with a saleswoman employed by his father. The latter coos with an ingenue from whom he hides the age of his son. A department manager involved in all this has his sentimental disappointments. A double marriage puts a happy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Sti
CAST:  Pierre Larquey  •  Roland Toutain  •  Félix Oudart  •  Josseline Gaël

Le Tigre du Bengale (1938)

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DIRECTION:  Richard Eichberg
CAST:  Alice Field  •  Max Michel  •  Roger Karl  •  Pola Illéry

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DIRECTION:  Richard Eichberg
CAST:  Alice Field  •  Max Michel  •  Roger Karl  •  Pola Illéry

Prince de mon cœur (1938)

One of the subjects of the Prince of Slopoldavia, followed him to Paris, not out of love but to take revenge for the monarch's betrayal of one of his friends. Involuntary architect of a plot, she forces the prince to return to the throne and agrees to share the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daniel-Norman
CAST:  Reda-Caire  •  Claude May  •  Pierre Larquey  •  Roland Toutain

One of the subjects of the Prince of Slopoldavia, followed him to Paris, not out of love but to take revenge for the monarch's betrayal of one of his friends. Involuntary architect of a plot, she forces the prince to return to the throne and agrees to share the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Daniel-Norman
CAST:  Reda-Caire  •  Claude May  •  Pierre Larquey  •  Roland Toutain
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