Une histoire du cinéma français III - The noir years and grey years 40-59
An exhaustive history of French cinema coordinated by Claude Beylie.
3rd Part
Chapter The noir years and grey years 40-59
Missing:
India Fantasy, Anthony Gross et Hector Hoppin, 1955 animation.
The few entries after 1959 are thematic mentions (mostly an actor or a director).
Full list
The 6 chapters:
Une histoire du cinéma français I - The pioneers years 1880-1918
Une histoire du cinéma français II - Les "années folles" and the magnificent years 19-39
Une histoire du cinéma français III - The noir years and grey years 40-59
Une histoire du cinéma français IV - The breakdown years 60-79
Une histoire du cinéma français V - Today years 80-2000
Une histoire du cinéma français VI - Short films & Animated films
3rd Part
Chapter The noir years and grey years 40-59
Missing:
India Fantasy, Anthony Gross et Hector Hoppin, 1955 animation.
- Le Loup et l'agneau, Jean Image 39-55 (première version détruite).
- Callisto, la petite nymphe de Diane, André-Édouard Marty (André Marty) 1943, animation, court :
- Cap'taine Sabord, André Rigal, animation court.
- Les Enfants du ciel, Vilma de Quiche 1946.
- Jacky, Jacotte et les sortilèges, Antoine Payen 1948
- La Princesse Clé de sol, La Rapsodie de Saturne, Jean Image 1946
- Choupinet 1946, Le Troubadour de la joie 49, de Omer Boucquey, animation.
- Actualités romaines 1947, Fantom's Party, Jac Rémise 1948, animation.
- Bonjour Paris, Jean Image 1953, animation.
The few entries after 1959 are thematic mentions (mostly an actor or a director).
Full list
The 6 chapters:
Une histoire du cinéma français I - The pioneers years 1880-1918
Une histoire du cinéma français II - Les "années folles" and the magnificent years 19-39
Une histoire du cinéma français III - The noir years and grey years 40-59
Une histoire du cinéma français IV - The breakdown years 60-79
Une histoire du cinéma français V - Today years 80-2000
Une histoire du cinéma français VI - Short films & Animated films
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- DirectorAndré MalrauxBoris PeskineStarsAndrés MejutoNicolás RodríguezJosé Santpere1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) against fascist army of General Franco. Can be seen as romanticized witness of director and writer Andre Malraux, who joined the Republicans in 1936.
- DirectorAlbert ValentinStarsMichèle MorganGilbert GilAndrexThe young Suzy is a nightclub hostess in a cabaret in which Frehel is the star. Because one night she gets propositions from a rich widower who would like to have her as his girlfriend, Suzy wishes to leave this place, where she has no future, for a better one. Abandoned by her protector, a young hoodlum named Robert, she gets the occasion to get away from it. She decides to go on vacation on the Riviera and stay at the Chateau des Cedres, the former residence of a noble family that has been transformed into a bourgeois guest house by the baroness Saint-Leu. Shy and elegant, in her modest suit, Suzy stays there under the name of Suzanne Michelet and soon makes new friends among the young people of very wealthy families.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsEdwige FeuillèreJohn LodgeAimé ClariondIn the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this love affair with someone not of royal blood breeches protocol. The Crown allows the union only after the couple agrees to a morganatic marriage. The emperor further neutralizes Franz by making him inspector general of the army, sending him afield for months at a time. In June of 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present. An assassin strikes. Their deaths spark World War I.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsFernand GraveyElvire PopescoAndré AlermeBefore World War I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre Leblanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
- DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsRaimuFernandelJosette DayA rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
- DirectorFernand RiversStarsAndré AlermeSimone BerriauJules Berry"To care as little as about the year 40" is a French expression meaning "not to give a care". Well, this is 1940 and the Germans have invaded France. But, paradoxically, a well off couple will remember it fondly. Indeed, fleeing the invaders they gradually lose all their material possessions but discover the true meaning of life instead.Film perdu
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsHarry BaurRenée FaureMarie-Hélène DastéThe story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsPierre FresnayMichèle AlfaSuzy DelairSix friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...
- DirectorMaurice GleizeStarsFernandelLouise CarlettiAnnie FranceAs playboys cannot pay their debts anymore,their creditors suggest one of them marry a millionaire's daughter.
- DirectorLéo JoannonStarsDanielle DarrieuxAlbert PréjeanJean ParédèsA Cinderella type vehicle for Danielle Darrieux as a struggling actress in a little theater who sells flowers to make a living but meets a rich businessman who may rescue her from her plight.
- DirectorJean BoyerStarsCharles TrenetJean TissierSylvieGeorges Gauthier is an electrician who lives with his mother and his sister Madeleine. He is the son of a womanizing singer who made his mother miserable. For all that, Georges is attracted to show business all the more as he falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of singer Lormel. Georges is spotted by Cartier, the manager of the Folies Concert and makes his debut as a singer under the assumed name of Jean Papîllon...
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsMarie DéaFernand LedouxRaymond RouleauTwo country sisters are rivals for the love of the doctor. He marries one, but regrets it and is rescued by the other.
- DirectorLouis DaquinStarsLouise CarlettiGilbert GilAndré BrunotA student from an elementary school accidentally breaks the glass roof of his school. His comrades decide to support it by working during the summer holidays in order to pay for reconstruction.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraPierre GuerlaisStarsOdette JoyeuxAndré LuguetJacques Dumesnil"Chiffon" is an eccentric young aristocratic girl, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsFernand GraveyMicheline PresleSaturnin FabreDenis is distracted: he's studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market; plus, whenever he closes his eyes, he dreams of a mysterious woman in white. His girlfriend Nina is annoyed at him for his inattention, so she steps out behind his back with a friend of his. One night, while napping at the flower mart, he pursues the mystery woman in what he thinks is a dream, and finds himself with her in a restaurant with her father and her fiancé, then on to a magic shop, the Louvre, a nightclub, and a mental asylum. During the night, he discovers a plot against her, and still believing it's a dream, goes to great lengths to try to save her.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël RoquevertRoland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world, and after one year, the devil comes and asks for his due.
- DirectorRichard PottierStarsAlbert PréjeanJuliette FaberJean TissierPicpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed, Maigret tries to find the killer.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsOdette JoyeuxFrançois PérierJulien CaretteFrance, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, the prefect's wife, under her name. But Hortense decides to break up with her lover, François du Portal. François will not hear of it and, with a view to regaining her love, manages to be appointed deputy prosecutor in Argenson. Trouble can't help following.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierJacques de BaroncelliStarsEdwige FeuillèreRaymond RouleauAndré LuguetCatherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be Jacques's lover to save the day. Jacques then gets caught up in her schemes when the next couple she deals with turn out to be jewel thieves who kidnap them.
- DirectorLéo JoannonStarsJules BerryBlanchette BrunoyFrançois PérierA young mechanic is given a strange job: to convey the king of the gypsies' embalmed dead body on a very long route.
- DirectorGuillaume RadotStarsMadeleine SolognePierre RenoirGabrielle DorziatA young governess arrives at the Castle of the Malveneurs and begins to investigate some peculiar disappearances.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsFernand GraveyAssia NorisJean WeberOut of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troop en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.
- DirectorSerge de PolignyStarsAndré LefaurOdette JoyeuxJany HoltElfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...
- DirectorPierre de HérainStarsRaymond RouleauGermaine DermozMila ParélyA young man ,who cannot stand his life in the country anymore leaves for Paris and squanders his parents' fortune.
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsRaimuAimé ClariondRené BergeronOn a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start investigating a missing person report, La Souris concocts a plan to secure his find.
- DirectorJean de LimurStarsGinette LeclercJacqueline LaurentAimé ClariondA do gooder hopes to cure potential romantic partners of what he considers the disease of love, by putting them up in a property and having them watched over.Things do not turn out according to his plan.
- DirectorRichard PottierStarsIrène de TrébertJean MuratRaymond LegrandStuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds life boring. Fortunately, there is swing music which illuminates her days. So when, one day, Raymond Serre and his swing orchestra come to Angoulême, she seizes the opportunity to slip the copy of a song she has written into the pocket of one of the musicians. The trouble is that while she is doing so, the train she has boarded pulls out...
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsAnnie DucauxAndré LuguetGermaine Reuver
- DirectorRoland TualStarsFernand LedouxMichèle AlfaOdette JoyeuxOn the banks of a peaceful river,towers up a jail .The prison governor is making rough all over for everyone :the inmates,the wardens and even his family ;it's just a mask : this man is longing for love .In a cell ,a prisoner,Rémi Bonvent, sings ; the harsh man realizes that this captive has talent going for him,he writes songs,pieces of music and even an opera ,"Le lit A Colonnes" (=the fourposter bed).His daughter ,who is also the musician's muse ,-though they never met ,he only sees her silhouette at night-is dreaming of an union with aristocratic families who do not invite her to their fetes or their balls.And the inmate's work may mean glory and success..
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsClaude DauphinMicheline PresleLouis JourdanCavalier ,a second -rate actor , discovers a gorgeous talented girl who performs on stage and wants to be her Pygmalion .
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsClaude DauphinMicheline PresleLouis JourdanOn her wedding day, a young bride takes off with her cousin, who she has always loved.
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsJean PâquiBlanchette BrunoyJean ClaudioThe sometimes frivolous lives of young men in the French Navy, training for war on a ship in Toulon.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsMireille BalinRaymond RouleauPierre RenoirA man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but they don't know that dead guy is the USA public enemy No.1.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsDanielle DarrieuxLise DelamareMonique JoyceGuy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an idea: he asks Lilian, a circus acrobat, to pose as his mistress. Lilian accepts and they embark on a series of eventful moments.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsSessue HayakawaMireille BalinHenri GuisolA captain, who has rescued a woman from danger,sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den.The proprietor,s daughter, whom a visiting journalist tries to help, doesn,t know the sordid business her father is involved with.
- DirectorLouis DaquinStarsAssia NorisJules BerryGabrielle DorziatGilles Mauvoisin, the only descendant of his late uncle Octave, inherits his entire fortune. Uncle Octave was poisoned with arsenic and suspicion focused immediately on his widow, Colette Mauvoisin. But Gilles has doubts about her guilt and conducts his own investigation.
- DirectorJean FaurezBelisario L. RandoneStarsGaby MorlayJacques DumesnilVivi GioiA devoted switchboard operator is the village guardian angel.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMichel SimonAlbert PréjeanBlanchette BrunoyDenise Baudu, an orphaned girl in need, decides to go to Paris where her uncle Baudu keeps a small draper's shop, "Le Vieil Elbeuf". The young woman hopes her kinsman will be able to give her a position. Unfortunately Octave Mouret, Baudu's visionary competitor, has just opened a giant department store nearby, "Au Bonheur des dames", which now attracts customers like a magnet. Denise, realizing that "Le Vieil Elbeuf" is dying away, crosses the street to offer her services to Octave Mouret...
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsRenée Saint-CyrNoël RoquevertJacques DumesnilTwo brothers who may possibly be half-brothers.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsAlbert PréjeanSanta RelliGermaine KerjeanA woman keeps coming to Quai Des Orfevres to see Inspector Maigret about disturbing events in her household.Maigret and his colleagues are annoyed, until this woman is found dead and they realize she was on to something.
- DirectorRichard PottierStarsFrançois PérierPaul MeurisseAndré GabrielloBastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named 'le Moujik'.
- DirectorAlbert ValentinStarsAlbert PréjeanClaude GéniaYolande LaffonAlbert Maulette, the owner of 'La Vie de Plaisir', a very busy nightclub owner, has fallen in love with Hélène de Lormel, the beautiful daughter of a couple of aristocrats on the brink of ruin. Monsieur de Lormel, who despises Albert's occupation, demands that he sell his nightclub before he gives his consent. Which Albert does but, once married, his life does not prove a pleasure cruise. The relationships between outspoken Albert and his false in-laws are tense. On the other hand, Roger de Boëldieu, a socialite, shamelessly courts his young wife...
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsRenée FaureJany HoltSylvieAnne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret.
- DirectorPierre PrévertStarsCharles TrenetPierre BrasseurJulien CaretteA bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cousin, a wealthy eccentric who is considered the village idiot.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsNoël-NoëlGeorges GreyAlexandre RignaultAdemai is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica,invited by his family ;when he arrives,much to his surprise,all the male relatives have just been shot .
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsFernand LedouxSuzy PrimJules BerryMaloin has been working all his life for 2,500 measly Francs a month. One day he finds a case full of money, after watching a gangland killing. "I'd have to work a hundred years to make that!", he says. He could send his son to "Polytechnique", he could take his wife to the Riviera, he could escape from the third-rate position he holds in the harbor, he could leave behind his mean brother-in-law who's wearing suit and tie and is working in a bank (and think he's got it made). But Maloin has an uneasy conscience. His colleague always reads some pages of the good book before going to sleep.
- DirectorAndré BerthomieuStarsRaymond RouleauLine NoroMichèle Alfa
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsCharles VanelAimé ClariondYolande LaffonFrance, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals. Francois's world rapidly begins to fall apart when his son Maurice elopes to Italy with Edith Frasne, the wife of an esteemed notary.
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsMichel SimonMadeleine SologneRenée AlbouyMichel Simon vehicle and Balzac adaptation: An escaped convict, putting on priest's garb, manoeuvres his way into 19tn century French society and pressures his young protege to marry for money, not love.
- DirectorFernand RiversStarsFernand GraveySuzy PrimAndré Brunot
- DirectorRobert VernayStarsPierre RenoirClaude GéniaLise Delamare
- DirectorSacha GuitryStarsSacha GuitryGeneviève GuitryAimé ClariondThe sculptor François Bressolles falls in love with the young Catherine. They envision a life together, but one day François becomes distant and cruel. He begins to lose his sight, and does not want to let Catherine engage with a blind man.
- DirectorSacha GuitryStarsGeori-BouéSuzy PrimMona GoyaThe rise and fall of a diva circa 1820.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsSimone RenantJean MaraisPaul BernardAn escaped convict needing funds for a getaway by sea takes advantage of a prosperous looking young traveler he meets.A nightclub singer involved with them both complicates things.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsYvonne PrintempsPierre FresnayJacques LouvignyA woman puts her husband to the test.
- DirectorLouis DaquinStarsIrène CordayAndré Le GallMarcel DelaîtreZian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing.
- DirectorLéo JoannonStarsEdwige FeuillèrePierre JourdanJean TissierLucrèce, a famous actress, is bothered first, then flattered by the passionate testimonies of love given to her by François, a 12th grade student infatuated with her. Taking pity on the boy, Lucrèce decides to heal him of his madness and with this in mind she invites him for a working holiday on her farm. Instead, she falls in love with the cherub. At a time, her young lover grows so jealous of her that he attempts suicide. The mature actress then understands that their love story is going nowhere. She will remain alone while François will forget her.
- DirectorJean-Paul PaulinStarsMichèle AlfaAndré LuguetMona Goya
- DirectorRoland TualStarsFrançois PérierGaby SylviaJacques JansenThis is the combined story of Dominique Verdelet, the self-assured charming star presenter of Radio Globe, who unexpectedly loses control when he feels true love for someone (just ask young dancer Micheline what she thinks about it!) and of Gérard Mercadier, a young sculptor, who is fed up with being a huge fan of a radio singer called "The Voiceless Tenor" (just ask Odette how she gets on her husbie's nerves!) and who discovers he himself has a golden voice...
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsAndré LefaurOdette JoyeuxBernard BlierA young girl learns how it is painful growing up.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsMadeleine SologneJean MaraisJean MuratThis is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde, set in 1940s France. The script was written by Jean Cocteau.
- DirectorJacques Daniel-NormanStarsRaymond RouleauMichèle AlfaSuzy CarrierPierre Trévoux is a preppy smug young man .His self-importance and his vanity get on his friends 'nerves,and they decide to teach him a lesson .
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsRaymond RouleauMicheline PresleJean ChevrierPhilippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsPaul BernardMaría CasaresElina LabourdetteA society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.
- DirectorPierre de HérainStarsFernand GraveyRenée Saint-CyrGeorges MarchalA (very) fictionalized vision of the Temple enigma.
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsGaby MorlayJean TissierSaturnin Fabre
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsPierre BlancharPaul BernardYvonne GaudeauA wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsGeorges GuétaryMila ParélyJean TissierIn Flanders in the eighteenth century, Ramon de Ortila, a young lord who has been dispossessed of property has turned into a gentleman brigand. His main target is Monsieur de Saint-Brissac, the salt tax farmer. But Solange, his daughter, sets a trap and lures the young man to her father's manor. Little does she know that love is at the rendezvous...
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsFernand LedouxRenée FaureMadeleine RobinsonThe story begins with the murder of a horse trader, which sets free a black stallion that roams through the snow and the village terrifying the people as it gallops.
- DirectorLéo JoannonStarsMarie DéaRaymond RouleauHenry Bonvallet
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsRaimuMichèle MorganLouis JouvetThe story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsMicheline PresleBerthe BovyLouise ConteTen people fleeing Rouen invaded by the Prussians, Rousset nicknamed ball of tallow among them, give to a Prussian to save other passengers who still despise. However, on later nobody could underestimate her being how brave .
- DirectorYves AllégretStarsGeorges MarchalAndré ValmyDominique NohainSomewhere in Tunisia, commandos of the First French Army are training, in preparation for the August 1945 landings on the southern coast of France. Lt. Claude Legrand (Georges Marchal), who leads the commando, finds among his men a former resistance fighter, Serge Duhamel (André Valmy), who feels nothing but contempt for the lieutenant. Some years earlier, Lt. Legrand and Duhamel had quarreled over Legrand's wife Simone, who had an affair with Duhamel. The commando training goes on but the grudge between the two men still festers. However, after a dangerous mission in which Lt. Legrand behaves heroically, a mutual esteem is born between the two men and grows with time. The long-awaited day of the landing in Provence arrives. The lieutenant and his former rival are now partners in combat.
- DirectorHenri CalefStarsNadine AlariRoland ArmontelJean BrochardJericho is the code name of an operation set up by the British Royal Air Force and the French Resistance to free French hostages held by German soldiers in the jail of Amiens in Northern France.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsMarcel BarnaultJean ClarieuxJean DaurandRecounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsJany HoltPierre BrasseurGérard PhilipeSimon's life is troubled by images of a crime which happened in his family a hundred years ago. While traveling in south France, he finds the landscape familiar. That's when he meets Catherine and falls in love. But her lover comes back and his strong personality attracts her again.
- DirectorJean StelliStarsSimone RenantFrançois PérierPierre LarqueyGod sends a guardian angel ,in the shape of a gorgeous blond woman , to protect His flock.But Satan has the same idea and he has His devil sign contracts with the human beings to gain their soul.
- DirectorJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila ParélyA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsOdette JoyeuxFrançois PérierPierre LarqueyOn the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie's father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie's favorite thing, a painting of Alain, the lover of Sylvie's grandmother, killed in a duel. Alain's ghost lives in the castle and Sylvie senses his presence, thinks she loves him, and fears that romance from the living will never come her way. Dad prepares a midnight surprise for Sylvie and her party guests: the appearance of the phantom. He's hired an actor, but two young men in love with Sylvie also volunteer to don white robes: Fred, the rich kid who bought the painting, and Ramure, a jewel thief in hiding. The youths declare their love, and Alain's ghost helps resolve all.
- DirectorJacques Daniel-NormanStarsBernard BlierYvette LebonJules BerryAlex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Angèle, his colleagues and his passion for crosswords. But all of a sudden his existence changes dramatically. First because he wins a crossword competition. Second because a jewel thief, Charles Tuffal, thinks he recognizes in him a former accomplice. From that moment "uneventful" is not the best adjective to qualify Alex's life anymore...
- DirectorChristian StengelStarsBernard BlierSophie DesmaretsJacques PillsA series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has lured his final victim.
- DirectorRobert VernayStarsPierre RenoirClaude GéniaJean Pâqui"Le Capitan" depicts a rebellion ,historically led by the Prince De Condé and in the movie by the duke of Angouleme who wants to be king.
- DirectorFernand RiversStarsClaude DauphinEllen BernsenPierre BertinLong-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsViviane RomanceMaurice EscandeJacques Dacqmine3 years before the Revolution, clever Jeanne De La Motte manages to procure a special necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette.
- DirectorAndré ZwobadaStarsSerge ReggianiRenée FaureDenise Noël
- DirectorLouis DaquinStarsPierre BlancharJean DesaillyMaria MaubanBrussels in the year 1568, as the Flemish people are fighting against the tyranny of the Spanish occupiers. Led by Count de Rysoor, the revolt against the ruthless Duke of Alba, is meant to help Prince William of Orange to get into the city and come to power. Now, the count's lieutenant, has an affair with Elisabeth, Rysoor's wife. For the time being, the count, who thinks of his homeland first, turns a blind eye. But such a relationship might well undermine the whole rebellion movement...
- DirectorGeorges LampinStarsEdwige FeuillèreLucien CoëdelJean DebucourtMuichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.
- DirectorLucien Ganier-RaymondStarsJacques DumesnilMila ParélyAriane BorgAn accomplished young man, Prince Stéphane is destined for a brilliant future but when he finds out that Marie, his beloved fiancée, has had an affair with the man he respects the most, Tsar Nicolas 1er in person, the shock is terrible. Unable to recover, he chooses religion and becomes a monk and a hermit. He becomes known as a healer and worshiped as a saint, although he himself is aware of his many weaknesses. The day he learns Marie is seriously ill Le père Serge formerly known as Prince Stéphane leaves sanctity behind and hits the road for Saint Petersburg ...
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsLucien CoëdelMaría CasaresPaul BernardRoger Laroque, an honest industrialist, is the victim of a criminal machination by Julia de Noirville, his possessive and jealous mistress allied to the perfidious Paul Luversan, meant to make Roger take responsibility for the crime he himself committed. Laroque is sent to prison, from where he escapes by sea. When he is reported missing, it looks like he drowned. But he reappears with revenge as his objective. He also wants his daughter Suzanne back. For his wife, it's too late, she died of grief.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsOdette JoyeuxGilbert GilJean TissierMicheline is a pretty girl but rich, spoiled and whimsical as well. Jacques, the brother of her friend Danielle, is so exasperated by her behavior that he decides to give her a chance to learn about good manners. To that effect, he kidnaps her and detains her in a hut on the edge of a wood. He starts "taming the shrew" but the situation soon gets out of control when criminals - real ones this time - abduct Micheline in earnest... and for ransom!
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsRobert ArnouxJules BerryEmilio CarrerIn a plot like Satrre's LES JEUX SONT FAITS, wealthy Berry can only enter heaven if he does good to someone still living. Young Dorothy is his chosen beneficiary.
- DirectorRoger RichebéStarsGérard NerySaturnin FabreJean AumontDuring the Second World War, in occupied Paris, a group of high school students is more active at selling cigarettes and silk stockings than at studying. But the day a new philosophy teacher takes charge of their class, things begin to change. It must be said that Mademoiselle Bravard is not only a gifted educator but a charming young woman as well. Thanks to her, all the students end up passing their finals.
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsCharles VanelAlfred AdamClaudine DupuisA large farm in Vendée. The father is dying and the three brothers and sister swear not to marry not to break up the field. Months pass. Francis, the eldest, took things in hand. For him, the promise to their father is sacred. So he does everything for his brothers and his sister Amanda are not tempted. However, the latter lets himself courted by a young man from the neighboring village ...