Anthony Gildès

Faut ce qu'il faut (1946)

In 1939, in a maternity ward, a young man visits his mistress who has just given birth to a little girl. He tells her that he is married and that for him the outcome of this adventure was not really planned. The mobilization separates them but the young ma ...

Whims (1942)

Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a distinguished society man camouflages himself as forger and swindler. This game leads them to make close relations in a series of adventures. ...

Portrait of Innocence (1941)

A 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. ...

Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)

A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas). ...

Premier bal (1941)

Two country sisters are rivals for the love of the doctor. He marries one, but regrets it and is rescued by the other. ...

Hopes ... (1941)

Grigou owns a patch of land between farmers Martin's and Aubert's fields. Both covet this plot.As Grigou has lost the title deed,the mayor of the village decides to sell it.After an interminable auction sale, Aubert carries the day .To add insult to injur ...

Night in December (1941)

In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But, quite inexplicably, after an unforgettable night, Anne vanishes without trace. Twenty years later, Pierre, at ...

Comedy of Happiness (1940)

Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... ...

Radio Surprises (1940)

The Bontemps family, like all the inhabitants of the village of Coussy la Chapelle, are passionate about radio. Coco, the fiancé of Jacqueline Bontemps, participates in all the contests and under the name of Mr. Bontemps wins a beautiful Sunday. All arriv ...

Miquette (1940)

Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get th ...

Sur le plancher des vaches (1940)

A little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity. ...

Nine Bachelors (1939)

Nine Bachelors is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.[1] An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in Fra ...

Latin Quarter (1939)

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty ...

Ma tante dictateur (1939)

A young man who wishes to launch his girlfriend in the theater, borrows money from his aunt, making her believe that he wants to buy groceries. His aunt arrives and then wishes to visit "her" grocery store; to save the day he borrows the store of a credulo ...

His Uncle from Normandy (1939)

A young American businessman, tired of his hectic life, makes an unexpected inheritance which leads him to Normandy. There he discovers, with the discomfort of an old dusty century-old house, the sweetness of life, the love of a beautiful girl and the plea ...

Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur (1939)

In 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of facilitating the escape of French and Belgian soldiers. A false alibi makes him innocent and he can thus continue his mission, thanks to the devotion of an Alsatian who, ...

Le Château des 4 obèses (1939)

In a castle, one stormy evening, Doctor Carter and a whole merry company find themselves welcomed by the four brothers who hold the place. The four obese disappear one by one, without leaving a trace. ...

Cordial Agreement (1939)

The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Mau ...

La boutique aux illusions (1939)

Two young revelers, driven by a Russian driver, are taken to an unknown neighborhood at the gates of a cafecinema where they are going to attend a screening of 1909. They see Douglas Fairbanks, Max Linder, William Hart, Prince Rigadin, Norma Talmadge , Lya ...

Deux de la réserve (1939)

The farmer Remy has just invented a new fertilizer and spies are trying to seize his documents, taking him for the famous Remy, inventor of a device of interest to national defence. ...

Vidocq (1939)

A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier's government'istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale. ...

Coral Reefs (1939)

The adventures of a sailor from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lonely girl. ...

The Tamer (1938)

A very shy person inherits a traveling circus on the express condition that he manages to present a number on the ring. ...

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself. ...

Katia (1938)

In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again. ...

Les Rois de la flotte (1938)

Cruchadouze and Castaniet are two inseparable friends. One day they decide to leave Arcachon to try the adventure in Bordeaux. After various odd jobs, they come into contact with Betty Florent, the banker's wife. This one has just been contacted by a forme ...

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1938)

An American billionaire who travels incognito falls in love with a blind shepherdess whose twin sister will take the place on the wedding day. ...

Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as ...

L'Ange que j'ai vendu (1938)

Baronski has had enough of being a small-time merchant and decides, aided by his daughter Esther, to try his hand at big business. Why not be a film producer for instance? But it is easier said than done and he is soon relieved of 100,000 francs by a crook ...

Le Plus Beau Gosse de France (1938)

The wife of a Parisian municipal guardian wins a beauty contest in spite of herself and narrowly escapes more or less honest adventures. ...

Hercule (1938)

Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play. ...

Titin from Martigues (1938)

In Paris, at the Foire du Trône, the showman Titin from Martigues spins the perfect love with the pretty Yvette, which arouses the jealousy of his rival Dix-de-Der who will cause his downfall. Without this affecting his Provençal joviality, Titin will tr ...

Neuf de trèfle (1938)

Miche Doulin is a wife who like to spend. Her husband Henri, who is a diplomat and worried about several large bills, wins an unexpected gain at play. He hides his luck and invents an incredible burglary. His wife to repay the imaginary theft will commit a ...

The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)

Arlette, a young orphan girl, is taken in by four spinster cousins, the eldest of whom, Telcide, is very authoritarian. Arlette befriends Marie, and arranges her sentimental affairs, which were at an impasse. ...

In Venice, One Night (1937)

Mortal is ready to do anything to obtain a divorce from his wife Nadia. To compromise her, he needs to find her a lover. He thinks he has found the ideal candidate in the person of a manly private detective by the name of Robert Arnaud. But the experience ...

La course à la vertu (1937)

Two twin sisters, nieces of the mayor of Buissons-les-Amours, are, one very wise, the other evaporated. The lover of the second falls in love with the first whom he will marry after being forgiven for his conduct. ...

The House Across the Street (1937)

A man of integrity, Monsieur Pic is the accountant beyond reproach of the Banque Universelle. He would not dream of doing anything wrong and everybody knows it. He is therefore justly indignant when a wealthy woman offers him the position of administrator ...

Josette (1937)

Albert Durandal is unable to keep a job for more than a few days. The reason: he hums while working, which invariably irritates his superiors. He is not hired as a singer for all that, as no music producer is prepared to bet on him. At the moment he is as ...

Paris (1937)

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 Perso ...

27, rue de la Paix (1936)

A young woman wishing to divorce, promises money to her husband's ex-mistress to obtain her testimony on her behalf. But the same evening, the corpse of the young woman is found in the Seine. Everything seems to confirm the husband's guilt, however a journ ...

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. ...

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' lov ...

Meet Miss Mozart (1936)

This French musical comedy was based on the stage play Mademoiselle Mozart, written by Yvan Noe, who also directed and produced the screen version. Danielle Darrieux plays Denise, the owner of a music shop that is facing closure. Wealthy young Maxime (Pier ...

Fanfare of Love (1935)

Two unemployed musicians dress up as women to be hired by an all-female orchestra called "Tulips from Holland"; they fall in love with two gorgeous musicians. ...

Dora Nelson (1935)

Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa. In vexation ...

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. ...

Paris-Camargue (1935)

In the Camargue, the rich owner Jules Fabregoul squanders all his fortune to please his mistress, a Parisian actress with luxury tastes. But he is not the only one to be in trouble. His niece is having sentimental problems: she thinks she is being cheated ...

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. ...

A Rare Bird (1935)

A wealthy businessman joins his servant, who has won a winter getaway, on the trip, but at the hotel where they stay the servant is mistaken for the master. ...

Justin de Marseille (1935)

A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed. ...

Le monde où l'on s'ennuie (1935)

Suzanne de Villiers, an illegitimate daughter of a noble family, has a lot of difficulty getting the people of the "high" to accept her feelings for her tutor, the Viscount of Ceran... ...

Les suites d'un premier lit (1935)

Scrupule (1935)

Le Prince Jean (1934)

Following a quarrel with his father, Prince Jean joined the Foreign Legion. When he returns, he finds his brother who, on the king's death, usurped his title, and the woman he loved, betrothed to another. Helped by a very rich and philosophical old uncle, ...

Without a Family (1934)

Rémy (Robert Lynen), a stolen child is adopted by a wandering singer. With him and his trained animals, Rémy travels the roads of France. But his adoptive father dies and Remy, who has knowledge of a boy who knows something of his history, sails for Engl ...

The Free Trade Hotel (1934)

There's never a dull moment at the Hôtel du Libre Echange. Deceptions, hitches and other misunderstandings make a few people mingle whereas, for their own sake, they should not. An example among others: an expert who has come to the hotel for professional ...

Si j'étais le patron (1934)

An intelligent young worker, enterprising but boastful, repeats to all the winds that, if he were the boss, we would see what we would see. One of the main shareholders of the factory takes him at his word for twenty-four hours. ...

Les Bleus de la marine (1934)

Lafraise and Plumard, two rookies on the ship Le Victorieux, are on leave in the port of Toulon. At a time they get lost and in order to escape the Navy patrolmen, they disguise themselves and board a train. Now it happens that in the convoy a delegate of ...

Le malade imaginaire (1934)

Argan, the imaginary patient, allows himself to be led by his wife and his doctors who take advantage of his weakness. Only his daughter has sincere love for him. He ends up accepting that she should marry the one she loves and not the benet, son of an apo ...

Ladies Lake (1934)

A handsome but penniless young man takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. He falls in love with a young heiress who is staying there with her father, but he also grabs the attention of tomboyish Puck who lives on t ...

Feu Toupinel (1934)

The late Toupinel, a merry fellow, kept a legitimate wife in Paris, and a mistress who passed for his wife in the provinces. When he died, the two widows remarried. A former lover of the mistress comes to confuse everything because he is the real widow's f ...

La Robe rouge (1933)

The error of an examining magistrate forever tears apart a happy and united family. ...

Le Dernier Preux (1933)

Abbot Constantine (1933)

A rich American lady has bought the Castle of Longueval. Her sister is being courted by two young villagers, one that fell in love with her, and the other one that fell in love with the Castle. ...

Toto (1933)

Escaping from a policeman who has caught h.im with a stolen dog, Toto (Albert Préjean), a petty crook, hides in the apartment of a typist, Ginette (Renée Saint-Cyr). The two quickly fall in love, and after a brief incarceration, Toto returns to her and ...

Une petite femme en or (1933)

The Two Orphans (1933)

In this adaptation of "Les Deux Orphelines," two sisters are separated during the French Revolution and face a series of hardships as they attempt to find each other again. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of political unrest and social upheaval in ...

Le crime du chemin rouge (1933)

A great provincial lawyer is found murdered with a revolver shot in the red path that leads to his mistress's home. The Advocate General accuses his own wife who was a betrayed mistress and whom he assumes guilty out of spite. But the accused's daughter fi ...

L'Ordonnance malgré lui (1933)

The colonel must marry the baroness of Flair, as soon as the girl this one will have found a match. A friend of the colonel proposes his nephew: a count with a degilded coat of arms. Private Leneveu presents himself to the baroness, who takes him for the s ...

That scoundrel Morin (1932)

Life is so dull in a quiet little neighborhood that gossips, eager for some kind of scandal to brighten things up, imagine their haberdasher has been having quite a raunchy sex life. ...

It's in the Bag (1932)

Benjamin Déboisé, a hatter, his salesman and a young man want to kidnap an American millionaire, put him in a bag and hold him to ransom. But they make a mistake: the fellow they find in the bag is not the millionaire himself, but his son...! ...

The Picador (1932)

A picador, an already mature man, keeps secret his love for the young orphan he raised. But she falls in love with a young picador... ...

The Yellow Dog (1932)

Maigret investigates in Concarneau where the passage of a yellow dog accompanies a series of murders, sowing terror in the population. The police seem helpless. It must be said that it has no significant evidence. ...

Son plus bel exploit (1932)

Monsieur Loyal, bailiff by profession, is dispatched to a grub by an actress. Reason: she accuses Micheline, a young singer who works there, of stealing her songs. But our usher is nonetheless a man, and Micheline exerts her charms on him so well that he g ...

The Chocolate Girl (1932)

A bureaucratic civil servant is annoyed by the spoiled daughter of a rich chocolate maker, but lands up marrying her. ...

American Love (1931)

A young American lady has certain prejudices against the people in France, but comes there to find a lover.She causes nothing but trouble. ...

The King of Grease (1931)

Bouboule, a shoeshine boy at a Parisian train station, is about to discover a revolutionary shoe polish. Unfortunately, due to a series of misunderstandings, he loses his job. But at the same time, he wins a fabulous sum in the lottery. ...

Mr. Marshal (1931)

All That Is Not Worth Love (1931)

Tourneur's first film tells the story of a chemist, Jules Renaudin. He welcomes a young pregnant girl, Claire, who enters his pharmacy in despair one evening. He takes care of her and gradually falls in love with her, doing everything for her. But she is a ...

Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931)

Célestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks him to chaperone one of the boarders, Denise de Flavigny, who is returning home to get married. Now, Denise, for a ...

Rien que la vérité (1931)

Bob bets 250,000 francs that he can tell the truth and nothing but the truth for twenty-four hours. ...