Marcelle Chantal

Chéri (1950)

Fred Peloux, nicknamed Chéri, the handsome son of Charlotte Peloux, a former demimondaine, lives in the small circle of his mother's friends, all high-class prostitutes past their best. He has an affair with Léa, a waning beauty, who loves him both as a ...

Julie de Carneilhan (1950)

A penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook. ...

Fantomas Against Fantomas (1949)

Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth. ...

Girls in Distress (1939)

Somewhat reminiscent of 'Mädchen in Uniform' (1931), the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness ...

The Lafarge Case (1938)

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband . ...

Rasputin (1938)

Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas. ...

L'Île des veuves (1937)

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Trent were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Trent is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Trent being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two d ...

A Romance in Flanders (1937)

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Tw ...

Nitchevo (1936)

A commander suspects his wife of infidelity, when she turns to a subordinate officer to help her against someone threatening to blackmail her about her troubled past. ...

The Great Temptation (1936)

The son of a naval commander faces his first heartbreak when he falls for the young American woman who is destined to become his father's new wife. ...

The Phantom Gondola (1936)

A femme fatale falls in love with a Venetian count, implacable enemy of Selim, who pursues his sister with his diligence. This one makes stop and condemn to death the count who made an attempt on his life. Then he offers the woman her father's salvation in ...

Baccara (1935)

A rich banker is actually a crook. His mistress, an alien, wants to become French and the only way is to marry a Frenchman. ...

Antonia (1935)

The famous singer Antonia left the stage to marry a country gentleman. She goes alone one day to Budapest to see again the operetta which revealed her and outlines a flirtation with an aviator engaged to her niece. The presence of mind of the latter pleasa ...

Amok (1934)

Dr. Holk leads an isolated and lonely existence in a small, Dutch colony in the tropics. Having fled from love and civilization, his only companions now are alcohol and his work, which takes him to villages ravaged by dirt, fever and a strange illness whic ...

The Orderly (1933)

Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. ...

In the Name of the Law (1932)

The story is about a drug ring and the finally successful efforts of the Paris police to break it up. A young detective goes into a den in Paris' Chinatown, following a clue, and that is the last seen of him until his body is found floating in the Seine se ...

The Wanderer (1932)

The Devil's Holiday (1931)

Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family. ...

The Indictment (1931)