Magdeleine Bérubet
2021
La Chienne
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marèse
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
La Chienne
Miche
Jean de Marguenat
Robert Burnier, Suzy Vernon
Miche, a young girl from the town of Senlis, goes to Paris to pose for a painter, Jacques de Peyrière. During her sitting, Jacques tries to kiss her, and Miche, insulted and afraid, flees the studio. Later in St. Moritz, Miche sees Jacques among the other skiers. She decides to leave immediately.
Miche
La Comédie du bonheur
Marcel L'Herbier
Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro
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... his heirs!
Comedy of Happiness
Pour un sou d'amour
Jean Grémillon
André Baugé, Josseline Gaël
A millionaire,in love with an innocent girl,does not want to be loved for his money.So he asks his secretary to take his place and together they go to the heroine's desirable mansion...a heroine whose uncle happens to be wealthy too.So where's the problem?Although handicapped by horrible old-fashioned ditties (the title track) sung by the male lead which make the viewer put his fingers on his ears ,or use the fast forward button. © dbdumonteil
For One Cent's Worth of Love
La dame de Malacca
Marc Allégret
Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm
Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.
Woman of Malacca
Mistigri
Harry Lachman
Madeleine Renaud, Noël-Noël
Nell Marignan, going by the nickname of Mistigri, a naive small town girl, falls for a tenor on tour. Unfortunately, the man is nothing but a vain, witless and talentless hop. But, blinded by love, Mistigri sacrifices all to follow the buffoon she mistakes for her Romeo. Now sharing his life, she shines nevertheless under the illusion of happiness.
Mistigri
