
Acting
Jeanne Marie-Laurent
Born 1877-09-01 · Paris, France
Acting credits
6.4In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Les Misérables
1925
7.5When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked.
Stupéfiants
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Jephté's Daughter
1910
8.0A young singer at the Opera finds out who really loves her, when the theater catches fire on the opening night of the performance.
The Barcarolle of Love
1930
NREarly Gaumont short by an unknown director.
The Pavements of Paris
1912
5.2Thérèse Raquin, an unhappily married woman, aided by her lover Laurent, drowns her husband Michaud, only to find the guilt of her actions intolerable.
Thérèse Raquin
1928
10.0In the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.
La Brière
1924
6.9Hans has killed the dog of Firmin, a shepherd. Wild with rage, Firmin kidnaps Elsi, Hans' fiancée and locks her up at his home. Hans, a peddler, vows to find the missing girl. This is what he does and he manages, with the help of Mânu, the village idiot, to give Elsi a letter. On seeing her, the changeling falls in love at first sight with the young woman. Elsi soon realizes that Mânu can become her instrument of vengeance.
The Kidnapping
1934
7.0Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)
The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
1915
This French film confection directed by Henry Roussell concerns two young Parisian beauties in love with same fellow (Fernand Fabre). When one of the girls (Suzy Vernon) goes to America, the one who stays home (Esther Kiss) thinks shes triumphed. But when the traveler returns and the guy goes for her new-found sophistication, the competition continues- including the hilariously mock-heroic duel we see in this four-sheet design.
Paris' Girls
1929
French horror short from 1913.
The Fear
1913
No synopsis available yet.
Ça aussi !... c'est Paris
1930
9.5Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
À nous deux, madame la vie
1937
7.7A young boy living in the Swiss Alps struggles to come to terms with his mother's death and his father's remarriage which brings a new mother and step-sister into his family.
Faces of Children
1925
8.0The story of Charles de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg (France) and died December 1, 1916 in Tamanrasset in Algeria during the French colonial period, was a cavalry officer of the French army who became an explorer and geographer, then Catholic religious, priest, linguist and hermit in the Hoggar desert in Algeria.
The Call
1936
10.0The daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their lot. She avoids a strike, and falls in love with an engineer.
Gosse de riche
1938
6.2A provincial tour fails without money in an abandoned theater in the capital and puts on a review under the sign of optimism.
The Slump Is Over
1934
5.8An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.
A Drama of the Air
1913
An unidentified (and unfortunately incomplete) exotic melodrama, tends towards De Mille's The Cheat. Considered by specialists as a German film.
The Gambler's Ruin
1913
No synopsis available yet.
Mylord l'Arsouille
1925
5.2During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an organization to provide information to the English
Sisters-in-Arms
1937
7.8A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
Verdun: Visions of History
1928
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Halfway Up the Sky
1931
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Three Naked Flappers
1929