Directing
Georges Monca
Acting credits
5.2Recommended by a friend of the Ambigu Theatre, Max is summoned to Joinville studios. His first role is that of a husband who comes home late.
Max's First Job
1910
Whiffles, the awkwardly funny comedian, after reading an ad, offers his services to Pathe Freres as a moving picture actor. The illness of a leading man gives Whiffles an opportunity to show his ability. His experiences as a lover are highly diverting, as, in a situation of this kind. Whiffles is unequaled. A few days later, however, the husband of Whiffles' leading lady sees the picture in a theater. Being of a mean and jealous disposition he challenges to a duel. Whiffles accepts and although a loser, the manner of his defeat will win him many new admirers and delight his old friends.
Rigadin veut faire du cinéma
1912
Behind the camera
Charles Prince is an inept butler, so he is fired. He goes and gets a job at a restaurant, where he discovers his former employer in a tryst with a young woman who's clearly prepared to be no better than she is, and snatches a love letter from the boss to the girl. He uses this to reinsert himself into his former home, where he drinks the master's wine, smokes the master's cigars, and insults the master's cook.
Rigadin domestique
1912
Rigadin's girlfriend is a Bonapartist and wishes Rigadin was more Napoleonic. He dreams that he is Napoleon, inspecting and decorating his troops, before leading them in the Battle of the Pyramids.
Rigadin Napoleon
1913
Charles Prince is married to Mistinguett, but she's too busy being a doctor to tend to her wifely duties, so he seeks entertainment elsewhere in this short from Pathe Freres.
The Lady Doctor
1911
No synopsis available yet.
Judith
1922
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Judith
1922
Rigadin and his rival use camera/projector systems to reach their objectives.
Rigadin No Longer Loves Cinema
1916
Rigadin, prohibited by his sweetheart's father from courting her, finally decides to work properly.
Rigadin se décide à travailler
1911
No synopsis available yet.
Esclave
1922
For some, misfortune does not need the test of time. It is the case of three-year-old Marcelle Monfort who sees her mother die suddenly in a public garden while her ruined father is on his way to America. Taken in by Madame Jalin, a washerwoman, Marcelle grows up enduring the jealousy of Louise, Madame Jalin's daughter. Having had enough of the situation Marcelle leaves home and soon gets ill. Fortunately, she benefits for a time from Mademoiselle de Beaurenon's compassionate support. But her troubles are not over yet, for her benefactor dies and she is kicked out of home by the good lady's greedy relatives who think they are her heirs. Rose, the old domestic, takes care of Marcelle until, at long last, luck takes a turn for the better. Not only does her father come back from the USA but Madame de Beaurenon also leaves her all her assets.
Perdue
1919
For some, misfortune does not need the test of time. It is the case of three-year-old Marcelle Monfort who sees her mother die suddenly in a public garden while her ruined father is on his way to America. Taken in by Madame Jalin, a washerwoman, Marcelle grows up enduring the jealousy of Louise, Madame Jalin's daughter. Having had enough of the situation Marcelle leaves home and soon gets ill. Fortunately, she benefits for a time from Mademoiselle de Beaurenon's compassionate support. But her troubles are not over yet, for her benefactor dies and she is kicked out of home by the good lady's greedy relatives who think they are her heirs. Rose, the old domestic, takes care of Marcelle until, at long last, luck takes a turn for the better. Not only does her father come back from the USA but Madame de Beaurenon also leaves her all her assets.
Perdue
1919
Hidden behind a parasol, Rigadin was courting his eventual mistress when suddenly he saw his wife and his step-mother walking to him with a smile...
L'Ombrelle
1911
Rigadin acquires a love powder from a gypsy but it is not consumed by his intended target.
Rigadin et la Poudre D'Amour
1912
Marjolin, called for military duty, has cheated on his wife who found out and decided to get even by being a godmother to another soldier, a cook named Brichoux. Brichoux sells his place to Lambrisset who soon makes a pass at the woman. Marjolin's uncle, a colonel, arrives unexpectedly and congratulates his alleged nephew. But Mrs. Lambrisset, thinking that her husband did not get his leave, comes to Paris to visit her friend Mrs. Marjolin, and finds her husband there. The Colonel sweetens her temper.
Madame and Her Godchild
1919
No synopsis available yet.
The Irony of Fate
1924
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The Irony of Fate
1924
Shy Rigadin decides to visit some friends of the family, but they are called away and when out the servants play high society, dressing up and partying. Which is when Rigadin enters…
Les timidités de Rigadin
1910
No synopsis available yet.
Les Femmes Collantes
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Les Femmes Collantes
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Chouquette et son as
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Chouquette et son as
1920
9.0On one side, a crooked banker, his nephew and his orderly; on the other, the honest friend of the banker and his daughter. Substitution of male and female characters that end with two marriages.
Trois jours de perm'
1936
10.0The maid and the driver of Sidonie de Valpurgis have the absurd idea of subletting the hotel of their boss during her absence, and precisely to Sidonie's ex-friend, who wants to spend his wedding night there.
A Night at a Honeymoon
1935
No synopsis available yet.
Autour d'un berceau
1925
10.0A rich sugar factory manager wants to marry his daughter to an aristocrat, while the young girl is in love with an engineer, employed in a rival company.
Le Choc en retour
1937
