Acting
Jeanne Helbling
Born — Died
1903-07-26 — 1985-08-06
Place of birth
Thann, Haut-Rhin, France
Known for
Acting
Credits
51 titles
From Wikipedia Jeanne Helbling is an actress French , born Johanna Marie Helbling on 28 July 1903 in Thann ( Haut-Rhin , while in the German Empire ), died on 6 August 1985 in New York ( USA ).
Known for
7.0A large caravan of settlers attempt to cross the Oregon Trail. French-language version of The Big Trail (1930) with an alternate cast and co-director.
The Big Trail
1931
7.0A family of strict magistrates holds firm in protecting one of their members,who commits an error which provokes a storm of outrage.
Les Roquevillard
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Les grands
1924
7.0In Algiers, Cesar Sarati who grudges the dockers, is, without realizing it, in love with his niece. But Rose loves Gilbert, a former gambler and debauchee who, out of love for her, changes his life. On the wedding day, Sarati commits suicide.
Sarati the Terrible
1937
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Kiss Me
1932
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Three Naked Flappers
1929
Film credits
1940s · 3 titles
9.0Grey conducts a triple murder investigation, the last murder committed gives him some clues to the murderer and that the victim may have known his killer. He devises a plan to identify the guilty party, who is a scary psycho and he is captured.
Grey contre X
1940
7.0Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.
The Last Metro
1945
7.0The agency À Votre Service has the reputation of meeting all needs. This is what Stanislas observes when his uncle replaces his mistress with a fiancée provided by the agency.
Women's Games
1946
1930s · 32 titles
7.0A large caravan of settlers attempt to cross the Oregon Trail. French-language version of The Big Trail (1930) with an alternate cast and co-director.
The Big Trail
1931
7.0In Algiers, Cesar Sarati who grudges the dockers, is, without realizing it, in love with his niece. But Rose loves Gilbert, a former gambler and debauchee who, out of love for her, changes his life. On the wedding day, Sarati commits suicide.
Sarati the Terrible
1937
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Kiss Me
1932
5.4The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
1938
8.3Alain's uncle sends him to France to toughen him with his aviator friend Pierre. He meets Suzanne on the voyage and fights for her love against José in an airplane.
The Aviator
1931
5.8"Les Trois Valses" traces the love story of two people over three eras. In the first waltz (music based on Johann Strauss I), Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer, whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family. She goes off to Vienna to become a big star. In the second waltz, her daughter, an even bigger star, but now of Paris music halls, has a brief flirtation with the rakish man-about-town who is the son of suitor number one. She throws him over pretty quickly for a chance to shine at a Gala performance. Finally, in the third waltz, the two get together, when she is a movie star, and he is posing as an insurance salesman.
Three Waltzes
1938
6.7Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.
What a Funny Kid!
1935
8.0The widow of a soldier in the 1914-1918 war, running an inn called "Au rendez-vous des veterans", is happy to see her daughter in love with an officer whose father was once in love with La Madelon.
La Fille de la Madelon
1937
9.0Major Labourdette receives an accommodation ticket to spend the night with the widow Martin. Now, there are two Martin widows in the small garrison town, and one of them keeps a house of promiscuous girls. Labourdette gets the wrong landlady and ends up at home. He will keep an unforgettable memory of this night.
Billeting Over
1932
8.0French-language remake of the 1929 film of the same name. Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931
5.5Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).
Hélène
1936
A thousand-franc bill passes from the pocket of an old rentier into the purse of an obscure star, then into the hand of a gigolo, back to its first owner, back to the star and ends its round in a dustbin, scorned by a beggar.
A story among a thousand
1931
8.0Robert Chapelain, a renowned lawyer, loves Annette Rollan, a salesgirl. When his children Jean and Jacqueline witness their uncle telling their father that the woman is no good for him, they invite Annette to ask her to leave Robert.
Une femme a menti
1930
10.0Two female police officers dismantle a network of drug traffickers.
La brigade en jupons
1936
8.0A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.
Coralie and Company
1934
7.0Le Bouif is a popular figure on the Parisian racetrack. He has the patter, the aplomb, the bonhomie, which allows him to pass on indestructible pipes to the racegoers. The amazement is general when he is accused of murdering the person of his son-in-law and then suspected of having suppressed the owner of a stable. Faced with the stubbornness of the examining magistrate, but helped by sympathetic young people, the Bouif proves his innocence and, back on the lawn, measures his popularity.
Le Crime du Bouif
1933
8.0Baronski 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. Undaunted, he produces a film written by a young scriptwriter, Maurice Rogier, discovered by his daughter but does not believe it could become a success. Esther, for her part, decides to have "L'ange que j'ai vendu" shown in a local movie theater and the film immediately proves a hit. All is well that ends well, Esther marrying Maurice into the bargain.
L'Ange que j'ai vendu
1938
Two friends, Tim and Pinkie, are divers. A woman comes to separate them: she gets married secretly by Pinkie and during her absence, accepts Tim's advances. Pinkie doubts his friend Tim, but a shipwreck reconciles them while the culprit loses her life.
Fifty Fathoms Deep
1932
10.0Le Cordon Bleu doesn't refer to a ham-and-veal delicacy, though there is plenty of ham in this Gallic comedy. The scene is a posh Parisian hotel-restaurant, which ends up a hotbed of infidelity and mistaken identity. Hotel cook Regina is romantically involved with her boss Octave, the husband of Irma. Mistaken for another woman, Irma is passionately pursued by Bernereau, whose wife gets involved with someone else's husband, whose wife gets involved with.
The Champion Cook
1932
Adolphe and his daughter Gisèle successfully run a fashion house. Left behind, Gisèle's husband decides to open his own business .
Couturier de mon coeur
1936
5.9A young man marries the daughter of a famous actress, but is visibly more attracted to his stepmother. She manages, not without difficulty, to reconnect the bonds of a vacillating household.
Armchair 47
1937
8.0Lopez and his gang attack a ranch where he finds a man who once saved his life.
Lopez, le bandit
1930
10.0Antoine Vautier is a failed actor. A director hires Christian, Antoine's son, for a film. He immediately becomes a star. Antoine suffers from it. Christian's second film is a disaster and faced with the collapse of his son, Antoine forgets his jealousy.
Fire in the Straw
1939
8.0This is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's 1931 comedy Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931). This film is presumed to be lost.
Buster se marie
1931
A doomed love story between a top model and a handsome young man. Born on a liner between New York and Europe, the union sinks when the married lady learns that her lover is none other than - the son of her old husband.
The son of the other
1932
7.0A freedom-loving man has found a way in the midst of loan sharks and apaches to get it almost totally with a minimum of work, needs and connections. After a few misadventures, he continues to wander in Paris whose streets he loves more than anything in the world.
Paris, mes amours
1935
No synopsis available yet.
Bouton d'or
1934
No synopsis available yet.
The single father
1931
9.0Undercover police officer Dan Hogan infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob. Hogan’s main objective is to identify the real criminals responsible for the murder of his younger brother. Along the way, he teams up with a woman named Nora Brady, whose own brother was falsely convicted of the same murder.
Counter-Investigation
1930
Through the fault of the Leech, Bibi la Puree and her friend Bob find themselves involved in a crime. The judge in charge of the investigation discovers in Bob a relative. He does not send them to prison and welcomes them to his property.
Bibi-la-Purée
1935
10.0Two different sales agents named Max Durand live at the same address. One of them pretends to be the other so he make the money and get the girl that he wants.
Durand versus Durand
1931
No synopsis available yet.
With Assurance
1932
1920s · 16 titles
7.0A family of strict magistrates holds firm in protecting one of their members,who commits an error which provokes a storm of outrage.
Les Roquevillard
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Les grands
1924
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Three Naked Flappers
1929
10.0Wilhelm Dieterle’s strong and manly art and Marcella Albani’s suave charm intermingle here in a splendid natural setting, to depict a drama where love and duty, compassion and hate, purity and crime merge together in a very interesting story.
Behind the Altar
1927
5.0Eugenie, a young girl with a delicate temperament, runs away from the sordid cabaret run by her mother. Helped by a providential coincidence, she became a model in a fashion house on the Champs-Élysées.
On demande un mannequin
1923
10.0Directed by Henri Fescourt.
Mandrin
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Survivre
1924
No synopsis available yet.
The Thruster
1924
6.6A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her. After a time however, she misses her old life and goes back on the stage - an act which leads her lover to commit suicide. Later the doctor and Marie also meet, and she becomes his mistress. He finds out about his brother's suicide and goes through his artifacts looking for a clue as to what might have been the cause. He finds a photograph of Marie and realizes the truth, which decimates their relationship.
Six and a Half by Eleven
1927
6.6A wealthy young businessman consecutively falls in love with a classy English woman (Pearl), a Russian sculptress (Athalia), and a naive working-class girl (Lucie).
The Three-Sided Mirror
1927
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Le Capitaine Rascasse
1927
6.7The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.
The Sad Sack
1928
No synopsis available yet.
La jalousie du barbouillé
1927
8.0Guilty of insulting Christ Ahasverus became forever eternity the wandering Jew. On 13 February 1682, during a night of pogrom in the Warsaw ghetto a Frenchman married to a Polish Jew is assassinated by members of a secret society.
Le Juif Errant
1926
When he was a child, François Gérard got to know Antiope, a little foreigner, in a Paris park. As an adult, he sees her again in her native country, Mingrelia, which is on the verge of revolution. He is then the host of Count of Antrim, who is also Antiope's father. However, once in the presence of François, the young woman does not seem particularly moved, which somewhat puzzles him.
La chaussée des géants
1926
7.0A couple on their honeymoon in the French Riviera are cursed by an old woman in black.
The Sinister Guest
1922
