Charles Bayard

Charles Bayard

Born: July 28, 1892
Died: June 19, 1985
in Paris, France

Movies for Charles Bayard...

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Title: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character: Wedding guest (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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Clodo
Title: Clodo
Released: June 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Clodo, a gentle mongrel dog, isn't having much luck. His shaggy appearance has earned him the name of hobo. Often scolded by his Parisian masters for being a nuisance, his only consolation is Cathy, his youngest daughter. Unfortunately, she can't stop her parents from abandoning Clodo at vacation time. Fabien, a young farmer, takes the dog in, despite the hostility of his family. Fabien is secretly in love with his childhood friend, Arlène, "la demoiselle du château", who has left to study in Paris. But she returns home after a disappointment. Their relationship resumes.
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Perched on a Tree
Title: Perched on a Tree
Character: M. Lejeune de la société 'Lejeune et Cie' (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Title: Under the Sign of the Bull
Character: Un client du restaurant
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
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Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Title: Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Character: The president of the Court of Cassation (uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears revenge.
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The Gardener of Argenteuil
Title: The Gardener of Argenteuil
Character: Un passant (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
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Et la femme créa l'amour
Title: Et la femme créa l'amour
Released: May 24, 1966
Type: Movie
Laurent, a young playboy, lives off his charms, maintained by wealthy women of the world. He becomes the lover of Sonia, a young woman painter, a lover at heart of course. But Sonia has a provincial friend, Clotilde. One day, Clotilde pays Bona a visit. As she has just come into a large inheritance, Laurent courts her and marries her. The young couple embark on a misguided life of easy pleasures and questionable company. Clotilde's nerves crack at this game. Among Laurent's acquaintances, François, a doctor, treats her in his clinic: sleep cure, rest, etc. Meanwhile, Laurent distracts himself with other women. But Clotilde, convalescing, refuses to resume life together. Laurent turns to his former mistress, Sonia.
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The Boss of Champignol
Title: The Boss of Champignol
Released: March 16, 1966
Type: Movie
Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse.
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Male Companion
Title: Male Companion
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1964
Type: Movie
A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
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Clémentine chérie
Title: Clémentine chérie
Character: le passant qui dit « Quelle époque »
Released: August 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Gaston Bellus, is the director of a textile house, and the research laboratory makes a sensational discovery: the elastic fabric. This new discovery is used to manufacture new modern stretchable bathing suits. His daughter Clementine, enters the beauty pageant to represent France for the swimsuit launch. But scandal ensues when the public soon discover, the photos of the event in which this new revolutionary material is completely invisible on photographs & live television.
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Les gros bras
Title: Les gros bras
Released: December 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Madame Andromèze's diamond bracelet has been stolen from the plane taking Nicole from Rome to Paris. Slipped by the thief into her bag, the bracelet undergoes many vicissitudes... Found and appraised, it is declared a fake! Nicole's brother and fiancé chase after the real bracelet, disrupting the life of a grand palace. Finally, Madame Andromèze finds her bracelet, which has been declared genuine. The original thief resurfaces and steals the jewel again.
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Magnet of Doom
Title: Magnet of Doom
Character: An administrator
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
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Josefa's Loot
Title: Josefa's Loot
Character: M. Bayard
Released: August 22, 1963
Type: Movie
Justin, a lyricist by trade, and his friend Pierre, a composer, lead a bohemian life in Paris. Justin thinks his mother Josefa is richer than she appears, and decides to swindle her out of three million centimes by using Pierre as an intermediary in a case involving an insolvent check. Josefa uncovers the ruse and refuses to help her son. However, Pierre has discovered the identity of his friend's father, who had been unknown to him for twenty years. With the help of Justin's mother, the two friends do everything they can to extort the son's missing three million centimes from his ashamed and repentant father.
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Carom Shots
Title: Carom Shots
Character: Un représentant
Released: May 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he wants, he begins plotting the demise of the head of the company. The company itself specializes in holiday travel and unscrupulously brutalizes its customers for maximum profit, spending more thought on publicity gimmicks than customer service...
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People in Luck
Title: People in Luck
Character: Le client importuné (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
Released: April 26, 1963
Type: Movie
A light French comedy of 5 segments.
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Title: Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Character: le monsieur âgé qui croise Lucie dans la rue
Released: February 15, 1963
Type: Movie
In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.
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Le Doulos
Title: Le Doulos
Character: Old Man
Released: December 13, 1962
Type: Movie
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
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The Suitor
Title: The Suitor
Character: Old Man in Lift Scene (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels for rich damsels.
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The Iron Mask
Title: The Iron Mask
Released: October 26, 1962
Type: Movie
The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.
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Paris Pick-Up
Title: Paris Pick-Up
Character: Un homme au cercle (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1962
Type: Movie
On a Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful Italian married woman who has got a lot of things to hide.
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Stowaway in the Sky
Title: Stowaway in the Sky
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1960
Type: Movie
A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight, lifting the child upward to an amazing adventure. The land-bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by; the child has nothing more than a great time.
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The Good Girls
Title: The Good Girls
Character: electric battery buyer (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
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Les frangines
Title: Les frangines
Released: February 10, 1960
Type: Movie
The owner of a suburban boarding school is found murdered. The culprit will be unmasked thanks to the ingenuity and courage of the good Janine and a student, named Nadine.
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Atomic Agent
Title: Atomic Agent
Released: November 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Murderous foreign agents are after a scientist who has invented an atomic engine that could change the future of rocketry.
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
Title: You Have Nothing to Declare?
Released: August 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!
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Soupe au lait
Title: Soupe au lait
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Roland Lasserre is a shy boy, which would be nothing if he weren't also prone to the violent tantrums that have earned him his nickname "Soupe au lait". It's when Francine announces her engagement that he decides to declare his love for her. Francine is not at all keen on the husband her parents are forcing on her - a wealthy record manufacturer - but she gives in under their pressure and asks Roland to give her up. But fate has other plans. A car accident provokes the young man's anger, and with Francine on board, he chases after the hit-and-run driver and ends up in a ditch, luckily undamaged, 50 km from Paris. Torrential rain, lack of transport, welcoming hostelry. All Roland and Francine have to do is confess their guilt, and for the sake of honor, get married... All would be well were it not for René, the neglected fiancé, who provokes "Soupe au lait" and triggers a scandal during the ceremony.
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Maxime
Title: Maxime
Character: The soldier at 'Maxim's' (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
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Sins of Youth
Title: Sins of Youth
Released: October 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a small provincial town, the boarding-house is run by Mathilde Belin, the overindulging and over-demanding mother of Paul. When she is told by her envious sister Charlotte that her son is having a secret affair with Catherine, a salesgirl, she becomes furious and starts doing everything in her power to separate the lovebirds.
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Les Vignes du Seigneur
Title: Les Vignes du Seigneur
Character: Le général (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He says Gisèle that he was drinking because he loved very much.Henri and Gisèle feel well together and become lovers.
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Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Title: Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Character: Un assesseur du juge
Released: April 23, 1958
Type: Movie
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
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Premier mai
Title: Premier mai
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, their little boy, to a soccer match. Their plans change when they meet a former factory mate who seems to have made a success of his life. This man, Blanchot, decides to return to Jean a sum of money he had once borrowed. Trusted, Jean is drawn into a clandestine circle, where his apparent luck delivers him without ulterior motive to Blanchot, who is one of the ringleaders. The police interrupt the dangerous game, putting Jean, who has no identity papers, in an awkward situation.
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Sénéchal the Magnificent
Title: Sénéchal the Magnificent
Character: Un militaire aux félicitations (uncredited)
Released: May 24, 1957
Type: Movie
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
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Demoniac
Title: Demoniac
Released: April 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.
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Le colonel est de la revue
Title: Le colonel est de la revue
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
To spice up a life that's too quiet, a couple of friends play at being gangsters, but end up meeting some real hoodlums.
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Mannequins of Paris
Title: Mannequins of Paris
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.
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My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
Title: My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
How a weak priest, armed up with love, a hat, an umbrella and a breviary became the regiment's champ.
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Les Duraton
Title: Les Duraton
Character: Un juge assesseur du tribunal
Released: March 2, 1956
Type: Movie
Jules Duraton is the headmaster of Chatelbourg's high school. He is happily married, has a teenage daughter named Solange, and everything would be for the best of all possible worlds if he and his family were not the namesakes of the protagonists of a famous comic series broadcast every day on Radio Monde "La Famille Duraton". Day after day, the real-life Duratons are made fun of because of their surname and Jules just can't take it any more. That is why he decides to sue the radio station responsible for his misfortune.
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Frou-Frou
Title: Frou-Frou
Character: Un homme à l'hôtel (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
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Intermediate Landing in Paris
Title: Intermediate Landing in Paris
Released: March 16, 1955
Type: Movie
Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but problems arise when he is transferred to the Tokyo route. Meanwhile Michèle's uncle Albert who works in the freight department sets out to tackle a drug trafficking outfit.
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Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Title: Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1954
Type: Movie
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Flesh and the Woman
Title: Flesh and the Woman
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1954
Type: Movie
In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.
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After You, Duchess
Title: After You, Duchess
Released: May 20, 1954
Type: Movie
When she married her snobbish lawyer husband a woman hid her family's modest background from him. Her father, who is in fact a plumber dresses up as a duchess in order to fool him.
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Title: Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Character: M. Dufiond - un danseur
Released: March 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
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Le petit Jacques
Title: Le petit Jacques
Released: September 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Noël Rambert is overwhelmed by fate. Marthe, his wife, has left him. His son, little Jacques, sickly and touching, has psychic gifts. Life is not a happy one. A crime is committed. Poor Rambert is unjustly suspected. A good-looking man convinces him to confess his guilt. In doing so, he secures his child's future. Resigned to everything, the sad Rambert is ready for the scaffold. The little medium brings the truth to light and Mme Mortal denounces her husband, Daniel Mortal, the man behind the despicable bargain, as the murderer. Happiness returns with a bang, as the repentant Marthe Rambert continues to watch over little Jacques during the ordeal.
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Captain Slipper
Title: Captain Slipper
Character: le patron du marin dit le bosco
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.
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Koenigsmark
Title: Koenigsmark
Released: April 4, 1953
Type: Movie
A young French, Vignerte, is hired in the court of Lautenberg, an imaginary land, as the young Prince's private teacher and as the Grand Duchess' reader.
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Les Dents longues
Title: Les Dents longues
Character: Un membre du conseil du journal (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1953
Type: Movie
A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
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She and Me
Title: She and Me
Character: Un invité au mariage (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1952
Type: Movie
You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, what else can you do when you fall dead in love with a creature of the kind? And too bad if their honeymoon proved catastrophic. To say nothing of their housing problems : what to do when neither husband nor wife has any money? How to build one's love nest when the housing crisis rages? How to get by when your wife has luxury tastes?
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The Moment of Truth
Title: The Moment of Truth
Character: Un client du cabaret
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues.
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Mister Taxi
Title: Mister Taxi
Character: Un témoin de l'accrochage
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
An honest taxi driver gets into trouble by looking for a customer who left her purse full of cash in her vehicle.
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Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Title: Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Character: Un homme qui achète un journal (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1952
Type: Movie
A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps it stored in the house. Trouble ensues when he discovers the cache and tries to claim it as his own.
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Leathernose
Title: Leathernose
Character: A guest
Released: March 26, 1952
Type: Movie
After being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behind a leather mask. Dispirited for a while, he decides to become a Casanova-like seductor. When he meets true love, cynical Roger does not believe in it and lets pure Judith marry an old marquis. But once Judith's husband dies, he sees Judith again, shows her his disfigured face, which does not discourage the young woman from loving him. Nevertheless, he distances himself from her forever
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Life in a Song
Title: Life in a Song
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
The cinematographic illustration of fifteen cheerful, tender or ferocious songs that made the success of the songwriter of the comedian Noël-Noël. After "Les casses pieds", "La vie chantée" stages several sketches of daily life where everyone can recognize themselves and laugh about it.
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Edward and Caroline
Title: Edward and Caroline
Released: April 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.
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Zone frontière
Title: Zone frontière
Released: July 5, 1950
Type: Movie
At the Belgian border, a group of young people engaged in various contraband traffic bother the customs officers.
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Without Trumpet or Drum
Title: Without Trumpet or Drum
Released: June 13, 1950
Type: Movie
For the Marquis Barbezieux de Saint-Rosay, nobility is important. If anything can comfort her, it's her family tree. In order to erase any doubt he invites in his castle a cousin of his established in Scotland, whom he instructs to bring him his titles of nobility. A first person introduces himself, calling himself his cousin, but it's not him. Then one, then two, then three false cousins ​​appear in turn. Will the real Saint-Rosay of Scotland eventually present itself?
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A Certain Mister
Title: A Certain Mister
Released: May 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Documents relevant to National Defence have been concealed in a certain vase by a dangerous gang of robbers. To neutralize the criminals, a seasoned police commissioner and his clumsy assistant, young inspector César, join forces with a colorful trio of thieves nicknamed Le Pouce (Thumb), L'Index (Index Finger) and Le Majeur (Middle Finger)...
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Minne
Title: Minne
Character: Le vieux marcheur
Released: May 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can't think of anything better to do other than... to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple... As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne feels frustrated and tries to find elsewhere the carnal knowledge she does not find at home. But Antoine is a kind-hearted man and on the occasion of a trip, a sexual balance is at last found between the two partners.
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Here Is the Beauty
Title: Here Is the Beauty
Character: Ballet Premiere Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 21, 1950
Type: Movie
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.
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Miquette
Title: Miquette
Character: Un curiste (uncredited)
Released: April 14, 1950
Type: Movie
A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.
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No More Vacation for the Good Lord
Title: No More Vacation for the Good Lord
Released: April 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Montmartre in the summertime. A group of street urchins idles outside while the other kids of the neighborhood are away on holiday.To keep the gang busy, Pivolo, their leader, has an idea : they are going to kidnap Aunt Faguet's doggy. Just for the fun of it. A few days pass after the crime is accomplished and one of them suddenly realizes that a reward is being offered by the aunt to anyone who would bring her her pet back. Mademoiselle Hélène, the kind-hearted social worker, does it for them and gives them the reward money, which is instantly exchanged for lollipops, nougat and merry-go-round and cinema tickets. So, why not continue? That's what they do, abducting several dogs, until they realize they are becoming ... too rich! They can't buy themselves luxurious gifts or else their parents are bound to suspect something. Instead, they decide to do good by helping poor people around them. One day, Pierrot, a member of the gang, gets run down by a cyclist and becomes blind.
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Le 84 prend des vacances
Title: Le 84 prend des vacances
Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Gaston Bernod is a Parisian bus driver. Honest, upright and hard-working, he is held in high esteem by his superiors. Gaston has always pampered "his" bus, going as far as to equip it with a fuel-saving device of his invention. Very close to his vehicle, he may have somewhat neglected his wife Paulette, who lets herself got round by the smooth words of Pierrot. The gigolo has indeed managed to persuade her to follow him to the Mont Saint-Michel, "a wonderful nest for their burgeoning love" as he says. The trouble is that Gaston, while driving his dear 84, catches sight of the car, and suddenly aware of his misfortune, sees red. He immediately sets off in pursuit of the culprits, involving his load of helpless passengers in the chase.
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Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Title: Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Character: Un gentleman au préambule
Released: January 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The announcement of the future marriage of Franck Reno, the star singer, causes considerable excitement around the world.
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Monsignor
Title: Monsignor
Character: A guest (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approaches him and tells him he recognizes in him a descendant of the kings of France, more precisely of Louis XVII (the king who never reigned). According to him he is none other than the monarch's great grandson. Louis's life is soon turned upside down as he becomes the center of attention of a group of ardent royalists. Even a duchess "gives" him her love to make sure that he accepts his role as pretender to the throne...
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Title: The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Released: October 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Mathilde Stangerson just married her fiance, when she heard that Larsan, her cruel former husband, whom she believed to be dead, is actually very much alive. Taking refuge to her castle, she appealed to the journalist Rouletabille to protect her.
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Between Eleven and Midnight
Title: Between Eleven and Midnight
Character: L'armurier (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1949
Type: Movie
Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel manages to infiltrate in Vidauban’s circle of acquaintances and contacts. He becomes embroiled in a bizarre web of intrigue and discovers no shortage of possible murder suspects, all of whom appear to be surprised to see him still alive.
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Last Love
Title: Last Love
Released: February 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Hélène has an affair with Alain for ten years, but does not want to divorce her husband. Alain receives one letter from a girl Michelle one day. Hélène, who is very jealous, receives that letter by chance and interprets it incorrectly.
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The Spice of Life
Title: The Spice of Life
Released: November 26, 1948
Type: Movie
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.