Movies

The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In...

Husbands and wives, lovers and gigolos, all break a sweat when Dr. Marcelin’s newly-revised last will and testament is prematurely exposed.

Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not...

A famous tenor manages to charm away a lovely young lady who was just about to be married to the opera director.

After being left for another man by his wife, Charles Bellanger raises his only son to fear and suspect women. Years later, such an education is...

An eccentric man endangers himself when he makes advances toward the girlfriend of a saloon keeper.

A young bank employee is engaged to the manager's daughter. He is very much in love but she thinks she is married for her dowry and breaks off her...

A small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even worse, he had enjoyed a one night stand with her in...

Didier Méreuil, affectionately called Poliche, is in love with Rosine, a beautiful girl, so he does everything to please her. She does not...

After winning the lottery, an orphan who wants to find a husband asks a hotel porter to be her father.

The sentimental and comic adventures of three sailors, during a stopover of their ship in Toulon, are grafted onto a story of stolen documents, which...

Francois is engaged to Isabelle. While going to buy the engagement ring, he meets Sophie, who puts the ring on her finger and does not manage to...

Arlette Morand, a rich and pretty young widow, would like to remarry. She hesitates between Henri, the athlete, and Serge, the artist. She grants her...