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Small Local Trains 1960 star_border 6.6
Émile Durand, an insecticide manufacturer, is appalled to learn that his son Gérard has fallen in love with Suzy, the daughter of a travelling theatre company. Realising his father will never favour the union, Gérard joins the company on their next tour. In an attempt to heal the rift, Durand’s wife goes after Gérard and ends up performing in their next play…

The Puppet Looks for Lodgement 1921 star_border 4.5
The stick man Fantoche is looking for a home, but there doesn't seem to be any room anywhere, not even in Hell.

The Adventures of Nickel-Feet 1918 star_border 5.3
Émile Cohl produced independently an animated series titled "Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés". There were four series of these produced, all released between 1917 and 1918.

Mothers of France 1916 star_border 4.7
A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First World War. She devotes herself to the French cause and to helping those wounded in the war.

Les exploits de Farfadet 1916 star_border 5
A man dreams he loses his hat at sea, drowns and gets swallowed by a huge fish.

Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of Larsan 1914
The cub journalist comes to the aid of a recently remarried woman, whose late criminal husband turns out to be still alive.

Monsieur Lecoq 1914
Adaptation of the Émile Gaboriau novel.

The Children of Captain Grant 1914 star_border 6
The story of the children of Captain Grant.

The First Adventures of Chéri Bibi 1914
The first adventures of Chéri Bibi

Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet 1914 star_border 5
A female fortuneteller examines the sole of a man's foot to see his future.

The Lady of Monsoreau 1913
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

The Last Pardon 1913
No plot available. The director Maurice Tourneur perceived this film to be indicative of the advances French cinema could have taken had it not been derailed by World War I.

Dr. Goudron's System 1913 star_border 6
A visitor to an insane asylum realises that the inmates have taken control.

The Conspiracy; or, the Four Million Dollar Dowry 1913

Chicot the Jester 1913
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau.

The Funny Regiment 1913
The Twins, regular bad men of the regiment, have been condemned to the military prison, and it goes much against the grain of the kind-hearted Captain Hurluret to see these poor fellows confined to their cells. His leniency toward them, however, is speedily taken advantage of with most amusing results.

What the Gods Decree 1913

Jack 1913
The story of "Jack" is well-known. It is a beautiful story of a natural child. His mother, Ida de Borancy, worships the dear little nameless and fatherless being whom she decides, as he is getting on in years, to place in a boarding school. The child's professor of literature is a certain Amaury D'Argenton, a failure of the faculty, and an uninspired poet. During one of her visits to the institution, Mme. de Borancy is attracted by D'Argenton, and falls in love with him. The "Ne'er-do-Well" soon gives up his starving position and makes his abode with her, exercising over her absolute control. He soon learns to hate little Jack and forces her to leave him permanently at school. The poor child, unaccustomed to the separation, runs away, only to find, when he arrives at his former home, that his mother has moved and is now living thirty miles away. He undertakes the journey on foot, and reaches his mother's house completely exhausted. Here he meets Dr. Rivals and his daughter, Cecil.

Protéa 1913 star_border 4.8
Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Josette Andriot, who wore a characteristic costume of a close-fitting black jersey, two years before Musidora achieved cult status with her similar appearance as Irma Vep. This final masterpiece reflects Jasset's popular style: rhythmic action, fantastic realism, rich visuals, an anarchistic philosophy, a disdain for psychology, and an attention to lighting that earned him the nickname “the Rembrandt of the cinema". Although Jasset died shortly after completion, the film had considerable success and Andriot went on to make four more films in the series with other directors.

Gavroche vend des parapluies 1913 star_border 5
Gavroche tries to become an umbrella salesman. He follows a man to his house in attempt to sell his first umbrella. However, the umbrella is too wide to fit through the doorway. Instead, he devises a plan to reach the man's balcony above. Setting some rags on fire, he uses the hot air produced to make his umbrella fly. Gavroche crashes through a window, and into the room where the man and his wife are talking, Finally, he make his last attempt at selling the umbrella.

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