The Hen

The Hen 1933

1

Mr. Silvestry, nicknamed "The Hen" because he is raising his five daughters alone, for whom he does the housework, the shopping and the cooking, is invited to the Côte d'Azur by a wealthy American.

1933

Sunday of Life

Sunday of Life 1931

1

Ellen Hobart is a gold-digging manicurist who sights her sights on David Stone, a wealthy young man. After they marry, Hobart is persuaded to accept $50,000 to give her husband up. She willingly goes along with this arrangement, only to realize she's genuinely in love with the boy when he falls dangerously ill. German-language version of the American pre-code film The Devil's Holiday.

1931

Halfway to heaven

Halfway to heaven 1931

1

Love triangle in an acrobatic trapeze act results in a missed catch and a death, but was it on purpose?

1931

You Will Be a Duchess

You Will Be a Duchess 1932

1

"Tu seras duchesse!" ("You'll Be a Duchess!") With these words, self-made industrialist Poisson orders his daughter Lucie to marry a wealthy Duke. The duke's father objects to the union, whereupon Poisson arranges another marriage for his daughter, this time to an impoverished and sickly young marquis. Poisson's strategy runs something like this: the Marquis is expected to die soon, whereupon the widowed Lucie will become a marquess, and thus a worthy bride for the Duke. But the Marquis foils these plans by staging a miraculous recovery. The explanation? The Marquis and Lucie have been in love all along, and this was the only way that they could wed with Poisson's blessing. Darned clever, these Frenchmen!.

1932

The Doctor's Secret

The Doctor's Secret 1930

1

Lady Lillian Gardner is unhappily married to rich businessman Richard Gardner. On a banquet she meets Hugo Paton whom she falls in love with.

1930

Shout It from the House Tops

Shout It from the House Tops 1932

1

The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.

1932

Make Up

Make Up 1932

1

Misfortunes and disarray of the little clown Leroy who is upstaged by a comrade, Bertini, and sees himself abandoned by his girlfriend Ginette, preferring his collaborator to him.

1932

He Is Charming

He Is Charming 1932

5.00

A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.

1932

Manslaughter

Manslaughter 1931

1

Sonja is a spoiled young lady who thinks she can get anything for money. She is living a life in luxury. One day she meets a lawyer who is a public prosecutor. They fall in love.

1931

The Improvised Son

The Improvised Son 1932

1

A woman who is the mistress of a well off antiquarian receives a visit from a younger man. Is her lost son from long ago?

1932

Television: Swedish Version

Television: Swedish Version 1931

1

A young inventor has constructed a television set. His landlady has become very skeptical of both him and his invention, perhaps mainly due to the fact that he is constantly broke and hasn't paid the rent in months. Adding to the irritation is that the hostess's daughter loves the young man and is trying to convince her employer, the director, to finance the whole thing. The director wants both her and the television set, but his evil investment doesn't come to fruition thanks to the latter.

1931

The Dangerous Game

The Dangerous Game 1930

1

When Ellen Brenton takes a swim too far from the shore she is be saved by the lifeguard Bob. While her husband is away on business Bob gets drunk and try to romance Ellen in her hotel room. There's a scandal in the media.

1930

The seller of the Louvre

The seller of the Louvre 1932

1

A provincial department store salesman is transferred to the Paris department store, the 'Galleries du Louvre'. Asking for directions in a city he doesn't know on his first day on the job he gets mistakenly sent to the Louvre museum where he proceeds to sell all the paintings in the section he's affected to.

1932

Transit Camp

Transit Camp 1932

1

Set among the traveling circus community. Artists of many talents and origins. A showman causes an accident in which his wife is killed. He accuses the circus clown who spends ten years in prison. It was made as a polyglot film with each actor speaking in their own language.

1932

Farornas paradis

Farornas paradis 1931

1

A hotel in Surabaya, Java has some features of a brothel. Anita plays in a women's orchestra is exposed to the bandleaders invites. The owner of the hotel wants Anita to attract customers. They two become rivals over Anita.

1931

Une petite femme dans le train

Une petite femme dans le train 1932

1.00

Sophisticated romantic comedy of suspicious husbands, straying wives, handsome lovers, with various misunderstandings thrown in for good measure. (Including a gender-reversal of the old Pirandello plot twist from "The Late Mathias Pascal" of the protagonist changing identities after supposedly perishing in a train wreck.)

1932

The Beautiful Sailor

The Beautiful Sailor 1932

5.70

A barge captain saves Marinette from drowning and soon marries her. On the wedding day, Sylvestre, the captain’s best friend, falls in love with Marinette.

1932