Sleeping Beauty
Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...
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Directed by Albert Capellani.
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Directed by Albert Capellani.
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A young actress seeks an engagement in New York but faces obstacles due to jealousy and politics. Her wealthy broker finances a production...
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Directed by Albert Capellani.
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The picture starts with Robert Warwick walking into the office of director Albert Capellani (the film's actual director). Capellani offers him the...
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Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy street dancer, arouses the desire of men, especially of Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of Notre Dame. The latter asks...
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Based on Emile Zola's novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.
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Jean Valjean, guilty of a minor theft of food, is pursued and hounded for years by a relentless lawman, Javert.
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The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more...
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The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an...
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During a wedding party, according to tradition, hide-and-seek is played in a local abandoned castle. The bride falls into a hidden corridor. As she...
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The Foolish Virgin
A 1916 film.
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This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated...
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The story of two orphaned girls.
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The daughter of an Arab sheik falls in love with a French naval officer, thus breaking the strict rule of social law of her people, as well as her...
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Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...
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Mimi, an orphan, is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic. She meets Rudolphe, scion of a well-to-do family, who rescues her from...
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The rebellion of 1832 is on. There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his...
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