Charles De Rochefort

Gigolette

Une femme a menti

Robert Chapelain, a renowned lawyer, loves Annette Rollan, a salesgirl. When his children Jean and Jacqueline witness their uncle telling their father that the woman is no good for him, they invite Annette to ask her to leave Robert.

Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max and his young bride attempt to enjoy an Alpine honeymoon, despite the presence of her mother.

Le secret du docteur

A young woman is married to a cad. She writes him a break-up letter and decides to run away with her lover to Egypt. But her lover is run over by a car and a doctor friend advises her to go back home.

The Ten Commandments

The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.

The End of Robespierre

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 the Committee of Safety in the early days of the French Revolution. It's tragic but enthralling, and full of the atmosphere of those more than troublous times of the French Revolution, when blood was shed like water and men seemed turned to beasts.

Law of the Lawless

Sahande, a Tartar girl placed on the block to be sold, is bought by Costa, a Gypsy chief who outbids Sahande's fiancé, Sender. Costa marries the infuriated Sahande but agrees to give her 10 days in which either to return his love or have Sender fight him.

King of Camargue

At the mouth of the Rhone, Jacques Renaud and his fiancee Lisette are cursed by a gypsy woman as punishment for their wrong decision.

The Empire of Diamonds

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, Marguerite and her sweetheart, Paul Bernac, who is an agent in the French Secret Service.

The White Moth

When a girl tries to drown herself in the Seine, she is rescued by dancer Gonzalo Montrez. She then becomes a famous dancer known as the White Moth.

The Mask of Horror

A mad sculptor, searching for the perfect realization of "the mask of horror", places himself in front of a mirror after smearing blood over himself with the glass of an oil lamp. He then swallows a virulent poison to observe the effects of pain.

Shadows of Paris

A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.

The Cheat

After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return.

Hollywood

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...

Love and Glory

During an uprising in Algeria in 1869, two Frenchmen--Anatole, the brother of Gabrielle, and Pierre, her sweetheart--join the colors and are later reported dead. Gabrielle is kidnaped and taken to Paris, and the soldiers return.

Madame Sans-Gêne

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

The Black Diamond

The Spanish Jade

When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for his freedom.

Max Linder Does All the Sports

Max reads in a newspaper, that Gladys Maxence, a rich American woman, seeks a young sportsman for marriage...

The Marriage Maker

A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.

Southern Cross

In the Sahara, Algeria, the leader of the Tuaregs, Aftan, saves a girl from the hands of a caravan of pillars. Madeleine falls in love with her savior and their marriage is decided. But Aftan understands that he will never be assimilated with Europeans, and he goes back to find the beautiful poet Dassine whom he had loved before.

Un bouquet de flirts

Max Plays at Drama

When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.