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Gabrielle Fontan
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Gabrielle Fontan

French actress
April 16, 1873 (September 8, 1959)
Fr. 1959. Sentimental comedy by Claude Boissol with Daniel Gélin, Pascale Petit, René-Louis Lafforgue. An industrialist disinherits his family in favor of a former mistress.
Runtime: 94 min.

Inspector Maigret and the Saint Fiacre Affair

V.O.: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch. Inspector Maigret clarifies the enigma surrounding the death of the countess of Saint-Fiacre.
Runtime: 101 min.

Premier Mai

V.O.: Le Père et l'enfant
Fr. 1958. Mores comedy by Luis Saslavsky with Yves Montand, Nicole Berger, Yves Noël. In a working-class family, the birth of a second child is expected.
Runtime: 86 min.

Love is my Profession

V.O.: En cas de malheur
Fr. 1958. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère. After committing an armed robbery, a young girl seeks the protection of a lawyer.
Runtime: 122 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1958. Drama by Marcel Blistène with Édith Piaf, Michel Auclair, Armand Mestral. While thinking of killing her cheating husband, an alcoholic woman is prevented from doing so by a stranger with whom she befriends.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1958. Police comedy by Marc Allégret with Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Darry Cowl. A young girl escapes from a rehabilitation centre and marries a police officer.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Dufilho. Mistaken for a spy, a mystery writer is drawn into a series of extraordinary adventures.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1957. Drama by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Bourvil. A former convict seeks happiness by doing good.
Runtime: 210 min.

Gates of Paris

V.O.: Porte des lilas
Fr. 1957. Dramatic comedy by René Clair with Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel. For a few days, a poor man shelters a bandit being hunted by the police.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Kite From Faraway

V.O.: Cerf-volant du bout du monde
Fr. 1957. Tale by Roger Pigaut with Patrick de Bardine, Sylviana Rozenberg, Gabrielle Fontan. After finding a kite from China, a boy travels to this distant country in his dreams.
Runtime: 92 min.

L'Amour est en jeu

V.O.: Ma femme, mon gosse et moi
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Marc Allégret with Robert Lamoureux, Annie Girardot, Yves Noël. Two young spouses in the process of divorcing fight for their son's affection.
Runtime: 88 min.

Bonjour Docteur

V.O.: Bonjour toubib
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Louis Cuny with Noël-Noël, Georges Descrières, Ginette Pigeon. The daily life of a doctor in a Parisian neighbourhood.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Henri Diamant-Berger with Yves Deniaud, Arletty, Raymond Bussières. A priest has strange adventures while trying to retrieve a piece of art that he has exchanged.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1956. Musical by Marcel Carné with Gilbert Bécaud, Françoise Arnoul, Madeleine Lebeau. A rich young man takes advantage of the fact that he is the look-alike of a pianist, shyly in love with a nice waitress.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1955. Mores comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux. The daily life of a family of the Parisian petty bourgeoisie.
Runtime: 105 min.

Flesh and the Woman

V.O.: Le Grand Jeu
Fr. 1954. Drama by Robert Siodmak with Jean-Claude Pascal, Gina Lollobrigida, Raymond Pellegrin. A legionnaire believes he found his mistress in a prostitute who was supposed to follow him to Morocco.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Yves Allégret with Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal, Jean Debucourt. In Dublin in 1922, a simple-minded girl leaves the convent to avenge her brother's murder, but falls in love with the murderer.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1951. Poetic drama by Marcel Carné with Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Yves Robert. A young man who stole for his love interest, is imprisoned and escapes in dreams every night to the land of oblivion.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1950. Sentimental drama by Jacques Manuel with Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Dumesnil. A penniless aristocrat falls victim to the greed of her ex-husband, whom she never stopped loving.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1948. Psychological drama by Yves Allégret with Gérard Philipe, Madeleine Robinson, Jean Servais. A murderer returns to the place of his childhood.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by André Cayatte with Madeleine Sologne, Serge Reggiani, Paul Meurisse. A greedy woman, who is the cause of her husband's suicide, uses any means necessary to collect the insurance.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1946. Drama by Carl Lamac with Viviane Romance, Clément Duhour, Louis Salou. A death row inmate imagines what his life would be like if he had not killed anyone.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1946. Crime drama by Marc Allégret with Fernandel, Simone Simon, Marcel Dalio.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1946. Comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Odette Joyeux, Bernard Blier, Marcel Herrand. Between three Ludovics, a small provincial girl prefers the young engineer to the bad boy and the heartless financier.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1946. Dramatic comedy by Louis Cuny with Renée Saint-Cyr, Henri Vidal, Denise Grey. A man who developed amnesia during the war no longer recognizes his wife.
Runtime: 110 min.

Opération Jéricho

V.O.: Jéricho
Fr. 1946. Drama by Henri Calef with Louis Seigner, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey. Men are held hostage by the Germans in a fortress so as to prevent an attack by the resistance.
Runtime: 117 min.

Angel and Sinner

V.O.: Boule de Suif
Fr. 1945. Satirical drama by Christian-Jaque with Micheline Presle, Alfred Adam, Jean Brochard. In 1870 in the middle of the Prussian occupation, a prostitute suffers the contempt of nobles who travel with her on a stagecoach.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1945. Biography by André Zwobada with Serge Reggiani, Renée Faure, Denise Noël.
Runtime: 95 min.

Sylvia and the Phantom

V.O.: Sylvie et le fantôme
Fr. 1945. Fantasy comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey. The misadventures of a teenage girl who has fallen in love with the ghost that haunts the castle where she lives.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1944. Comedy by Jean Faurez with Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil, Vivi Gioi. Thanks to the maneuvers of a village telephone operator, many problems are solved.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1944. Drama by Jean Anouilh with Pierre Fresnay, Blanchette Brunoy, Pierre Renoir. After developing amnesia since the end of the First World War, a man is welcomed into a rich family who says that they recognize him.
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1943. Comedy by André Cayatte with Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Dumesnil, Lise Delamare. A circus performer agrees to play into the comedy of love to cover a bachelor's affair.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1943. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt. A young girl, raised as a recluse, experiences a short-lived love affair.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Max de Vaucorbeil with Gaby Morlay, André Luguet, Louise Carletti.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1943. Sentimental drama by Pierre Blanchar with Pierre Blanchar, Micheline Presle, Julien Bertheau. After ten years of happy marriage with a diplomat, a former dancer sees a former lover reappear in her life, who exerts an odious blackmail against her.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1942. Crime drama by Richard Pottier with Albert Préjean, Juliette Faber, Jean Tissier.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1942. Crime drama by Louis Daquin with Renée Saint-Cyr, Henri Guisol, Pierre Renoir.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1942. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Raimu, Juliette Faber, Mouloudji. A disgraced lawyer regains his sense of responsibility and proves the innocence of an accused.
Runtime: 95 min.

Sins of Youth

V.O.: Péchés de jeunesse
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 130 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Runtime: 85 min.

A Day in the Country

V.O.: Une Partie de campagne
Fr. 1936. Sentimental comedy by Jean Renoir with Sylvia Bataille, Georges Darnoux, Gabriello.
Runtime: 40 min.
Runtime: 51 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 82 min.

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