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ArticleThe big parade A World War I drama about lazy James Apperson (John Gilbert), son of an industrious aristocrat (Hobart Bosworth) and his wife (Claire McDowell), and how he is coaxed into joining the Army...
- Contributor: Bosworth, Hobart - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Thames Television, Ltd - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Gilbert, John - Stallings, Laurence - Behn, Harry - McDowell, Clare - Vidor, King - Adorée, Renée
- Date: 1988
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Film, VideoDogs used as smugglers With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to customs officers, a fierce skirmish results and only...
- Contributor: Heuzé, André - Afi/Nfsa-Australia Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Afi/Baker (Glenn L.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Hatot, Georges
- Date: 1906-01-01
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Film, VideoPoursuite sur les toits
Rooftop chase | Poursuite de cambrioleurs sur les toits | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française A comedy in which two burglars flee from policemen across the rooftops.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress) - Hatot, Georges
- Date: 1898-01-01
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ArticleGigi A young French girl is being groomed by her grandmother and great aunt to be a successful courtesan, but instead falls in love and blossoms into a lady.
- Contributor: Chevalier, Maurice - Minnelli, Vincente - Loewe, Frederick - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jourdan, Louis - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Caron, Leslie - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Lerner, Alan Jay - Gingold, Hermione
- Date: 1958
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ArticleAn American in Paris Jerry, a struggling, but happy-go-lucky American artist, falls in love with Lise, a French shop girl. Unbeknownst to Jerry, Lise is engaged to Henri, one of Jerry's pals. Jerry proposes to Lise,...
- Contributor: Kelly, Gene - Minnelli, Vincente - Gershwin, Ira - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Caron, Leslie - Levant, Oscar - Gershwin, George - Lerner, Alan Jay - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Loew's Incorporated
- Date: 1979
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ArticleNaughty Marietta
Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta A musical comedy in which a French princess secretly trades places with her maid, and flees to Louisiana to avoid forced marriage to a Spanish nobleman. She and the group of women...- Contributor: Herbert, Victor - Brophy, Edward - Stromberg, Hunt - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Eddy, Nelson - Goodrich, Frances - Hackett, Albert - Gibbons, Cedric - Tamiroff, Akim - Van Dyke, W. S. - Macdonald, Jeanette - Mahin, John Lee - Daniels, William
- Date: 1986
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ArticleWings Jack Powell and David Armstrong, both in love with Sylvia Lewis, enlist together in the World War I Army Air Corps and become friends. They are sent to France as pilots. Dogfights...
- Contributor: Lighton, Louis D. (Louis Duryea) - Bow, Clara - Arlen, Richard - Wellman, William A. - Hubbard, Lucien - Paramount Home Video (Firm) - Ralston, Jobyna - Afi/Paramount Collection (Library of Congress) - Loring, Hope - Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation - Rogers, Buddy - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1927
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Film, VideoBuying a cow
Achat embarrassant | Embarrassing purchase An urban husband and wife, walking in the countryside outside Paris, are so impressed with the delicious taste of a cow's milk that they buy the cow and try to bring it...- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Afi/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - George Kleine (Firm)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoWanderers of the desert Aspect ratio: 16 x 9. Original film: 1986, France. Also known as Les baliseurs du désert. Cert. Not available [BBFC]. DVD Region 1. Colour. PAL. Arabic with English subtitles (optional).
- Contributor: Khemir, Nacer - Makni, Soufiane - Kasbaoui, Noureddine
- Date: 2008