Bizarre Bizarre 1937  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Michel Simon, Francoise Rosey, Louis Jouvet, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nadine Vogel, Pierre Alcover, Henri Guisol, Annie Carriel, Jeanne Lory
Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon) is a successful writer of mystery novels–with the ideas coming from his daughter. His cousin (Louis Jouvet) arrives unexpectedly and, with the servants gone, Irwin's embarrassed wife (Francoise Rosay) must take on cooking duties while hiding in the kitchen. The cousin thinks that Irwin is acting suspiciously and tells the police that he thinks Irwin has murdered his wife. The mix-up gets resolved in this comedy.
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Children of Paradise 1945  N/R, 195 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Gaston Modot, Maria Casares, Marcel Peres, Pierre Renoir, Louis Salou, Fabien Loris, Palau, Etienne Decroux, Jane Marken, Albert Remy, Marcelle Monthil, Louis Florencie
Three men–Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), Frederick (Pierre Brasseur), and Count de Montray (Louis Salou)–are all in love with the beautiful actress, Garance (Arletty), in this excellent film about class-systems and the theater world of 1840s' France.
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Daybreak 1939  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Rene Genin, Mady Berry, Jacques Baumer, Bernard Blier, Marcel Peres, Rene Bergeron, Gabrielle Fontan, Arthur Devere, Georges Douking
As this story begins, a factory worker, Francois (Jean Gabin), has locked himself in a building after killing M. Valentin (Jules Berry). Now, through flashbacks, the events leading up to the murder are revealed. Regarded by many as Jean Gabin's finest film.
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Port of Shadows 1938 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Rene Genin, Marcel Peres, Roger Legris, Robert Le Vigan, Edouard Delmont, Raymond Aimos
A French Army deserter (Jean Gabin) arrives in the port of Le Havre where he meets and is attracted to young Nelly (Michele Morgan). As he gets involved with Nelly, he realizes how morally corrupt her "friends" are and tries to protect Nelly, but loses his own life in the process.
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Therese Raquin 1953 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Adultress
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Roland Lesaffre, Sylvie, Maria-Pia Casilio, Marcel Andre, Martial Rebe, Paul Frankeur, Alain Terrane, Lucien Hubert, Jacques Hilling
In this film adaptation of the Emile Zola story, Therese (Simone Signoret) is bored with husband Camille (Jacques Duby) and begins an affair with trucker Laurent (Raf Vallone). They fall in love, plot to kill Camille, and succeed. There is one problem: there is a witness (Roland Lesaffre) to the murder, and now they must deal with his blackmail efforts.
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| 1. Bizarre Bizarre (1937)
2. Children of Paradise (1945)
3. Daybreak (1939)
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
4. Port of Shadows (1938)
5. Therese Raquin (1953)
aka: The Adultress
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