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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Monsieur Vincent 1947  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aime Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle Dorziat, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Pierre Dux, Michel Bouquet, Gabrielle Fontan, Robert Murzeau, Marcel Peres, Marcel Vallee, Francette Vernillat
During Europe's epidemic of the bubonic plague–the Black Death–Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay) struggles to help the French peasants and their nobility deal with the tragedy in their midst. He is canonized for his efforts. This biography received an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
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Paris Holiday 1958  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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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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| 1. Children of Paradise (1945)
2. Daybreak (1939)
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
3. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
4. Paris Holiday (1958)
5. Port of Shadows (1938)
6. Rider on the Rain (1970)
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