Breakdowns of 1940

The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their...

A depiction of a girl’s uneasy state of mind as it wavers between life and death.

Onésime came down and threw himself on stage, starting into the great aria at which he excelled. We must say, in respect for the truth, that...

Users of the postal service aren't very happy that Onésime spends his work time writing love letters to a lovely lady. Understandably, the...

The story of a how a love-struck young man eventually wins over an initially reluctant woman, charmingly told in shots that depict only their hands...

This silent French film begins with Georges feeling miserable, as he has ambitions of being a great musician but is forced to eke out a living giving...

Leonce works at the Gaumont studios as star actor and his wife suspects him of being unfaithful. She finds ladies' hair on his coat, fan letters in...

His double behaves very badly, while the real Onésime suffers the consequences.

Having fallen in love with a beautiful neighbor girl, Rigadin tries to help her get rid of a persistent suitor.

Just as the streets to hell, to hear it from the travelers, are paved with good intentions, the illustrious police officer Zigoto's brain is full of...

After returning from the circus, Bout-de-Zan starts doing acrobatic tricks.

Bout-de-Zan receives New Year gifts and uses them use it in a rather different way.