A mysterious evildoer terrifies the French Riviera. That mysterious character, which is hidden under the personality of James Pearce, a diamond-maker, calls himself The Black X. This time, the Black X has noticed the rich jewels of a celebrated singer and, in the company of her henchmen, is preparing to carry out the great robbery.
Le juge d'instruction
A moneylender kidnaps the young son of a rich widow as part of a plot to cheat her of her fortune. The boy is sent away on a fishing boat with the intention of drowning him, but a kindly old fisherman intervenes.
Count Rochebrune / Lorenzo Corsini
The countess Hélène de Rochegrune awaits the return of her fiancé who went to the front.
Phémie comes to work as a maid in the Chaloupié household. An article and a photograph in the newspaper convince the Chaloupiés that their new servant is in fact none other than Miss Arabella Machefeller, the daughter of the celebrated American millionaire, looking for some worthy people with whom to share her fortune.
A police sergeant’s late night horn playing dismays neighbors in his apartment house, leading to marital discord, hysteria and a bizarre form of psycho-therapy involving a body double.
When he goes to Paris an aristocrat steps into a cinema and is shocked by something he sees on screen.
After returning from the circus, Bout-de-Zan starts doing acrobatic tricks.
Bébé's mother and her friends conduct a spiritualist session. They feel the presence of evil and get panic attacks, before they find the truth.
The innkeeper's daughter is in love, but her mother has already decided that she is going to be married to another man.
On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.
Drama in which a dismissed servant takes revenge by setting the lions of his ex- mistress free. Madam Berre, the widow of an African traveler, has a lion and two lionesses in her conservatory. Fred, a servant who abused her beasts, is sent away by her. Under the pretense of haven forgotten his hat, he comes back while Mrs. Berre receives guests that evening. Fred lets the lions out of their cages.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Bébé father
A short from Feuillade's Bébé series
Father
Emile Darbois
A young inventor is kidnapped to force him to tell the secret of his invention, but he foils his captors thanks to a pen with invisible ink.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and bringing them into a trap.
Directed by Louis Feuillade.