Pathe Freres Movies

The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more wretched b...

To the distress of his mother, the fisherman's son is a drunk. But when his father's boat capsizes, he has a chance to prove his worth.

This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated th...

The film is quite sophisticated for it's time with a relatively large number of scene changes as we follow Max's misadventures. It also features a clo...

Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After having maste...

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.

M. Rasta, a high society con man, is accused of a crime he didn't commit.

Little Bob stages his mechanical toys in a series of charming performances.

This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dan...

In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.

The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escap...

The Thenardiers and their small daughter, Eponine, and young son, Gavroche, are seen at their dingy country tavern. Here little Cosette, the daughter...

Story about a young boy with a violent drunken father and his downwards spiral after he gets caught shoplifting.

Nydia, an Early Christian girl seemingly singled out for exclusive persecution by the despotic empress of Rome. The empress' ire seems to have been ar...

Paul Panzer returns home from a night out with the boys at his bachelor's club. He wanders into the wrong apartment, where, of course, a young woman r...

Psyche, the daughter of a king, and a mortal, is so beautiful that even the God of Fame is fascinated by her charm. He hurries to tell Venus, Goddess...

A love sick Max fly to find his love and recover.