Movies: Gaston Modot

One day, Calino has the bold and imprudent idea to follow a woman down the street. The woman leads him all the way to the traveling lion cage run by her husband. To avoid her husband's jealous anger, the woman introduces Calino as an apprentice lion ...

Calino is left in charge of a railway station....

Ernest Bourbon discovers that a shower of gold coins fall from his donkey's hindquarters -- I've phrased that as politely as I can. Now rich, he moves to the city, dresses well and hires servants. Unlike the one about the goose that lays the golden e...

Not having enough money to pay his drink bill, Onésime sells his soul to the Devil....

A short Calino film....

An early Gaumont short....

Clément Mégé borrows the shotgun of a sleeping hunter and goes after big game, like ducks and a cat. Soon he gets caught up being chased by some policemen....

A young officer of Napoleon's armies returns to Corsica where his sister is waiting for him to avenge the death of their father....

Lucien Bataille is hired as security for the department store, and proceeds to wreck much of it to keep anyone from from stealing anything....

Against a painted backdrop of palm trees, Clément Mégé accepts an Arab's offer of three Black wives out of a tent. He takes them back to Paris, where they wreak havoc not only on his apartment, but his favorite bistro....

Difficulties ensue when Calino and Onésime get married on the same day, in the same registry office....

Rugby players play the game throughout the city streets....

Michel Corbier, a widower, remarries Madeleine. His children, Lalie and Jo, see her as their second mother and call her "Nène."...

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While the costume maker Onésime is absent, his mannequins begin to play......