Cinematic Discoveries Resonating with the Themes of Voyage d'agréme...

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Fernand Dubreuil wants to be a journalist and agreed to do an interview with promising star Clara Sergy. He's accompanied by the jerk photographer, Alfred.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

The notary Tremplin wants to give his daughter to the young rich farmer Adhemar. He goes with both of them to Paris where Henriette meets a sleazy car salesman who is precisely the rich heir sought by her father.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Adhémar Lampiot perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

On his wedding day, Robert confesses his father-in-law that twenty years ago, he seduced a lady in a sleeping car of a train. His mother-in-law overhears the conversation and convinces Robert that she was that lady and that makes Robert's bride also his daughter. The wedding is in danger of being annulled when the trickery is finally discovered.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

The tamer Nikita marries the girl he had once recruited into the circus but she loves a trapeze artist.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Compartiment de dames seules perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Lina Bourget, a realist singer, is forced to leave Dakar because of a murder she believes she has committed. Taking refuge in Paris, she unexpectedly becomes a star in the capital.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Léonce Vavin, an entomologist, marries Cecile Debienne, but the parents of the bride quickly realize that he's not just ugly but also a complete ignorant of all sexual matters.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Sous la griffe perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

While walking back home at night, an examining judge is robbed of his watch. Fortunately he offers resistance and, by roughing up the mugger, manages to recover his belonging. Imagine his surprise when he realizes his thief is none other than... the President of the Court of Justice! How will the poor man behave with him knowing what he knows?

Dir: Christian-Jaque

One man enlists his friend's help in wallpapering his dining room. The result is not quite what he had in mind.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Rigolboche perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

The family Pont-Biquet is composed as follows: father, the judge, afflicted by deafness; authoritarian and irascible mother; funny son-in-law; an ingenious son who has a mistress.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Middle-aged Parisian Bobby, following an attack of gout, is forced to give up his previous merry life. Above all this Bobby falls in love with his niece Genevieve, abandoned by her husband.