L'anglaise et le duc (2001)

Actors: Eric Moreau (actor), François Marthouret (actor), Eric Rohmer (director), Marie Rivière (actress), Mary Stephen (editor), Eric Rohmer (writer), Rosette (actress), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (actor), François Guerrar (miscellaneous crew), Alain Libolt (actor), François Ivernel (producer), Romain Le Grand (producer), Anne-Marie Jabraud (actress), Eric Viellard (actor), Jean-Yves Freyburger (actor),

Plot: An episodic look at Grace Elliott (1760-1823) and Philippe, the Duke of Orleans, during the French Revolution. In 1790, they are friends, no longer lovers. He suggests she leave France, she warns him to quit the Revolution. In 1792, she must escape Paris on foot. Less than a month later, she returns on an errand of mercy and shows great courage saving the governor of Tuileries. The Duke in turn steps in to protect Grace. In early 1793, she demands a promise from the Duke that he vote to spare Louis's life; he does not, and Grace is furious. In April, he warns her of a search; she is arrested and brought before the committee. Orleans, too, is suspect. The guillotine awaits.

Keywords: 1790s, 18th-century, acquittal, ambassador, apology, aristocrat, arrest, asylum, atrocity, attic
Genres: Drama, History, War,

Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

Actors: Frank Albertson (actor), George Offerman Jr. (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Lionel Barrymore (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Edward J. Nugent (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Otto Fries (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), Tommy Bupp (actor), Edward LeSaint (actor), A.S. 'Pop' Byron (actor), Buddy Messinger (actor), James Donlan (actor), Jed Prouty (actor),

Plot: Young idealist Richard Miller is selected as valedictorian for his New England high school commencement class of 1906 and intends to inject modern anti-capitalistic ideas into his speech. His father, Nat Miller, accidentally learns of it and interrupts Richard's speech before he can make a fool of himself. The small town later celebrates the Fourth of July with customary fireworks, picnics and the like, with Richard spending time with his girl, Muriel McComber, who promises she will allow him to kiss her one day. When Richard sends poems of love to Muriel, quoting the likes of Omar Khayyám and Swinburne, her father prevents her from ever seeing him again and forces her to write a letter denouncing him. Heartbroken, Richard drowns his sorrow in a local bar, drinking and smoking with a vamp called Belle, and comes home drunk. Alcoholic uncle Sid, who is used to the effects of liquor, nurses Richard back to sobriety, but Richard still must face the uncertain punishment of his father as he worries about his future with Muriel.

Keywords: alcoholism, based-on-play, boy, firework, fourth-of-july, graduation, small-town, the-star-spangled-banner, valedictorian, vamp
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: The play that startled the nation!

Quotes:

Richard 'Dick' Miller: I'm afraid I was born a hundred years before my time.::Muriel McComber: I was born ten days ahead of mine.

The Wishbone (1933)

Actors: Arthur Maude (director), A. Bromley Davenport (actor), Davy Burnaby (actor), Ivar Campbell (producer), Colin Wark (composer), Renée Macready (actress), Fred Schwartz (actor), Geoffrey King (actor), Nellie Wallace (actress), N.W. Baring-Pemberton (writer), Jane Wood (actress), Bettina Montahners (actress), William Townend (writer), Reggie de Beer (actor), Hugh Lethbridge (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

A Social Deception (1916)

Actors: Thomas N. Heffron (director), Al W. Filson (actor), Wheeler Oakman (actor), Eugenie Besserer (actress), Grace Darmond (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), Vivian Reed (actress), James Bradbury Sr. (actor), Harry Mestayer (actor), Grace MacGowan Cooke (writer),

Genres: Short,

L'évadé des Tuileries (1910)

Actors: Albert Capellani (director), Paul Capellani (actor), Jeanne Brindeau (actress), Gabrielle Robinne (actress), Henri Bosc (actor), Jean Garat (actor), Cécile Didier (actress), Sylvette Fillacier (actress), Claude Garry (actor), Renée Pré (actress), Dupont-Morgan (actor), Herman Grégoire (actor), Gabrielle Chalon (actress), Simone Joubert (actress), Faivre (actor),

Plot: The Count of Champcenetz is governor of the Palace of the Tuileries. His mistress Grace Elliott, a young widow, begs him not to go the Palace where he must defend King Louis XVI, who is threatened by the Revolution. After a few hours fight, in spite of the Count's best efforts, the crowd captures the King, the Queen, their children and their are taken to the prison of the Temple. Champcenetz, wounded, escapes and, disguised as a sans-culotte, walks back to Mrs. Elliott's. He leaves out of the country with her and marries her.

Genres: Drama, Short,