Gaston Modot Movies

For some time now, Sosthène, clerk at the Grand Laundromat of Papillon-sous-Bois, has been in love with Alphonsine, the girl who brings the...

Henri and Pierre, railroad engineers, are both in love with Jeanne. When Pierre refuses to give her up, a fight breaks out in the engine, imperiling...

Onésime short

Onésime short

The short by Jean Durand begins with his frequent character, Zigoto (Lucien Bataille) reading a boring book. So, instead he goes on an outing in his...

Calino's uncle leaves him an inheritance, but only if he can uncover it hidden in his uncle's house. Detective Onésime is called in to help,...

An early Gaumont short.

Joe is about to be hung for his crimes but he's going to reveal the whole truth first.

Hans von Trass is a high-ranking German diplomat. When a top-secret document is stolen, his fiancée Christa Varell strangely accuses herself...

Onésime becomes enamoured of a girl and sends a messenger to her on a motorcycle.

Sarkani, an adventurer, finds a trusted carrier pigeon, takes possession of the code message and, teaming up with the unscrupulous banker Torenthal,...

Just as the streets to hell, to hear it from the travelers, are paved with good intentions, the illustrious police officer Zigoto's brain is full of...

There is one joke in this slapstick from Jean Durand's comedy unit at Gaumont: Calino wants to win a boxing match, and decides that he needs to...

Calino is left in charge of a railway station.

Much to his annoyance, Onésime's relatives arrive to stay with him, and the family resemblance is striking.

Onésime needs to take care of an infant and does everything he can to avoid that responsibility.

Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the...

The escape of a man under Spanish inquisition rule.