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La Fille bien gardée (1924)
Character: Le groom du dancing
A baroness entrusts her daughter to her servants, Germain and Marie. Marie takes her to a dance hall, where the daughter is taken by a man.
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Le Gamin de Paris (1923)
Character: Joseph
Two war orphans, Joseph, apprentice printer, and Lisette, typist, live with their grandmother in Belleville. Lisette loves his next door neighbor, the painter Amedee, but this one does not offer him a union. Joseph Amedee learning is the son of a general, advocates for Lisette and everything ends in marriage.
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Pierrot, Pierrette (1924)
Character: Pierrot
Pierrot et Pierrette, brother and sister, live in a caravan with their grandfather, the former ringmaster of a circus. To earn a living, they sing in the streets, and their lives are happy. But a charitable lady interferes, determined to put grandfather in an old folks' home and the children in an orphanage. Pierrot and Pierrette run away, and fall into the hands of a travelling vendor who wants to use them for burglaries.
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C'est pour les orphelins (1916)
Character: Bout de Zan
The artist awakens. His maid brings him a letter from the Gaumont Studio. After a quick glance to it, he hastens to get dressed and runs to the studio followed by his wife, his maid and his son, Bout-de-Zan who want a part in the movie.
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Bout-de-Zan et le cigare (1914)
Character: Bout-de-Zan
Kids reject the bad taste of medicine. Bout de Zan steals a cigar and tastes it, but it doesn't work.
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Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot (1913)
Character: Bout-de-Zan
One night, Bout-de-Zan finds a wanderer and shares his bed to him. The next morning there is a general panic among the servants...
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La Tirelire de Bout-de-Zan (1913)
Character: Bout-de-Zan
Bout-de-Zan and his family are around the dinner table, awaiting the visit of his millionaire uncle. But the uncle is not what he was...
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Le Bidon d'or (1932)
Character: N/A
A hawker, pursued by the law, finds refuge in a garage and finds there a former comrade who has become a mechanic. As he looks like a car driver, he finds himself forced to sit behind the wheel of a car to participate in a race, but not knowing how to drive, he finds himself dead last.
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Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone (1914)
Character: N/A
Some amateur players rehearse a crime play in the apartment of one of the company. Bout-de-Zan connects the telephone to the room of the concierge, who thinks that a crime is being committed in her lodging house.
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Le Pied qui étreint (1916)
Character: N/A
The famous scientific detective Justin Crécelle and his faithful assistant Walter Jymson seek to halt the deeds of the "Clutching Foot" gang, who attempt to kidnap Hélène, the fiancée of Justin, in both possible and ridiculous ways. The film is a spoof of the Les Vampires serials, with Musidora appearing in one episode in costume.
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Bout-de-Zan vole un éléphant (1913)
Character: Bout-de-Zan
Bout de Zan is a young boy by description and a petty thief by vocation. In this short, he does indeed steal an elephant from a circus, parading it around town and using it to beg for money. Due to their rambunctiousness, Bout de Zan and the elephant (!) need saving from the authorities.
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Les Vampires (1915)
Character: Eustache Mazamette
Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)
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Judex (1916)
Character: The Boy Réglisse
When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)
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