Léonce Perret Movies

When her father's death leaves Virginia Hastings facing a life of poverty, she breaks her engagement to Robert Monti to marry millionaire James...

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.

The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.

A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.

Denise lives with her grandparents on a farm and secretly meets Robert. When she tells her grandparents that she wants to marry Robert, they refuse...

Mademoiselle Blanche Durand, in her sixties who lives on the mezzanine level of her property, is found dead, stabbed, inside her home. To enter, the...

Mrs. Philip Mason commits suicide after she has an affair with Stephen Lee, a disreputable stockbroker, and sells her husband's securities so that...

Clothilde, taken out of her convent to marry the Marquis, refuses to recognize her new husband.

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).

A historical short film inspired by the Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast.

During a transvestite ball, a young provincial meets Fanny Legrand. A great love is born between them. Later, the young man learns that Fanny was a...

An ancient Greek legend comes to life, courtesy of the Gaumont studios.

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his...

Expressing post-war cultural internationalism, this silent film follows the mysterious Orchid and the man who loves her.