Jacqueline Delubac

Three narrators tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman. Historic events are seasoned with sly, satiric humor, and famous beauties are portrayed by stunning actresses. Then the narrators meet, and decide to try tracing the three unrecovered pearls from 1587 to the present... (imdb)

Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director's witty narration. As a boy, only he survives a family tragedy when he's deprived of supper (poisonous mushrooms!) for stealing...concluding that dishonesty pays. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler... (imdb)

Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies. (imdb)

The wife of General Cambronne questioned her husband about his famous words.

A valet gets romantically involved with his employer, the girlfriend of a politician.

A love quadrangle emerges when a magazine editor's longtime girlfriend falls for a movie star while a reporter watches on.

A banker whose unusual generosity gets him put in a mental institution escapes and hides out in a boarding house.

A seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her fortune but her falling in love with him complicates matters.

"Faisons un reve" is an adaptation of one the first, oldest pieces by Sacha Guitry and probably one of this most witty, poetical and charming works. Not more than three caracters: the husband, the wife, her lover. And a "divertissement" was born out of this simple threesome: within four walls something happens, the lover becomes more and more daring and the wife, dazzled, falls in love with him.The dialogues of "Let's have a dream" are exquisite.

A banker, having squandered a fortune because of his philanthropy, is locked up in a mental hospital by his relatives. He manages to escape, taking refuge in a boarding house where he strives successfully to give happiness to the boarders, making them actors in a comedy of which he is the director. (KG)

The history of one of France s most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Based on Guitry's own stage play about a sanctimonious fellow who eventually's victimized by his own hypocrisy. Little effort's made to "cinematize" the property, which's filmed just as it was staged. (imdb)

A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant. (imdb)

A girl,Marie , who got engaged to a boy who is leaving for military training (thirteen days) wins two million on the raffle ,thanks to an older man,Claude , whom she calls her good luck charm .While the fiance is away ,he takes her to a honeymoon before the wedding ,spending a lot of money on caviar,Renoir paintings,castles and other trivia.As Marie is of unknown father,Claude contemplates adopting her. (imdb)