Renée Carl
Actor · 1875 – 1954 · Fontenay-le-Comte
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires. In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard. Selected filmography
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- Movie8.0Comedy
Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and bringing them into a trap.
Bébé apache
1910 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyFantasy
Movie4.6DramaA manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows who wrote it. The actress of the play receives a call from the author and the two quickly becomes friends, but the man won't give any details about himself- He has a secret.
Movie6.4HistoryCrimeIn 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Les Misérables
1925 · 8 votes
Movie5.5A short from Feuillade's Bébé series
- Movie8.0
On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.
L'Accident
1912 · 1 votes
Movie8.0Comedy
Movie7.2DramaCrimePépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
Pépé le Moko
1937 · 197 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAt the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.
Movie5.6DramaA silent French film depicting the story of the nativity.
- Movie8.0Drama
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Le Poison
1911 · 1 votes
MovieDramaThaïs
1911
Movie8.0DramaHistoryWhen a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.
- Movie9.0Drama
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
- Movie6.7ComedyFamily
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.
- Movie9.0Drama
Forced to renounce the woman he loves because she is to marry another, a young sailor sets sail for a distant fishing voyage. While the wedding in the village is being celebrated without joy for the bride, a shipwreck drifts towards the shore. The villagers and the wedding party rush to the lifeboat. The body of the former fiancé is brought ashore. The woman who loved him so much, overcome with grief, throws herself upon the lifeless body while the young husband goes mad.
MovieDramaLes Vieux
1909
Movie6.8FamilyCrimeA child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.
L'Intruse
1913 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0
In 1907, the Gaumont Films company in France made a slapstick comedy (silent, of course) with a title that would translate from the French as 'A gentleman who ate some bull'. Eugene Deslow got hold of that film and added an introduction plus a soundtrack, the latter consisting of commentary narrated by the single-named actor Bétove.
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1935 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaLA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the dance hall recognizes her picture, he attempts to blackmail her.
- Movie9.0Drama
- Movie8.0Comedy
Bébé nègre
1911 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaEsther
1910 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.