Gaston Modot Movies

An early Gaumont short.

For sentimental reasons, Monsieur Imberger, a fifty-year-old, disappears. Everyone thinks he was murdered but repeatedly he reappears. Inspector...

A couple buy what is advertised as a Rembrandt painting, but a wild slapstick chase ensues after a woman sits on it.

But when he refuses to tip the assistants at the fancier's sales room they lay a scheme for revenge, which takes the form of a practical joke and...

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,...

Looking after his aunt and uncle's house when they're away, animal lover Onésime turns it into a hospital for sick animals.

Onésime came down and threw himself on stage, starting into the great aria at which he excelled. We must say, in respect for the truth, that...

Ernest Bourbon discovers that a shower of gold coins fall from his donkey's hindquarters -- I've phrased that as politely as I can. Now rich, he...

Rugby players play the game throughout the city streets.

French parody western.

His double behaves very badly, while the real Onésime suffers the consequences.

Difficulties ensue when Calino and Onésime get married on the same day, in the same registry office.

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

Ernest Bourbon gets a bust delivered. Eduoard Grissolet visits him and rhapsodizes over it. Then Bourbon is taken to the loony bin, where they...

While accompanying his lady to a fashionable casino, Onésime hears someone playing an overpowering waltz on a mandolin, and he starts dancing...

When Onésime gets declared dead by drowning, the supposed-widow consults a private detective specialized in missing persons.