The best Pauline Carton’s drama movies

Pauline Carton

Pauline Carton

04/07/1884- 17/06/1974
Today we present the best Pauline Carton’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Pauline Carton’s movies.

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.8/10
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.

Napoleon

Napoleon
6/10
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

The Story of a Cheat

The Story of a Cheat
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/10/1936
  • Character: Madame Moriot
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. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...

If Paris Were Told to Us

If Paris Were Told to Us
6.3/10
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.

Monsieur Taxi

Monsieur Taxi
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 03/09/1952
  • Character: la tante de Lily

Ces messieurs de la santé

Ces messieurs de la santé
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/03/1934
  • Character: Madame Genissier

The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/02/1926
  • Character: Tante Scholastique
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.

There's No Tomorrow

There's No Tomorrow
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/03/1940
  • Character: La bonne Ernestine
The story of a once-respectable woman who re-encounters her first love, now a successful doctor. Reduced to nude-dancing in a sleazy dive, with a son to support, Evelyne (Edwige Feuillère) borrows money at an outrageous interest rate in order to create a facade of respectability--and, it goes without saying, Georges falls in love with her all over again. But how can Evelyne maintain her bourgeois value and save son and "father" from the consequences of her fall?

La vie d'un honnête homme

La vie d'un honnête homme
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/02/1953
  • Character: la patronne de l'hôtel
La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.

Black and White

Black and White
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/05/1931
  • Character: Mary, la bonne
A one-night stand with an entertainer threatens to destroy a woman's marriage after she gives birth to a black child.

Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre

Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/02/1935
  • Character: Mlle Aubry
Maxime de Champcey, a bankrupt marquis, is hired by the wealthy Laroque and falls for his daughter Marguerite. She loves him too but rejects him under the belief he's a fortune hunter.

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
6.6/10
The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Conflit

Conflit
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/12/1938
  • Character: Pauline
Claire Buisson becomes enamored with Gerard and soon afterwords she becomes pregnant. Gerard advises her to abort the child but, at the last moment, Claire decides to keep her child and leaves for her sister's place in the province.

La prière aux étoiles

La prière aux étoiles
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1941
  • Character: Fernande Richaud
Pierre and Florence meet at the fair in Paris. They vow eternal love and go to Cassis, under the Southern sun. But Florence has a burdensome past: before meeting Pierre she was a kept woman. Her chivalrous lover, Dominique, chooses to set her free. But Pierre is an uncompromising man and, furious with Florence, threatens to leave her...

Murderers and Thieves

Murderers and Thieves
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/10/1956
  • Character: la refoulée "violeuse"
A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.

The Girl with the Whip

The Girl with the Whip
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/09/1952
  • Character: La bonne
The daughter of a notorious smuggler is raised as a boy by her foster mother.

The Private Life of an Actor

The Private Life of an Actor
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/02/1948
  • Character: Elise Bellanger, l'habilleuse

Paix sur le Rhin

Paix sur le Rhin
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/11/1938
  • Character: Anna, la vieille servante

Le mot de Cambronne

Le mot de Cambronne
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/03/1937
  • Character: la préfète

L'Abbé Constantin

L'Abbé Constantin
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/10/1933
  • Character: Pauline

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