Gaston Modot Movies

An early Gaumont short

A young officer of Napoleon's armies returns to Corsica where his sister is waiting for him to avenge the death of their father.

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.

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...

Against a painted backdrop of palm trees, Clément Mégé accepts an Arab's offer of three Black wives out of a tent. He takes them...

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

Joe is about to be hung for his crimes but he's going to reveal the whole truth first.

A magic wand falls into Calino's hands, and he turns everything he touches into running water, until he falls victim to his own witchcraft. The...

Crainquebille, merchant of four seasons, is sentenced to fifteen days in prison for having insulted a police officer. When he leaves, his clientele...

The escape of a man under Spanish inquisition rule.

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

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

French parody western.

Julius wants to marry Nelly, but her uncle forbids that. An attempt to court her failed, but the second attempt with the help of an aircraft might...

There is one joke in this slapstick from Jean Durand's comedy unit at Gaumont: Calino wants to win a boxing match, and decides that he needs to...

Ernest Bourbon -- that's Onesime -- has decided to learn to box, for some reason, and also fight an American fighter who's touring France.

Onésime becomes enamoured of a girl and sends a messenger to her on a motorcycle.

Flipotte, driven out of his band of burglars, takes the name, personality, house and checkbook of Monsieur Pardigon. When the real Pardigon returns,...