The Ten Commandments is a silent film that tells the story of Moses, a boy who was raised as a prince in Egypt but later discovered his true identity as a Hebrew. After witnessing the hardships faced by his people, Moses becomes a leader and sets out to free them from slavery. The film follows his journey as he confronts the Pharaoh and leads the Hebrews to the Promised Land, ultimately receiving the Ten Commandments from God.
Max and his young bride attempt to enjoy an Alpine honeymoon, despite the presence of her mother.
Sahande, a Tartar girl placed on the block to be sold, is bought by Costa, a Gypsy chief who outbids Sahande's fiancé, Sender. Costa marries the infuriated Sahande but agrees to give her 10 days in which either to return his love or have Sender fight him.
Max reads in a newspaper, that Gladys Maxence, a rich American woman, seeks a young sportsman for marriage...
This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated the Committee of Safety in the early days of the French Revolution. It's tragic but enthralling, and full of the atmosphere of those more than troublous times of the French Revolution, when blood was shed like water and men seemed turned to beasts.
After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return.
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.
In the Sahara, Algeria, the leader of the Tuaregs, Aftan, saves a girl from the hands of a caravan of pillars. Madeleine falls in love with her savior and their marriage is decided. But Aftan understands that he will never be assimilated with Europeans, and he goes back to find the beautiful poet Dassine whom he had loved before.
When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for his freedom.
A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.
Max has just been married, but is about to be divorced, because at his marriage party he disgraced himself. Of course, the matter is a secret, but Max was most horribly annoyed with a persistent flea that located itself in his nether garments. So, retiring to a quiet spot, he removed both the garments and the flea, but, unfortunately, he was discovered in his seclusion. In the divorce court Max wins his case, but just how is too good to tell in a story of this sort.
A mad sculptor, searching for the perfect realization of "the mask of horror", places himself in front of a mirror after smearing blood over himself with the glass of an oil lamp. He then swallows a virulent poison to observe the effects of pain.
When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.
Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamond company has been buying are fake, he travels to Europe to track down the counterfeiter. With him are his sister, Marguerite and her sweetheart, Paul Bernac, who is an agent in the French Secret Service.