After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school...

The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .

In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a...

Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned former family servant. He is himself imprisoned and...

Two gentlemen battle for the "prize". Things escalate quickly...

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little...