The Baroness de Courtebise presides over an association of mothers-in-law with grievances against their sons-in-law. Armed with her prerogatives, she forbids the marriage of her daughter-in-law to the mayor's nephew, especially as an inheritance is in doubt. The ladies kidnap, the men kidnap, the election campaign turns sour and the Baroness must capitulate. She takes revenge by falling into the mayor's arms.
Dec 1954
A marquis organizes a matrimonial contest with the aim of enriching three spinsters.
Mar 1952
A viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to inherit 60 million on condition that he marries a widow. The latter proposes to the former to do him the favor of marrying his mistress before committing suicide in order to fulfill the conditions of the will, while marrying the woman he likes. But once married, the viscount regains a taste for life. Everything will work out in everyone's best interests.
Jul 1953
A man is killed smuggling contraband through the Pyrenees Alps. He leaves behind a pregnant woman who must go on.
Jul 1942
The Marquise de Saint-Ange wants to marry her niece Nicole, but the young girl, put off by the chosen suitor, flees with her friend Jacques.
Nov 1952
In Paris in 1314, the knight Jean Buridan is in love with Mirtille but the young woman is already coveted by the king's brother.
Oct 1952
Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves her to escape from the police. Nevertheless, she gives birth to a baby who dies shortly afterwards. Distraught, she steals a parentless child from a maternity hospital. Arrested and tried, she is acquitted, only to find Fausto innocent.
Jan 1959
An aristocrat short of the readies, Gontran, is to marry a wealthy girl of common birth; but he has to get rid of his lover.
Dec 1953
