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Behind the Facade (1939)
, 1h25Directed by Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, Jacques Baumer, Gaby Morlay
M Mathieu, propriétaire d'un vaste immeuble parisien, est assassinée. Le commissaire du quartier et un enquêteur de la Sûreté sont dépêchés sur place. Ils parcourent escaliers et couloirs pour résoudre l'énigme. Leur rivalité bourrue leur permet de se compléter pour découvrir le coupable parmi une galerie de personnages, humbles ou riches, du meilleur pittoresque.
The Fatted Calf (1939)
, 1h25Directed by Serge de Poligny
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors François Périer, Elvire Popesco, Armand Bernard, André Lefaur, Gabrielle Fontan, Robert Le Vigan
Les Vachon, couple de pharmaciens de province sont sans nouvelles de Gaston, leur fils cadet. Ils finissent par apprendre qu'il vit avec une mystérieuse princesse. En réalité Gaston est devenu gigolo et se permet des prodigalités avec l'argent de sa maîtresse. Un télégramme de ses parents lui intime l’ordre de revenir s'expliquer. Craignant un décès, il s'y rend. Devant ses signes extérieurs de richesses tous ceux qui se faisaient fort de le critiquer le courtisent et lui demandent de l'argent, son père, le maire, le curé... La situation se complique avec l'arrivée inopinée de la princesse et l'agitation du receveur des postes qui crie à qui veut l'entendre que l'argent mène à la débauche... Suite à une réception qui tourne mal à cause des invectives du receveur des postes, la princesse perd connaissance, mais cela lui permet d'entendre ce qui se dit derrière son dos. Elle s'en va en plantant là son gigolo qui du jour au lendemain se retrouve sans ressources et va devoir travailler.
The Puritan (1938)
, 1h37Directed by Jeff Musso
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jean-Louis Barrault, Viviane Romance, Pierre Fresnay, Alexandre Rignault, Georges Flamant, Mady Berry
En apparence au nom du fanatisme catholique, un journaliste (Jean Louis Barrault) assassine une femme aux mœurs légères et tente de faire accuser l'amant de celle-ci ; en vérité, il s'agit d'un crime passionnel motivé par un sentiment de dépit. Pierre Fresnay joue le rôle de l'inspecteur de police qui patiemment mène l'enquête. Le meurtrier se fait subtiliser un document compromettant par un fonctionnaire de police après avoir erré dans les rues chaudes de la ville, il avoue son crime avant de sombrer dans un état de démence.
Street Without Joy (1938)
, 1h27Directed by André Hugon
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Albert Préjean, Dita Parlo, Marguerite Deval, Line Noro, Fréhel, Mila Parély
Jeanne de Romer ( Dita Parlo), fille ruinée, fait vivre quatre personnes : sa mère, un grand-père paralysé, un frère et une sœur, avec son modeste salaire. Son patron (Paul Pauley) étant arrêté pour escroquerie, elle est acculée à la misère. Dans la "rue sans joie" où elle demeure, Madame Geffier (Marguerite Deval), qui tient une louche maison de couture, l'attire chez elle et la fait s'endetter pour quelques robes. Puis elle veut la livrer à un riche marchand de bestiaux (Pierre Alcover). Un crime est commis dans un meublé de la "Geffier" au moment même où Jeanne fuit les brutalités du marchand de bestiaux. Un aventurier (Valery Inkijinoff), découvert comme étant le dernier amant de la victime, Léa Level (Mila Parely), est inculpé d'assassinat, puis la Geffier dénonce Jeanne de Romer comme complice. Le journaliste Albert Dumas (Albert Préjean), convaincu de l'innocence de Jeanne mène son enquête.
Yvette (1938)
, 1h38Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Käthe Dorsch, Ruth Hellberg, Albert Matterstock, Paul Bildt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Karl Fochler
Blanchette (1937)
, 1h29Directed by Pierre Caron
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Marie Bell, Jean Martinelli, Abel Tarride, Charles Granval, Jean Tissier, Édouard Delmont
Blanchette ne trouvant pas d'emploi, se prostitue à Paris. Elle retrouve alors l'homme qu'elle aime alors que son moral est au plus bas.
Camille (1937)
, 1h49Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, Fictional prostitutes
Actors Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Laura Hope Crews, Lenore Ulric
The film tells of Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo). She's born into a lower-class family, but in time becomes the well known Dame Camille living in high society in Paris.
Marked Woman (1937)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Mayo Methot, Rosemary Lane, Eduardo Ciannelli
Mary Dwight Stauber (Bette Davis), a nightclub hostess who works for the notorious gangster Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli) briefly meets and befriends a young man (Damian O'Flynn) who confides in her that he does not have the money to repay the gambling debt he has accrued during the night. He feels that it's a game, but Mary warns him that he is in real danger. She is shocked, but not surprised to learn soon after that he has been murdered, by Vanning's henchman Charlie Delaney (Ben Welden).
Yoshiwara (1937)
, 1h42Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Roland Toutain, Lucienne Le Marchand, André Gabriello, Camille Bert
Yoshiwara est le quartier réservé de Tokyo, où les geishas exercent leur métier. Afin de sauver leur patrimoine familial en danger, les parents de Kohana envoient celle-ci se prostituer. Là, elle fait la connaissance de plusieurs personnages, dont le lieutenant russe Serge Polenoff et le coolie Isamo. La rivalité amoureuse des deux hommes va finir en drame.
Gribouille (1937)
, 1h35Directed by Marc Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Raimu, Michèle Morgan, Julien Carette, Gilbert Gil, Nicolas Rimsky, Jean Worms
Camille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is accused of murder. Morestan doesn't want to believe she really killed her lover. He succeeds in convincing the other jury members she was innocent. After her acquittal he takes her into his house. While he tries to keep her identity a secret for his family her presence leads to a number of unfortunate incidents.
Devdas (1937)
Directed by P.C. Barua
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Phani Sarma, Zubeida
The childhood friendship of Devdas (Phani Sarma) (who is from a wealthy family) and Paro (Zubeida) (whose family is not as well off) blossoms into love as they grow up. Devdas' father does not approve of the relationship due to differences in their families' status in the village and of their castes. (Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste.)
Slaves in Bondage (1937)
, 1h10Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Gangster films
Actors Lona Andre, Donald Reed, Wheeler Oakman, Richard Cramer, Edward Peil Sr., Sam Lufkin
The story tells the tale of how naive country girls are lured to the big city with the promise of employment only to be abducted and forced to work as prostitutes in decadent, high-class brothels.
The Lower Depths (1937)
, 1h34Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors José Baviera
Drama regarding prostitution of low class women.
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
, 1h36Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Isuzu Yamada, Yōko Umemura, Eitarō Shindō
The story centers around two sisters (Umekichi and Omocha), who are geisha, living in an okiya of their own in the licensed pleasure district of Gion, Kyoto. The two women have very different outlooks on relationships with men. Umekichi, the elder sister, is the ideal geisha; she grew up going to dance and music lessons, wears kimono, and has a strong sense of giri, or loyalty, to her patron. Umekichi’s younger sister, Omocha, was educated in public schools and wears western clothing, except when she is working as a geisha. Unlike Umekichi, Omocha doesn’t trust men and believes that they will only use geisha and then abandon them without a care. Thus, she uses men to her own advantage. In doing so she is willing to manipulate and lie to her customers.
Devdas (1936)
, 2h19Directed by P.C. Barua
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Jamuna Barua, P.C. Barua, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, Rajkumari, Phani Sarma
Devdas (K. L. Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighboring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Hindi wife. Devdas as a result takes to drink. Chandramukhi (Rajkumari), a dancing girl or 'prostitute' he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears that Devdas is dead.