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La Chienne (1931)
, 1h31Directed by Jean Renoir, Pierre Prévert, Claude Heymann, Pierre Schwab
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Michel Simon, Georges Flamant, Viviane Romance, Magdeleine Bérubet, Roger Gaillard, Jean Gehret
Maurice (Michel Simon) is a married cashier who meets Lulu (Janie Marèze), a streetwalker. Their chance meeting results in Maurice falling in love with Lulu. She, however, is in love with her boyfriend-pimp, Dédé (Georges Flamant). Together, Dédé and Lulu plot ways to get Maurice to give cash to Lulu, mostly at the urging of Dédé.
Safe in Hell (1931)
, 1h13Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, Ivan F. Simpson, John Wray
Gilda Karlson (Dorothy Mackaill) is a New Orleans prostitute. She is accused of murdering Piet Van Saal (Ralf Harolde), the man responsible for ending her life as a secretary and leading her into prostitution. Her old boyfriend, sailor Carl Erickson (Donald Cook), smuggles her to safety on Tortuga, an island in the Caribbean from which she cannot be extradited. On the island, Gilda and Carl get "married" without a clergyman to officiate, and she swears to be faithful to him. After Carl leaves on his ship, Gilda finds herself to be the only white woman in a hotel full of international criminals, all of whom try to seduce her. Especially persistent is Bruno (Morgan Wallace), the island's executioner, who steals the money that Carl sends her, with the hope that she will think that Carl has abandoned her.
Faubourg Montmartre (1931)
, 1h55Directed by Raymond Bernard
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Gaby Morlay, Line Noro, Charles Vanel, Pierre Bertin, Pauline Carton, Florelle
Faubourg Montmartre retrace l'histoire dramatique de deux sœurs. L'une d'entre elles cherche à entraîner l'autre dans une vie de luxure. Alors qu'une perd son travail, l'autre sombre dans la prostitution et la drogue. Toutefois l'amour propose toujours une deuxième chance....
Anna Christie (1930)
, 1h29Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, Lee Phelps, Jack Baxley
Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo), telling him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris left Anna to be raised by relatives on a St. Paul farm 15 years before, and hasn't seen her since.
Anna Christie (1930)
, 1h25Directed by Jacques Feyder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Salka Viertel, Herman Bing, Leo White
Chris Christofferson (Hans Junkermann), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo). She tells him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris had left Anna 15 years ago to be raised by relatives who live on a farm in the countryside of St. Paul. Chris has never visited his daughter in St. Paul and consequently has not seen her for the past 15 years.
Never Trust a Woman (1930)
, 1h30Directed by Max Reichmann
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors Paul Hörbiger, Richard Tauber, Werner Fuetterer, Maria Matray, Gustaf Gründgens
Pandora's Box (1929)
, 1h40Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer, Alice Roberts, Carl Goetz, Fritz Kortner, Daisy D'ora
Lulu (Louise Brooks) is the mistress of a respected, middle-aged newspaper publisher, Dr. Ludwig Schön (Fritz Kortner). One day, she is delighted when an old man, her "first patron," Schigolch (Carl Goetz), shows up at the door to her apartment. However, when Schön also arrives, she has Schigolch hide on the terrace. Schön breaks the news to Lulu that he is going to marry Charlotte von Zarnikow (Daisy D'ora), the daughter of the Minister of the Interior. Lulu tries to get him to change his mind, but when he discovers the disreputable-looking Schigolch, he leaves. Schigolch introduces Lulu to Rodrigo Quast (Krafft-Raschig), who wants her to join his new trapeze act.
Melody of the Heart (1929)
, 1h28Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors Dita Parlo, Willy Fritsch, Gerő Mály, Paul Henckels, Ilka Grüning
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Arnold Korff, Andrews Engelmann
Thymian Henning (Louise Brooks), the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning (Josef Rovenský), is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth (Sybille Schmitz), leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation. It turns out that her father got Elisabeth pregnant. Elisabeth's body is brought to the pharmacy later that day, an apparent suicide by drowning, upsetting Thymian.
Sadie Thompson (1928)
, 1h37Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Charles Lane, Gloria Swanson, James A. Marcus
A smoking, drinking, jazz listening, young prostitute named Sadie Thompson (Gloria Swanson) arrives at the island of Tutuila (now part of American Samoa), claiming she is waiting for employment upon a ship. At the same time, 'moralists' arrive, including Mr. and Mrs. Davidson (Lionel Barrymore and Blanche Friderici). They all end up staying in the same hotel, where the Davidsons plot to teach the natives about sin and Sadie entertains a bunch of Marines.
The Woman Disputed (1928)
, 1h27Directed by Henry King, Sam Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, Arnold Kent, Arnold Kent, Boris de Fast, Michael Vavitch
Paul Hartman, un officier autrichien, et son ami Nika Turgenov, un fier lieutenant russe, en permission à Lemberg, cherchent ensemble à aider Mary Ann Wagner, une prostituée avec un cœur noble. La guerre est déclarée entre la Russie et l'Autriche, et les deux hommes reçoivent l'ordre de rejoindre leur régiment respectif. Mary promet à Paul de l'épouser, et Nika jure qu'il se vengera. Plus tard, une unité de l'armée russe commandée par Nika occupe Lemberg, et Mary doit se soumettre aux étreintes de Nika afin d'obtenir la libération d'un espion. Le lendemain, l'armée autrichienne, grâce aux informations fournies par l'espion, reprend la ville. Paul apprend le sacrifice de Mary et refuse d'abord de lui pardonner. Mais quand 10 000 hommes se mettent à genoux devant elle pour la remercier, Paul les rejoint.
Devdas (1928)
, 2hOrigin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Le film est très probablement perdu mais l'historien de cinéma B.D. Garga rapporte qu'il a été noté à l'époque pour son strict respect de la nouvelle de Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. Elle commence comme suit :
The Docks of New York (1928)
, 1h16Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Betty Compson, George Bancroft, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Mitchell Lewis, Gustav von Seyffertitz
The story involves an incredibly strong ship stoker named Bill (Bancroft) and the beautiful prostitute Mae (Compson), whom he saves from drowning during his one night of shore leave. She was attempting suicide as she had no money, almost no clothes and felt remorse about her life up to then. He steals some clothes for her and invites her out for a "good night". They go to a bustling wharf pub and that evening they spontaneously get married by a minister invited to the pub.
Downhill (1927)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans, Ian Hunter, Violet Farebrother, Norman McKinnel, Ben Webster
At an expensive English boarding school for boys, Roddy Berwick (Ivor Novello) is School Captain and star rugby player. He and his best friend Tim (Robin Irvine) start seeing a waitress Mabel (Annette Benson). Out of pique, she tells the headmaster that she is pregnant and that Roddy is the father. In fact it was Tim, who cannot afford to be expelled because he needs to win a scholarship to attend Oxford University. Promising Tim that he will never reveal the truth, Roddy accepts expulsion.
White Slave Traffic (1927)
Directed by Jaap Speyer
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Alberti, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Wera Engels, Trude Hesterberg, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Quand une femme travaillant dans un nightclub de Berlin s'en va à Budapest pour un autre emploi qu'on lui a trouvé, elle se fait kidnapper par des trafiquants d'esclaves sexuelles.