The Oubliette Poster

The Oubliette

35.00% | August 14, 1914 | Drama, History

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. This film and By the Sun's Rays are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.

Featured Crew

Charles Giblyn
Director
George Bronson Howard
Story
Harry G. Stafford
Writer
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Cast

Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie
François Villon
Pauline Bush
Pauline Bush
Philippa de Annonay
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
Doc Crane
Doc Crane
King Louis XI

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