Sinister Cinema
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- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsStéphane FeyFrançois VibertMarie LaforêtFanning, a young student, is taking a leisurely walk in the country; when he comes across an abandoned house owned by a little old man named Captain Diamond. He befriends the old man and learns that the house is haunted by the man's daughter, whose death he had caused. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsEarle FoxeDerelys PerdueGrace CunardIn the future year of 1940, a young man is rejected and humiliated by a girl and goes off to be a hermit in a redwood forest. By 1950, a dreadful plague of "Masculitis" has killed every male over the age of puberty but our hermit hero. He's become a national treasure, and millions of man-starved females crave him, yet he still wants the gal who wouldn't have him.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsBenita HumeHarold HuthPeter HannenAn inventor and his new bride go on their honeymoon, only to be pursued by criminals after his latest invention.
- DirectorHarry PielStarsHarry PielKurt VespermannAnnie MarkartAn inventor works on coming up with a radio-television device, but can't get it to work properly. A slick con artist sees a chance to fleece gullible people with this device and encourages the inventor to keep working at it. One day in the lab, a freak accident results in the machine being able to look through any object and project that object on a TV screen. Unfortunately, some crooks hear about it and determine to get their hands on it. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJacques DupontPierre SchoendoerfferStarsJean NégroniMokhiUrozRahim's older brother Mokhi refuses to take him to Kabul's big bouzkachi game. Rahim decides to go there on his own. Guided by the angel of death, Azrael, Rahim follows a difficult path to Kabul.
- DirectorReinhold SchünzelStarsWilly FritschPaul KempKäthe GoldLamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wive Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.