Film

The Oubliette

1914 · 29m · Drama · History

IMDb

4.9

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.

Murdock MacQuarrie

François Villon

Pauline Bush

Philippa de Annonay

Lon Chaney

Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne

Doc Crane

King Louis XI

Chester Withey

Colin

Millard K. Wilson

Philip de Soisson

Frank Lanning

Oliver Le Dain

• Charles GiblynDirector
• Harry G. StaffordWriter
• George Bronson HowardStory

Release date

August 14, 1914

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

29m

Genres

Drama, History