Charles Prince

Marjolin, called for military duty, has cheated on his wife who found out and decided to get even by being a godmother to another soldier, a cook named Brichoux. Brichoux sells his place to Lambrisset who soon makes a pass at the woman. Marjolin's uncle, a colonel, arrives unexpectedly and congratulates his alleged nephew. But Mrs. Lambrisset, thinking that her husband did not get his leave, comes to Paris to visit her friend Mrs. Marjolin, and finds her husband there. The Colonel sweetens her temper.

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Rigadin aime la musique (1915) - directed by Georges Monca - Produced by Pathé Frères - Pathécolor The film was considered lost until an (incomplete) copy was discovered in Calais, France, in 2025.

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Rigadin and his rival use camera/projector systems to reach their objectives.

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'Le Champagne de Rigadin' tells the story of two neighbouring couples who love to play petanque. One day, one of the men pulls a prank on his neighbours by leaving an explosive filled with water in their garden. His son tries to play the same kind of tricks, resulting in a less cheerful ending.

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Rigadin (Charles Prince) is having raging fits of jealousy.

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Whiffles enters a beauty contest.

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Rigadin, though married, is having two affairs. Pretending he has important work to do, he goes out, planning to visit each of his two girlfriends in turn.

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Rigadin becomes a wine taster in two different scenarios, In both of these he spits wine at the people around him and eventually forgets not to swallow. He gets drunk and causes mayhem.

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Rigadin's girlfriend is a Bonapartist and wishes Rigadin was more Napoleonic. He dreams that he is Napoleon, inspecting and decorating his troops, before leading them in the Battle of the Pyramids.

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Charles Prince is anxious to meet with Andree Pascal, the pretty and charming woman who works at an office. He speaks with her on the phone, but she passes the call to plump Gabrielle Lange.

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Charles Prince, his gift of a posy spurned in favor of a rival's expensive ring, goes to enlist in the Balkan Wars. Sort of. That is, he goes to Pathe Freres and talks them into making a movie about him enlisting (and fighting) in the Balkans. That'll teach her!

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Charles Prince and Andree Pascal are in love, but her rich parents don't approve. However, Mlle Pascal's little brother certainly does, and goes into fits unless Prince is there.

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Rigadin and fiancee Andree Pascal are happily anticipating their nuptials when a baby is delivered to Prince. Mlle Pascal thinks the worst -- as comedy characters do, on the rare occasion they are called upon to think -- and walks out. This leave the broken-hearted Prince to deal with the infant.

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Worn down by the hectoring behaviour of his mother-in-law, Rigadin finally flips. He gives her a sound whipping, threatens her with a gun and finally sends her packing in an animal cage.

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Why will people try to be something they are not? Everybody does it. Whiffles does it. He wants to give his sweetheart the impression that he is a fine singer and as he has no voice he employs a capable tenor to supply the music from behind the screen while he makes the necessary facial expressions. In the midst of a song the voice ceases, but Whiffles goes on without it much to everybody's amusement.

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Whiffles, the awkwardly funny comedian, after reading an ad, offers his services to Pathe Freres as a moving picture actor. The illness of a leading man gives Whiffles an opportunity to show his ability. His experiences as a lover are highly diverting, as, in a situation of this kind. Whiffles is unequaled. A few days later, however, the husband of Whiffles' leading lady sees the picture in a theater. Being of a mean and jealous disposition he challenges to a duel. Whiffles accepts and although a loser, the manner of his defeat will win him many new admirers and delight his old friends.

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Rigadin Mange à Bon Compte is a French silent film directed by Georges Monca , released in 1912

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Rigadin acquires a love powder from a gypsy but it is not consumed by his intended target.

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Confusion and mirth ensue when a photographer takes a sneaky picture of Rigadin with his wife, a woman who happens to look very similar to someone else's wife.

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After visiting the first Cubist exposition in Paris, Rigadin is struck by his discovery: A egg is a rhombus, the earth a cube! Unfortunately, he is engaged to Miss Rondebosse, whose father is head of the Tradition...

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Charles Prince has grown wealthy, put on a fat suit and combed his hair to show he is balding. Meanwhile, his brother (also played by Prince) has failed to prosper, so he wears a flat cap. The wealthy one refuses to help his brother, so the poor one goes to a lake, writes a suicide note, and.... his brother comes along and reads the note. Now the wealthy one imagines his brother dead and sees his face everywhere, particularly on other people.

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Charles Prince and wife Amélie Diéterlé quarrel over everything, particularly where to put the vase of flowers, even when people insist on calling to interrupt their dinner.

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Charles Prince is an inept butler, so he is fired. He goes and gets a job at a restaurant, where he discovers his former employer in a tryst with a young woman who's clearly prepared to be no better than she is, and snatches a love letter from the boss to the girl. He uses this to reinsert himself into his former home, where he drinks the master's wine, smokes the master's cigars, and insults the master's cook.

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Charles Prince is starving in his attic when he gets a telegram. It's a chance to perform at a dinner party. When he arrives, however, the servants mistake him for the replacement cook; the usual has just walked out in a huff. So the bewildered singer is set cooking, with some unfortunate results.

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Rigadin masquerades as someone else and fools his wife.

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This hilarious scene recounts the misadventures of our friend Rigadin, who, due to fortuitous circumstances, has replaced his fiancée, Héloïse Roulan, in her role as rose-dresser. Unfortunately, at the moment of the coronation, the Mayor wants to kiss the lucky lady who must lift her veil and the whole village recognizes Rigadin. Shame and confusion for our unfortunate friend who escapes his critical situation by fleeing. Fortunately, the young fiancée has managed to escape from the prison where she had been locked up by suitors ousted at the price of virtue; she arrives in time to collect the bonus and the laurels and rehabilitate Rigadin.

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