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The Oubliette (1914)

The Oubliette (1914)

Drama History
Release Date: 1914, August 14
Directors: Charles Giblyn
Countries: United States of America
Production: Bison Motion Pictures
Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie, Frank Lanning, Lon Chaney, Millard K. Wilson, Pauline Bush, Doc Crane

Overview:

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.