Called away by a telegram, Ducornard leaves his wife alone in the house. She isn't alone for long since she is soon joined by her lover.
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France 21 August 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
23 May 1906
It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing.
06 March 1906
A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.
22 May 1906
Three young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away.
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
01 August 1906
Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink to seal the deal.
29 June 1906
A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by handcar.
02 June 1906
Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are called, and soon the boys are on the run, pursued by the police and others.
25 July 1906
A car crash blows a lady with a parasol onto a steeple. An inventor with an airship comes to the rescue.
01 August 1906
When New Zealand’s longest-serving prime minister, Richard John Seddon, suddenly took ill and died during his voyage home from a diplomatic trip to Australia, the country went into mourning.
01 January 1906
Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great speed and apparent ease kneeling and firing and rapidly changing into new positions.
08 November 1906
Adventures of a peasant who comes to town wearing a magnificent top hat, which an unfortunate gust of wind throws onto the riverbank, into a crane, amidst the cascades of a public fountain, atop a coal pile, etc.
21 December 1906
It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?
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