The Oubliette

The Oubliette (1914)

DramaHistory

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.

Director: Charles Giblyn

Casts

	Murdock MacQuarrie as François Villon
	Pauline Bush as Philippa de Annonay
	Lon Chaney as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
	Doc Crane as King Louis XI
	Chester Withey as Colin
	Millard K. Wilson as Philip de Soisson
	Frank Lanning as Oliver Le Dain

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