The Oubliette (1914)

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.

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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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Charles Giblyn
Director

Harry G. Stafford
Writer

George Bronson Howard
Story

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