L'article 47 (1913) Online

L'article 47 (1913) Online

George Duhamel, a young Frenchman, visits New Orleans and there meets Cora, a Creole, with whom he falls in love. He takes her with him when he returns to Paris, and in spite of the efforts of his mother and friends, refuses to give her up. Cora becomes interested in Mazilier, a wealthy young man, and Duhamel becomes jealous. Cora fans the flame by threatening to leave him, and in a jealous quarrel a pistol is discharged and Cora is wounded in the shoulder. She prefers a charge of attempted murder against Duhamel. He is tried, convicted and sentenced to the galley for five years. At the end of five years, Duhamel has served his sentence and been released, but, in defiance of Article 47 of the Code, which forbids ex-convicts to reside in Paris, resides in that city with his mother under the name of Gerard. He falls in love with and marries Marcelle, a young girl, and they are ideally happy, until he accidentally meets with Cora, who is conducting a gambling house in Paris. Cora ...