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Madame la Presidente (1916)
Mademoiselle Gobette, a pretty young actress, visits the offices of the Minister of Justice, Cyprienne Gaudet. Simultaneously, Madame Galipaux arrives to speak to the Minister on behalf of her husband. Gaudet mistakes Madame Galipaux for the new cleaning woman, and Mademoiselle Gobette for Madame Galipaux, leading to farcical complications when Monsieur Galipaux arrives.
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Mademoiselle Gobette, a pretty young actress, visits the offices of the Minister of Justice, Cyprienne Gaudet. Simultaneously, Madame Galipaux arrives to speak to the Minister on behalf of her husband. Gaudet mistakes Madame Galipaux for the new cleaning woman, and Mademoiselle Gobette for Madame Galipaux, leading to farcical complications when Monsieur Galipaux arrives.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Elliott J. Clawson
In Theaters:2/6/1916
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company, Paramount Pictures
Cast
Frank Lloyd
Director
Anna Held
Mademoiselle Gobette
Forrest Stanley
Cyprian Gaudet
Herbert Standing
Augustin Galipaux
Page Peters
Octave Rosimond
Lydia Yeamans Titus
Madame Galipaux
Helen Jerome Eddy
Denise Galipaux (as Helen Eddy)
Howard Davies
Marius
Richard L'Estrange
Lerous (as Dick La Strange)
Robert Newcombe
De Berton
Frank A. Bonn
Pinglet (as Frank Bonn)
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