Is He Dead?
A group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, fake a friend’s death to raise the value of his paintings, setting off a farce of cross-dressing, a sham funeral and lovers’ deceptions that satirizes the art market.
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A group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, fake a friend’s death to raise the value of his paintings, setting off a farce of cross-dressing, a sham funeral and lovers’ deceptions that satirizes the art market.
Impoverished painter Jean-François Millet and his artist friends stage his death to raise the value of his paintings. Millet disguises himself as the Widow Daisy Tillou, generating romantic and financial complications until his friends' scheme is exposed and he returns to claim his life and love.
During the California Gold Rush, Smiley boasts that his frog, Dan’l Webster, can beat any frog in Calaveras County and wagers $40. The Stranger pretends to find a competitor, but secretly feeds buckshot to his frog. Dan’l cannot jump, so the Stranger wins. When Smiley discovers the trick, the townspeople catch the Stranger, take back the money and drive him from town.
A group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, fake a friend’s death to raise the value of his paintings, setting off a farce of cross-dressing, a sham funeral and lovers’ deceptions that satirizes the art market.
Impoverished painter Jean-François Millet and his artist friends stage his death to raise the value of his paintings. Millet disguises himself as the Widow Daisy Tillou, generating romantic and financial complications until his friends' scheme is exposed and he returns to claim his life and love.
During the California Gold Rush, Smiley boasts that his frog, Dan’l Webster, can beat any frog in Calaveras County and wagers $40. The Stranger pretends to find a competitor, but secretly feeds buckshot to his frog. Dan’l cannot jump, so the Stranger wins. When Smiley discovers the trick, the townspeople catch the Stranger, take back the money and drive him from town.