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 Villons heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home Whereupon he empties his own and Colins 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 Suns Rays are two of Chaneys earliest surviving films