Released Date:
1937-01-29
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
118 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(645 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingErnest Pascal (screen play)
Walter Ferris (screen play)
Curtis Kenyon (from a story by)
Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship with Lord Nelson provides the basis for Blake's part in the growth of Lloyd's insurance business following the Battle of Trafalgar. Only very slightly based on history.
Released Date:
1938-04-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
95 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1422 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingLamar Trotti (screen play)
Sonya Levien (screen play)
Niven Busch (based on a story by)
Story of the great fire of 1871. Fictional story of two sons of Mrs. O'Leary (the owner of the cow which started the fire), one a rogue (Power) the other a lawyer (Ameche). One of the most expensive films of its time ($1.8 million).
Released Date:
1938-08-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1303 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingKathryn Scola (screen play)
Lamar Trotti (screen play)
Richard Sherman (adaptation)
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with his singer Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend Charlie. Roger comes home after the war and an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
Released Date:
1938-08-26
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
149 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1988 Reviews)
Claudine West (screen play)
Donald Ogden Stewart (screen play)
Ernest Vajda (screen play)
Stefan Zweig (based in part on the book by)
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. At first, she's a Hapsburg teenager isolated in France, living a virgin's life in the household of the Dauphin, a shy solitary man who would like to be a locksmith. Marie discovers high society, with the help of Orleans and her brothers-in-law. Her foolishness is at its height when she meets a Swedish count, Axel de Fersen. He helps her see her fecklessness. In the second half of the film, she avoids an annulment, becomes queen, bears children, and is a responsible ruler. The affair of the necklace and the general poverty of France feed revolution. She faces death with dignity.
Released Date:
1939-09-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
103 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(1112 Reviews)
Director:
Clarence BrownPhilip Dunne (screen play)
Julien Josephson (screen play)
Louis Bromfield (novel)
The adventurous Lady Edwina Esketh travels to the princely state of Ranchipur in India with her husband, Lord Albert Esketh, who is there to purchase some of the Maharajah's horses. She's surprised to meet an old friend, Tom Ransome who came to Ranchipur seven years before to paint the Maharajah's portrait and just stayed on. Ransome has developed something of a reputation - for womanizing and drinking too much - but that's OK with Edwina who is bored and looking for fun. She soon meets the local doctor, the hard working and serious Major Rama Safti. He doesn't immediately respond to her advances but when the seasonal rains come, disaster strikes when a dam fails, flooding much of the countryside. Disease soon sets in and everyone, including Ransome and Edwina, work at a non-stop pace to save as many as possible. Safti deeply admires Edwina's sacrifice but fate intervenes.
Released Date:
1940-11-08
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
94 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (7260 Reviews)
Director:
Rouben MamoulianJohn Taintor Foote (screenplay)
Garrett Fort (adaptation)
Bess Meredyth (adaptation)
Johnston McCulley (story)
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
Released Date:
1941-05-30
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(1417 Reviews)
Director:
Rouben MamoulianVicente Blasco Ibèèez (based on the novel by)
Jo Swerling (screenplay)
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
Released Date:
1942-12-04
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
87 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(2779 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingBen Hecht (screenplay)
Seton I. Miller (screenplay)
Seton I. Miller (adaptation)
Rafael Sabatini (novel)
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Carribean of Buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
Released Date:
1942-05-12
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (625 Reviews)
Director:
Anatole LitvakEric Knight (novel)
R.C. Sherriff (screenplay)
Aristocratic Prudence Cathaway shocks her family by enlisting in the WAFs. After enlisting, a fellow WAF sets her up on a blind date with handsome, but moody Clive Briggs. Prudence learns Clive is a deserter, but still loves him and senses he'll eventually prove himself a patriot.
Released Date:
1946-12-01
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
145 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (3608 Reviews)
Director:
Edmund GouldingLamar Trotti (screen play)
W. Somerset Maugham (from the novel by)
Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs and an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who tries in vain to reignite Larry's interest in herself.
Released Date:
1949-12-23
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(912 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingMilton Krims (screenplay)
Samuel Shellabarger (novel)
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister (widowed by poison) to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea Orsini, his sister's lover and nearly as unscrupulous as himself. En route, Orsini meets Camilla Verano, wife of the count of Citta' del Monte (Borgia's next intended conquest); and sentiment threatens to turn him against his deadly master, whom no one betrays twice...
Released Date:
1950-09-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1128 Reviews)
Director:
Henry HathawayTalbot Jennings (screenplay)
Thomas B. Costain (novel)
In the time of the crusades, a Saxon youth is forced to run away from England. He goes with his loyal retainer who brings along a British long bow. The two go all the way to China where they become involved in intrigues in the court of Kubla Kahn.
Released Date:
1951-03-25
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
89 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1313 Reviews)
Director:
Henry HathawayVinnie Holt, a single woman traveling with her toddler niece, becomes stranded at Rawhide, a desert stagecoach stop managed by stationmaster Sam Todd and his assistant Tom Owens. Owens is quickly impressed by Vinnie's independent self-confidence. Jim Zimmerman, a fugitive murderer from Huntsville Prison disguised as a deputy, and three other ruthless escapees take over the station, intent on robbing the next day's gold shipment. After murdering Sam, Zimmerman knows they must keep Tom alive in order to complete their plans. Owens does not correct Zimmmerman's assumption that Vin is his wife, correctly sensing that the misconception might be the key to her survival also.
Released Date:
1955-02-09
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
138 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (1709 Reviews)
Director:
John FordEdward Hope (screenplay)
Marty Maher (based upon "Bringing Up the Brass" by)
Nardi Reeder Campion (based upon "Bringing Up the Brass" by)
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
Released Date:
1956-06-21
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
123 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
(1141 Reviews)
Director:
George SidneySamuel A. Taylor (screenplay)
Leo Katcher (story)
In the late 20's, the talkative newly graduated in pharmacy and aspirant piano player Eddy Duchin comes from Boston to New York expecting to play with the orchestra of Leo Reisman at fancy New York's Central Park Casino. However he had misunderstood the invitation of the maestro and while leaving the place, he meets the wealthy socialite Marjorie Oelrichs that asks Leo Reisman to give a chance to Eddy. He plays in the intermission and becomes a successful piano showman. Two years later, Marjorie and Eddy get married and in the Christmas, Marjorie has a baby, Peter, but she dies after the delivery. Eddy rejects Peter blaming him for the death of Marjorie and only five years later he meets his son. With the World War II, Eddy Duchin breaks up his band and enlists to fight in the war. With the end of the war, Eddy returns to New York with the intention of getting closer to Peter but he sees the boy connected to his friend Chiquita. When Eddy discovers that he has a terminal disease, he proposes Chiquita and they get married.
Released Date:
1957-08-10
Languages:
English
Countries:
Ireland, USA
Runtime:
81 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (496 Reviews)
Director:
John FordFrank O'Connor (story)
Michael J. McHugh (story)
Lady Augusta Gregory (story)
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.
Released Date:
1958-02-06
Languages:
English, German
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
8.4 (54296 Reviews)
Director:
Billy WilderAgatha Christie (in Agatha Christie's international stage success)
Billy Wilder (screen play)
Harry Kurnitz (screen play)
Lawrence B. Marcus (adaptation)
It's Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless, takes on a murder case, much to the exasperation of his medical team, led by his overly regulated private nurse, Miss Plimsoll, who tries her hardest to ensure that he not return to his hard living ways - including excessive cigar smoking and drinking - while he takes his medication and gets his much needed rest. That case is defending American war veteran Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who is accused of murdering his fifty-six year old lonely and wealthy widowed acquaintance, Emily French. The initial evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer. Despite being happily married to East German former beer hall performer Christine Vole, he fostered that friendship with Mrs. French in the hopes that she would finance one of his many inventions to the tune of a few hundred pounds. It thus does not help his case when it is learned that Mrs. French changed her will prior to her murder with Leonard being the primary beneficiary of a è80,000 estate. Leonard states that he knew nothing about the will. Christine is apparently the only alibi Leonard has to his whereabouts at the time of the murder. The usual methods Sir Wilfrid uses to test his clients' guilt or innocence leads to him believing that Leonard is indeed innocent. As the trial progresses, the prosecution calls a surprise witness, one that could place a nail in the coffin of Sir Wilfrid's planned line of defense. As Sir Wilfrid gets deeper and deeper into the case, something doesn't quite sit right with him, although he doesn't know what it is. The primary questions become how far Sir Wilfrid will go to obtain evidence to acquit Leonard, and if he will ever discover why he feels that there is something odd about the case.
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