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1971
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French leading lady Annabella, better known in the U.S. for her marriage to Tyrone Power than her considerable acting...
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Fanny
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1949
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Hlne
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1948
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1947
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This film is not only a revealing glimpse into the workings of the O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services) during WW II, but it...
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Suzanne de Bouchard
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1946
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A timely film when first released in 1943, Tonight We Raid Calais survives as an entertaining adventure some fifty years...
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Odette Bonnard
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1943
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An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe....
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Alec
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1943
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Veteran German director William Thiele managed to add a continental flavor to the MGM assembly-line romance Bridal Suite....
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Luise Anzengruber
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1939
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This is an epic Darryl F. Zanuck production that plays fast and loose with historical facts regarding early 19th century...
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Toni
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1938
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The Baroness, daughter of the Hungarian prime minister, is played by Annabella. The Butler, last of a long line of family...
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Baroness Katrina
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1938
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In this French war drama, a battleship captain tries to keep an enemy cruiser from sinking his vessel; he then must defend...
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Jeanne de Corlaix
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1938
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Hotel du Nord was the second in Marcel Carne's trio of "fatalistic romantic melodramas", bracketed on either side by...
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Renee
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1938
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The Citadel of Silence is set in Poland in the years just before WWI. Involved in an abortive insurrection against the...
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Viana Wolonska
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1937
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Filmed in Paris and along the French Riviera, Dinner at the Ritz afforded David Niven the chance to play his first starring...
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Ranie Racine
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1937
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This romantic comedy, set amidst the exciting world of horseracing is Britain's first Technicolor film. The story, set in the...
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Marie, Maria
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1937
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In this French drama, a daring young woman falls in love with a strange inventor. She is quite the adventuress and has five...
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Anne-Marie
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1936
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Before the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of the film takes place aboard a...
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Jeanne de Corlaix
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1936
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Famed Swedish director Victor Sjostrom was coaxed out of retirement to direct his final film, Under the Red Robe, a...
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Lady Marguerite
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1936
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Filmmaker Anatole Litvak was still one year away from his "breakthrough" picture Mayerling when he co-wrote and directed...
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Madame Maury
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1935
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Varietes started out as a remake of E. A. DuPont's silent German classic Variety. Unfortunately, DuPont himself made his own...
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1935
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Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion...
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Aischa la Sloaui
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1935
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Charles Boyer played his first major Hollywood role (and gets to sing in the bargain!) in the oddball musical romance...
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1934
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Natasha
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1934
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1933
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1933
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1933
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1933
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1933
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Though the story is tragic, the inner message of this drama is inspirational as it chronicles the travails of an...
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Mari
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1932
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Quatorze Juliet translates to "July 14th"--and if you know your French history, you'll know that July 14th is Bastille Day....
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Anna
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1932
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Un Fils D'Amerique (A Son from America) was derived from the stage play by Pierre Veber and Marcel Gerbidon. A pair of...
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Dorette
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1932
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1932
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Un Soir de Rafle (Dragnet Night) details the rise and fall of headstrong prizefighter Georget (Albert Prejean). Upon winning...
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Mariette
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1931
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1931
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1931
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Solange Pascaud
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1931
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Béatrice
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1931
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1930
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1930
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This French production was released in English-speaking communities as Song to an Unknown Woman. A young man rescues a...
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1930
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1928
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Maldone was one of the first feature-length efforts of French filmmaker Jean Gremillon. The title character is a footloose...
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1928
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The chef d'ouevre of legendary French filmmaker Abel Gance, the 235-minute Napoleon was supposed to have been the first...
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Violine Fleuri
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1927
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