The first Disney animated feature to make extensive use of computer technology, The Great Mouse Detective was based on the...
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1986
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One of the most memorable characters in the history of literature is that of Sherlock Holmes. The sleuth made famous by the...
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1986
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This 17th-century British costume drama is taken from the life of the first Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill. Originally...
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1967
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Horror, comedy, and country corn combine when country singers Woody Weathrby and Boots Malone get caught in a big storm en...
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Gregor
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1967
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The Spanish/Mexican Autopsy of a Ghost might have escaped our notice altogether had not a company called Sinister Cinema made...
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Canuto Perez
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1967
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Shot on a miniscule $50,000 budget, and including footage from a 1959 Russian film that was later purchased by Roger Corman,...
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Dr. Farraday
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1966
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American-International's Beach Party series came to an abrupt end with Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Because of such...
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Reginald Ripper
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1966
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Astronauts fly to Venus and find the planet filled with dangers gleaned from the epic Russian sci-fi film Planeta Bur (1963)....
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Prof. Hoffman
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1965
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On the verge of bankruptcy, undertaker Vincent Price hits upon a novel method of drumming up business. Together with his...
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John F. Black
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1964
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This Italian drama tells the story of Christ's crucifixion from the viewpoint of the Roman emperor's procurator in Israel who...
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1962
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Carmichael
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1962
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In this fun-filled adventure-fantasy, a rookie knight embarks upon a valiant quest to save a princess who has been captured...
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Lodac
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1962
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This undistinguished, anti-communist documentary was the only film ever directed by William Faralla and was meant to take...
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Narrator
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1962
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1962
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This biopic chronicles the reign of England's Queen Victoria from her ascension to the throne in 1837 to her Diamond...
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1961
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1961
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Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city...
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Norman Cass, Sr.
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1958
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Adapted by Sally Benson (Meet Me in St. Louis) from the novel by Mary Mapes Dodge, this dazzling musical version of Hans...
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Dr. Boekman
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1958
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Danny Kaye spoofs medieval swashbucklers in this classic musical comedy. While the infant King of England awaits his rightful...
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Sir Ravenhurst
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1956
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Given its cast and director, it is disheartening that The Black Sleep isn't any better than it is. Basil Rathbone heads the...
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Sir Joel Cadman
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1956
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Samuel and Bella Spewack's English adaptation of French playwright Albert Husson's morbidly humorous stage piece...
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Andre Trochard
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1955
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Lucio
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1954
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Produced as an installment of television's Shower of Stars, Maxwell Anderson's adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic...
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Marley's Ghost
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1954
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Wind in the Willows was originally released as the second half of the 1949 Disney animated feature Ichabod and Mr. Toad....
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1949
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Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a two-part Walt Disney cartoon feature based on a pair of well known stories. The first half of the...
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Narrator ("The Wind in the Willows")
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1949
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Based on the prolific Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, Sherlock Holmes is on the job again. This time the inmate of a...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1946
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Prof. Aristide
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1946
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1946
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The penultimate entry in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series, Terror by Night takes place almost exclusively on a speeding...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1946
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Taking place almost exclusively on a transatlantic ocean liner, this easygoing Sherlock Holmes entry finds Holmes...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1945
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Sherlock Holmes
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1945
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Sherlock Holmes
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1945
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Lord Rockingham
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1944
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Though it is not based on any Conan Doyle story, The Scarlet Claw is regarded by Baker Street aficionados as the best of...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1944
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Sherlock Holmes
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1944
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If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such...
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George Adams
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1944
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Someone in London has driven several prominent men to madness and suicide. Normally, Scotland Yard would call in Sherlock...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1944
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Sherlock Holmes
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1943
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One of the silliest and most unbelievable of the Universal Sherlock Holmes series, Sherlock Holmes in Washington is also...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1943
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If you believe all-American Fred MacMurray as an Oxford don, you'll probably swallow the rest of Above Suspicion. Newly...
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Sig von Aschenhausen
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1943
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There are those who consider Sherlock Holmes Faces Death to be the best of Universal's Holmes series, though others hold out...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1943
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From the first frame of its opening credits, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror promises (and subsequently delivers)...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1942
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Sherlock Holmes
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1942
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A fun though abortive bid to pair crime-solving duo Lew Ayres and Laraine Day for a series of thrillers, this murder mystery...
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Dr. H. Santelle
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1942
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An innocent man is put on trial, but is he really as innocent as he claims? Diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his...
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Henri Sarrow
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1942
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Hungarian actress Ilona Massey stars as an operative for the Axis in this slightly tongue-in-cheek wartime melodrama. She...
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Reggie Oliver
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1941
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Made just before America's entry into World War II, Paris Calling is one of the earliest French Underground adventures. When...
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Benoit
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1941
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1941's The Black Cat is neither a remake of the 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name, nor does it bear the slightest...
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Hartley
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1941
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Basil Rathbone is the batty physician of the title, a sophisticated gentleman who woos and weds several of his wealthy women...
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Dr. George Sebastien
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1941
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Oliver Courtney
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1940
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This is perhaps the best of the many Zorro films as Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing...
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Captain Estaban Pasquale
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1940
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Paul Reynard
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1939
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Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
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1939
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Though it takes a few liberties with the Arthur Conan Doyle original -- not the least of which is turning Sherlock Holmes...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1939
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Basil Rathbone's real-life son, John Rodion, has his head chopped off early on in this historical melodrama often mistakenly...
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Richard III
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1939
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Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce make their second screen appearances as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in The Adventures of...
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Sherlock Holmes
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1939
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In this patriotic British adventure, two courageous brothers try to keep war from erupting in Africa and stop a...
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Clive Randolph
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1939
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This 1938 remake of Howard Hawks' 1930 film The Dawn Patrol is faithful to the original's basic plotline. The story is set...
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Major Brand
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1938
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Sir Guy of Gisbourne
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1938
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If I Were King is a delightful costume adventure tale set in 14th century France, during the reign of Louis XI, and inspired...
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Louis XI
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1938
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Gary Cooper stars in this lavish and often comic retelling of the life of the famed Italian explorer. Marco Polo (Cooper)...
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Ahmed
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1938
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Canary-voiced boy wonder Bobby Breen once more croons his way into our hearts in Make a Wish. While vacationing at a boys'...
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Selden
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1937
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Two members of the Russian monarchy pose as French servants while hiding the Czar's fortune. This unlikely plot is at the...
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Gorotchenko
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1937
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German director Joe May brought a decidedly Teutonic ambience to his American film Confession--no surprise, since the film...
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Michael Michailow
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1937
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Gerald Lovell
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1937
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In this drama, a vicious valet plans to kill another servant after he learns that she has secretly married his boss's son. ~...
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1936
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Tybalt
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1936
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Private Number is the old saw about the wealthy young man who marries his family's serving girl. This time Richard Winfield...
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Wroxton
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1936
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Count Anteoni
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1936
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Legendary stage actress Pauline Lord made but a few films, but was always worth watching whenever she took command of the...
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Capt. Courtney
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1935
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RKO Radio's spectacular production The Last Days of Pompeii utilizes the title but precious little else of the famous...
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Pontius Pilate
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1935
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When British actor Robert Donat dropped out of Warner Bros. Captain Blood, the studio took a chance on its new contractee,...
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Capt. Levasseur
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1935
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David Copperfield was MGM's major Christmas release for its 1934-1935 season and also the first of producer...
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1935
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Though habitually unlucky in love, wealthy London recluse Mary Herries (Aline MacMahon) succumbs to the charms of handsome...
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Henry Abbott
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1935
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This second filmization of Leo Tolstoy's novel is widely regarded as the best version. Greta Garbo plays the title character,...
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Alexei Karenin
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1935
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When MGM remade its 1935 film Kind Lady in 1951, the earlier picture was retitled House of Menace to avoid confusion. The...
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1935
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It is a tale known well, filmed many times over the years, but never better than this early black and white version from the...
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Marquis St. Evremonde
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1935
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In this British drama, based on a popular play, a wealthy young Jew goes to a weekend house party and finds himself...
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Ferdinand de Levis
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1934
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A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease in this British melodrama. When...
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1933
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A Woman Commands is often cited as silent screen star Pola Negri's first talking picture. Actually, it was her first...
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Capt. Alex Pasitsch
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1932
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The German comedy Opera Ball is the model upon which this film is based. Several seedy adventures erupt, as when...
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Jack Harrowby
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1932
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Edward
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1930
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In this melodrama, a husband gets on with his life after his wife goes to Europe to get a divorce. Thinking the deed done,...
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Carl Vaudry
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1930
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In this espionage drama set during WW I, a French agent sneaks behind enemy lines into Alsace-Lorraine and decides to see...
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1930
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Nine years before stepping into the role of Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone essayed the character of S.S. Van Dyne's...
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Philo Vance
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1930
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Col. Smith
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1930
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The sacrifice of a socialite is chronicled in this romantic drama. To be with her beloved musician, the wealthy woman gives...
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Paul Gherardi
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1930
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Ahead of its time for liberated thinking, this is still really just a classic romance with a love triangle thrown in on the...
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Reginald Durant
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1930
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Lord Arthur Dilling
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1929
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The Great Deception is set during WWI. Educated in Germany, British youth Cyril Mansfield (Ben Lyon) is seemingly uncertain...
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Rizzio
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1926
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In the 1920s, when a motion picture featured an Apache, it wasn't referring to Native Americans but to denizens of the...
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Antoine
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1925
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Helene Chadwick, Gaston Glass, and a relative newcomer to the screen named Basil Rathbone were the stars of this...
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Tony Winterslip
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1924
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1923
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1921
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