While the opera "Faust" plays in the background, Lupino, in the audience, attempts to meet the girl of his dreams, Burne,...
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1933
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In this comedy, a chimney sweep is swept into a political campaign and finds himself not only supporting the Labour Party,...
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1933
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1932
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Lion and the Lamb takes place in Columbia Pictures' idea of London. Upon returning home after a long absence, globetrotting...
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1931
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"I am....Drac-u-la. I bid you velcome." Thus does Bela Lugosi declare his presence in the 1931 screen version of Bram...
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1931
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R.C. Sherriff's forceful drama about men at war, a long running hit in London as well as New York, is brought to the screen...
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1930
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The 1930 Laurel & Hardy 3-reeler Another Fine Mess is a remake of the team's 1927 effort Duck Soup--which, in turn, was based...
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1930
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In this sassy romantic comedy, Clive Brook plays Neil Dunlap, a lawyer who is heartbroken when his wife leaves him. Neil is...
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1930
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John Ford directed this undersea adventure from the early days of the sound era; it features talking sequences along silent...
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1930
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The Lone Wolf, the gentleman thief created by Louis Joseph Vance, made his talking-picture debut in Columbia's The Lone...
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Count Polinac
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1929
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Henry Lord
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1929
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"Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper petty thief played by Ian Keith....
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1929
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"Silk Shirt Hanry"
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1928
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In a departure from his usual fare of Richard Talmadge action melodramas, low-budget entrepreneur A. Carlos produced this...
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1928
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1927
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Steve
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1927
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Based on the George W. Sutton Jr. story Dawn of My Tomorrow, Framed turned out to be another winner for box-office "reliable"...
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Arthur Remson
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1927
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Thanks to constant exposure in excerpt form in scores of silent-movie compilations, Play Safe is the best-known of the...
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1927
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For Wives Only was based on the stage play The Critical Year. The story takes place in Vienna, where handsome Dr. Rittenhaus...
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Dr. Carl Tanzer
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1926
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1926
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The Better 'Ole was based on a play by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Elliot, which was itself inspired by a cartoon character...
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1926
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Character actor William V. Mong rarely landed a role that was a real tour de force, but he has one -- or, rather, two -- in...
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1925
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Sydney Chaplin -- older brother of Charles Chaplin -- specialized in films in which his character wound up dressing in drag...
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1925
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Jesse J. Goldburg's low-budget Independent Pictures offered its customers more than Bill Cody or Bob Custer B-Westerns,...
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1925
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Under the supervision of Cecil B. DeMille, character actor Alan Hale handled the directing chores in Wedding Song. DeMille...
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1925
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Corinne Griffith stars in this emotional drama based on the stage play by William Hurlburt. Although Walter Harker (Crauford...
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1924
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1924
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Deft light comedienne Constance Talmadge seems woefully out of place in this historical drama of 17th century England. It was...
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Sir Peter Dare
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1923
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Although he was completely eclipsed by his incredibly gifted relative, Sidney Chaplin was a fine farceur who could be almost...
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Clarence Topping
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1923
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When her father dies, Charmion Winship (Betty Blythe) is left completely penniless. But she wants to live well so she travels...
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Torrence Welch
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1923
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Since Wallace Beery stood out as King Richard in Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood, it wasn't too much of a leap to cast him as...
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1923
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After Hollywood was rocked by several scandals, the specter of censorship reared its ugly head. To keep local community...
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1923
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Film critics (at least those who weren't employed by the Hearst Corporation) frequently complained about the amount of money...
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1922
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Victor Fleming was still a relatively new director when he helmed this melodrama, an adaptation of the stage play by Harry...
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Count Rostuff
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1922
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This is Johnny Hines' second starring feature -- the first was called Burn 'Em Up Barnes, so there seems to be a little theme...
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1922
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Katherine MacDonald -- who had more beauty than talent -- starred in this romantic drama. Novelist Suzanne Danbury...
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Martin Tancray
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1922
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Although this drama marked the first screen appearance in two years for dancer Irene Castle, it was not a great vehicle for...
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Keith Merwyn
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1922
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This drama was adapted from a popular novel by Samuel Merwin. Matt Moore stars as Henry Calverly, an ex-convict who went to...
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1921
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Chorus girl Flo Maddie (Alice Brady) turns down the attentions of the womanizing Ned Ormsby (Charles Gerard) in favor of Ross...
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1921
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Although the plot to this Northwoods tale reads like a comedy, it was apparently meant to be a drama. William Crombie...
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Hunt Kilstrom
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1921
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1921
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A well-cast Mae Murray gets to show off some of her famous dance steps in this picture. The beautiful Lillian Drake (Murray)...
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John Stewart
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1921
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Philip Pemberton (E.J. Radcliffe) is so intent on snaring the nomination for governor that he sorely neglects his wife...
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1920
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1920
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1920
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1919
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The Pest is one of the seemingly endless Cinderella-type stories that comedienne Mabel Normand did for Goldwyn. This time...
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1919
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Stage star Elsie Ferguson gives moving pictures a try in Counterfeit. Elsie plays a woman of mystery who takes a vacation in...
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1919
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1919
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This Norma Talmadge vehicle broached a subject that was timely in 1919 -the overthrow of the Russian government and the...
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1919
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By the time this picture was released, World War I was nearly over and the public was tired of the same old spy stories. This...
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1918
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1917
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Early in her screen career, former Follies sensation Mae Murray played a number of waif-like roles. Surprisingly, the formula...
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1916
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