In his all too brief life, director Henry Cornelius became the principal standard-bearer of genteel whimsy in British films....
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Saul
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1958
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King Shadov (Charles Chaplin), the newly deposed monarch of a small European country, arrives in New York to face a life in...
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Lawyer Green
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1957
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It took nerve to transpose Shakespeare's Macbeth into a 1930s gangster story using "tough guy" jargon, but Joe Macbeth very...
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1955
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In this domestic drama, a lonely widower decides that it is finally time to remarry. Although his family is opposed to it,...
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1953
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Seventeen-year-old Linda Darnell received her first big break in the appropriately titled 20th Century Fox production Star...
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1940
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In this episode of the popular western series, Cisco stops a claim-jumping killer from the mine. He then makes sure the...
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1939
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Love Time is the story of the unhappy life of composer Franz Schubert, here played by Swedish actor Nils Asther. Too poor...
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Adam
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1934
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In his only musical-comedy appearance, Spencer Tracy stars as fast-buck promoter Smoothie King. Our hero's latest scam is to...
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1934
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Loretta Young, who became known almost exclusively for playing sweet, wholesome roles, is kind of a shocker in this romantic...
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1934
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In this romantic comedy, a chanteuse singing in a trashy Shanghai bar finds hope for escape when a rakish sailor comes to...
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1934
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In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young...
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Harry Gold
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1934
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This off-beat romantic melodrama contains elements of comedy not usually found in the genre as it tells the story of the love...
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J. Lorillard Pushkin
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1934
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Cohen
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1933
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There can never be Too Much Harmony in a Bing Crosby picture, not even in a bucolic backstage musical like this. Crosby plays...
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Max Merlin
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1933
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Cecil B. DeMille's This Day and Age was perhaps the most Draconian entry in Hollywood's early-1930s "vigilante" film cycle....
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1933
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Muller becomes the housekeeper of the man she loves, a member of Berlin society, in this romantic comedy. ~ Rovi...
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Sigurd Bernstein
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1932
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In this fluffy comedy, an innocent usherette falls for a customer whom she finally meets and eventually marries. Soon after...
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Maxie Mindil
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1931
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Harry Field
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1930
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This third film version of Rex Beach's rugged Yukon novel The Spoilers was also the first talkie adaptation. This time,...
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Herman
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1930
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J. William Burnstein
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1930
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Here we go again. Sailor "Searchlight" Hogan (Jack Oakie) has a yen for every pretty girl who crosses his path. Imagine his...
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Gabriel Grabowski
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1930
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Clara Bow's flat Brooklynese voice seems perfectly suited for the rowdy goings-on in True to the Navy. The "It" girl plays...
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Solomon Bimberg
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1930
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Considered the best of the all-star "studio" musicals of 1929 and 1930, Paramount on Parade utilized the talents of...
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1930
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"Pie Pan" Pultz
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1930
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In this 1929 comedy, two white minstrel comedians, Moran and Mack, in black-face, re-create their most beloved routines in...
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Irving
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1929
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This tuneful tale revolves around a shy warehouse clerk who, at the encouragement of his girlfriend finally musters up his...
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Max Mindel
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1929
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In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensues when he is mistakenly...
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Ike Lazarus, the Kibitzer
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1929
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Bearing no relation to the popular torch song of the same name, The Man I Love is a prizefight picture, courtesy of Paramount...
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1929
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