Narrated by newsman Chet Huntley, this documentary attempts to explain the causes of the 1950s Kenyan uprising against...
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Producer
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1950
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Onetime Hollywood silent film producer Joe Rock packed himself off to his native England in the 1930s to make British...
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Producer
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1941
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A key film in the career of director Michael Powell, The Edge of the World was his first original idea to be realized...
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Producer
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1937
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In this comedy, a young man must give up smokin' and drinkin' if he is to get his large inheritance. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1937
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Producer
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1937
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The daughter of a mill-owner (Mary Lawson) is sent undercover to the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic...
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1937
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Top British radio stores perform in this musical revue. The many acts are hosted by the popular team of Clamphan & Dwyer and...
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Producer
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1937
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Based upon The Chase of the Golden Plate by Jacques Futrelle, The Man Behind the Mask was the last film Michael Powell made...
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Producer
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1936
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The British Excuse My Glove proves that Hollywood had no monopoly on trying to turn athletes into actors. Top British boxer...
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Producer
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1936
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Popular British music-hall and radio entertainer Harry Roy is the central figure in Everything is Rhythm. A spoof of...
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Producer
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1936
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In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter...
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Producer
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1936
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In this comedy, a bookie dons the guise of a priest to hide out from the law after he has a scuffle with a cop and leaves...
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Producer
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1935
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In this comedy, a railroad stoker and his best buddy, the train's conductor make friends with a young apprentice. the son of...
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Producer
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1935
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Produced and directed by onetime comedy impresario Joe Rock, the early talkie The Great Power was a literal adaptation of the...
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Director
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1929
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Burning Up Broadway contains no burning and precious little Broadway. Small-town hero Ernest Hilliard decides to take in the...
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1928
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1928
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1927
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One would never guess that the idea for this maudlin exercise sprang from the mind of the usually reliable Anita Loos....
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1927
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Director
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1925
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With this two-reel comedy, Stan Laurel began taking on some of the characteristics that later became famous when he teamed up...
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Director, Producer
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1925
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For the whole two reels of this comedy, Stan Laurel plays a drunk, and, while some have compared this film to...
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Director, Producer
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1925
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This two-reel Stan Laurel comedy (made three years before he teamed up with Oliver Hardy) was produced by Joe Rock -- it was...
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Director, Producer
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1924
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