Future "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen produced this curious but inarguably fascinating adaptation of...
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The Spirit of Man
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1957
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Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel...
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1956
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This comedy stars Ronald Colman as Beauregard Bottomley, a self-styled genius in need of a job. He applies for a position...
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Beauregard Bottomley
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1950
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George Apley
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1947
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Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony...
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Anthony John
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1947
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Oriental Dream is the TV title for the 1944 Technicolor version of Kismet. Ronald Colman plays Hadji, "king of beggars" in...
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Hafiz
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1944
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Michael Lightcap
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1942
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At the close of World War I, shell-shocked amnesia victim Ronald Colman is sequestered in a London sanitarium; with no...
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Charles Rainer/John "Smithy" Smith
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1942
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My Life with Caroline is a dizzy boy-chases-girl affair with a twist: the girl being chased is the boy's own wife. Wealthy...
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Anthony Mason
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1941
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Lewis Milestone directs the lightweight romantic comedy Lucky Partners, based on a story by Sacha Guitry. David Grant (Ronald...
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David Grant
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1940
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Based on a classic tale from Rudyard Kipling, this melodrama chronicles the desperate attempt of a painter to finish his...
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Dick Heldar
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1939
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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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François Villon
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1938
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Rudolph Rassendyl/King Rudolf V
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1937
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It took British author James Hilton six weeks to write his visionary novel Lost Horizon. It took director Frank Capra two...
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Robert Conway
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1937
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Two silent film versions preceded this 1936 Hollywood adaptation of the 19th century novel by the writer Ouida Bergere. It is...
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Sgt. Victor
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1936
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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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Sidney Carton
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1935
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Ronald Colman plays Robert Clive, a true-life 18th century Britisher who works up the ranks to become leader of Britain's...
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Robert Clive
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1935
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The old British musical-hall ditty "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" provides the title for this lightweight...
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Paul Gallard
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1935
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This second and final "Bulldog Drummond" film to star Ronald Colman, finds the famed sleuth in the midst of a sinister plan...
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Captain Hugh Drummond
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1934
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His Cousin,Sir John Chilcote
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1933
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Jim Warlock
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1932
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One of the more prestigious films of its time, John Ford's film adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel...
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Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
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1931
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Barrington Hunt
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1931
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Ronald Colman plays the "black sheep" of a wealthy British family, sent to South Africa so that he'll be as far away from...
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Willie Leland
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1930
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The third in a succession of film adaptations of author E.W. Hornung's novel Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, this version was...
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A.J. Raffles
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1930
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Ronald Colman's second talking picture, Condemned is a snail's-pace melodrama set on a Devil's Island. The evils of the...
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Michel Oban
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1929
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Tired of his sedentary postwar existence, Col. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (Ronald Colman) offers his services as adventurer for...
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Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
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1929
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This drama, based on a Joseph Conrad novel, follows the exploits of a British adventurer who helps hide an island prince and...
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1929
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Another of Goldwyn's successful pairings of Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, Two Lovers was the last of their co-starring...
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Mark Van Rycke
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1928
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Based on a story by 17th-century Spanish playwright Calderon de la Barca, A Night of Love is based on the ancient (and...
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Montero
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1927
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The Count,Tito the Clown
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1927
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Victor Renal
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1926
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Ronald Colman plays the title role in the first of several screen adaptations of Christopher Wren's tale of adventure in the...
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Michael "Beau" Geste
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1926
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A very popular silent western, this film features two engineers vying for the affections of the adoptive daughter of a...
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Willard Holmes
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1926
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Constance Talmadge was at the peak of her career when she made this comedy; she was also near the end of her career. The star...
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1925
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Filmed on location in Italy, where director Henry King ruled over a huge set that covered 17 acres, Romola stars...
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1925
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John Douglas
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1925
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Unable to rely upon Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic dialogue to carry the day (this was, after all, the silent-film era), director...
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Lord Darlington
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1925
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One of the silent era's most popular tearjerkers, this soapy melodrama was adapted by legendary screenwriter Frances Marion...
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Stephen Dallas
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1925
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1925
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Lady Gwendolyn (Blanche Sweet, who, at the time, was married to Marshall Neilan) is the daughter of Sir Alfred Grayle, a...
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Donald MacAllan
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1925
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This sentimental drama, based on the stage play by H.B. Trevelyan (actually a pseudonym for Guy Bolton), was the American...
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Capt. Alan Trent
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1925
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1924
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Paul Menford
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1924
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Emmett Carr
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1924
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Bruno, a tramp (Richard Bennett), takes in a waif, David, who is later adopted by a man whose daughter, Roma, wants a...
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1923
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Lillian Gish plays the girl whose travails begin when her father dies and her conniving sister cheats her out of her...
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Capt. Giovanni Severini
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1923
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aka Handcuffs and Kisses The producers of this picture apparently got their inspiration from a magazine story about the...
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1921
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1920
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Maurice Phillips
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1920
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Alma Taylor plays Anna, a cabaret dancer whose husband betrays her. With blood in her eye, Anna decides to get even with...
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1920
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1919
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1919
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1919
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Bob
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1919
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1917
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