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1941
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Santa Fe Trail, Errol Flynn's third western, has precisely nothing to do with the titular trail. Instead, the film is a...
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1940
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1940
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Officially, America had no intention of entering the Second World War in 1940: Why, then, were there so many "preparedness"...
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1940
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Edward G. Robinson plays orchid-loving gangster Little John Sarto, who aspires to "real class." During a power struggle with...
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1940
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Dean Williams
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1940
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Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard fare at Republic Pictures....
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1940
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Promoted as a follow-up to the popular 1939 western Dodge City (which, indeed, was left wide open for a sequel in its closing...
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1940
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Given the omnipresence of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1940, the second film version of Robert E. Sherwood's...
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1940
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Paramount's "B" pictures of the early 1940s were generally more interesting than their star-studded "A"s, as witness...
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1940
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George O'Brien's first 1940 western release, Legion of the Lawless uses its frontier trappings for a plea against vigilante...
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1940
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A wedding ceremony is rudely interrupted by a bank robbery next door, the bridegroom is shot and the best man is accused of...
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1940
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Otis Ferguson has said of Each Dawn I Die that "the story is of the kind you would have to see to disbelieve." And to be...
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1939
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A remake of sorts of the 1935 western The Arizonian, this fine George O'Brien oater features Leon Ames as Sheriff Judd...
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1939
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This landmark western -- which, along with Stagecoach, has often been credited with revitalizing what had become a stagnant...
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1939
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In keeping with its up-to-date title, the 1939 George O'Brien western Racketeers of the Range is set in "contemporary"...
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1939
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The fourth cinematic version of the novel Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung, this romantic caper is a virtual...
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1939
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Kay Francis was anxious to complete her Warner Bros. contract when she agreed to appear in this lower-berth drama. Francis...
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1939
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In this wartime drama, cavalry private Dennis Murphy purchases a nervous horse, Sergeant, after it is deemed unfit for...
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1938
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Fannie Hurst's Sister Act was the source for this money-making Warners weeper. The four daughters of the title are played by...
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1938
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The Baroness, daughter of the Hungarian prime minister, is played by Annabella. The Butler, last of a long line of family...
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1938
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Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connelly (Pat O'Brien) grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky...
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1938
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1938
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Michael Curtiz directs this Technicolor Western based on the familiar story by Clements Ripley about the rivalry between...
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1938
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Ronald Reagan is his usual sprightly self as ambitious insurance claims adjuster Eric Gregg. While diligently investigating a...
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1938
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Roaring Speedboats is the TV title for the inexpensive 1937 indie Mile a Minute Love. William Bakewell stars as an inventor...
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1937
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This poverty-row epic stars William Bakewell as Bob, inventor of a futuristic motorboat engine. Bob's new device may be the...
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Drexel
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1937
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Attorney Lee Tracy gains renown for his flamboyant courtroom tactics, which nearly always result in acquittal for his...
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1937
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In this lively adventure aimed at youthful audiences, a wiseacre fireman soon finds himself in trouble with his fire captain...
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1937
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Bette Davis' famous walk-out from her home studio of Warner Bros. may have hurt her financially, but in the long run it paid...
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1937
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This Three Stooges comedy is especially fast-paced. The boys wake up at their usual time -- 11 a.m. -- and fix themselves...
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1937
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Another good entry in Warner Bros' Dick Foran western series, Blazing Sixes casts Foran as Red, an undercover federal agent....
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1937
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In response to Republic's Gene Autry westerns of the late 1930s, Warner Bros. created its own singing cowboy, Dick Foran, for...
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1937
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The Warner Bros. custom of casting their Dick Foran singing Westerns with whomever was available from the studio's large...
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1937
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Despite the claim of "an original screenplay by Edward Earl Repp," this entry in Warner Bros.' Dick Foran "singing cowboy"...
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Nate Temple
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1937
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A stagecoach race, murder and a singing cowboy are the main ingredients in this pleasant western from Warner Bros. The...
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1937
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Based on a popular novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams, this screwball comedy stars Errol Flynn in the title-role, the heir to an...
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1937
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1936
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"Every time Paul Muni parts his beard and looks through a microscope, we lose a million dollars." Producer Jack Warner's...
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1936
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This episodic satire of the Machine Age is considered Charles Chaplin's last "silent" film, although Chaplin uses sound,...
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1936
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Falsely convicted Lionel Barrymore escapes from Devil's Island with fellow prisoner H.B. Walthall. A brilliant scientist,...
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1936
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Warner Baxter plays Dr. Samuel Mudd, American history's most famous victim of circumstance. In 1865, Dr. Mudd, a known...
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1936
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1936
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Based on a novel by Kathleen Shepard, Human Cargo is a lively, tongue-in-cheek melodrama purporting to expose the alien...
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1936
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1935
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1935
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1935
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Taking refuge from a rainstorm in a deserted farmhouse, young married couple Joe and Loretta Martin (Edward Norris and...
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1935
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In this romance, a social worker employed by Traveler's Aid finally is able to show her love to a construction foreman...
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1935
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In this drama, a young boy earns the trust of an especially skittish colt and they form a special bond. Trouble ensues when...
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1935
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After several false starts, opera star Grace Moore became a motion picture success in the sublimely assembled One Night of...
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1934
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Written by the prolific Ben Hecht, Upper World is a clash-of-class melodrama set in New York City. Railroad tycoon Alexander...
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1934
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This Poverty Row potboiler stars Sally O'Neil as Diana Wyman, a madcap heiress who manages to run through most of her...
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1934
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A lover selflessly dumps her boy friend so that he will obey the wishes of his wealthy benefactor and marry someone more...
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1934
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Return of Chandu is a 65-minute feature version of the 12-chapter Principal Pictures serial, based on the radio program...
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1934
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James Cagney manages to retain his pre-Code cockiness within post-Code limitations in the likeable St. Louis Kid. Cagney and...
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1934
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George Arliss plays Nathan Rothschild, the head of a family of celebrated 19th century Jewish bankers. Despite the...
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1934
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1934
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Like the previous "Mama's Little Pirate," "Shrimps for a Day" was a rare "Our Gang" foray into pure fantasy. In this one, the...
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1934
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If you can accept blonde, blue-eyed Marion Davies disguising herself in blackface, chances are you'll swallow the rest of...
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1934
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1934
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Max Miller's best-seller forms the basis of this romantic melodrama about cynical, hard-drinking reporter Joe Miller...
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1933
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Based on an 1830 opera entitled "Fra Diavolo" by Daniel F. Auber, the parts of two bit bandits were built up for Laurel and...
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1933
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In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company...
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1933
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Renowned animal-trainer Clyde Beatty plays himself as a circus owner in this adventure that centers on an enthusiastic youth...
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1933
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A brutal murder has been committed, and an eyewitness has placed wealthy philanthropist Jerome Breen (Lionel Atwill) at the...
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1933
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In a slight change of pace, low-budget Western star Bob Steele plays a cowboy-turned-race car driver in this otherwise...
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1933
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Adapted from Alexander Dumas's novel, this adventure is about a trio of Foreign Legion friends who confront the Devil of the...
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1933
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Rivalry between two towns for the honor of becoming county seat turns violent in this interesting Ken Maynard Western from...
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1933
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In this western, a renowned eastern polo-player will not go West with his girlfriend who desires to be with her father, a...
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1933
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In this drama, Joe Tomasso, a slightly corrupt gambler, goes completely straight after he catches an orphan hanging around...
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1933
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Gangster Cagney allows his powerful political connections to appoint him "deputy inspector" of a state reform school. There...
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1933
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In this melodrama, a female physician encounters professional and personal turmoil when she finds herself having an affair...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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William Powell is a poor East Side lawyer who works his way up the ladder to assistant prosecutor. He isn't too particular...
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1933
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In this murder mystery, everyone around a murdered movie producer is a suspect, including his girl friend. Most of those...
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1932
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Such were the ways of Hollywood that the dignified H.B. Warner, who played Jesus in 1927's King of Kings, found himself in...
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1932
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Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie Moore would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his...
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1932
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The Eskimo docudrama Igloo was written and directed by Ewing Scott, whose previous credits included the thematically similar...
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1932
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This thriller involves a shipboard murder, castaways on a desert island, another murder, a wild man, and the hapless hero...
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1932
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The factual story of H.A.W. Tabor and "Baby Doe" was the inspiration of Silver Dollar. Edward G. Robinson plays the Tabor...
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1932
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A mentally unstable naval officer goes mad with jealousy when his wife's recent lover shows up as a lieutenant on the...
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1932
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The butt of many a practical joke at the office where he works as a clerk, Joe Holt (Joe E. Brown) is nonetheless determined...
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1932
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1932
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Upon her release from prison, Joyce Greeley (Edwina Booth) is promptly and mysteriously murdered. Fledgling crime reporter...
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1932
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Director Cecil B. DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures for this typically epic production, which became his first box...
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1932
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Seldom was there a less appropriately named film company than Artclass Pictures, a firm which specialized in the lowest of...
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1931
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A largely forgotten comedy-chiller in the tradition of The Cat and the Canary, The Phantom, from Poverty Row company Artclass...
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1931
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Two-reel comedy favorites Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their feature-film debut (excluding their guest appearances in...
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The Warden
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1931
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1931
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Contemporary viewers who go into Dishonored expecting a musty, dated espionage melodrama will be in for a surprise....
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1931
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In this crime drama, a crime lord adopts the little brother of a slain colleague. Later a child-care inspector intervenes,...
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1931
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An angry divorce is the curious source of humor in the offbeat "Our Gang" comedy "Big Ears." Though little Bobby "Wheezer"...
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1931
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The star of the 12-episode Mascot serial The Galloping Ghost can be only one man: legendary college football star (Red...
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1931
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1930
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Made in 1930, this well-known sci-fi musical chronicles the adventures of a lightning-struck man who awakens to find himself...
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1930
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For reasons unknown, Cock O' the Walk seldom shows up in the "official" resumes of director James Cruze's career. In his...
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1930
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The second of Cecil B. DeMille's talkies (as well as his second for MGM), Madam Satan is an exercise in incoherence, but this...
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1930
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Those Who Dance is not so much a film as a "class reunion" for several former silent-screen favorites. Monte Blue stars as...
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1930
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Warner Baxter, who had won an Academy Award for playing the Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1929), is at it again, fake Spanish...
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1930
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Burnt Fingers gets under way when a philandering nightclub dancer is murdered. Heroine Eileen Percy was not only the last...
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1927
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The Nest was based on Les Noces d'Argent, a play by Paul Geraldy. Having sacrificed all for her children, staid Mrs. Hamilton...
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1927
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A woman with a sordid past is redeemed by love in this silent melodrama from low-budget Sanford Productions. Margarita Darlow...
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1926
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1925
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1925
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Attorney
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1925
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Young Bob Mannering (John Harron) is out for a ride with his fast-living pals when they're involved in a car accident which...
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1925
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More substantial than most of the potboilers produced in the late '20s by Harry J. Brown, The Snob Buster starred former male...
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John Prendergast
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1925
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Henry Baxter (Matt Moore) is a dedicated newspaper clerk who longs to marry stenographer Beulah Dyer (Dorothy Devore) in this...
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R. S. Falk, the Big Chief
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1925
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1925
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Former fashion model Reed Howes stars in this routine drama about a son who inherits a car, a valet, and a dime from his...
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Harry Blaine
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1925
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Produced by Hunt Stromberg for Producers Distributing Corp., this silent Western melodrama starred the veteran Harry Carey as...
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1925
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1925
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Handsome action star Reed Howes, the former "Arrow Collar Man," starred in this low-budget silent melodrama as an...
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Hugh Clayton
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1925
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Detective Reilly
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1924
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When old rancher Mark Ridgeway (Josef Swickard) passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to trusted...
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1924
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In spite of its racy title, this society drama is really a down-to-earth look at the effects that sudden wealth has on a poor...
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Mark Hadley
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1924
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1924
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Blond Eva Novak and B-Western hero William Fairbanks (no relation to Doug) starred in this minor silent railroad melodrama....
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1924
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1924
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This plodding melodrama fails to measure up to the original 1917 version directed by Charles Giblyn. Mildred Gower...
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1924
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1924
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1924
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Raymond McKee stars as a young man suspected of being a revenue officer in moonshine country in this forgettable film. He...
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1924
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"Derr iss too many qveens and not enough qveens!" That was Ernst Lubitsch's response when he turned down the directing...
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1924
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This routine auto adventure finds Jack Grant (William Fairbanks) agreeing to drive in the big race in order to save his...
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Screenwriter, Hudford
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1924
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Vivacious Patsy Ruth Miller was a light comedienne on the rise when she starred in this amusing picture. Flapper Kitty Shayne...
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1924
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Estelle Taylor stars as a stenographer who marries her boss in this maudlin melodrama. When her husband is called away to...
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1924
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Jack Wade (Reed Howes) is the son of a wealthy father who runs a successful ship-building company. He uses his athletic...
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Richard Wade
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1924
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A woman and her two children are left alone after her husband is murdered in this sentimental society melodrama. A wealthy...
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1923
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This fluffy Mae Murray vehicle was dressed up with a Graustarkian veneer, but in reality it was merely an excuse for the star...
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1923
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Talented Anna Q. Nilsson overcomes hackneyed material in this society drama. Actress Fay Leslie (Nilsson) marries Don Hampton...
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1923
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Dashing cowboy star Fred Thomson donned several disguises in order to catch a gang of cattle rustlers in this, the third...
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Richard O'Neil
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1923
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Director James W. Horne's work in comedy and action pictures is well known, so it's surprising to see his name in the credits...
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1923
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The Parisian settings of George Du Maurier's novel were faithfully recreated for this production -- which is more than can be...
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The Laird
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1923
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A now forgotten star of the later silent era, Sylvia Breamer took on the old David Belasco stage chestnut in this remake of...
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1923
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Following a year-long absence from the screen, Gladys Brockwell returned to films in this Universal melodrama. When she tries...
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1922
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This comedy was one of Charles Ray's last for First National, and in it, Ray continues to do damage to his starring career....
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1922
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Manly Universal star Frank Mayo stars in this tale of the Northwest. Gilead, a lumber town, is divided into two halves: on...
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Aaron Kidder
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1922
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Freckle-faced juvenile star Wesley Barry was on a roll when he appeared in this Warner Brothers "special" -- his last several...
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1922
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This horse-racing melodrama was Reginald Denny's first starring feature, after making a strong impression in a series of...
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1922
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Lon Chaney Sr. plays David Webster, an honest lawyer unjustly sentenced to a 15-year jail term. Upon his release, Webster...
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1922
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1921
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Filmed in Australia, Fighting Breed is a Fairbanks-like comedy/drama set on a sprawling ranch. Red "Snowy" Baker plays the...
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1921
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This above-average British melodrama was based on "The Living Dead", a story by Mary Lerner. Bessie Barriscale stars as a...
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1921
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Katherine MacDonald essayed a dual role in the silent romantic romantic comedy Beautiful Liar. It seems that office girl...
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Gaston Allegretti
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1921
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Elton Reeves
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1921
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For her fourth United Artists picture, Mary Pickford once again plays a poor little rich girl. This one, Jeanne, is so...
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1921
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The first Tarzan starring Elmo Lincoln did so well that, in time-honored cinematic tradition, the studio, First National,...
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1918
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May Allison stars in this odd suspense story. Dr. Miguel Hernandez (George Field) has sworn revenge on the Vane family...
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1918
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A disgruntled former employee kidnaps the daughter of railroad magnate John Denby (Clarence Burton). Many years pass and...
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1918
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A college-educated Native American (Monroe Salisbury) returns to his homeland to work on an irrigation project in this early...
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1918
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Morgan's Raiders could well be described as a family affair; its director was Wilfred Lucas, and its writer was Lucas'...
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1918
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Though he was obliged to share directorial credit with Wilfred Lucas, Tod Browning graduated to "prestige" pictures with his...
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Jim Bludso
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1917
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1917
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This love story is based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, the singer who regained his wife Eurydice from the land of the...
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1917
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Wilfred Lucas plays a distinguished banker, falsely accused of murder. Though acquitted in court, Lucas' reputation is...
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1916
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Veteran Biograph leading man/director Wilfred Lucas essays the title role in Hell-to-Pay Austin. A rough-and-tumble...
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1916
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Marie Doro, inarguably one of the most beautiful actresses of her era, was the sole raison d'etre for the 1916 Triangle...
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1916
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1916
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Old Ira Dayton (F.A. Turner) is a hypochondriac, so when Doc Arnold (Wilfred Lucas) says there is nothing wrong with him, he...
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1916
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In one of her autobiographies, Lillian Gish reprinted in toto the studio synopsis of the D.W. Griffith production The Lily...
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1915
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1913
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1913
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This is a prime example of the way Keystone mixed real life with comic mayhem. Real racecar drivers Teddy Tetzlaff and Earl...
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1913
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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A wagon train is attacked by marauding Indians in this typically grisly Biograph one-reel western melodrama preserved in the...
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1912
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1911
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1911
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1911
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Wintering in Southern California 1910-1911, D. W. Griffith and the Biograph stock company filmed this western melodrama,...
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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D.W. Griffith's The Two Paths is frequently written off as a "potboiler," but, in 1911 at least, any one of Griffith's...
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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This simple and very effective melodramatic short film was a landmark in its day; in fact, today it is still a fine example...
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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1911
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This 990-foot Biograph "temperance melodrama" was filmed in late November of 1909. Charles Craig plays the leading character,...
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1910
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1909
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D.W. Griffith's Renunciation is a comedy western, filmed in the wilds of Shadyside, New Jersey. Fascinated by a pair of...
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1909
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1909
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1909
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Not a wartime drama in itself, this routine story of intrigue and betrayal is set fifteen years after the fact. During the...
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1908
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1908
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1908
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1908
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