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An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.
"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
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Los Ángeles, California. Un policía que, descontento con su trabajo, culpa a otros de sus problemas laborales, es designado para investigar el caso de un merodeador que ronda la casa de una mujer casada.
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Jimmie Ringo, un legendario pistolero, se siente tan viejo y cansado que está decidido a retirarse y llevar una vida más tranquila como granjero. Sin embargo, sus propósitos tropiezan con la incomprensión y la intolerancia de la sociedad. Aunque ya no será perseguido por la ley, la región está llena de jóvenes pistoleros que desean demostrar que son más rápidos que él para ocupar su lugar y heredar su fama.
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Ann Sutton, una cleptómana casada con un conocido psiquiatra, es sorprendida por el malvado David Korvo, que la hipnotiza y trata de convertirla en coartada para un crimen. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Tres mujeres reciben una carta de una amiga llamada Addey Ross en la que les dice que se ha fugado con uno de sus maridos. A partir de aquí veremos las dudas y los temores de las tres esposas sobre sus respectivos matrimonios, en una narración articulada en flashbacks en los que vemos diversas escenas de sus matrimonios.
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En 1908, en la pequeña localidad de Jericho (Kansas), Dave Connors, el fiscal del condado que está casado con una mujer alcohólica, se siente atraído por Julia, una compañera de profesión. Al mismo tiempo es acosado por Algeria, la mujer de su amigo Tucker.
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Philip Green es un escritor al que una revista de tirada nacional contrata para escribir una serie de artículos sobre antisemitismo en América. No sabe cómo abordar el tema, y decide hacerse pasar por judío para experimentar en propias carnes el grado de racismo y prejuicio que existe contra los judíos.
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Adaptación de la célebre novela de Somerset Maugham. Los horrores de la guerra hacen que Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) lo abandone todo, incluso a los que han formado parte de su vida. Viaja a Europa y después a la India con la intención de encontrar un sentido a su vida.
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Adaptación cinematográfica de las memorias de la británica Anna Leonowens que, a finales del siglo XIX, fue institutriz de los hijos del rey de Siam. En 1956 se hizo un remake musical con Yul Brynner y Deborah Kerr y, en 1999, otro protagonizado por Jodie Foster.
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Año 1844. Miranda, la frágil e inocente hija de unos granjeros, es invitada a pasar una temporada en el castillo de Dragonwyck, donde vive un primo lejano de su madre, Nicholas Van Ryn, su esposa enferma y su hija. Miranda se enamora de Van Ryn, quien, al poco de enviudar, se casa con ella, pero entonces empiezan a salir a la luz turbios secretos. (FILMAFFINITY)
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El joven y apuesto teniente Alexei Chernov (William Eythe), llega a palacio para advertir a la emperatriz Catalina de Rusia (Tallulah Bankhead) de que está siendo traicionada y su vida corre peligro. Pero al ser revelado por el canciller Nikolai Illytch (Charles Coburn) que ya ese caso está resuelto, la zarina se decepciona un poco con el mensajero… aunque queda encantada y supremamente halagada al saber los sacrificios que hizo pensando tan solo en protegerla. Se iniciará así un intenso romance, en magníficos tonos de comedia, entre dos seres muy dispares que miran claramente hacia objetivos distintos. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Sombrío retrato de la pobreza y el despotismo de la China de los años treinta. El protagonista es el padre Francis Chisholm (Gregory Peck), un bondadoso misionero de origen escocés. Peck fue nominado al Óscar al mejor actor protagonista
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Cuatro meses después del ataque a Pearl Harbor, una escuadrilla aérea estadounidense recibe la orden de bombardear Tokio como represalia. Durante la operación algunos aviones americanos son derribados, y los pilotos supervivientes no ven ninguna posibilidad de ser rescatados.
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Historia de Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) y el misterio de la aparición de la Virgen en Lourdes (Francia) en 1858. Cuando a Bernadette, una niña asmática, se le aparece la Señora vestida de blanco, cambia sustancialmente la vida del pueblo de Massadiel, donde surge un manantial cuyas aguas curan a los peregrinos enfermos. Estos hechos serán exhaustivamente investigados por la Iglesia, los médicos y toda suerte de expertos.
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Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Durante la campaña del Norte de África, Colin Spence, un cabo de infantería canadiense, en sus horas de soledad rememora toda su existencia, sabiendo que podría estar viviendo sus últimos momentos.
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The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
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El asesinato de un ranchero rompe la aparente tranquilidad de un pueblo del oeste americano. Ausente el sheriff, los hombres del pueblo deciden formar una partida para encontrar a los culpables.
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Historia de un joven que se muestra desilusionado de la guerra, pero el amor que siente por una mujer, le hará recobrar su coraje y patriotismo.
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Benjamin Blake, hijo ilegítimo de un noble, tendrá que vérselas con su autoritario tío Sir Arthur Blake para hacer valer sus derechos como heredero, lo que da lugar a una auténtica batalla legal. Mientras tanto, se enamora de su prima Isabel y de una indígena a la que llama Eva.
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En un pequeño pueblo de Gales, un padre y sus cinco hijos trabajan en las minas de carbón y la vida cotidiana fluye pacíficamente. Sin embargo, sus condiciones de trabajo son cada vez más difíciles y los hijos deciden dar un golpe, en contra de la opinión de su padre.
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Un cazador inglés que está de vacaciones en Baviera, de pronto, ve en lo alto de una colina la figura de Adolf Hitler. Convencido de que su desapariciión evitaría millones de muertos, dispara su rifle, pero se olvida de introducir una bala en la recámara. A partir de entonces será implacablemente perseguido por agentes de la Gestapo.
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Jeeter Lester, un perezoso y pícaro padre de familia, es expulsado de sus tierras por no pagar la renta. Todo el que intenta ayudarle se ve abocado a la pobreza.
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Cuando Don Diego Vega regresa a su hogar, descubre que su padre, el alcalde del pueblo de Los Angeles, ha sido destituido por el capitán Esteban Pasquale. Ocultando su identidad bajo una máscara, se convierte en el abanderado de la justicia social; e intentará que Don Luis Quintero abandone el puesto usurpado. Obra maestra que narra las aventuras de El Zorro, el famoso espadachín. Tyrone Power tenía el difícil reto de hacer olvidar a Fairbanks, pero la acertada decisión de acentuar el lado romántico del personaje -en contraposición a su faceta atlética- ayudó a conseguir una versión a la altura de sus predecesoras.
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La verdadera historia del famoso líder mormón Brigham Young y su batalla para el transporte de su pueblo a través de las montañas Rocosas a establecerse en Salt Lake City. La trama se centra en dos personajes, Jonathan Kent y Zina Webb y las dificultades que tienen que enfrentar en el camino.
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Los padres de Wendy Ballantine deciden retirarse del negocio del espectáculo para que pueda tener una vida normal. No son bienvenidos en la pequeña ciudad hasta que una tormenta le permite a la familia mostrar sus cosas.
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The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pets. A neighbor threatens to sue.
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Un corredor de bolsa de Wall Street es encarcelado por desfalco. Su hijo, recién licenciado en la universidad, intenta conseguir trabajo para pagar la fianza. Sin embargo, debido a la reputación de su padre, es rechazado en todas partes. Dadas las circunstancias, acaba entrando en una banda mafiosa y llega a ser la mano derecha de un poderoso gángster.
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Mytyl es una niña egoísta y no aprecia los esfuerzos que su encantadora familia hace por ella. Pero un duende la transporta, junto a su hermano, en un viaje fantástico con el fin de hallar “el pájaro que significa la felicidad".
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The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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El médico hindú Rama Safti, después de hacer unas prácticas en Estados Unidos, regresa a su país para curar a los pobres de Ranchipur. Allí conoce a Lady Edwina, una mujer infelizmente casada, que intenta paliar su soledad con efímeras aventuras. La vida de ambos cambiará cuando se produzca un gran terremoto.
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Adaptación de una novela de Muriel Denison en la cual una niña, superviviente de una masacre india, acaba siendo la mascota de un regimiento de la Policía Montada de Canadá.
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Cuando un oficial del ejército es llamado a las armas, deja a su única hija Sara en un internado femenino. Apodada “la princesita” porque su padre insiste en que ella reciba lo mejor de lo mejor, sin buscarlo pronto se gana la antipatía de las empleadas y otras niñas del internado. Un día el padre de Sara desaparece y es dado por muerto en la guerra, Sara se convierte en una huérfana sin dinero que tiene que trabajar como sirvienta en la escuela para poder sobrevivir. Sin perder la esperanza Sara empieza una búsqueda por todos los hospitales militares, determinada a encontrar a su padre.
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Durante la I Guerra Mundial, y tras cometer una negligencia, un oficial naval es destinado a un viejo submarino. Ansioso por redimirse ante sus superiores, pondrá todo su empeño en convertir a la desastrosa y conflictiva tripulación en un perfecto equipo de combate.
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Penny ayuda a su padre arquitecto idealista a conseguir su sueño de un proyecto de limpieza de barrios marginales; La pequeña señorita baila con el cabo Jones.
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Un huérfano es adoptado provisionalmente por el gerente de un hotel poblado por gente de negocios. Al dueño del hotel no le gustan los artistas y quiere que la niña regrese al orfanato.
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Rebecca (Shirley Temple) es una niña de 10 años que queda al cuidado de su tía en una granja. Un día, un promotor radiofónico descubre que la niña puede ser un talento en ese medio y, de repente, la convierte en gran estrella. Adaptación de la novela homónima de Kate Douglas Wiggin.
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Joyce Williams y su hija Priscilla viajan hasta la India para instalarse en una base militar británica junto al abuelo de la pequeña. Una vez allí, la niña se ganará el cariño de todos y jugará un papel muy importante en una rebelión local.
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El equipo de fútbol de un pequeño pueblo de Texas deberá enfrentarse al prestigioso equipo de Yale.
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A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
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A con artist attends a reunion in his hometown and discovers that his former classmates are trying to trick an old millionaire into returning to build a factory.
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Jane Dane tiene un accidente de tráfico con el abogado Bill Shevlin en Clummmerhorn, un pequeño pueblo donde deciden resolver su litigio.
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The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in order to become nurses and join the White Parade. It is told mainly through the character of June Arden who finds romance with Ronald Hall III on the way, with side stories of the other girls who find failure, success, laughs and tears on the way.
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A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.
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Tracy interpreta a un promotor que decide ayudar a una muchacha en su carrera como actriz. Cuando ella se convierte en una gran estrella, se enamora de Tracy, a pesar de tener muchos otros pretendientes.
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Un chico de campo, guapo y rico, educado por dos carabinas que odian a las mujeres, viaja a Nueva York y se enamora al instante. Después de estar casado un tiempo, opina que a su mujer sólo le interesa el dinero y la abandona. Un accidente le abrirá los ojos...
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A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.
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An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.
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U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.
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Un policía y una camarera se enamoran; el único problema es que él tendrá que ayudar y proteger a la hermana de su novia, que está liada con un gángster.
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A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
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Una bibliotecaria tímida e ingenua de Nueva York debe volverse más fuerte y más sabia después de descubrir que su nuevo esposo es un mentiroso, un tramposo y un fraude.
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An engineer makes a thieving entertainer work off her debts as a housekeeper at his jungle mining camp.
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Un humilde empleado de hotel es engañado por unos estafadores para que compre unos terrenos pantanosos, que al final valen una fortuna.
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A psychotic and sadistic mob boss is infatuated with the young wife of his newlywed attorney, and he plots to get him out of the way so he can have her to himself.
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Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
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Una cantante de cabaret que vive por todo lo alto no se da cuenta que su último novio es pobre.
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A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
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On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)
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The Bellamy Trial is a 1929 American drama film directed by Monta Bell and written by Monta Bell and Joseph Farnham.
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Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man. Meanwhile, Bill is accused of a crime committed by his friend, and because he doesn't squeal, he wins the heart and hand of the blond Betty. She is his friend's girl.
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Marguerite, the beauty of an Austrian village, loves the poverty-stricken Baron Erich von Statzen, although her mother is opposed to the affair, having been made suspicious by the hunchback Ludwig, who is smitten by Marguerite's charms and insanely jealous of Statzen. Statzen's uncle would have him marry Helena Boursch, the local brewer's daughter, to save his dwindling estate. Ordered to the front when war is declared, Statzen is forced to leave without saying goodby to Marguerite.
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Babe Scott, una bailarina de cabaret que busca constantemente material sensacional para sorprender a sus clientes, concibe burlas a una chica del Ejército de Salvación y asiste a las reuniones de la misión en el East Side por la atmósfera. Allí conoce a Jerry Wilson, un conductor de camión honesto y amigo del capitán del ejército. Aunque el acto es un éxito, Babe se desilusiona al encontrar a Lonnie, una compañera de trabajo que ha estado enamorando con ella, robando su dinero y haciéndole propuestas a Big Bertha, la dura anfitriona del club.
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Barbara Fiske, a beautiful girl of social standing, is about to be married to Lloyd Van Courtland. On the eve of their marriage, she foolishly pays a visit to a colorful steamship captain aboard his ship.
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A stormy marriage of 6 months between Narcissa and Peter Williams ends in a bitter quarrel, and to gain his freedom Peter offers her more alimony than he can afford. Then he meets Mary Martin, who restores his faith in marriage. With business reverses, Peter falls behind in his alimony payments and neglects his new wife. Narcissa, however, manages to support Bertie Waring, a young sofa-hound; but she protests the delayed alimony and Mary is forced to take a job with an interior decorating establishment. Peter goes to Narcissa to appeal to her generosity, at the moment when Mary (unaware of Narcissa's identity as her husband's first wife) is working in Narcissa's apartment; seeing them together, Mary leaves in humiliation and accepts an invitation from Bertie....
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When a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an “Amazon” because of her butch ways, she agrees to a more “feminine” makeover. In the end she learns that no matter how she looks she’s still the smartest person in any room.
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En la Rusia zarista, los bateleros del Volga viven una vida dura, caminando arriba y abajo por el río, por la orilla del agua, arrastrando pesadas cargas. Un día, mientras el príncipe Dimitri y su prometida, la princesa Vera, se detienen para que les echen la suerte en un campamento tártaro a lo largo del río, se encuentran con un grupo de bateleros que están descansando un poco. Uno de ellos, el osado Fiódor, provoca una confrontación hostil con los dos aristócratas. Más tarde, cuando estalla la Revolución, Fiódor se convierte en un líder en el Ejército Rojo, y encuentra de nuevo a Dimitri y Vera, sólo que esta vez con estacas más grandes.
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A young woman visits her boyfriend, an archaeologist, at the site in Egypt where he is digging up ancient artifacts. Her frustration mounts when it appears that he is more interested in old bones and mummies than he is in the fact that she's traveled thousands of miles to see him. However, there are three men at the site who don't share her boyfriend's attitude towards her, and they make their intentions known.
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Years of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a precarious living by diving for pearls with Philip Jardine, the disinherited son of a San Francisco millionaire. When Philip is killed by a shark, his half caste common-law wife, Rosa, informs Maurice that Philip had been forgiven by his father, and she persuades him to assume Philip's identity and return to the States - The film is now considered a lost film.
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John Douglas, a down-on-his-luck engineer, takes his sweetheart, Sara Deeping, to a play starring Carla King, and he falls in love with the actress.
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A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with a different actor for Potash.
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Lee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of excitement and romance with young flapper Claire Morris. When he meets her married aunt, Savina Grove, she appears to be the woman he imagines whenever he gazes at a doll he has christened Cytherea, goddess of love -----Cytherea features two dream sequences filmed in an early version of the Technicolor color film process.
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War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.
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After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return.
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Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi.
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After serving time in Sing Sing, Chic Hewes wants to go straight, but when he refuses to be a stool pigeon for the cops, they hound him mercilessly. Hewes witnesses a car accident in which Jerry Brandon, the son of the district attorney, runs over a child. He also meets Molly, the D.A.'s daughter. Because he feels the child's mother was treated unfairly, Hewes decides to pull one last heist to square things.
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King James I gives his consent to the marriage between Lord Carnal and Lady Jocelyn Leigh. Lady Jocelyn, however, does not want to wed the evil Lord Carnal, and makes her escape on a bridal ship headed for Jamestown, VA. When it lands, a ruffian tries to take Jocelyn as his bride, but Captain Ralph Percy rescues her by marrying her himself. The marriage, however, is in name only, as Jocelyn wants little to do with Percy.
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Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.
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Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart. Their love revives, but Peter is sentenced to life in prison for an accidental killing. Mary comes to him in dreams and they are able to live out their romance in a dream world.
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Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
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A girl raised isolated from society in the South Seas falls in love with a visiting sculptor.
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An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.
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Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a young architect, but their marriage is not a good one. Sonia falls under the spell of a rich Broadway mogul, Jimmy Sutherland, whose wife is in love with Peter. The mix of relationships comes crashing apart when Sutherland ends up murdered.
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A Japanese girl becomes a Geisha in order to avoid marrying a dastardly baron.
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A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...
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Rozika is a Hungarian girl who can sing quite nice. She goes to the place known as the United States with her brother whose name happens to be Young Carl. Rozika marries a chap named Trevor and a predicament ensued after the Great War comes knocking at the door.
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The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.
