Rex Ingram
Nascimento : 1885-10-20, Cairo, Illinois, USA
Morte : 1969-09-19
História
A Corsicana native, Rex (Clifford) Ingram was the son of Mack and Mamie Ingram. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in medicine before launching a brilliant acting career which spanned 50 years. Ingram made his screen debut during the silent era in Tarzan of the Apes (1918) . He won widespread acclaim for his portrayal of De Lawd in The Green Pastures (1936) , Ingram also appeared on the Broadway stage and in television productions, bringing skill and dignity to every performance. Actor probably best remembered for his portrayal of Jim, the fugitive slave, opposite Mickey Rooney in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939). He died September 19, 1969 and was buried in California.
Self (archive footage)
Jacob
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.
Prof. Thurlow
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
Teetot
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
Burt Crane
Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand........
Preacher of Black Congregation
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) é um caixeiro-viajante oportunista, imoral e alcoólatra que é convertido pela Irmã Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) e passa a viajar em sua companhia pelos Estados Unidos pregando e explorando novos fiéis. Ricos e famosos, eles constroem um templo, mas Gantry é abalado pelo reencontro com um antigo amor.
Umbopa
Harry Quartermain (George Montgomery) é o filho do homem que primeiro partiu na tentativa de achar as riquezas do rei Salomão. Ele está determinado em obter sucesso, onde seu pai fracassou. Harry vai para a África com seu amigo Rick Cobb (David Farrar) e, durante a jornada, Erica Neuler (Taina Elg) passa a acompanhá-los. Ela é a filha de um missionário, que foi morto por uma tribo local. O trio luta contra serpentes mortais, crocodilos e outros perigos da selva, no entanto Harry não consegue esconder seu antagonismo em relação a Erica, pois ela é alemã e a mãe de Harry foi morta no mar por alemães durante a 1ª Guerra Mundial. Só a determinação de achar as minas e uma certa ambivalência dos sentimentos de Harry para Erica e vice-versa fazem com que o trio se mantenha unido para tentar seu objetivo.
Nelson Walker
Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and his daughter meet Beth (Elaine Stewart), whose fiancé is a Union soldier. Lassiter falls for Beth, and when Indians attack, they head to a cavalry camp where Lassiter must battle the Indians as well as Beth's fiancé.
Joe Lucasta
Anna Lucasta has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe. She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph, Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny, an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
Uncle Felix
Patriarca megalômano mobiliza toda a família para procurar ouro que supostamente havia sido enterrado pelo avô debaixo de suas terras, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa lidar com seus filhos e a difícil relação familiar.
Dr. Leopold Gorman
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.
Sukulu Chieftain
Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers.
Mose
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
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George Pal shines a shoes while fairy godmother visits him.
Narrator / John Henry (voice)
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice of Rex Ingram) goes to work for the C&O Railroad, which shortly thereafter buys an automatic steel-driving engine, The Inky-Poo. John Henry matches his strength against the engine, saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind. Can he prevail? In 2015 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Preacher (unconfirmed)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Giant
Aladin resolve esfregar a sua lâmpada e descobre que existe um gênio, que poderá realizar todos os seus desejos. Ele resolve utilizar a lâmpada pedir a mão da amada em casamento. O sultão descobre que o irmão gêmeo tomou conta do trono e que alguém está utilizando os poderes da lâmpada contra ele. Aladin resolve então reconquistar a lâmpada, salvar o gênio e ainda realizar os seus desejos.
Pearson Jackson
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
Sgt. Major Tambul
O sargento Joe Gunn e sua tripulação de tanque acolhem cinco soldados britânicos, um francês e um sudanês com um prisioneiro italiano, e cruzam o deserto da Líbia para voltar ao comando após a queda de Tobruk. Tambul, o sudanês leva-os a uma fortaleza abandonada no deserto onde eles esperam encontrar água. Logo um destacamento de soldados alemães chega e tenta barganhar comida por água, mas Gunn e sua turma recusam. Quando os alemães atacam, Gunn leva seus homens cansados do deserto em uma batalha desesperada, esperando que os reforços britânicos possam chegar a tempo.
Charles
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Little Joe é um bom malandro, dividido entre o amor da sua esposa Petúnia e o fascínio de Georgia Brown, uma bonita rapariga de má vida... preso num duelo entre os enviados do Senhor e do Diabo. Como pode a virtude triunfar sobre o Mal? Segundo Petúnia: «Ás vezes, quando se enfrenta o Diabo, temos que o espetar com a sua própria forquilha»
Tilney
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
Narrator (voice)
Jim Dandy lands on a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful maiden. Soon a tribe of cannibals kidnap him. A Puppetoon animated short film.
Djinn
Menino ladrão das ruas de Bagdá ajuda jovem sultão deposto do trono por feiticeiro a recuperar o poder. Para isso conta com a ajuda de um gênio mágico que lhe concede três desejos.
Dr. Gordon
Aimed at African Americans and shot at Tuskegee University, this film instructs viewers in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis by focusing on a pair of sympathetic siblings, George and Mary, whose lives are altered by the disease. Starring Rex Ingram as Dr. Gordon, the film suggests that organized religion is an important defensive location in this particular community, and warns of the dangers of the previous generation’s superstitions and its fear of medicine. The Health Department prominently featured the film at the 1939 World’s Fair. Directed by Edgar Ulmer.
Jim
Mais uma das primorosas versões feitas pelo cinema do livro de Mark Twain. Clássico.
De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Deus, o paraíso e várias histórias do Antigo Testamento - incluindo a criação e Arca de Noé - são descritos (supostamente) através da perspectiva de cidadãos rurais negros dos Estados Unidos.
Gangsters in Harlem make plans to commit a kidnapping.
Court Crier
O inescrupuloso e ambicioso, Brutus Jones, escapa da cadeia após matar um guarda e, depois de muita luta, se encontra imperador de uma ilha no Caribe.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.
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Esta excelente epopéia bíblica, produzida e dirigida pelo mestre Cecil B. DeMille, é uma mistura hábil de reverência espiritual e imaginação cinematográfica. Considerado por muitos críticos a melhor versão da vida de Cristo já produzida, o filme cobre os 33 anos vividos por Jesus Cristo, desde seu nascimento até a Crucificação, Ressureição e a Ascensão. Incluindo o relacionamento do Salvador com João, os 40 Dias no Deserto, a Escolha dos Apóstolos, o Sermão na Montanha, a Traição de Judas, a Páscoa e a sua Última Ceia. O Rei dos Reisé um épico cheio de planos sequência, figuração realizada por milhares de pessoas, efeitos especiais para a época impressionantes, com uma pesquisa de arte e produção perfeita, tanto para os cenários quanto para o guarda-roupas, fiéis totalmente ao período e um elenco estrelar com grandes atores. Obra-prima incontestável de grande valor histórico e religioso.
Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Épico do cinema mudo dividido em duas partes. A primeira parte conta a história de Moisés liderando os Judeus na fuga do Egito para a Terra Prometida e as entregas das tábuas dos mandamentos por Deus. A segunda parte conta a eficácia dos mandamentos na vida moderna e a história de dois irmãos rivais no amor de uma jovem.
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A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.