Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams plays into the film Baby Doll in 1956. In the mid-1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, Baker became a sex symbol after appearing as a hedonistic widow in The Carpetbaggers (1964). The film's producer, Joseph E. Levine, cast her in Sylvia before giving her the role of Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965). Despite significant prepublicity, Harlow was a critical failure, and Baker relocated to Italy in 1966 amid a legal dispute over her contract with Paramount and Levine's overseeing of her career. In Europe, she spent the next 10 years starring in hard-edged giallo and horror films, including Romolo Guerrieri's The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), a series of four films with Umberto Lenzi beginning with Orgasmo (1969) and ending with Knife of Ice (1972), and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (1973). Baker appeared in supporting roles in several acclaimed dramas in the 1980s, including the drama Star 80 (1983) as the mother of murder victim Dorothy Stratten, and the racial drama Native Son (1986), based on the novel by Richard Wright. Through the 1990s Baker had guest roles in several television series, such as Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law, and Roswell. She formally retired from acting in 2003.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.1104 |
| Birthday | 1931-05-28 |
| Place of Birth | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Carrol Baker, Karolina Piekarski, کارول بیکر, |
1990
Kindergarten Cop
6.114/2735
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord wh...
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Kindergarten Cop
1956
Giant
7.604/739
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She m...
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Giant
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
6.388/209
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. M...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
1997
The Game
7.568/7193
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y...
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The Game
1980
The Watcher in the Woods
5.9/152
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daug...
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The Watcher in the Woods
1983
Star 80
6.4/133
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the...
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Star 80
1962
How the West Was Won
7/479
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one...
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How the West Was Won
1958
The Big Country
7.58/398
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, a...
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The Big Country
1956
Baby Doll
7.022/138
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for fi...
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Baby Doll
1987
Ironweed
6.311/140
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
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Ironweed
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
6.7/139
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne Autumn
1972
Knife of Ice
6.071/49
A mute woman, traumatized by her parents' death, faces new horrors when her cousin is murdered by a suspected killer. As danger looms, the truth prove...
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Knife of Ice
1978
Cyclone
5.1/27
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve t...
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Cyclone
1971
The Fourth Victim
5.8/15
A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launche...
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The Fourth Victim
1964
The Carpetbaggers
5.8/37
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
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The Carpetbaggers
2017
Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour
0/0
Documentary about Carrol Baker and her 50 years of movies, shows and more.
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Carroll Baker: Vom Baby Doll zur Lady Glamour
1969
Paranoia
5.837/52
Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes up a reclusive existence in a luxurious villa. Aft...
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Paranoia
1977
Bad
6.3/52
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite,...
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Bad
1987
Hollywood Uncensored
5.1/9
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
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Hollywood Uncensored
1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
5/1
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
2011
Hollywood Scandals
0/0
TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.
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Hollywood Scandals
1961
Something Wild
6.2/36
A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
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Something Wild
1995
Storie di seduzione
0/0
Diana is a woman of our days, whose daily routine is slowly distorted by listening to a radio drama that slowly brings her to a seemingly unknown and...
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Storie di seduzione
1973
Baba Yaga
5.474/78
Carroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over attractive, youthful fashion photographer Valentina Ro...
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Baba Yaga
1971
The Devil with Seven Faces
4.6/17
Carroll Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The serpentine plot begins as Julie tells her lawyer Dave Barto...
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The Devil with Seven Faces
1965
Sylvia
6.2/8
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator n...
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Sylvia
1983
Red Monarch
5/10
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still...
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Red Monarch
1958
Fun in the Big Country
0/0
Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
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Fun in the Big Country
1959
But Not for Me
6/8
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubi...
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But Not for Me
1967
The Harem
5.1/11
A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.
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The Harem
1971
Captain Apache
4.53/33
The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent. His only clue is "April...
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Captain Apache
1970
A Quiet Place to Kill
6.51/50
A race-car driver who's down on her luck is invited by her ex-husband's wife to stay at their plush villa. The two women form a bond, and it's not lon...
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A Quiet Place to Kill
1986
Native Son
5/13
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen...
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Native Son
1992
Cyber Eden
4.7/5
Gloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20. Convinced that science is getting nowhere in the sear...
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Cyber Eden
1967
Jack of Diamonds
4.2/5
The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in the daring heist of several famous jewels from a seemi...
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Jack of Diamonds
1993
A Kiss to Die For
3.8/6
William, a Harvard psychology professor is having trouble dealing with life after the death of his wife when he meets a beautiful woman named Ali. As...
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A Kiss to Die For
1993
Men Don't Tell
6.8/9
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
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Men Don't Tell
1959
The Miracle
6.7/7
A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
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The Miracle
1961
Bridge to the Sun
6.8/13
Tells the true story of American Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat. When World War II breaks out, they encounter...
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Bridge to the Sun
1975
Valentina... The Virgin Wife
4.9/22
Valentina and Giovannino have just got married, but the Honeymoon has gone by and nothing happened between the two. Tension grows and they are about t...
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Valentina... The Virgin Wife
1963
Station Six-Sahara
5.675/20
A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.
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Station Six-Sahara
1993
Judgment Day: The John List Story
4.5/2
The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children...
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Judgment Day: The John List Story
1991
Blonde Fist
4.375/8
A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him, and also new problems, some friendship...
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Blonde Fist
2002
Cinerama Adventure
7.6/11
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into...
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Cinerama Adventure
1975
The Sky is Falling
4/9
Chicken, a desperate hippie junkie living in a small Spanish village, is finding it difficult to separate fantasy and reality. This isn't helped by th...
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The Sky is Falling
1965
Mister Moses
4/2
A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
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Mister Moses
1998
Nowhere to Go
0/0
A rebellious teen threatened with expulsion from school is offered an alternative: an experimental program in which she would counsel troubled childre...
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Nowhere to Go
1975
The Private Lesson
5.2/21
Alessandro has a thing or two to learn. Carroll Baker, in her role, is the perfect teacher.
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The Private Lesson
1976
Blackmail Chase
0/0
A couple of friends aspiring to join film land get mixed up in a robbery, ordered by a mafia boss who wants to seize the evidence he needs to blackmai...
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Blackmail Chase
1976
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
6.1/26
A wealthy man suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife. Since Viagara hadn't been invented yet, his swinging liberal doctor i...
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Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
1996
Dalva
2.8/4
The sweeping story of Dalva Northridge, a young woman of part-Sioux heritage from an old, landed family on the Nebraska plains, and of her lifelong ye...
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Dalva
1976
Shattered Dreams
8/1
A young Viennese policeman can not free himself from his mistress and is also extorted over his illegal arms business.
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Shattered Dreams
1987
On Fire
0/0
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
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On Fire
1997
Skeletons
3.875/12
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case...
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Skeletons
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
6/1
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.
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Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
5/2
The life and times of actor and NRA activist Charlton Heston.
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Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
0/0
Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when kids spent their Saturdays watching double-feature matine...
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
1979
The World Is Full of Married Men
4.2/4
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfri...
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The World Is Full of Married Men
1963
The Paradise Suite
0/0
A troubled actress has conversations with a range of different people.
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The Paradise Suite
1990
Gipsy Angel
3/3
A love story cloaked in gypsy magic. Angel is a famous rock star. An idol for millions of teenagers who copy her "look" and adopt her language. She h...
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Gipsy Angel
1985
What Mad Pursuit
0/0
If you were a famous English novelist doing a whistle stop tour of the United States to promote your books, wouldn't you welcome with open arms the ch...
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What Mad Pursuit
1965
Harlow
5.4/18
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's men...
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Harlow
1974
The Body
4.5/11
A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.
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The Body
1995
In the Flesh
0/0
A German woman travels to America with her baby to take up an au pair position with a rich couple. She has no idea that the childless couple are only...
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In the Flesh
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
4.5/11
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brillian...
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
8.5/12
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century....
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
1998
Rag and Bone
3/4
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. Howe...
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Rag and Bone
1984
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
3.9/7
Screwball account of the legendary psychologist's life leading up to his ground-breaking theories.
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The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
6/1
Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic brooding bad boy James Dean, from his obscure early da...
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James Dean: The First American Teenager
2000
Another Woman's Husband
3.5/10
When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband...
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Another Woman's Husband
1956
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
6/1
Star-studded charity New York City premiere of the film Giant.
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New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1996
Return to 'Giant'
6.1/4
In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become,...
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Return to 'Giant'
1996
Just Your Luck
3.5/4
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining...
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Just Your Luck
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
0/0
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by t...
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
2009
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
0/0
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1953
Easy to Love
6.1/7
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
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Easy to Love
1969
So Sweet... So Perverse
5.5/42
An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into une...
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So Sweet... So Perverse
1968
The Sweet Body of Deborah
5.5/22
A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.
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The Sweet Body of Deborah
1973
The Flower with Petals of Steel
5/7
A doctor kills his girlfriend when he accidentally causes her to fall onto an ornamental flower which has metal spikes. He disposes of her by choppin...
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The Flower with Petals of Steel
1997
North Shore Fish
0/0
Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Flo (Mercedes Ruehl), the "batter" person on the a...
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North Shore Fish
1996
La signora della città
0/0
A Sicilian girl of aristocratic origins escapes the mafia, changes her identity and tries to rebuild her life as a model in New York.
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La signora della città
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
0/0
A documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).
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Baby Doll: See No Evil
1975
The Next Victim
0/0
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
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The Next Victim
1997
Heart Full of Rain
4/2
A young man returns to the family farm after being gone for six years. But it is not until he fights shoulder to shoulder with his father to save the...
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Heart Full of Rain
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
0/0
A snyposis of the legendary actor's career, narrated by Liam Neeson.
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Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1967
Lionpower from MGM
4.5/2
"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five se...
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Lionpower from MGM
1998
Memories of Giant
0/0
A 1998 retrospective documentary exploring the making and legacy of George Stevens’ Giant (1956). Featuring interviews with cast members, crew, and hi...
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Memories of Giant
2002
Heart of the Festival
4/1
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.
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