Fredric March
Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956).
March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.353 |
Birthday | 1897-08-31 |
Place of Birth | Racine, Wisconsin, USA |
Also Known As | Фредрик Марч, Frederick March, Фредрік Марч, |
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.8/657
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrive...
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
7.3/291
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become l...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1960
Inherit the Wind
7.68/417
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...
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Inherit the Wind
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
4/4
In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master...
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1964
Seven Days in May
7.25/198
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Seven Days in May
1937
A Star Is Born
7.133/215
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido...
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A Star Is Born
1942
I Married a Witch
6.8/202
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
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I Married a Witch
1967
Hombre
7.044/215
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when...
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Hombre
1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
6.8/48
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which...
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
5.9/76
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1921
The Education of Elizabeth
0/0
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are sho...
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The Education of Elizabeth
1973
The Iceman Cometh
6/26
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props...
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The Iceman Cometh
1956
Alexander the Great
5.9/91
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the beli...
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Alexander the Great
1954
Executive Suite
7/52
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
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Executive Suite
1948
An Act of Murder
6.8/20
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
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An Act of Murder
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
6.4/41
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon...
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Death Takes a Holiday
1937
Nothing Sacred
6.2/101
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Nothing Sacred
1936
Anthony Adverse
5.7/30
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by...
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Anthony Adverse
1940
Susan and God
6.5/14
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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Susan and God
1936
Mary of Scotland
6.3/36
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
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Mary of Scotland
1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6/19
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henriet...
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1935
Les Misérables
7.2/50
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
1955
The Desperate Hours
7/161
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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The Desperate Hours
1929
The Wild Party
6.7/11
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets i...
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The Wild Party
1932
The Sign of the Cross
6.2/41
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old C...
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The Sign of the Cross
1941
Bedtime Story
5.9/6
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worl...
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Bedtime Story
1938
There Goes My Heart
7.2/13
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
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There Goes My Heart
1933
The Eagle and the Hawk
6.6/23
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enem...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
6.4/38
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to...
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Merrily We Go to Hell
1935
Anna Karenina
6.6/86
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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Anna Karenina
1951
It's a Big Country
5.3/7
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best director...
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It's a Big Country
1932
Smilin' Through
6/20
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carte...
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Smilin' Through
1941
One Foot in Heaven
6.6/17
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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One Foot in Heaven
1970
Tick... Tick... Tick...
6.5/25
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
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Tick... Tick... Tick...
1933
Design for Living
7.2/192
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
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Design for Living
1921
The Great Adventure
0/0
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
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The Great Adventure
1944
Tomorrow, the World!
7.9/6
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
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Tomorrow, the World!
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
6.6/9
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
1935
The Dark Angel
6.2/18
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has...
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The Dark Angel
1930
The Royal Family of Broadway
5.7/11
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a br...
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The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
Sarah and Son
5.182/11
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wi...
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Sarah and Son
1951
Death of a Salesman
6.9/16
Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past th...
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Death of a Salesman
1936
The Road to Glory
6.3/6
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and m...
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The Road to Glory
1953
Man on a Tightrope
6.5/30
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performe...
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Man on a Tightrope
1959
Middle of the Night
7/31
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a roma...
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Middle of the Night
1934
The Affairs of Cellini
4.9/9
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
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The Affairs of Cellini
1957
Albert Schweitzer
5.6/8
This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go to...
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Albert Schweitzer
1938
The Buccaneer
6.4/9
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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The Buccaneer
1949
Christopher Columbus
5.7/12
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical...
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Christopher Columbus
1948
Another Part of the Forest
7.6/11
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
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Another Part of the Forest
1931
Honor Among Lovers
5.7/12
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
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Honor Among Lovers
1929
The Studio Murder Mystery
4.1/6
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen...
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The Studio Murder Mystery
1929
The Marriage Playground
5.8/4
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their int...
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The Marriage Playground
1932
Make Me a Star
5.5/4
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
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Make Me a Star
1932
Strangers in Love
5.1/4
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
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Strangers in Love
1930
Manslaughter
5.5/2
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even im...
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Manslaughter
1930
True to the Navy
7/3
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets he...
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True to the Navy
1933
Tonight Is Ours
0/0
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
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Tonight Is Ours
1930
Laughter
4.9/12
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions o...
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Laughter
1962
The Condemned of Altona
7/15
A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughte...
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The Condemned of Altona
1961
The Young Doctors
5.6/7
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
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The Young Doctors
1938
Trade Winds
6.3/7
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and...
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Trade Winds
1934
Good Dame
5.5/2
A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can he...
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Good Dame
1930
Ladies Love Brutes
5.7/3
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an It...
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Ladies Love Brutes
1934
We Live Again
6.5/4
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that h...
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We Live Again
1941
So Ends Our Night
6/8
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
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So Ends Our Night
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
7.5/4
Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Gra...
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
1934
All of Me
6/1
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
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All of Me
1945
Welcome Home
0/0
America prepares to welcome and employ the 12 million service men and women who are coming home from war.
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Welcome Home
1929
Paris Bound
4.4/5
Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a...
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Paris Bound
1931
My Sin
5.8/8
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where...
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My Sin
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10/1
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3/3
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1921
The Devil
6.1/4
Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while...
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The Devil
1921
Paying the Piper
0/0
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 Kei...
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Paying the Piper
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
0/0
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1931
The Night Angel
4/2
In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until...
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The Night Angel
1954
A Christmas Carol
6.286/14
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1939
The 400 Million
5.9/7
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Jap...
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The 400 Million
1940
Victory
0/0
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
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Victory
1956
Island of Allah
0/0
An old Bedouin tells the story of the twenty-three year old Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Saud’s daring raid on Riyadh to geologists exploring the deserts of...
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Island of Allah
1930
Paramount on Parade
6.125/8
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
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Paramount on Parade
1936
Breakdowns of 1936
0/0
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
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Breakdowns of 1936
1929
Footlights and Fools
0/0
Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
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Footlights and Fools
1938
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
6.1/5
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest ar...
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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
5.5/2
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1936
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
5/2
Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.
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The Making of a Great Motion Picture
2003
Complicated Women
6.7/11
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
9/3
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed comm...
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
8/5
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and profession...
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1944
Valley of the Tennessee
0/0
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Valley of the Tennessee
1959
A Christmas Carol
8.4/5
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's own...
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A Christmas Carol
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
5.8/5
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
1958
The Winslow Boy
0/0
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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The Winslow Boy
1949
The Twentieth Century
0/0
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing...
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The Twentieth Century
1929
Jealousy
0/0
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who...
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Jealousy
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
9/2
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with t...
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
1929
The Dummy
0/0
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the p...
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The Dummy
1945
A Pass to Tomorrow
0/0
A Jewish American soldier visits Eretz Yisrael after fighting on the North African front during World War II.
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