Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford.
In 1969, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Best Dressed List.
The moving image collection of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., held at the Academy Film Archive, includes over 90 reels of home movies.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.516 |
| Birthday | 1909-12-09 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Douglas Elton Ulman Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., Doug Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Sir Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Jnr., |
2005
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
6.5/2
An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.
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Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
1981
Ghost Story
6/144
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies...
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Ghost Story
1972
The Crooked Hearts
7.8/4
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-an...
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The Crooked Hearts
1939
Gunga Din
6.52/151
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While compl...
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Gunga Din
1933
Morning Glory
6/47
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a p...
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Morning Glory
1927
Is Zat So?
0/0
A rich man hires a pair of brothers, one to teach him to box and the other to manage him. Meanwhile, the rich man must fend off his brother-in-law, wh...
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Is Zat So?
1931
Little Caesar
6.9/262
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Little Caesar
1928
A Woman of Affairs
6.6/20
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her...
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A Woman of Affairs
1940
Angels Over Broadway
5.8/27
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a...
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Angels Over Broadway
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
5.9/40
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra,...
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Sinbad the Sailor
1941
The Corsican Brothers
6.8/6
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feel...
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The Corsican Brothers
1938
The Rage of Paris
6.059/17
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of he...
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The Rage of Paris
1938
The Young in Heart
6.5/22
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
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The Young in Heart
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
7.5/49
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1934
The Rise of Catherine the Great
5.9/16
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. A...
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The Rise of Catherine the Great
1938
Joy of Living
5.7/7
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic...
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Joy of Living
1938
Having Wonderful Time
4.9/13
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
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Having Wonderful Time
1987
Hollywood Uncensored
5.5/8
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
1930
The Dawn Patrol
6.6/23
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons a...
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The Dawn Patrol
1948
That Lady in Ermine
5.8/15
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, w...
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That Lady in Ermine
1931
The Stolen Jools
5.589/28
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...
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The Stolen Jools
1927
A Texas Steer
0/0
Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander just happens to be a very wealthy rancher, but the money doesn't really mean that much to him. The same can't be said...
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A Texas Steer
1928
The Barker
0/0
A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement wi...
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The Barker
1932
Love Is a Racket
5.769/13
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
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Love Is a Racket
1947
The Exile
6.1/8
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwel...
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The Exile
1930
Outward Bound
5.9/12
A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of t...
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Outward Bound
1978
Kingdom Of Gifts
0/0
Set in a monarchy
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Kingdom Of Gifts
2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
0/0
Arguably the quintessential film siren of the silent era, Mary Pickford was known as "America's Sweetheart." This documentary explores Pickford's life...
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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
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
1929
Our Modern Maidens
5.9/14
Young, vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancé Gil a diplomatic appointment. Me...
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Our Modern Maidens
1936
Accused
0/0
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later...
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Accused
1932
Union Depot
6.1/14
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend S...
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Union Depot
1951
Mr. Drake's Duck
5/1
Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the governm...
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Mr. Drake's Duck
1930
Loose Ankles
4.4/5
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the appr...
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Loose Ankles
1950
State Secret
6.5/14
Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is...
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State Secret
1939
Rulers of the Sea
6.5/2
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the...
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Rulers of the Sea
1931
I Like Your Nerve
5.7/6
Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt governmen...
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I Like Your Nerve
1937
When Thief Meets Thief
5/2
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
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When Thief Meets Thief
1933
Parachute Jumper
6.1/18
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
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Parachute Jumper
1940
Green Hell
4/7
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
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Green Hell
1932
Scarlet Dawn
6.5/2
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challengi...
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Scarlet Dawn
1935
Man of the Moment
5/1
Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
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Man of the Moment
1933
Captured!
5.6/7
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and...
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Captured!
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1928
The Power of the Press
6.056/9
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she c...
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The Power of the Press
1931
Chances
7/3
Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom be...
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Chances
1932
It's Tough to Be Famous
5.7/3
Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of...
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It's Tough to Be Famous
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
6.1/7
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he...
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
0/0
Eddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1930
Party Girl
3.3/10
Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and...
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Party Girl
1923
Stephen Steps Out
0/0
Stephen Steps Out is a 1923 comedy short.
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Stephen Steps Out
1939
The Sun Never Sets
4.8/2
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompani...
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The Sun Never Sets
1934
Success at Any Price
3.9/7
A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.
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Success at Any Price
1935
Mimi
5.2/4
A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
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Mimi
1940
Safari
4/1
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned ad...
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Safari
1933
The Narrow Corner
5.5/6
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
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The Narrow Corner
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
7/2
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film bo...
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
1929
Show of Shows
5.5/2
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...
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Show of Shows
1929
The Forward Pass
0/0
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith...
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The Forward Pass
1967
The Funniest Man in the World
0/0
Documentary about the early career of Charlie Chaplin.
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The Funniest Man in the World
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
6.6/8
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest....
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
1925
Stella Dallas
7.1/12
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter...
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Stella Dallas
1930
One Night at Susie's
5.8/6
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did not commit.
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One Night at Susie's
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
4/1
A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English roya...
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The Amateur Gentleman
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
0/0
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famo...
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
1996
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
7.2/25
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and H...
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1978
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
0/0
A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.
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The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
3.4/4
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, atten...
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1925
The Air Mail
0/0
Russ Kane obtains work as a pilot in the airmail service with the purpose of robbing the mails. However, during his training period at the Reno field,...
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The Air Mail
2004
On Location with Gunga Din
0/0
A documentary focusing on the production history and legacy of the adventure-comedy phenomenon, Gunga Din.
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On Location with Gunga Din
1949
The Fighting O'Flynn
6/2
A swashbuckling Irishman opposes French agents during the Napoleonic wars.
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The Fighting O'Flynn
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/4
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1958
Chase a Crooked Shadow
7/35
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
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Chase a Crooked Shadow
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
7.5/2
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. D...
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1927
Man Bait
0/0
Madge Dreyer is a sales girl in a large department store whose street-wise past long ago taught her how to handle any situation. A small adventure wit...
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Man Bait
1953
Three's Company
0/0
Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".
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Three's Company
2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
8/1
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
1930
The Way of All Men
4.5/2
A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a Mississippi River levee breaks and causes flood havoc abo...
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The Way of All Men
1986
Strong Medicine
7/1
TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious...
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Strong Medicine
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
5.7/6
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoma...
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
1980
The Hostage Tower
4.8/5
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, th...
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The Hostage Tower
1929
Fast Life
0/0
A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of t...
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Fast Life
1928
The Garden of Eden
5.6/8
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually...
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The Garden of Eden
1926
The American Venus
0/0
A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competit...
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The American Venus
1925
Wild Horse Mesa
7/2
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it.
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Wild Horse Mesa
1930
Little Accident
0/0
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
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Little Accident
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
1929
The Careless Age
0/0
Directed by John Griffith Wray. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thomson.
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The Careless Age
1980
From Raquel with Love
0/0
Musical Special designed to showcase the minimal talents of Raquel Welch.
Highlights include: a scene featuring Welch and Mickey Rooney, portraying a...
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From Raquel with Love
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/3
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
6/1
Golf legend Bobby Jones gives his take on trouble shots.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1928
The Toilers
0/0
The Toilers (1928)
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The Toilers
1927
Women Love Diamonds
0/0
A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.
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Women Love Diamonds
1950
The Costume Designer
0/0
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer
1968
Red and Blue
6/1
Musical short, filmed for the abandoned portmanteau film Red, White and Zero (1967).
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Red and Blue
1979
Red, White, and Zero
5/1
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderso...
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Red, White, and Zero
1954
The Awakening
6/1
"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".
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The Awakening
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
0/0
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and...
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1978
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
0/0
Documentary about the early British films by director Alfred Hitchcock.
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The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
1953
The Genie
0/0
A young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.
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The Genie
1926
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
6.5/1
Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a comeback, but age has taken its toll and she is cast in smal...
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Broken Hearts of Hollywood
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.4/11
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
7.5/12
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1916
American Aristocracy
4/2
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
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American Aristocracy
1983
La Belle Epoque
0/0
Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes...
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La Belle Epoque
1928
Dead Man's Curve
0/0
A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since our hero discovers this only after losing an importan...
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Dead Man's Curve
1982
The Pirates Of Penzance
9/1
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st y...
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The Pirates Of Penzance
1982
Trial By Jury
0/0
In a breach of promise case, the Learned Judge and Jury are somewhat smitten by the pretty Plaintiff's charms, and the Defendant is hard pressed to ex...
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Trial By Jury
1982
Cox and Box
5.5/1
Cox works by day, and Box by night. Their rascally landlord lets the same room to both of them and doubles his profit. But eventually they discover th...
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Cox and Box
1982
H.M.S. Pinafore
9/1
The D'Oyly Carte production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Love blossoms between members of different social classes among a general lampooning...
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H.M.S. Pinafore
1983
The Mikado
3.8/3
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of...
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The Mikado
1982
The Gondoliers
0/0
Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem....
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The Gondoliers
1982
Iolanthe
0/0
Strephon, a shepherd (the son of a Fairy, Iolanthe, and a mortal), is in love with Phyllis, a shepherdess. He wants to marry her, but, although Phylli...
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Iolanthe
1990
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
10/1
The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.
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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1926
Padlocked
6/1
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Padlocked
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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