Frank Borzage

Frank Borzage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Borzage (April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor, known for directing 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), Bad Girl (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Man's Castle (1933), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (1940) and Moonrise (1948). In 1912 Borzage found employment as an actor in Hollywood; he continued to work as an actor until 1917. His directorial debut came in 1915 with the film The Pitch o' Chance. He was a successful director throughout the 1920s, but reached his peak in the late silent and early sound era. Absorbing visual influences from the German director F.W. Murnau, who was also resident at Fox at this time, Borzage developed his own style of lushly visual romanticism in a hugely successful series of films starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, including 7th Heaven (1927), for which he won the first Academy Award for Best Director, Street Angel (1928) and Lucky Star (1929). He won a second Oscar for 1931's Bad Girl. He directed 14 films between 1917 and 1919 alone. His greatest success in the silent era was with Humoresque, a box office winner starring Vera Gordon. Borzage's trademark was intense identification with the feelings of young lovers in the face of adversity, with love in his films triumphing over such trials as World War I (7th Heaven and A Farewell to Arms), disability (Lucky Star), the Depression (Man's Castle), a thinly disguised version of the Titanic disaster in History Is Made at Night, and the rise of Nazism, a theme which Borzage had virtually to himself among Hollywood filmmakers from Little Man, What Now? (1933) to Three Comrades (1938) and The Mortal Storm (1940). His work took a spiritual turn in such films as Green Light (1937), Strange Cargo (1940) and The Big Fisherman (1959). Of his later work only the film noir Moonrise (1948) has enjoyed much critical acclaim. After 1948, Borzage's output was sporadic. In 1955 and 1957, he was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Frank Borzage died of cancer in 1962, aged 68.

  • Title: Frank Borzage
  • Popularity: 4.279
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1894-04-23
  • Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • Also Known As: Mr. Borzage, Фрэнк Борзеги
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Frank Borzage Movies

  • 1917
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    A Mormon Maid

    A Mormon Maid

    5 1917 HD

    This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack...

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  • 1914
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    In the Sage Brush Country

    In the Sage Brush Country

    1 1914 HD

    In what scenarist C. Gardner Sullivan misleadingly called “The Romantic Adventures of a Woman of the ’50s,” this story has Hart...

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  • 1913
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    Loaded Dice

    Loaded Dice

    1 1913 HD

    Loaded Dice is a 1913 short film.

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  • 1914
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    The Panther

    The Panther

    1 1914 HD

    Andrew McLeod, the Factor, is called "The Panther" by the Indians, owing to his cruelty. He wishes to marry Julie, the daughter of Francois Ledru, a...

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  • 1915
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    In the Land of the Otter

    In the Land of the Otter

    1 1915 HD

    Ben Anderson, factor of the trading station, impatient with his daughter Anne's coquetries, calls all the trappers to him and promises to wed her to...

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  • 1915
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    The Cup of Life

    The Cup of Life

    1 1915 HD

    Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a...

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  • 1915
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    The Secret of Lost River

    The Secret of Lost River

    1 1915 HD

    Pierre Vignol, an artist wintering in Arizona, is bitten by a snake. He is taken by his friend, Tom Hornby, to Padre Francisco, who prescribes for...

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  • 1915
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    The Tavern Keeper's Son

    The Tavern Keeper's Son

    1 1915 HD

    Juan Capella, the son of a poor Spanish tavern keeper, and his wife, learning of the discovery of gold on the American River near Sacramento, runs...

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  • 1914
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    The Wheel of Life

    The Wheel of Life

    1 1914 HD

    The husband and his wife live alone in the mountains, where he is working out a claim. A stranger from a distant mine is injured in the vicinity. The...

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  • 1914
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    A Flash in the Dark

    A Flash in the Dark

    1 1914 HD

    Randall is a rich mine owner whose business affairs cause him to neglect his somewhat frivolous wife. There is a mutual friend whom Randall...

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  • 1913
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    The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    1 1913 HD

    Reed and Rosson are owners of the Yellow Aster mine. They have taken out enough gold to make the final payment, which is due. Both brothers love the...

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  • 1913
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    The Gratitude of Wanda

    The Gratitude of Wanda

    1 1913 HD

    An indian girl brings military relief to the besieged cabin because of her gratitude to the white man who befriended her.

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  • 1913
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    A Cracksman Santa Claus

    A Cracksman Santa Claus

    1 1913 HD

    The cracksman is discouraged and cynical. It is Christmas Eve. He takes his revolver and starts out in quest of gain. Dot gets home, tired out and...

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  • 1913
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    A Hopi Legend

    A Hopi Legend

    1 1913 HD

    An old arrowmaker's daughter, while at the stream, meets a brave from another tribe. They become enamored of each other in the sudden positive way of...

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  • 1913
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    Retribution

    Retribution

    1 1913 HD

    Dorothy and her father have staked all their hopes on their mine. While they are awaiting the arrival of Mr. Reid, who is to report on the value of...

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  • 1914
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    Love's Western Flight

    Love's Western Flight

    1 1914 HD

    For five years Dorothy had put up with her husband although all his refinement, delicacy and love had long since been drowned in drink. Dorothy had...

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  • 1914
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    The Wrath of the Gods

    The Wrath of the Gods

    6.2 1914 HD

    An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.

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  • 1916
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    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    4.5 1916 HD

    Nugget Jim's pardner (Borzage), is an easy-come-easy-go character, an heirling who has worn through the last of pater's patience, eaten through his...

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  • 1913
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    Silent Heroes

    Silent Heroes

    5 1913 HD

    Tom Chatterton is called a coward because he will not enlist in the Home Guard during the Civil War -- his mother is dying and he does not wish to...

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  • 1913
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    Granddad

    Granddad

    5.5 1913 HD

    Mildred is staying with her grandfather, Civil War veteran Jabez Burr, when she receives a letter from her father. Her father has re-married, and...

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  • 1913
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    The Drummer of the 8th

    The Drummer of the 8th

    5.8 1913 HD

    When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He...

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  • 1914
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    Samson

    Samson

    10 1914 HD

    Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's...

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  • 1915
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    The Pitch o' Chance

    The Pitch o' Chance

    4.5 1915 HD

    One of the earliest surviving short films by Franke Borzage. A simple western about a man who enjoys boozing, gambling and women.

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  • 1916
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    The Pilgrim

    The Pilgrim

    5.2 1916 HD

    Short western by Frank Borzage about a man called The Pilgrim who comes into a new town, establishes himself and falls in love with a woman.

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  • 1914
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    The Typhoon

    The Typhoon

    1 1914 HD

    Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American...

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  • 1915
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    Knight of the Trail

    Knight of the Trail

    4.8 1915 HD

    Jim and Molly are set to get married when Molly finds out about her fiancé's criminal past. Bill Carey weasels his way into Molly's heart in...

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  • 2008
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    Murnau, Borzage and Fox

    Murnau, Borzage and Fox

    7 2008 HD

    Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.

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  • 1912
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    On Secret Service

    On Secret Service

    5 1912 HD

    Fred Martin is a Southern spy. A northern dispatch bearer is captured, the signature to his messages is forged, and Martin is sent on the dangerous...

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  • 1915
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    In the Switch Tower

    In the Switch Tower

    1 1915 HD

    IN THE SWITCH TOWER stars Walter Edwards (who also directed) as Bill Wharton, a middle-aged alcoholic who was once a leading engineer with a...

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.049 1916 HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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  • 1957
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    Jeanne Eagels

    Jeanne Eagels

    6.3 1957 HD

    Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

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  • 1917
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    Fear Not

    Fear Not

    1 1917 HD

    Brothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to cocaine and both believe that their addiction is caused by a hereditary failing. James rises...

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  • 1916
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    Land O' Lizards

    Land O' Lizards

    1 1916 HD

    Eastern capitalists hire a stranger to head out to Arizona to investigate property near the Bar C Ranch, which contains gold. The Bar C is run by...

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  • 1917
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    Wee Lady Betty

    Wee Lady Betty

    1 1917 HD

    Wee Lady Betty rules the O'Reilly castle with a stern hand and a big heart until she learns that Roger, the O'Reilly heir, is coming to take...

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  • 1918
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    The Atom

    The Atom

    1 1918 HD

    Jennie is a slavey in a theatrical boarding house. To her the actors are all wonderful, but Montague Booth is the chief. In an accident Booth is...

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  • 1917
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    A School for Husbands

    A School for Husbands

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

    7.169 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

    7.169 1940 HD

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  • 1956
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    A Ticket for Thaddeus

    A Ticket for Thaddeus

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1940
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    I Take This Woman

    I Take This Woman

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1932
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    A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

    6.2 1932 HD

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  • 1937
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    History Is Made at Night

    History Is Made at Night

    6.6 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1928
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    Street Angel

    Street Angel

    7 1928 HD

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  • 1948
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    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1925
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    Lazybones

    Lazybones

    6.5 1925 HD

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  • 1943
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    His Butler's Sister

    His Butler's Sister

    7.1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

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  • 1940
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    Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1927
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    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

    7.337 1927 HD

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  • 1934
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    Flirtation Walk

    Flirtation Walk

    5.5 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

    5.9 1931 HD

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  • 1936
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    Desire

    Desire

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    Flight Command

    Flight Command

    5.4 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Seven Sweethearts

    Seven Sweethearts

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Vanishing Virginian

    The Vanishing Virginian

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Spanish Main

    The Spanish Main

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Circle

    The Circle

    5.4 1925 HD

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  • 1933
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    Secrets

    Secrets

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1929
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    Lucky Star

    Lucky Star

    7.5 1929 HD

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  • 1932
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    After Tomorrow

    After Tomorrow

    5.75 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

    6.6 1938 HD

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  • 1933
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    Man's Castle

    Man's Castle

    6.903 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Three Comrades

    Three Comrades

    7.172 1938 HD

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  • 1941
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    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1929
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    The River

    The River

    7.2 1929 HD

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  • 1934
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    No Greater Glory

    No Greater Glory

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1944
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    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1939
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    Disputed Passage

    Disputed Passage

    5.5 1939 HD

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  • 1937
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    Green Light

    Green Light

    6.3 1937 HD

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  • 1946
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    I've Always Loved You

    I've Always Loved You

    6.4 1946 HD

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  • 1930
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    Liliom

    Liliom

    6.6 1930 HD

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  • 1919
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    Toton

    Toton

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Prudence on Broadway

    Prudence on Broadway

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1934
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    Little Man, What Now?

    Little Man, What Now?

    6.4 1934 HD

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  • 1958
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    China Doll

    China Doll

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1931
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    Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Stranded

    Stranded

    5.8 1935 HD

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  • 1930
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    Song o' My Heart

    Song o' My Heart

    3.7 1930 HD

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  • 1924
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    Secrets

    Secrets

    5.5 1924 HD

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  • 1916
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    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    4.5 1916 HD

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  • 1936
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    Hearts Divided

    Hearts Divided

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1920
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    Humoresque

    Humoresque

    5.5 1920 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Lady

    The Lady

    5.5 1925 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Big Fisherman

    The Big Fisherman

    4.5 1959 HD

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  • 1935
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    Shipmates Forever

    Shipmates Forever

    6.5 1935 HD

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  • 1932
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    Young America

    Young America

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1935
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    Living on Velvet

    Living on Velvet

    5.4 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Living on Velvet

    Living on Velvet

    5.4 1935 HD

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  • 1946
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    Magnificent Doll

    Magnificent Doll

    5.9 1946 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Pitch o' Chance

    The Pitch o' Chance

    4.5 1915 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Pilgrim

    The Pilgrim

    5.2 1916 HD

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  • 1929
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    They Had to See Paris

    They Had to See Paris

    5.6 1929 HD

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  • 1917
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    Until They Get Me

    Until They Get Me

    4.8 1917 HD

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  • 1947
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    That's My Man

    That's My Man

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    That's My Man

    That's My Man

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1936
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    Desire

    Desire

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1926
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    The First Year

    The First Year

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1961
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    Journey Beneath the Desert

    Journey Beneath the Desert

    2.4 1961 HD

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  • 1941
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    Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

    4.7 1941 HD

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  • 1925
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    Lazybones

    Lazybones

    6.5 1925 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Nth Commandment

    The Nth Commandment

    5 1923 HD

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  • 1922
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    Back Pay

    Back Pay

    6.3 1922 HD

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  • 1916
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    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    Nugget Jim's Pardner

    4.5 1916 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Nth Commandment

    The Nth Commandment

    5 1923 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Day I Met Caruso

    The Day I Met Caruso

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Pride of Palomar

    The Pride of Palomar

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1925
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    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    5 1925 HD

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  • 1935
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    Stranded

    Stranded

    5.8 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Flirtation Walk

    Flirtation Walk

    5.5 1934 HD

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  • 1916
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    Life's Harmony

    Life's Harmony

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1946
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    I've Always Loved You

    I've Always Loved You

    6.4 1946 HD

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  • 1955
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    Day is Done

    Day is Done

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1918
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    Society for Sale

    Society for Sale

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1921
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    Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

    Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1940
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    Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Spanish Main

    The Spanish Main

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Gun Woman

    The Gun Woman

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1930
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    Song o' My Heart

    Song o' My Heart

    3.7 1930 HD

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  • 1941
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    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1942
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    Seven Sweethearts

    Seven Sweethearts

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Age of Desire

    The Age of Desire

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1931
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1937
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    Green Light

    Green Light

    6.3 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

    6.6 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Hearts Divided

    Hearts Divided

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1933
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    Man's Castle

    Man's Castle

    6.903 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

    6.2 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    No Greater Glory

    No Greater Glory

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Dixie Merchant

    The Dixie Merchant

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1943
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    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1922
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    Billy Jim

    Billy Jim

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1958
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    China Doll

    China Doll

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Good Provider

    The Good Provider

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Valley of Silent Men

    The Valley of Silent Men

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Ghost Flower

    The Ghost Flower

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1926
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    Marriage License?

    Marriage License?

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1916
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    Land O' Lizards

    Land O' Lizards

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1926
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    Early to Wed

    Early to Wed

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1925
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    Wages for Wives

    Wages for Wives

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1923
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    Children of Dust

    Children of Dust

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Duke of Chimney Butte

    The Duke of Chimney Butte

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1919
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    Whom the Gods Would Destroy

    Whom the Gods Would Destroy

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Atom

    The Atom

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1917
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    Flying Colors

    Flying Colors

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1955
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    Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.556 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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