George Arliss
Birthday: 1868-04-09
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Movies
Doctor Syn
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this Britis...
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Disraeli
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicane...
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The House of Rothschild
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued b...
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The Working Man
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of hi...
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The Green Goddess
An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner b...
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The Man Who Played God
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafe...
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A Successful Calamity
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wil...
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The King's Vacation
The king of an unnamed European country abdicates and tries to recapture the happiness with the wife...
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The Last Gentleman
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arli...
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Voltaire
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingl...
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The Millionaire
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half int...
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Alexander Hamilton
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson....
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His Lordship
A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambition...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were...
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Impressions of Disraeli
Celebrity endorsement: Stanley Baldwin introduces George Arliss playing the legendary PM....
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Cardinal Richelieu
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle....
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The Devil
Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets...
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Land of Liberty
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939....
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The Tunnel
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States....
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The Eternal Jew
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of ...
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The Green Goddess
The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by Wi...
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The Guv'nor
The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss ...
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East Meets West
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to brea...
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Disraeli
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal....
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...
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Twenty Dollars a Week
John Reeves, steel magnate, wagers with his son Chester that he can earn twenty dollars a week and l...
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's e...
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The Ruling Passion
A millionaire's health deteriorates when his doctor and family prevail upon him to retire....
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The Man Who Played God
An eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance....
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