Lionel Barrymore
Birthday: 1878-04-28
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
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It's a Wonderful Life
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people...
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Estrellados
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the S...
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Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from menta...
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Key Largo
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th...
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The Romance of Elaine
The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, ali...
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The End of the Tour
A lonely wife runs off with a traveling actor, taking her boy with her but leaving her daughter behi...
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Duel in the Sun
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself...
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Public Hero Number 1
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which ...
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Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache....
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West of Zanzibar
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired wit...
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You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K...
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Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit comedy, "Y...
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Mata Hari
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo...
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On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are...
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Mark of the Vampire
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications p...
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The Devil-Doll
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scienti...
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Since You Went Away
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose pa...
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The Little Colonel
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Con...
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Sadie Thompson
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago ...
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated ...
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Free and Easy
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywo...
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A Guy Named Joe
A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female...
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Rasputin and the Empress
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russ...
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Test Pilot
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the l...
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Treasure Island
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c...
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The Valley of Decision
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family ...
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Camille
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gamb...
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Lone Star
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is en...
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David Copperfield
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de...
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Malaya
After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after...
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Yesterday and Today
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the m...
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Saratoga
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y....
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Captains Courageous
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat...
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Dinner at Eight
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver...
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Tennessee Johnson
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story b...
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A Free Soul
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when hi...
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The Sheriff's Baby
After the death of his wife the baby was all the sheriff had left, the promise of hope in the future...
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont....
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic....
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Gold and Glitter
As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after...
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The Informer
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his broth...
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A Cry for Help
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and tr...
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The Unwelcome Guest
Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated...
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An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
Summoned to the trading post, granddad promised the girls the money from the deal. He remained true ...
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A Chance Deception
The jealous husband saw a flirtation; the Raffles, a necklace. The husband's suspicions were further...
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Love in an Apartment Hotel
In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's ...
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Just Gold
The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth ch...
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The Wrong Bottle
Happy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into he...
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So Runs the Way
The young wife only reflected her aspiring mother's teaching. Her one ambition seemed to be for disp...
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Night Flight
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night....
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Heredity
Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roots back to...
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Brutality
An abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece does...
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My Hero
Stern parents have ever been relentless obstacles in love's young dream, but it is perhaps quite dou...
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Near To Earth
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger bro...
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Broken Lullaby
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, lik...
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The Ranchero's Revenge
The heartless woman with her partner answered the ranchero's call for a wife. Then the adventuress s...
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Red Hicks Defies the World
Hard as nails and as strong winded as a gale in March, Red Hicks may have been a bit "chesty," but h...
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The Well
Success is often coveted instead of honestly earned. Through honest effort the farmer was enjoying t...
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In Diplomatic Circles
The reporter assigned to obtain a copy of the message from the Japanese Government unraveled the mys...
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A Gamble with Death
The stakes were to go to the one who outlived the other two. In a quarrel one ended the chance of an...
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The Enemy's Baby
A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he woul...
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The Mirror
The girl's lessons from the young station agent on the manipulation of the telegraph code served her...
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Under the Shadow of the Law
In this picture it is shown how a convict's life still remains under the ban of the law, even after ...
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I Was Meant for You
Theron is Lavina's natural choice, though she imagines herself in love with Luke, who is secretly lo...
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The Work Habit
After a lifetime of hard work, Dad consents to live with his married daughter in the city. The young...
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The Crook and the Girl
In the guise of a gardener he came to steal the paper telling the whereabouts of the second will. Th...
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Fighting Blood
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The Stolen Treaty
On the day of the meeting which should settle the controversy regarding the Panama Canal, the Japane...
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The Temptress
A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer....
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All for Science
After all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had...
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challe...
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The Mysterious Island
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientis...
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiance...
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The Yellow Ticket
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British ...
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Ah, Wilderness!
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of g...
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The Girl from Missouri
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and...
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Her Father's Silent Partner
After his daughter's return the jeweler attempted to break the partnership he had with the crook. Hi...
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Judith of Bethulia
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Je...
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The Road to Glory
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are kille...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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The Stranger's Return
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she une...
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The Show
Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. ...
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Should Ladies Behave
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daugh...
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The Gorgeous Hussy
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know h...
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The New York Hat
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a styli...
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A Yank at Oxford
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win...
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Young Dr. Kildare
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigo...
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Calling Dr. Kildare
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in ...
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation....
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont....
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paral...
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Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital....
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A Family Affair
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions an...
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A Misunderstood Boy
Everything he did seemed to be misconstrued, except by the little lady he loved. The town roisters m...
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Death's Marathon
Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible ...
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The Tender Hearted Boy
A butcher boy steals meat to give to a beggar woman and is ultimately rewarded for his kindness....
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The Perfidy of Mary
Rose and her cousin Mary dwell in the land of romance, but real Romeos are scarce in this prosaic ag...
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Pa Says
First Pa said Theodore was a lizzy-nizzy. He let that go, but when Pa said he was too sporty because...
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The Vengeance of Galora
In her own outraged sense of injury Galora sought to bring the young express agent into the justice ...
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The Suffragette Minstrels
Two wives of Jenksville at least did not intend their husbands should be corrupted by the arrival of...
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Navy Blue and Gold
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training....
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Guilty Hands
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and th...
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The Splendid Road
Young Sandra De Hault arrives by ship in Sacramento, California, during the 1849 Gold Rush. While on...
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The Woman Who Did
A young woman doesn't want to get married, but simply live together with the man she loves. This lea...
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The Barrier
Years after Alaskan storekeeper Gale had rescued his ward Necia from Bennett, her murderous sea-capt...
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Road House
Larry Grayson, jazz age son of permissive parents, drifts from wild parties with his classmates to m...
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The House of Discord
In her youth the mother was saved from the fatal mistake by an accident, but it caused her years of ...
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by ...
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The Bartered Crown
It was a hard struggle Mina, the little lace-maker, had with the world, supplying the needs of herse...
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Woman Against Woman
Woman Against Woman is a tale of two sisters. Bessie, the older and more sensible one, is forever lo...
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The Cracksman's Gratitude
The young lawyer took the cracksman's part when he was falsely accused. Later, the chemist, in reven...
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Men and Women
Robert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the pr...
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ru...
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The Power of the Press
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the re...
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The Span of Life
Unscrupulous gambler and drug addict Dunstan Leech has embezzled money entrusted to him. Hoping to c...
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The Seats of the Mighty
A story of treachery and intrigue, with the outcome of the story contingent upon a packet of "secret...
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Arsène Lupin
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even ...
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Down to the Sea in Ships
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and ...
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The Exploits of Elaine
Elaine Dodge is the beautiful young daughter of Taylor Dodge, president of the Consolidated Insuranc...
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Under the Gaslight
Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malic...
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A Modern Magdalen
Although laborer Joe Mercer loves factory girl Katinka Jenkins, she agrees to become the mistress of...
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The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Judge Randolph Legarde becomes a dual personality when he is kicked in the head by a horse....
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The Flaming Sword
Steve, a young college chap who has been unfortunate in his business career, after a life of dissipa...
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Dora Thorne
Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but work...
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A Yellow Streak
Wall street broker Barry Dale is systematically ruined financially by his alleged best friend Richar...
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The Brand of Cowardice
Cyril Hamilton is a chicken-hearted easterner who heads west. He makes up for his past misdeeds by r...
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The Painted Lady
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice...
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His Father's Son
Thrown out of his dad's house without a penny to his name, playboy J. Dabney Barron is told not to r...
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The Millionaire's Double
After his wife has run off with another man, New Yorker Bide Bennington decides to stay in Europe. A...
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National Red Cross Pageant
The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sel...
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The White Caps
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When...
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The Battle
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Ar...
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The Miser's Heart
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them...
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The Chief's Blanket
When the Great Chief's body is placed before the funeral pile by his mourning braves, his sacred bla...
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Boomerang Bill
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of...
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I Am the Man
A jealous politician tries to force a woman to marry him by framing her father for a crime....
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The Wrongdoers
Philanthropical druggist Daniel Abbott, occasionally robs the rich to take care of the poor, goes to...
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3 Men in White
Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves ...
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of ...
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The Yaqui Cur
The prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack o...
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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn t...
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The Wanderer
A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph s...
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The Switchtower
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent hi...
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So Near, Yet So Far
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suito...
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Sweepings
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest depart...
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The Bells
A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant stay...
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The Burglar’s Dilemma
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young b...
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Strongheart
STRONGHEART (1914) is a Native American Indian drama. Based on a famous play of the time, the film f...
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Wife Tamers
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him u...
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Let Freedom Ring
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press....
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Right Cross
A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager's daughter and her Mexican-American boxer...
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One Man's Journey
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have...
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The Washington Masquerade
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a ve...
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Our Mr. Sun
One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children...
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Carolina
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory ...
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The Secret Heart
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death ...
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG...
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Super Duper Bloopers
This compilation of flubs and bloopers features TV goofs from Star Trek, M*A*S*H, sports games, news...
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Almost a Wild Man
Rooly, Pooly and Dooly were "picture sandwiches," but hardly shining lights, even in that capacity. ...
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Looking Forward
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fir...
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The Christmas Party
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his footbal...
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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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Unseeing Eyes
The sister of a silver mine owner hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brother's rescue....
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The Eternal City
War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Ita...
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Classmates
Bert Stafford, who is in love with Sylvia Randolph, his mother's ward, despises Duncan Irving, a poo...
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A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
A Fireside chat with Lionel Barrymore is, in fact, a trailer for A Christmas Carol (1938) starring R...
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Paris at Midnight
In a Paris boarding house, a mysterious stranger seems to somehow solve the problems and conflicts o...
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Dark Delusion
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls ...
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Drums of Love
A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother....
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That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi...
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until ...
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The Penalty
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his...
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The Devil's Garden
William Dale, a servant for Lord Barradine, marries Mavis, a maid. Dale wants to move up in life, an...
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Three Friends
Each night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared anew th...
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Body and Soul
A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a se...
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The Lucky Lady
Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette plays hooky...
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The Stars Look Down
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better su...
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The Bad Man
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia ...
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An Indian's Loyalty
Suspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand's accusation, but the foreman's susp...
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Main Street to Broadway
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to ac...
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The Strong Man's Burden
A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal younger brothe...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th...
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Christopher Bean
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his pain...
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The Face in the Fog
Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of ter...
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Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
Released as part of the studio's 25th anniversary (Silver) celebration, the film shows highlights of...
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The Lion and the Mouse
Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unawar...
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From the Ends of the Earth
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Fe...
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Fate
Sim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called lovers o...
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My Baby
When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the onl...
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The One She Loved
Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year or more of ...
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The Telephone Girl and the Lady
D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film...
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Breakdowns of 1949
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949....
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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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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It ...
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The Mesmerist
Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and B...
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Wildfire
John Keefe, a gambler, shoots and kills Robert Barrington in an argument over a card game. Keefe ste...
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Dragon Seed
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch...
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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the Biogra...
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Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...
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Twenty Years After
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then ...
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Brooding Eyes
Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his...
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Mary Hale hates her job in a department store, and when wealthy Gordon Kent comes around, she flirts...
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Women Love Diamonds
A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately....
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The Little Tease
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost g...
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Fifty-Fifty
Shortly after his marriage, a millionaire begins an affair with another woman. His wife tries to win...
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The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films....
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiti...
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Oil and Water
A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their i...
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The Quitter
When his friends decide that "Happy Jack" Lewis needs a wife, they place an ad in the paper for one....
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A Timely Interception
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired fro...
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The God Within
The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and d...
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Enemies of Women
The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into...
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The Great Adventure
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must kee...
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....
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The Copperhead
A farmer in Illinois played by Lionel Barrymore is recruited by Abraham Lincoln to pose as a copperh...
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Jim the Penman
A bank clerk forges a check to help his girlfriend's father. He's found out, but instead of being ar...
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Children of the Whirlwind
A recent parolee tries to go straight with the help of a friendly artist, but his old gang, his swee...
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The Woman in Black
Young gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the ...
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The Thirteenth Hour
A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder....
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The Lady and the Mouse
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if ...
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The Movies March On
A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of sile...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of...
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The Upheaval
Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his...
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Dorian's Divorce
Wealthy clubman Richard Dorian is a lighthearted soul who can't seem to take anything seriously, inc...
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Screen Actors
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy ...
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The House of Darkness
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano....
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Meddling Women
Grace Ainsworth wants to return to her career as an opera singer, and her mother-in-law supports her...
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The Master Mind
The defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a comp...
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Hooray for Hollywood
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreel...
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The Way of the World
A long-retired director of early silent films recalls his exciting career as a filmmaker....
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