Birthday: 1905-03-18
Place of Birth: Withington, Manchester, England, UK
Biography: Robert Donat (born Friedrich Robert Donat) was a star English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), the latter which earned him a Best Actor Academy Award.
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All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qual...
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After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a le...
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A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch,...
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After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion....
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Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, ...
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The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so fa...
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Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken te...
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Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....
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A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is sh...
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This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...
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Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...
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This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th...
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This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then ...
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This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...
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Focussing on his early career, this profile looks at director Alfred Hitchcock’s breakthrough in sil...
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