Gary Cooper
Birthday: 1901-05-07
Place of Birth: Helena, Montana, USA
Biography: Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.
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High Noon
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b...
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Movie Tough Guys
This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the 1930s,...
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari...
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she...
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A Farewell to Arms
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederi...
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The Fountainhead
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and ...
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke ...
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The Wedding Night
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops ro...
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Alice in Wonderland
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderla...
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Meet John Doe
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who ...
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Vera Cruz
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. T...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war g...
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Warrior Gap
Against explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of hostile ...
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Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fig...
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Garden of Evil
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue...
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City Streets
A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging....
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Ball of Fire
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe...
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The Virginian
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discove...
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Man of the West
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is strande...
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Morocco
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disi...
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Beau Geste
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped ...
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The Westerner
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bea...
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Friendly Persuasion
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio...
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The Hanging Tree
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across ...
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Souls at Sea
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave tra...
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Task Force
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and ...
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Distant Drums
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dange...
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The Plainsman
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner....
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are h...
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Cloak and Dagger
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis....
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Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the...
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Lightnin' Flashes
Lightnin' tries to save agent Eileen Sedgwick and her rich boyfriend from the infamous webs of the S...
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The Thundering Herd
Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre....
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It's a Great Feeling
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b...
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Dick Turpin
In eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to rescu...
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A Six Shootin' Romance
"Lightning" Jack inherits a ranch. Unfortunately, he is forced to share his inheritance with Donald...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots....
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Old Ironsides
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Iron...
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The Trail Rider
Story of a cowboy who saves an old cobbler from being abused by a nasty banker. The banker does not ...
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The Drug Store Cowboy
This comedy-melodrama focuses on Marmaduke Grandon, who's a drug store clerk with aspirations to be ...
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Make Me a Star
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. ...
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It
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism -- the captivating personal quality othe...
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The Eagle
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He s...
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The Vanishing American
A tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent....
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North Star
During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him,...
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Citizen Cohn
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his p...
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The Hollywood Gad-About
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master...
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Saratoga Trunk
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces ...
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Alias Jesse James
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in que...
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They Came to Cordura
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional M...
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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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Love in the Afternoon
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the world...
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Tricks
Collegian Angelica "Trix" Varden, willful daughter of William Varden, after a midnight spread of lob...
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The Lucky Horseshoe
Based on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility for th...
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Casanova Brown
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But w...
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Breakdowns of 1941
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941....
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The Pride of the Yankees
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig....
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Showbiz Goes to War
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War ...
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You're in the Navy Now
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experim...
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Now and Forever
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry ...
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Devil and the Deep
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy ...
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Along Came Jones
An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it woul...
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Unconquered
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to esc...
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North West Mounted Police
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave...
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It's a Big Country
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American prop...
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to esca...
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Blowing Wild
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. ...
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Peter Ibbetson
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live wi...
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Lilac Time
In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirit...
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Desire
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his v...
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The Winning of Barbara Worth
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a loc...
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Ten North Frederick
After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of ap...
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If I Had a Million
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st...
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Today We Live
Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get marri...
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The Naked Edge
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife rece...
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Good Sam
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them ou...
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Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is a bi...
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Fighting Caravans
Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail, but...
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Nevada
A once notorious gunfighter takes a respectable job on a ranch. "Nevada" is charged with protecting ...
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Springfield Rifle
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go ...
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Operator 13
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of...
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out ...
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC....
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The Real Glory
Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and na...
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The General Died at Dawn
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adven...
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Dallas
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage mur...
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Variety Girl
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char...
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove t...
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Return to Paradise
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and t...
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval Ch...
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One Sunday Afternoon
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush an...
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High ...
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Only the Brave
Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on w...
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions sp...
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Starlift
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie ge...
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Seven Days Leave
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her fri...
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews wit...
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Boom on Paris
In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Noha...
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The Legion of the Condemned
Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legio...
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Snow Carnival
Snow Carnival is a 1949 short documentary film narrated by Gary Cooper, and supervised by Gordon Hol...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip....
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His Woman
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missiona...
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The Shopworn Angel
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive...
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Wolf Song
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for th...
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nomi...
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Paris Hilton, Inc.
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton....
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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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Three Pals
The daughter of a Kentucky colonel returns from her European finishing school to help prove his inno...
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death ...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 ...
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Project XX: The Real West
Silver-screen legend Gary Cooper narrates this insightful documentary, which aims to subvert the ide...
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Hollywood Boulevard
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of ...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist....
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A Man from Wyoming
A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I...
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The Texan
Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin....
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's grea...
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The Spoilers
On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivat...
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Lightnin' Wins
Lightnin' the dog and his master, Tom Harding are on to a group of smugglers who operate down at the...
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The Stolen Jools
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to ra...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....
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Beau Sabreur
The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the L...
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show....
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Paramount on Parade
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cre...
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Children of Divorce
A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, bu...
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Bright Leaves
Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern tradi...
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I Take This Woman
A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits h...
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The First Kiss
The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, ...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara S...
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Wild Horse Mesa
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Na...
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The Last Outlaw
On his way to Steer City, Buddy Hale rescues Janet Lane from a runaway horse. Unknown to Buddy, the ...
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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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Breakdowns of 1944
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944....
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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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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Memo for Joe
Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its...
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Betrayal
André Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her after a...
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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 Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos...
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Half a Bride
Patience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn't love. ...
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The Army Nurse
This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion that t...
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family...
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding sk...
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Arizona Bound
Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment i...
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Lest We Forget
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary C...
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Songs for After a War
A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of th...
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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of soun...
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The Western: A Lost TV Special
A 1958 TV special celebrating westerns featuring John Wayne, John Ford, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Gab...
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Bad Man's Bluff
Bad Man's Bluff is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James....
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Watch Your Wife
Writer James Langham and his wealthy wife, Claudia, quarrel and are divorced. Claudia moves into a p...
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