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biographical film, drama film
Paul Reuter starts a messenger service using homing pigeons to fill a gap in the telegraph network spanning Europe, but he faces difficulty attracting subscribers. When poison is mistakenly sent to a hospital, Reuter's message saves many l…
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Drama, Romance Film
As a farmer's son in the village of Trawsfynydd, Ellis Humphrey Evans composes poetry for local eisteddfodau under the bardic name Hedd Wyn ("Blessed Peace"), dreaming of being crowned Chief Bard at the National Eisteddfod. When, in August…
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Biographical picture
Tesla in a hotel room in 1943 talks to a reporter. He then reminisces about how things would be different if J. P Morgan had listened to him.
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biographical film, documentary film, family film
Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, musical film
Biographical documentary, documentary film
Biographical picture, Documentation, Musical
The film begins with discussion amidst Hole's 1994 and 1995 world tour, then works backwards to Schemel's childhood growing up in Marysville, Washington, and details her coming out to her family as a lesbian, as well as her immersion in Se…
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thumb|left|upright|Richard Burton as Edwin Booth in Prince of Players Edwin "Ned" Booth is the son of the noted thespian Junius Brutus Booth and the older brother of another actor, John Wilkes Booth. Beginning In 1848, as a boy, and into e…
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Grace Moore (Kathryn Grayson) dreams of being a great opera singer. She starts out singing at a nightclub, where she meets her boyfriend Buddy (Merv Griffin). She takes singing lessons, and Buddy pressures her to marry him and move out of …
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biographical film
Kathleen York stars as Naomi Judd (then known as Diana Judd) a single mother of two daughters, who turned to music as way to help positively influence her increasingly belligerent and rebellious eldest daughter Wynonna, (then known as Chri…
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Adventure, Drama, Historie, Romance Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, melodrama, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=0|upright=1.5|alt=Black and white silent film showing Biblical epic scenes|Judith of Bethulia The film is based on the deuterocanonical Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians, a wid…
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Romance Film, biographical film, romance film
"Paris in 1850 Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Bonaparte, is president of the French Republic." During a tennis match in Paris between Ferdinand de Lesseps and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour, the enthusiastic admiration of Countess …
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biographical film
In 1748, the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese are fighting over India. Back in England, Robert Clive fires and misses in a duel; his opponent walks up to him, points his pistol at Clive's head and demands he retract his accusation of …
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biographical film
Crime, biographical film, crime film, police procedural
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, also known as "Clark Rockefeller," was a master imposter who successfully posed as various individuals, including a television host and a Pentagon advisor, before claiming to be a member of the famous Rockefe…
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Drama, biographical film
Father Charles Dismas Clark, a Jesuit priest in St. Louis, dedicates his life to the rehabilitation of delinquents and ex-convicts. By meeting them on their own terms and talking their language, he wins their confidence and their trust.
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biographical film, documentary film, historical film
Coming Of Age, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
After leaving her abusive alcoholic husband, Lena lives in Vladivostok, Soviet Union, with her young son, nicknamed Potato. The boy often escapes into fantastical reality of his own imaginary film – for example, picturing his parents doing…
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biographical film, comedy film, cyberpunk, documentary film, historical film
biographical film, drama film
In 1967 Dalida goes to a hotel and unsuccessfully attempts suicide. Rushing to her side during recovery are her ex-husband Lucien Morisse, her ex-lover Jean Sobieski and her brother Orlando (born Bruno). The three men explain different fac…
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biographical film
biographical film, musical film
In 1849, the song "Oh! Susanna" is a nationwide hit, but its author, bookkeeper Stephen Foster, has given his work to several music houses free of charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
Casting JonBenet documents the casting process for the re-enactments in the documentary. Various Colorado-area actors are interviewed and tested for the roles of real people involved in the case, including John and Patsy Ramsey, Burke Rams…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
In 1936, African American boxer Joe Louis, trained by Jack Blackburn, is undefeated and apparently invincible. Then Jewish-American boxing manager Joe Jacobs obtains a film of his fight against Paulino Uzcudun in Madison Square Garden. Jac…
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