Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
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This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple a...
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Acting
George Arliss
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.
Filmography
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The Eternal Jew
1940
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A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neig...
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
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The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
The Man Who Played God
1932
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While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a...
The Tunnel
1935
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An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
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Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling t...
Disraeli
1929
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Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home...
The Working Man
1933
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A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently...
The House of Rothschild
1934
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The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five...
The Millionaire
1931
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A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a...
The Green Goddess
1930
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An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the...
A Successful Calamity
1932
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Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a p...
East Meets West
1936
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The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his fathe...
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
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This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments...
The Devil
1921
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Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Mati...
The Guv'nor
1935
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The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp...
Disraeli
1921
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The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.
Alexander Hamilton
1931
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The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
Old English
1930
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An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
Doctor Syn
1937
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A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British productio...
The Last Gentleman
1934
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In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons...
Land of Liberty
1939
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This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Voltaire
1933
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Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the ki...
The Iron Duke
1934
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The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
The Man Who Played God
1922
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An eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924
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John Reeves, steel magnate, wagers with his son Chester that he can earn twenty dollars a week and live on it....
The King's Vacation
1933
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The king of an unnamed European country abdicates and tries to recapture the happiness with the wife he had to...
The Green Goddess
1923
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The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Arche...
His Lordship
1936
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A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a host...
The Ruling Passion
1922
A millionaire's health deteriorates when his doctor and family prevail upon him to retire.
Impressions of Disraeli
1931
Celebrity endorsement: Stanley Baldwin introduces George Arliss playing the legendary PM.