Juan de la Cruz
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 04, 1881
Deathday: November 12, 1953
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Peer Gynt
1915-09-15
Peer Gynt
Overview: A fantasy from Ibsen's verse drama. Ne'er-do-well and braggart Peer Gynt has many adventures in varied countries, making and losing money, gaining fortune at others' expense, until he finds salvation in the love of Solveig.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-15
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Roots
1954-09-01
Roots
Overview: Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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Shake Hands with Murder
1944-04-22
Shake Hands with Murder
Overview: A female bail-bond broker and her partner help an accused embezzler prove his innocence. Having the body of the embezzler's late business partner pop up doesn't help matters.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-22
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A Gentleman's Agreement
1918-07-29
A Gentleman's Agreement
Overview: Allen Spargo, a mining engineer who is betrothed to Theresa Kane, goes West to make his fortune and is seriously injured in an accident. Kate Leonard, who falls in love with him while nursing him to recovery, jealously intercepts his fiancée's letters and then writes Theresa that Allen is dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-29
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The Gentleman from Indiana
1915-11-28
The Gentleman from Indiana
Overview: After a spectacular college football career, John Harkless leaves the university to pursue a place in Indiana politics. He buys the failing Plattville Herald and, using the newspaper to expose various illegal activities, sets out to rid the county of all mobsters and corrupt officials.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-28
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Where Are My Children?
1916-04-16
Where Are My Children?
Overview: Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-16
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The House of Lies
1916-09-14
The House of Lies
Overview: When her stepmother attempts to marry her off for the family's financial gain, sensitive and beautiful Edna takes drastic measures, disfiguring herself. The scarred woman falls in love with handsome author Marcus Auriel, but soon learns that her shallow stepsister Dorothy is a rival for his affection.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-14
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Meet the Wildcat
1940-10-22
Meet the Wildcat
Overview: Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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Miss V from Moscow
1942-11-23
Miss V from Moscow
Overview: Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noel Madison and Howard Banks. When a Soviet secret agent discovers her uncanny resemblance to a dead Nazi spy, she infiltrates the enemy and works to save U.S. ships from German submarines. Assisting her on her mission are French underground agents, along with an American serving in the British armed forces.
Genres: War Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-23
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Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916-02-14
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Overview: Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance “hop.” To keep her secret, she willingly pays the blackmail her maid extorts from her having learned of Lydia’s habit through her own fiancée who is part of the ring importing the devil’s brew. Something unknown to all is that the operation is run by Lydia’s father an important politician in the city where this all occurs. As her husband’s investigation tightens the noose on the organization Lydia faces a crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-14
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For the Soul of Rafael
1920-05-01
For the Soul of Rafael
Overview: Marta Estevan is ready to leave the convent where she has been reared. Dona Luisa Artega, mother of Rafael and the young girl's guardian, arranges a marriage between the two, because she thinks that Marta's influence will rescue her son from the wild life he is leading and make a man of him. Marta rescues the American Bryton, when he is attacked by Indians, and falls in love with him.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-01
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Pegeen
1920-01-01
Pegeen
Overview: Pegeen O'Neill must fend for herself when her father Dan becomes mentally unbalanced after his wife Mary's death. Dan spends his days searching for his wife, setting fires in the belief that the flames will illuminate his Mary. The townspeople, enraged at the arson that is slowly destroying their village, track down Dan and trap him in a burning cabin. Pegeen rushes to comfort her dying father, who consoles himself at death with the hallucination that his wife has returned in the figure of his daughter. Pegeen is then rescued from the raging fire by Jimmie, who proposes to the waif as he delivers her from the flames.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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The Making of Maddalena
1916-06-08
The Making of Maddalena
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-08
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