Marlene Dietrich
Biography: Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US. Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express and Desire capitalized on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest paid actresses of the era. Dietrich became a US citizen in 1937; during World War II, she was a high-profile front-line entertainer. Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s through the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 27, 1901
Deathday: May 06, 1992
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Shanghai Express
1932-02-12
Shanghai Express
Overview: A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Genres: Drama Romance War Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-12
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Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
Touch of Evil
Overview: When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18
Judgment at Nuremberg
Overview: In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-18
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Stage Fright
1950-02-23
Stage Fright
Overview: A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-23
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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Paris When It Sizzles
1964-03-01
Paris When It Sizzles
Overview: Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him complete it in time.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-01
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Jigsaw
1949-03-11
Jigsaw
Overview: New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a series of murders related to an extremist group.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-11
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Manpower
1941-08-09
Manpower
Overview: Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-09
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Manon Lescaut
1926-02-15
Manon Lescaut
Overview: A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-02-15
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The Scarlet Empress
1934-05-09
The Scarlet Empress
Overview: During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-09
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Just a Gigolo
1978-11-16
Just a Gigolo
Overview: After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-11-16
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Cher: In Her Own Words
2021-05-04
Cher: In Her Own Words
Overview: Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood up to conformity, and championed female independence. Proving the doubters wrong with every change of direction. Her influence on women in the industry, and direction of modern music is incalculable.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-04
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Follow the Boys
1944-05-05
Follow the Boys
Overview: During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.
Genres: Music Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-05
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Blonde Venus
1932-09-23
Blonde Venus
Overview: In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2005-06-26
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Overview: A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-06-26
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Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
Seven Sinners
Overview: Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-25
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Rancho Notorious
1952-03-06
Rancho Notorious
Overview: A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-06
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Marlene
1984-10-01
Marlene
Overview: Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Morocco
1930-11-14
Morocco
Overview: Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-14
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957-12-17
Witness for the Prosecution
Overview: An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where his self-possessed wife's unconvincing testimony confuses him.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-17
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The Devil Is a Woman
1935-05-03
The Devil Is a Woman
Overview: In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar. However, he flirts with the mysterious Concha Perez and they schedule to meet each other later. When Antonio meets Pasqualito, his old friend discloses his frustrated relationship with the promiscuous Concha and her greedy mother and how his life was ruined by his obsession for the beautiful demimondaine. Pasqualito makes Antonio promise that he would not see Concha. However, when Antonio meets Concha, she seduces him and the long friendship between Antonio and Pasqualito is disrupted
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-03
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The Flame of New Orleans
1941-07-07
The Flame of New Orleans
Overview: In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-07
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Kismet
1944-10-01
Kismet
Overview: Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-01
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The Spoilers
1942-06-11
The Spoilers
Overview: When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-11
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Destry Rides Again
1939-11-30
Destry Rides Again
Overview: Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-30
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No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28
No Highway in the Sky
Overview: James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-28
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Becoming Cary Grant
2017-05-23
Becoming Cary Grant
Overview: For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-23
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A Foreign Affair
1948-08-20
A Foreign Affair
Overview: In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-20
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Pittsburgh
1942-12-11
Pittsburgh
Overview: Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes, he finds that fate has dealt him a second chance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021-09-01
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Overview: It was the world's largest, most beautiful and fastest cruise ship. Built in Saint Nazaire in 1932, the "Normandie" was the pride of France. But it took only a few hours, amidst the chaos of World War Two, for this dream of grandeur to lie broken in New York harbour.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-01
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Angel
1937-10-29
Angel
Overview: While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12
The Lady Is Willing
Overview: Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-12
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Triumph Over Violence
1965-12-31
Triumph Over Violence
Overview: Romm's "Ordinary Fascism" pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firmest of convictions that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1965-12-31
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Dishonored
1931-04-04
Dishonored
Overview: The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Desire
1936-04-11
Desire
Overview: Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-11
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The Song of Songs
1933-07-19
The Song of Songs
Overview: After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculptor with whom she falls in love. A patron of Richard's, Baron von Merzbach, develops an interest in Lily that may not be with the best of intentions.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-19
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Knight Without Armour
1937-07-23
Knight Without Armour
Overview: British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.
Genres: History Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-23
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Martin Roumagnac
1946-12-18
Martin Roumagnac
Overview: The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is not able to chose between him and the rich consul De Laubry.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-12-18
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Golden Earrings
1947-08-27
Golden Earrings
Overview: A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-27
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The Woman One Longs
1929-04-29
The Woman One Longs
Overview: After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are determined to leave and be together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-04-29
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The Garden of Allah
1936-10-14
The Garden of Allah
Overview: The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-14
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The Monte Carlo Story
1956-12-19
The Monte Carlo Story
Overview: Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-19
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I Wish You Love
1973-08-19
I Wish You Love
Overview: Taped on two nights in a London theatre, I Wish You Love is a live concert with Marlene Dietrich performing songs from her film and music career.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-19
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Marlene Dietrich, “The Blue Angel” Screen Test
1930-12-31
Marlene Dietrich, “The Blue Angel” Screen Test
Overview: Marlene Dietrich's screen tests for the classic 1930 German film The Blue Angel directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-12-31
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Cafe Electric
1927-11-25
Cafe Electric
Overview: The daughter of a wealthy industrialist falls for a pickpocket.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-11-25
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I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
1929-01-16
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
Overview: Laurence Gerard has just divorced. While leading fat lover Talandier by the nose, She meets the count Lerski, who now works as waiter but do not tell her. When she hears from her husband he is a waiter, she thinks Lerksi lies and throws him out.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-01-16
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The Ship of Lost Men
1929-09-17
The Ship of Lost Men
Overview: A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman from plane wreckage, and with the help of the cook, he hides her away from the rowdy and dangerous crew.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-09-17
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Overview: Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-03
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A Modern Dubarry
1927-01-24
A Modern Dubarry
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-01-24
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Overview: Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn and more. They're not so perfect after all when these flubbed moments are caught on film!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-29
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Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'
2004-09-07
Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'
Overview: Documentary about film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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The Great Yiddish Love
2002-01-01
The Great Yiddish Love
Overview: Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005-01-01
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Overview: Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
1962-08-25
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Overview: The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-25
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Bodies and Spaces, Fabric and Light
2018-07-03
Bodies and Spaces, Fabric and Light
Overview: This visual essay focuses on the visual style and composition of the Hollywood films made together by Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-03
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935-11-04
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Overview: Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-04
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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002-03-21
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Overview: The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-21
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That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Entertainment! III
Overview: Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996-07-24
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Overview: Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-24
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His Greatest Bluff
1927-05-04
His Greatest Bluff
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-05-04
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Dangers of the Engagement
1930-02-21
Dangers of the Engagement
Overview: A man unknowingly falls madly in love with the fiancé of a close friend who has twice saved his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-02-21
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Show-Business at War
1943-05-21
Show-Business at War
Overview: A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-21
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The Imaginary Baron
1927-03-04
The Imaginary Baron
Overview: The film follows the comic (mis)adventures of a poor street musician, who is roped into posing as an eccentric nobleman. He and his antics are rapturously received by the members of a bourgeois family desperate to mingle with the aristocracy. The daughter of the family takes a fancy to the baron (in reality, merely a “joke baron”), assuming him to be immensely wealthy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-03-04
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Leap Into Life
1924-04-01
Leap Into Life
Overview: A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-04-01
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Man by the Roadside
1923-06-11
Man by the Roadside
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-06-11
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Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Complicated Women
Overview: Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-06
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The Tragedy of Love
1923-09-21
The Tragedy of Love
Overview: The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin, a old-school gentleman, affirms his innocence to the widow and claims that the death of the count must have been a tragic accident. Manon believes Rabatin and begins to fall in love with him. But Rabatin himself suspects that she has murdered her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-09-21
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The Countess of Paris
1923-10-12
The Countess of Paris
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-10-12
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Heads Up, Charley
1927-03-18
Heads Up, Charley
Overview: Heads Up, Charley is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, and Michael Bohnen. Marlene Dietrich appears in a supporting role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-03-18
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Memo for Joe
1944-08-10
Memo for Joe
Overview: Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-10
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The Film Parade
1933-01-01
The Film Parade
Overview: Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
2009-01-01
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Overview: Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Overview: Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-23
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
2019-05-22
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Overview: Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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The Blue Angel
1930-04-01
The Blue Angel
Overview: Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-04-01
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Art of Love
1928-09-05
Art of Love
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-09-05
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Im Schatten des Glücks
1919-01-01
Im Schatten des Glücks
Overview: This silent German drama contained the screen debut of the legendary Marlene Dietrich in a small role. It's survival status is uncertain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Her Dancing Partner
1925-11-06
Her Dancing Partner
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-11-06
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100 Years of the UFA
2017-08-28
100 Years of the UFA
Overview: The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-08-28
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Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
1991-01-01
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
Overview: Events of strange and serious nature mark the invention and the manufacture of the nylon stockings. For example inhuman exploitation of workers in artificial silk factories. The US army was a substantial promoter of the nylons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010-05-05
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Overview: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-05
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The Meeting of Two Queens
1991-03-19
The Meeting of Two Queens
Overview: Cecilia Barriga’s culty video montage tells the story of two queens who fall in love, unwittingly played by Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo. Clipped from their most iconic works, the Chilean born video artist manipulates scenes from the legendary actresses to turn two of the most well known Hollywood starlets in film history into a silent-film style lesbian fantasy. Barriga drives the narrative using common motifs such as the cigarette and the one-eyed glance from beneath a wide brimmed hat, motifs which are familiar to us, but recontextualized within a queer narrative. Major points for including a rainmaker in the soundtrack.
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-19
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Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31
Breakdowns of 1942
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-31
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Maria Callas: The Final Act
2024-12-29
Maria Callas: The Final Act
Overview: In this new film from Arena, a cast of musical experts and admirers uncover the truth about the Maria Callas myth and the gift of her extraordinary voice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-29
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