Henry Fonda
Biography: Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Davis's fiancee in her Academy Award-winning performance in Jezebel (1938), brother Frank in Jesse James (1939), and the future President in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford. His early career peaked with his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, about an Oklahoma family who moved to California during the Dust Bowl 1930s. This film is widely considered to be among the greatest American films. In 1941 he starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Eve. Book-ending his service in WWII were his starring roles in two highly regarded westerns: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and My Darling Clementine (1946), the latter directed by John Ford, and he also starred in Ford's western Fort Apache (1948). After a seven-year break from films, during which Fonda focused on stage productions, he returned with the WWII war-boat ensemble Mister Roberts (1955). In 1957 he starred as Juror No.8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men. Fonda, who was also co-producer, won the BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor. Later in his career, Fonda moved into darker roles, such as the villain in the epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), underrated and a box office disappointment at its time of release, but now regarded as one of the best westerns of all time. He also played in lighter-hearted fare such as Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball, but also often played important military figures, such as a Colonel in Battle of the Bulge (1965), and Admiral Nimitz in Midway (1976). He finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for his final film role in On Golden Pond (1981), which also starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda, but was too ill to attend the ceremony. He died from heart disease a few months later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Fonda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 16, 1905
Deathday: August 12, 1982
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Known For
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942-12-03
The Ox-Bow Incident
Overview: A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-03
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Fail Safe
1964-10-07
Fail Safe
Overview: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Genres: Thriller Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-07
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
The Grapes of Wrath
Overview: Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-15
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The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
The Lady Eve
Overview: It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-25
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My Darling Clementine
1946-10-17
My Darling Clementine
Overview: Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
Genres: Western Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-17
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Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006-05-30
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Overview: Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-30
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Jezebel
1938-03-26
Jezebel
Overview: In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-26
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Rollercoaster
1977-06-10
Rollercoaster
Overview: A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-10
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Daisy Kenyon
1947-12-25
Daisy Kenyon
Overview: Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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Madigan
1968-03-29
Madigan
Overview: NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-29
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Firecreek
1968-01-24
Firecreek
Overview: A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-24
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The Tin Star
1957-10-23
The Tin Star
Overview: An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Midway
1976-06-18
Midway
Overview: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-18
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War and Peace
1956-08-21
War and Peace
Overview: Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Genres: War Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-21
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The Wrong Man
1956-12-22
The Wrong Man
Overview: In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-22
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On Golden Pond
1981-12-04
On Golden Pond
Overview: For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-04
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008-03-04
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Overview: A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-04
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020-01-28
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Overview: Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-28
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The Wages of Sin
2003-11-18
The Wages of Sin
Overview: Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Preceded by An Opera of Violence; followed by Something to Do With Death.)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-18
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Something to Do with Death
2003-11-18
Something to Do with Death
Overview: Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Preceded by The Wages of Sin.)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-18
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The Rounders
1965-01-08
The Rounders
Overview: Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-08
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How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
How the West Was Won
Overview: The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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My Name Is Nobody
1973-12-13
My Name Is Nobody
Overview: Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-13
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The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The Longest Day
Overview: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
There Was a Crooked Man...
Overview: Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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The Boston Strangler
1968-10-08
The Boston Strangler
Overview: Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-08
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Sex and the Single Girl
1964-12-25
Sex and the Single Girl
Overview: A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-25
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Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Tales of Manhattan
Overview: Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-05
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Yours, Mine and Ours
1968-04-24
Yours, Mine and Ours
Overview: When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-24
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Battle of the Bulge
1965-12-16
Battle of the Bulge
Overview: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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Sometimes a Great Notion
1971-12-17
Sometimes a Great Notion
Overview: Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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Meteor
1979-10-19
Meteor
Overview: After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-19
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The Cheyenne Social Club
1970-06-12
The Cheyenne Social Club
Overview: Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-12
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980-01-04
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Overview: A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978-06-21
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Overview: An old trucker steals his truck for one last cross-country run, with a madam and her crew on board.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-21
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966-06-08
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Overview: A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-08
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The Best Man
1964-04-05
The Best Man
Overview: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-05
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Fort Apache
1948-06-14
Fort Apache
Overview: Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-14
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The Fugitive
1947-11-11
The Fugitive
Overview: Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-11
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Warlock
1959-05-15
Warlock
Overview: A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-15
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The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10
The Return of Frank James
Overview: Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-10
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Jesse James
1939-01-14
Jesse James
Overview: After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-14
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Young Mr. Lincoln
1939-06-09
Young Mr. Lincoln
Overview: In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-09
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The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
The Mad Miss Manton
Overview: When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-21
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The Serpent
1973-04-07
The Serpent
Overview: Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies wants to take the listed agents into custody; meanwhile, those on the list start dying under mysterious circumstances.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-04-07
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The Long Night
1947-05-28
The Long Night
Overview: City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-28
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Mister Roberts
1955-07-10
Mister Roberts
Overview: Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-10
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Gideon's Trumpet
1980-04-30
Gideon's Trumpet
Overview: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Genres: Drama Crime History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-30
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Spencer's Mountain
1963-05-16
Spencer's Mountain
Overview: Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-16
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In Harm's Way
1965-04-06
In Harm's Way
Overview: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-06
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La Classe américaine
1993-12-31
La Classe américaine
Overview: George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-12-31
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Hollywood and the Stars
1964-05-04
Hollywood and the Stars
Overview: NBC's pioneering documentary series, produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company, in association with United Artists Television. Each 30-minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre, film or legendary star. This series ran from September 30, 1963 until May 18, 1964, and many of its individual episodes were released into the home gauge market in shortened form. Certain episodes would focus on films being made at the time, notably Preminger's The Cardinal and Huston's Night of the Iguana.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-04
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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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Directed by John Ford
1971-09-06
Directed by John Ford
Overview: A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-06
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Overview: This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-28
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Stiletto
1969-07-30
Stiletto
Overview: A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Breakdowns of 1938
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-31
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Wanda Nevada
1979-06-01
Wanda Nevada
Overview: In the American Southwest of the 1950s, middle-aged vagabond Beaudray Demerille survives as a cardsharp who moves from town to town. But his latest victory brings him unwanted spoils in the form of Wanda Nevada, a fiery 13-year-old. At first Beaudray does everything he can to ditch Wanda -- until the girl chances upon a treasure map. But Wanda and Beaudray aren't the only ones after the loot, and they must contend with a ruthless pair of crooks.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
Advise & Consent
Overview: Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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Sacco and Vanzetti
2006-04-06
Sacco and Vanzetti
Overview: SACCO AND VANZETTI is an 80-minute-long documentary that tells the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. It is the first major documentary film about this landmark story.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-06
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The Swarm
1978-07-14
The Swarm
Overview: Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-14
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Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
1962-11-28
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era
Overview: Henry Fonda reminisces about the stars and pictures of the glory days of Tinseltown.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-28
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Hollywood: The Great Stars
1963-02-20
Hollywood: The Great Stars
Overview: Host Henry Fonda follows the creation of the star system with Mary Pickford in the Silent Era through its demise in the early Sixties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-20
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Tentacles
1977-02-25
Tentacles
Overview: Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Overview: Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-04
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Let Us Live
1939-03-29
Let Us Live
Overview: When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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The Biggest Battle
1978-02-07
The Biggest Battle
Overview: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-07
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The Greatest Man in the World
1981-06-09
The Greatest Man in the World
Overview: This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-09
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You Only Live Once
1937-01-23
You Only Live Once
Overview: Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-23
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Drums Along the Mohawk
1939-11-10
Drums Along the Mohawk
Overview: Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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On Our Merry Way
1948-02-03
On Our Merry Way
Overview: Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-03
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The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The Male Animal
Overview: The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-12
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Fedora
1978-06-29
Fedora
Overview: An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star, whom he tries to lure out of retirement.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-29
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The Battle of Midway
1942-09-14
The Battle of Midway
Overview: The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, in 2006.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-14
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936-03-13
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Overview: A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-13
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Immortal Sergeant
1943-04-29
Immortal Sergeant
Overview: During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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Spawn of the North
1938-08-26
Spawn of the North
Overview: Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates and the other aligns with local vigilantes.
Genres: Action Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-26
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That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
That Certain Woman
Overview: A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-30
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Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20
Rings on Her Fingers
Overview: Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-20
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You Belong to Me
1941-10-22
You Belong to Me
Overview: A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-22
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The Big Street
1942-08-13
The Big Street
Overview: Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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The Man Who Loved Bears
1979-06-17
The Man Who Loved Bears
Overview: The Man Who Loved Bears (1979) True-story documentary detailing the struggle of a man trying to raise a helpless grizzly bear cub named "Griz" in order to return him to the natural Colorado wild.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-17
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The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023-08-13
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
Overview: The story of legendary actor Henry Fonda (1905-1982), and his children, Jane (1937) and Peter (1940-2019), who would become famous performers in their own right, pop culture icons, and political and social activists; three members of Hollywood royalty who maintained a tense and complicated relationship.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-08-13
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Stranger on the Run
1967-10-31
Stranger on the Run
Overview: A drifter finds himself wrongly accused of murder by a power-crazed sheriff. The sheriff gives him a horse, some supplies, and a one-hour head start into the desert before sending his murderous posse after him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-31
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City on Fire
1979-07-11
City on Fire
Overview: An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-11
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The Moon's Our Home
1936-04-10
The Moon's Our Home
Overview: A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other--they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. During the honeymoon, all hell breaks loose as a comedic war of the sexes leads inevitably to love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-10
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An Opera of Violence
2003-11-18
An Opera of Violence
Overview: First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-18
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Inside 'the Swarm'
1978-01-01
Inside 'the Swarm'
Overview: A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000-10-31
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Overview: Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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Stage Struck
1958-04-22
Stage Struck
Overview: A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-22
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Chad Hanna
1940-12-25
Chad Hanna
Overview: Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-25
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Blockade
1938-06-17
Blockade
Overview: A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-17
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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976-01-04
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Overview: U.S. President Harry S Truman and his commander in the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur, disagree on war strategy. Their conflict comes to a head when Truman relieves the insubordinate MacArthur from command.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-04
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Welcome to Hard Times
1967-04-30
Welcome to Hard Times
Overview: A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-04-30
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Wings of the Morning
1937-02-19
Wings of the Morning
Overview: A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-19
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Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Lillian Russell
Overview: Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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Slim
1937-06-24
Slim
Overview: Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-24
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The Dirty Game
1965-06-23
The Dirty Game
Overview: A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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Born to Buck
1966-09-01
Born to Buck
Overview: Bronco riders travel through South Dakota and round up 400 wild horses in danger of extinction, then bring them to Fort Pierre where they are ridden by broncobusters in rodeo competition.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-01
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935-07-05
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Overview: A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-05
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I Met My Love Again
1938-01-14
I Met My Love Again
Overview: In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows infatuated with handsome writer Michael Shaw, and they marry and move to Paris. Years later, after Michael's accidental death, Julie and her daughter move back to Vermont to live with her aunt and Julie finds Ives, now a professor, disinterested in resuming their romantic relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
I Dream Too Much
Overview: Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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Benjy
1951-01-01
Benjy
Overview: Benjy is a 1951 American short documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Oscar in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. Henry Fonda narrates this short film about a boy who was handicapped from birth. An orthopedic pediatrician wants to provide a therapeutic regimen that could cure the child, a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the boy's parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
The Man Who Understood Women
Overview: A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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Way Down East
1935-10-25
Way Down East
Overview: A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
1969-01-01
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Overview: Oscar nominated documentary short from 1969
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Alpha Caper
1973-10-06
The Alpha Caper
Overview: A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-06
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Spendthrift
1936-07-22
Spendthrift
Overview: A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-22
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The Red Pony
1973-03-17
The Red Pony
Overview: A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-17
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Clarence Darrow
1974-09-04
Clarence Darrow
Overview: The taped performance of Henry Fonda's one-man show was aired as "IBM Presents Clarence Darrow" on September 4, 1974, on NBC.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-04
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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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Rappaccini's Daughter
1980-01-01
Rappaccini's Daughter
Overview: Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden. However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her. From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Sky Is Gray
1980-01-01
The Sky Is Gray
Overview: From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Golden Honeymoon
1980-02-04
The Golden Honeymoon
Overview: Charley Tate is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy, the two of them are on their Golden Honeymoon in Florida. Everything goes perfectly... until Lucy meets her former fiancee who's also vacationing with his wife. Suddenly there's a comic competition between Charley and the old boyfriend for Lucy's attention. After fifty years, cantankerous Charley has to win his girl all over again!
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-04
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Paul's Case
1980-02-11
Paul's Case
Overview: Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-11
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976-10-06
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Overview: Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-06
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The Blue Hotel
1977-01-01
The Blue Hotel
Overview: Nebraska in the 1880's: bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of THE BLUE HOTEL represents the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably, the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Jan Kadar directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.
Genres: Drama Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Displaced Person
1977-04-12
The Displaced Person
Overview: A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-12
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980-03-17
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Overview: A mysterious stranger descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its deceitful residents a lesson
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-17
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Soldier's Home
1977-01-01
Soldier's Home
Overview: Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Barn Burning
1980-03-17
Barn Burning
Overview: Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn Burning. Snopes sets his employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son, Sarty, is horrified. Snopes escapes justice for lack of proof, but he and his family are told to move on. No sooner do they move than Snopes is offended by his new rich employer. Torn between trying to win his father's acceptance and his aversion to what his father will do, Sarty must make a decision and act quickly. Adapted by Academy Award winning screenwriter Horton Foote, Faulkner's complex world of class divisions and hostile family relationships comes to life through a boy's attempt to liberate himself from hatred and poverty.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-17
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Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004-09-07
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
Overview: Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Pictura
1951-06-01
Pictura
Overview: Pictura is a documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
The Magnificent Dope
Overview: Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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Ash Wednesday
1973-11-01
Ash Wednesday
Overview: Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark, and begins getting attention from young men. Her daughter tries to warn her that even though she has had the surgery it might be too late for her marriage, but she clings to the hope that Mark will come back once he sees her new look. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not have an affair with a young man she's met.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-01
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The Really Big Family
1966-01-01
The Really Big Family
Overview: The Really Big Family is a 1966 American documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff about the Dukes family of Seattle, who had 18 children. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Wild Geese Calling
1941-08-15
Wild Geese Calling
Overview: In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-15
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John Ford & Monument Valley
2013-03-05
John Ford & Monument Valley
Overview: John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart discuss working with John Ford
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-05
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The Real Miss America
1952-02-02
The Real Miss America
Overview: Henry Fonda narrates this documentary short film produced by the United States Department of Defense as a recruiting tool for women to join the armed services. Women's training, social life, and living situations are depicted, as well as a wide variety of jobs in which women could serve in the various branches of the military. Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett speaks to the importance of women as part of the national defense, and General Matthew Ridgway praises women for their service in combat-support functions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-02
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It's Everybody's War
1942-09-06
It's Everybody's War
Overview: Wartime documentary propagandizing for greater participation in the U.S. war effort during the Second World War.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-06
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Overview: Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-12
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The American West of John Ford
1971-12-05
The American West of John Ford
Overview: A documentary encapsulating the career and Western films of director 'John Ford' , including clips from his work and interviews with his colleagues.
Genres: Western Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-05
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Let Poland Be Poland
1982-01-31
Let Poland Be Poland
Overview: Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency protesting the then recent imposition of martial law in Poland. Hosted by Charlton Heston, Max von Sydow, and Glenda Jackson, the program features multiple celebrity appearances, speeches by 21 world leaders, and several contributions Polish artists and intellectuals.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-31
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Pat Paulsen for President
1968-10-20
Pat Paulsen for President
Overview: Before there were mockumentaries, there was this "Documentary/TV Movie" on the satirical 1968 Presidential campaign for comedy performer Pat Paulsen
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-20
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997-03-18
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Overview: Profiling the life and career of actor Henry Fonda, who starred in such film classics as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "12 Angry Men."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-18
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The Oldest Living Graduate
1980-04-07
The Oldest Living Graduate
Overview: Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get into the old man's good graces so that he can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings. Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable. Adapted from Preston Jones' 1974 play and originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-07
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The Fabulous Fifties
1960-01-22
The Fabulous Fifties
Overview: The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-22
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The Last Four Days
1974-03-27
The Last Four Days
Overview: In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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To Save a Soldier
1966-10-23
To Save a Soldier
Overview: Henry Fonda-narrated 1966 ABC documentary that follows a wounded soldier in Vietnam from the field, through the medical system, and back home to the USA. It aired on ABC TV October 24, 1966 and again in January 1967. Time Magazine: "Henry Fonda narrates a documentary recording the everyday heroism of helicopter pilots, doctors and flight nurses in Viet Nam." TV Guide: " The thrilling story of combat medical teamwork in a jungle war ... of the inconspicuous heroes who risk their lives to save others. In a word, the story of courage...."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-23
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974-04-11
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Overview: The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-04-11
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020-03-06
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Overview: An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry and defined iconic Hollywood styles for men.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Henry Fonda for President
2025-01-30
Henry Fonda for President
Overview: A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had “no good answers to anything” becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history. His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America’s past and present – on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic – the United States of Fonda.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-30
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Summer Solstice
1981-12-30
Summer Solstice
Overview: An old man lives out the final years of his half-century marriage by living and remembering.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-30
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991-07-15
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Overview: Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-15
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Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
1975-11-01
Parkinson: Meet Henry Fonda
Overview: Episode of the BBC television program with host Michael Parkinson interviewing American actor Henry Fonda.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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Too Late the Hero
1970-05-20
Too Late the Hero
Overview: A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-20
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978-12-08
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Overview: Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar to stop being such a Grouch on Christmas.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Overview: This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-04
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Home to Stay
1978-05-02
Home to Stay
Overview: A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey from her Illinois farming community with her free-spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle's plans to put him in a home for the aged.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-02
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John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019-02-03
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Overview: Over a 50-year career and more than a hundred movies, filmmaker John Ford (1894-1973) forged the legend of the Far West. By giving a face to the underprivileged, from humble cowboys to persecuted minorities, he revealed like no one else the great social divisions that existed and still exist in the United States. More than four decades after his death, what remains of his legacy and humanistic values in the memory of those who love his work?
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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A Space to Grow
1968-01-01
A Space to Grow
Overview: A Space to Grow is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Thomas P. Kelly Jr.. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Upward Bound programs from Chicago are featured. Henry Fonda is the narrator.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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12 Angry Men
1957-04-10
12 Angry Men
Overview: The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-10
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968-12-21
Once Upon a Time in the West
Overview: As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-21
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Spanish Western
2015-05-04
Spanish Western
Overview: A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it possible to recreate in Spain, mainly in the desert of Almería, hundreds of adventures set in the remote American Far West.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-05-04
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I'm a Fool
1977-04-05
I'm a Fool
Overview: Traveling from town to town during the summer of 1919, young Andy (Ron Howard) has left his Ohio home in search of adventure and romance as a horse trainer on the country fair racing circuit. Ashamed of his occupation, Andy leads Lucy to believe he's wealthy. Soon one deception leads to another... until there is no way to tell Lucy the truth.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-05
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980-03-03
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Overview: Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald) is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses around her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control, and yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring her to the realization that of all her accomplishments, she cannot console herself for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the alter. Still, her indomitable will to live and act independently infuses the last day of her life. Adapted from the short story by acclaimed writer Katherine Anne Porter ("Ship of Fools"), The Jilting of Granny Weatherall reminds us of the plight of many women who wait for life to claim them, rather than seek life out for themselves.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-03
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Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020-11-29
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Overview: With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility. But who is he really? Often hired to play marginalised Native American or Mexican characters before he was typecast as the image of a lone killer, Bronson was a major figure in the popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s and his stony-faced, physical acting and career are worthy of a second look.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-11-29
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The Petrified Forest
1955-05-30
The Petrified Forest
Overview: Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-30
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President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962-05-19
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Overview: President Kennedy's birthday celebration was held at the third Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, and more than 15,000 people attended, including numerous celebrities. The event was a fundraising gala for the Democratic Party. Features Marilyn Monroe singing to JFK.
Genres: TV Movie History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-19
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Fonda on Fonda
1992-01-13
Fonda on Fonda
Overview: Jane Fonda hosts a tribute to her father.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-13
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Underground Doctors
1977-01-01
Underground Doctors
Overview: Not that long ago, crippling diseases were blamed on evil demons. What's more, nowadays, healing miracles are often considered to be natural events, misinterpreted by superstitious people. Despite the advances of modern medicine, many people still employ unorthodox means for achieving and maintaining physical and spiritual health. Some of these decidedly bizarre methods are the focus on this fascinating video hosted by Henry Fonda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018-01-21
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Overview: Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life of controversy, tragedy and transformation – and she’s done it all in the public eye. An intimate look at one woman’s singular journey.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-21
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