Edmund Breon
Biography: Edmund Breon (12 December 1882 – 24 June 1953) was a Scottish film and stage actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1907 and 1952. Born Iver Edmund de Breon MacLaverty in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, he began in John Hare's touring company and later played on the West End stage and in Glasgow, gaining prominence. According to his grandson, Breon "started out at the turn of the century doing silent pictures in France. Vampire movies", so it is reasonably certain that MacLaverty is indeed the actor who appeared under the name Edmond Bréon in many Gaumont films 1907-1922 including, most famously, playing the part of Inspector Juve for Louis Feuillade in the ground-breaking Fantômas series. He did also appear in a small part in the 1915-1916 Feuillade series Les vampires, although this is not, as his grandson supposes, a horror film. He returned to Britain where he made the film A Little Bit of Fluff (1928), then went to Canada in 1929 and worked on the land. A year later he emigrated to the United States and gained his first big American film part in The Dawn Patrol (1930). Breon appeared in a mixture of British and American films over the following two decades. He also appeared on stage in the West End production of the comedy Spring Meeting in 1938. A 1949 newspaper article noted that Breon's "career has been interrupted by serious illness and an accident which kept him idle for two years." Breon died in his native Scotland on June 24, 1953.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 11, 1882
Deathday: June 24, 1953
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Dressed to Kill
1946-05-24
Dressed to Kill
Overview: A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-24
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Leap Year
1932-10-11
Leap Year
Overview: 'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-11
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939-07-28
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Overview: A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-28
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Rope of Sand
1949-08-03
Rope of Sand
Overview: Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-03
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Challenge to Lassie
1949-10-31
Challenge to Lassie
Overview: When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Genres: Action Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-31
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The Woman in the Window
1944-10-25
The Woman in the Window
Overview: A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-25
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Casanova Brown
1944-08-23
Casanova Brown
Overview: Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-23
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Saratoga Trunk
1945-11-21
Saratoga Trunk
Overview: An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-21
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A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18
A Yank at Oxford
Overview: A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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On Approval
1930-08-26
On Approval
Overview: 'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-26
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At Sword's Point
1952-04-22
At Sword's Point
Overview: France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-22
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Chances
1931-07-18
Chances
Overview: Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Rose is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with his brother.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-18
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The Man in Half Moon Street
1945-01-19
The Man in Half Moon Street
Overview: A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-19
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The Imperfect Lady
1946-11-29
The Imperfect Lady
Overview: A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-29
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Three Men in a Boat
1933-04-30
Three Men in a Boat
Overview: An adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome’s classic story charting the comic misadventures of three friends – and a dog – as they take a boating holiday on the Thames.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-30
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Owd Bob
1938-01-26
Owd Bob
Overview: Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-26
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Crackerjack
1938-10-01
Crackerjack
Overview: London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-01
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Mister Cinders
1934-01-01
Mister Cinders
Overview: The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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André Chénier
1910-02-06
André Chénier
Overview: The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-02-06
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The Hour Before the Dawn
1944-05-10
The Hour Before the Dawn
Overview: A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-10
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Hills of Home
1948-11-25
Hills of Home
Overview: William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.
Genres: Family Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-25
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Fantômas
1913-05-09
Fantômas
Overview: A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-05-09
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Wedding Rehearsal
1932-10-01
Wedding Rehearsal
Overview: The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-01
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La cassette de l'émigrée
1912-05-01
La cassette de l'émigrée
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-05-01
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She Shall Have Music
1935-04-14
She Shall Have Music
Overview: Millionaire shipbuilder Freddie Gates decides to publicize his ships by hiring Jack Hylton and his orchestra to broadcast from his yacht.. Brian Gates, Freddie's son, has a low-approval-rating and a high dislike for jazz music and refuses board ship with the band on board. His father enters a conspiracy with singer Dorothy Drew to get him on the yacht, where the broadcasts will be made. Brian falls in love with Dorothy, but calls of the romance when he sees her dancing and singing with Hylton's band in Paris. Dorothy induces three members of the band to shanghai Brian when the yacht sails. A rival shipowner, determined to stop the broadcasts, bribes the crew to desert the ship and all hands are left stranded in mid-ocean on the yacht. The band-members manage to extricate them from their predicament and they get back to London, where Hylton is acclaimed and Brian marries Dorothy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-14
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Born to Love
1931-04-17
Born to Love
Overview: A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-17
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Keep Fit
1937-07-31
Keep Fit
Overview: A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-31
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No Funny Business
1933-03-30
No Funny Business
Overview: 'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-30
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The Love Habit
1931-01-16
The Love Habit
Overview: 'Paris. Roué poses as secretary to flirt with employer's wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-16
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Luck of the Navy
1938-11-27
Luck of the Navy
Overview: With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-27
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The Outsider
1939-01-30
The Outsider
Overview: A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-30
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Bout-de-Zan et le lion
1913-11-01
Bout-de-Zan et le lion
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-11-01
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The Lodger
1944-01-19
The Lodger
Overview: In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-19
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Forever Amber
1947-10-10
Forever Amber
Overview: Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-10
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I Like Your Nerve
1931-09-12
I Like Your Nerve
Overview: Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt government official in a fictional Central American country. The cast includes Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Kolker, Boris Karloff (in the small role of a secretary), Edmund Breon, Claude Allister and Luis Alberni.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-12
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944-11-02
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Overview: In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-02
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A Race for Millions
1912-12-13
A Race for Millions
Overview: If an old man's niece does not claim her inheritance at the notary's office by the appointed time, his fortune will go to his housekeeper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-13
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The Divine Spark
1935-06-01
The Divine Spark
Overview: British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-01
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Dangerous Medicine
1938-07-23
Dangerous Medicine
Overview: After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-23
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The Thing from Another World
1951-04-05
The Thing from Another World
Overview: Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-05
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It Happened to One Man
1940-10-12
It Happened to One Man
Overview: A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-12
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The Fault of Another
1910-12-02
The Fault of Another
Overview: A silent short film directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-12-02
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Uneasy Virtue
1931-02-05
Uneasy Virtue
Overview: A comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-05
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Women Who Play
1932-03-01
Women Who Play
Overview: In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
The White Cliffs of Dover
Overview: American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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Enchantment
1948-12-25
Enchantment
Overview: Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-25
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The Private Life of Don Juan
1934-01-01
The Private Life of Don Juan
Overview: What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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The Dawn Patrol
1930-07-10
The Dawn Patrol
Overview: World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-10
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The Agony of Byzantium
1913-10-24
The Agony of Byzantium
Overview: The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, an event that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-10-24
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A Little Bit of Fluff
1928-07-28
A Little Bit of Fluff
Overview: Syd Chaplin And Betty Balfour star in this British International Picture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-28
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L'hôtel de la gare
1914-02-10
L'hôtel de la gare
Overview: In order to take part in a "tournoi des dames", Narcisse Leblond persuades his wife that he is going to look after his sick godmother at Beaucaire. Naturally, the godmother in question arrives at the house a few minutes after his departure...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-02-10
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Le jocond
1914-03-13
Le jocond
Overview: The constant smile of the eternally amiable Jacques Perdrot often complicates his life. Appointed chief of police at Castel-Boudin, he takes up his new post accompanied by his maid and his godmother, who watches over his virtue, and by the Widow Gibard, who is determined to marry him. At Castel-Boudin, his smile has great effect, provoking distaste and misunderstandings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-03-13
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934-12-20
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: 18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-20
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Almost a Honeymoon
1938-11-14
Almost a Honeymoon
Overview: A young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-14
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At the Hour of Dawn
1914-04-04
At the Hour of Dawn
Overview: When a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-04-04
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Love in Exile
1936-12-09
Love in Exile
Overview: When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-09
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Devotion
1946-04-05
Devotion
Overview: In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-05
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Severo Torelli
1914-05-15
Severo Torelli
Overview: Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-05-15
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The Beggar's Christmas
1910-01-01
The Beggar's Christmas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-01-01
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Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910-02-27
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-02-27
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Monsieur Wants to Get Married
1910-10-07
Monsieur Wants to Get Married
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-10-07
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Gaslight
1944-05-04
Gaslight
Overview: A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-04
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Night Mail
1935-05-01
Night Mail
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Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-01
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L'écuyère
1922-09-15
L'écuyère
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-09-15
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