Thayer Roberts
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Department: Acting
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Burden Of Truth
Overview: Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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The Chinese Ring
Overview: Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-06
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King Richard and the Crusaders
Overview: Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-07
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The Silver Chalice
Overview: A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-20
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This Is Not a Test
Overview: Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack on the US appears to be underway, and since they have the truck there, their best chance at survival is to use it as a bomb shelter. Time is short and tensions in the small group quickly rise.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Lady Godiva of Coventry
Overview: Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-02
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Sky High
Overview: When he is told that he is to spend three more years as a tailgunner, goofball GI Herbert Pumice thinks that a promotion--which he has little to no chance of getting--will get him out of the job he hates. He asks his girlfriend Sally, who owns the base café, for help. She goes to the base commander, Col. Baker--who she knows has a crush on her--to help out Herbert. Col. Baker schedules a promotion hearing for Herbert that Friday. He naturally fails it miserably, and then learns that Col. Baker is going out on a date with Sally. Meanwhile, the base military intelligence officer discovers that Herbert is a dead-ringer for the head of a spy ring intending to sabotage a new automated plane, and gets Herbert assigned to infiltrate the gang. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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That Lady in Ermine
Overview: Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-24
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A Double Life
Overview: A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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The Book of Acts Series
Overview: The Book of Acts is a 10-part series of short Bible films dramatizing the 28 chapters that comprise the Acts of the Apostles. The series was produced in 1957 by Family Films on behalf of Broadman Films, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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The Living Bible
Overview: Witness the story of Jesus, beginning with his birth in Bethlehem, to his crucifixion, death, and triumphant resurrection.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Dial M for Murder
Overview: An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-29
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Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Overview: Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles with his old construction cronies at the bar of Dinty Moore on 10th Avenue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-12
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