A Special Day (1977), October (1928), Les Misérables (1998), My Best Girl (1927), Stormy Weather (1943), A Woman of Affairs (1928), Smouldering Fires (1925), The Cocoanuts (1929) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Historical Film movies.
Storyline: Gene joins in the fight against Morgan and his men who are trying to run infected cattle to the railroad. When Morgan's man shoots the Sheriff, Gene runs in the election to replace him. Morgan accuses Gene of the murder but Gene wins anyway and it's not long before he gets the chance to nab Morgan and his gang.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, comedy, romance, country music, song and dance, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: silent film, black and white film, drama, romance, adaptation, 1920s, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A southern spy during the Civil War, he must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, the Indians and a firing squad.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, western, action, adventure, crime, gunfight ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Forrest (John Bowers) and Farralone (Lon Chaney), members of a sinister anarchist society, are competing for the affections of Lilith (Leatrice Joy), another member of the secret sect. When the society decides to kill a wealthy businessman, Forrest receives the ace of hearts, deeming him the man who must carry out the assassination. Lilith now sees Forrest in a new light and the two quickly marry, yet their love makes them question Forrest's decision to take on the murderous mission.
Plot Keywords: silent film, romance, drama, mystery, thriller, black and white, 1920s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow Lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.—klantry
Plot Keywords: war film, british film, drama, mystery, moral dilemma, honor, colonialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly, middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie moves into Judson's apartment building and contrives to meet and seduce him, plying him with compliments, music, swoons, décolletage, and batted eyes. When his loyal wife (and their two children) see him out catting with Marie at a night club, mom's devastated and confronts him. He moves out. Babe wants Marie to sell Judson worthless bonds. Will mom commit suicide? Will sis shoot the floozy? Will pops figure out he's being a fool?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, 1920s, classic film, sports film, romantic comedy, gender roles ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A former chorus girl weds a millionaire after the composer she loves leaves. Meanwhile, she strings along an artist in love with her. When the composer returns, she struggles with her needs for security vs love. High jinks and drama ensue.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, classic, black and white, musical film, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam Gallagher (Pat O'Brien), a former foreign correspondent and now a United States Government agent, gets a job through his brother Jeff (Chester Morris), whom he has not seen in seven years, in the Seaboard Shipyards as a "pileback" in order to track down a gang of Nazi spies who are plotting to sabotage the shipyards. Jill McCann (Carole Landis),an FBI agent, poses as Sam's wife, and two children, 6-year-old Paul (Richard Lyon), and 4-year-old-Joan (Carol Nugent),complete his "cover family." THe set-up looks fishy to Jeff, and he imparts his suspicions to Lea Damoran (Ruth Warrick, the girl both brothers had courted in the old days. Meanwhile, Sam works hard and makes friends with most of the men in his crew. He gets a line on the saboteurs and one by one, their identities are revealed to him. The Nazis, led by Brownell (Tom Tully)who, in reality, is Colonel Von Braun of the German Gestapo, plan to blow up the yard while an aircraft carrier is docked there. Jeff's noisy investigations bid to intentionally hamper Sam's plans to abort the Nazi plan.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: war film, world war ii, film noir, action film, thriller, drama, crime film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: silent film, black and white film, drama, family, orphan, coming of age, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
Plot Keywords: silent film, romance, musical, comedy, drama, american film, 1920s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.—Volker Boehm
Plot Keywords: silent film, western, comedy, action, adventure, romance, chase scene ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. Instead, he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: western, american film, classic film, war film, action film, drama, indian ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings." One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: silent film, black and white film, short film, comedy, american film, early cinema, slapstick ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, science fiction, mystery, adaptation, silent film, 1920s, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new friends and must adjust to surroundings that are sometimes difficult. But she still finds time to think of numerous ways to help others in her new hometown.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, family, drama, children, classic, american film ...
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