John Gilbert

John Gilbert

American actor John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle) was one of the biggest stars of the Silent films era. His career subsequently significantly waned during the first years of the sound era.

  • Title: John Gilbert
  • Popularity: 4.322
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1897-07-10
  • Place of Birth: Logan, Utah, USA
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  • Also Known As: John Cecil Pringle, Jack Gilbert
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John Gilbert Movies

  • 1925
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    The Big Parade

    The Big Parade

    7.568 1925 HD

    The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two...

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  • 1933
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    Queen Christina

    Queen Christina

    6.8 1933 HD

    Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

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  • 1929
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    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    5.72 1929 HD

    An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

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  • 1916
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    The Eye of the Night

    The Eye of the Night

    1 1916 HD

    William H. Thompson plays a likeable old lighthouse keeper who must contend with his less likeable fellow villagers. One of Thompson's acts of...

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  • 1923
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    While Paris Sleeps

    While Paris Sleeps

    1 1923 HD

    Lon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She, however, cares nothing for him. The film is considered...

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  • 1924
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    He Who Gets Slapped

    He Who Gets Slapped

    7.6 1924 HD

    After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown...

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  • 1924
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    The Wolf Man

    The Wolf Man

    6.5 1924 HD

    Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma Frances). But Stanley's personality changes whenever he...

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  • 1921
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    Shame

    Shame

    1 1921 HD

    William Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young Chinese woman looks after the child, and Foo Chang, a...

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  • 1917
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    Love or Justice

    Love or Justice

    6 1917 HD

    Promising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal world. He passes his idle hours in the slums where...

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  • 1928
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    A Woman of Affairs

    A Woman of Affairs

    6.6 1928 HD

    Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her...

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  • 1953
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    Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today

    1 1953 HD

    A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden...

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  • 1924
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    The Wife of the Centaur

    The Wife of the Centaur

    1 1924 HD

    Jeffrey Dwyer is a writer and a poet who wrestles with the conflicts between his idealism and his passion. The two sides of his nature are...

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  • 1926
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    Flesh and the Devil

    Flesh and the Devil

    7.2 1926 HD

    When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station...

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  • 1924
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    Married Flirts

    Married Flirts

    1 1924 HD

    Nelly is so intent on her writing career, that she neglects her appearance and her husband, Wayne. Jill Wetherell, who is looking for a rich husband,...

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  • 1929
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    A Man's Man

    A Man's Man

    1 1929 HD

    An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.

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  • 1926
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    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    6.8 1926 HD

    When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally...

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  • 1918
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    More Trouble

    More Trouble

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Shackled

    Shackled

    1 1918 HD

    A destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes her in a luxurious apartment and promises to marry her....

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  • 1915
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    Matrimony

    Matrimony

    1 1915 HD

    It all begins when Mrs. Rossmore (Dean) discovers that her husband (Howard Hickman) has begun "playing the field" with other women. Too much the lady...

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  • 1917
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    The Weaker Sex

    The Weaker Sex

    1 1917 HD

    Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is murdered, Jack is falsely accused of the crime and must...

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  • 1931
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    The Phantom of Paris

    The Phantom of Paris

    5.9 1931 HD

    Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

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  • 1934
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    The Captain Hates the Sea

    The Captain Hates the Sea

    6.5 1934 HD

    Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are...

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  • 1927
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    Love

    Love

    6.1 1927 HD

    In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his...

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

    A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

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  • 1927
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    The Show

    The Show

    6 1927 HD

    Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of...

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  • 1926
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    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    6.6 1926 HD

    It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting there and a monkey with a cup gives them enough...

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  • 1926
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    Bardelys the Magnificent

    Bardelys the Magnificent

    7.8 1926 HD

    Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not...

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  • 1922
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    The Love Gambler

    The Love Gambler

    1 1922 HD

    Drifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that he will be able to ride a wild bronco and kiss the...

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  • 1932
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    Downstairs

    Downstairs

    6.9 1932 HD

    In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive....

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  • 1929
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    Desert Nights

    Desert Nights

    5.4 1929 HD

    A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert...

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  • 1930
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    Redemption

    Redemption

    4.5 1930 HD

    In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with and marries Lisa, his friend Victor's fiancée....

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  • 1930
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    Way for a Sailor

    Way for a Sailor

    4.4 1930 HD

    A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

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  • 1931
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    West of Broadway

    West of Broadway

    6 1931 HD

    A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just...

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  • 1928
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    The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

    7.3 1928 HD

    Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo...

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  • 1922
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    Monte Cristo

    Monte Cristo

    6.4 1922 HD

    A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to...

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  • 1927
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    Man, Woman and Sin

    Man, Woman and Sin

    4.7 1927 HD

    A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper...

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  • 1931
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    Gentleman's Fate

    Gentleman's Fate

    5.5 1931 HD

    A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

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  • 1999
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    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    7.7 1999 HD

    Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.

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  • 1917
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    Golden Rule Kate

    Golden Rule Kate

    1 1917 HD

    The setting is the Old West town of Paradise, Nevada, where a young woman, Mercedes Murphy (played by Louise Glaum), co-owns and operates a...

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  • 1933
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    Fast Workers

    Fast Workers

    5.3 1933 HD

    Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she...

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  • 1919
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    Heart o' the Hills

    Heart o' the Hills

    6 1919 HD

    Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

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  • 1928
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    The Masks of the Devil

    The Masks of the Devil

    1 1928 HD

    Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with Virginia, an innocent schoolgirl who is engaged to his best...

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  • 1923
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    Cameo Kirby

    Cameo Kirby

    5.5 1923 HD

    Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his...

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  • 1929
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    His Glorious Night

    His Glorious Night

    1 1929 HD

    Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry...

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  • 1918
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    Doing Their Bit

    Doing Their Bit

    1 1918 HD

    Little Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after their Irish father loses his life on a World War I...

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  • 1916
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    Shell 43

    Shell 43

    1 1916 HD

    William Berner is an English spy who is doing his job behind German lines. While working for the allies, he proves sympathetic toward a German...

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  • 1915
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    The Coward

    The Coward

    5.7 1915 HD

    Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his...

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  • 1916
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    Hell's Hinges

    Hell's Hinges

    6.1 1916 HD

    When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their...

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  • 1919
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    The Busher

    The Busher

    5.1 1919 HD

    A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues.

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  • 1925
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    1925 Studio Tour

    1925 Studio Tour

    6.2 1925 HD

    A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.

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  • 1990
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    The Divine Garbo

    The Divine Garbo

    1 1990 HD

    Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close

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  • 1919
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    The Man Beneath

    The Man Beneath

    6 1919 HD

    The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister...

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  • 1927
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    Twelve Miles Out

    Twelve Miles Out

    6 1927 HD

    Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry...

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  • 1917
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    Princess of the Dark

    Princess of the Dark

    1 1917 HD

    James Herron, a consumptive, has built a shack in the hope that the mountain air may prolong his life. With him dwells his daughter, Fay, whom he...

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  • 1917
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    The Dark Road

    The Dark Road

    1 1917 HD

    Jim Morrison is an English army officer who comes from a very old and prominent family. He marries the ravishingly beautiful but unscrupulous Cleo,...

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  • 1917
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    The Hater of Men

    The Hater of Men

    1 1917 HD

    Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of her freedom, Janice breaks her engagement and enters...

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  • 1931
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    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    4.8 1931 HD

    A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak...

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    6 1973 HD

    Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

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  • 1918
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    Wedlock

    Wedlock

    1 1918 HD

    Unknown to his proud and wealthy family, Granger Hollister marries Margery Harding, a telephone operator. Granger presents his new wife at an...

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  • 1986
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    Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

    Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

    8 1986 HD

    Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films....

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  • 1916
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    Civilization

    Civilization

    5.2 1916 HD

    Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in...

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  • 1916
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    The Aryan

    The Aryan

    5.5 1916 HD

    Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rage, he kidnaps the woman most responsible and...

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  • 1920
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    The Great Redeemer

    The Great Redeemer

    1 1920 HD

    A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes...

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  • 1928
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    Show People

    Show People

    7.1 1928 HD

    Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

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  • 1919
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    Should a Woman Tell?

    Should a Woman Tell?

    5.5 1919 HD

    A village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and returns to her home feeling sullied and ashamed. A young...

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  • 1921
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    Ladies Must Live

    Ladies Must Live

    1 1921 HD

    A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.

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  • 1924
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    The Snob

    The Snob

    1 1924 HD

    Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth and social position.

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  • 1925
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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    7.3 1925 HD

    Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a...

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

    Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

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  • 1923
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    The Exiles

    The Exiles

    1 1923 HD

    Finding herself accused of a murder she didn't commit, Alice Carroll flees to Tangier, Morocco. District Attorney Henry Holcombe, meanwhile, has...

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  • 1934
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    Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    6 1934 HD

    Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier...

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  • 1919
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    A Little Brother of the Rich

    A Little Brother of the Rich

    1 1919 HD

    Captain of the Yale football team, Paul Potter becomes engaged to his small-town Indiana sweetheart Sylvia Castle but once in the big city he becomes...

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  • 2007
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    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    4.9 2007 HD

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

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  • 1964
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    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    6.3 1964 HD

    Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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  • 1928
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    Four Walls

    Four Walls

    7 1928 HD

    After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight.

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  • 1924
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    His Hour

    His Hour

    1 1924 HD

    Gritzko, a prince of pre-World War I Russia, is the ultimate ladies' man. Women fall at his feet -- all except for a young but cold British widow,...

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  • 1923
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    The Madness of Youth

    The Madness of Youth

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1922
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    Calvert's Valley

    Calvert's Valley

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Devil Dodger

    The Devil Dodger

    1 1917 HD

    A gambler runs a frontier town with an iron fist.

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  • 1991
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    Montreal Stories

    Montreal Stories

    5 1991 HD

    Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first...

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  • 1922
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    Honor First

    Honor First

    1 1922 HD

    Twin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his brother's company to attack when Honoré, a...

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  • 1924
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    A Man's Mate

    A Man's Mate

    1 1924 HD

    Paul Bonard an artist, loses his memory when he receives a blow on the head from one of two apaches fighting over Wildcat, a sultry stepper in a...

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  • 1918
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    The Dawn of Understanding

    The Dawn of Understanding

    1 1918 HD

    The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The Vitagraph Company of America and directed by David...

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  • 1923
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    St. Elmo

    St. Elmo

    1 1923 HD

    St. Elmo is a man who killed his romantic rival in a brawl. Traveling the world as a confirmed misogynist, St. Elmo returns to home and hearth only...

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  • 2010
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    Rediscovering John Gilbert

    Rediscovering John Gilbert

    1 2010 HD

    This documentary features an on-camera interview with John Gilbert's daughter and biographer, Leatrice Gilbert Fountain.

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  • 1920
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    The White Circle

    The White Circle

    1 1920 HD

    Having endangered his life by foolishly gambling away funds entrusted to him by the Carbonari, an Italian secret society, London banker Bernard...

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  • 1920
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    The White Circle

    The White Circle

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1932
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    Downstairs

    Downstairs

    6.9 1932 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Great Redeemer

    The Great Redeemer

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Bait

    The Bait

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1927
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    Love

    Love

    6.1 1927 HD

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