George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice

From Wikipedia George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914 until his death in 1940, he directed over 80 films, including several successful movies such as The Son of the Sheik, Raffles, Mata Hari, and Suzy. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Son of the Sheik is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. Lilac Time is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice however directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are lost to the ravages of decompostion. Recent discoveries in Gosfilmofond in Russia include 1919's Witness for the Defense with Elsie Ferguson and 1923's Kick In with Bert Lytell. A restoration of his 1928 part talkie hybrid The Barker is winning praise from many film buffs. Rumours of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, and Edmund Goulding.

  • Title: George Fitzmaurice
  • Popularity: 0.683
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1885-02-13
  • Place of Birth: Paris - France
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  • 1961
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    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    1 1961 HD

    A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.

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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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  • 1916
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    Big Jim Garrity

    Big Jim Garrity

    1 1916 HD

    Big Jim Garrity, a mine superintendent, is falsely accused of murder by a dope doctor and is forced into exile in Europe. After several years, he has...

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  • 1919
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    Our Better Selves

    Our Better Selves

    1 1919 HD

    The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a...

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  • 1937
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    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

    6 1937 HD

    A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

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  • 1917
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    The Hunting of the Hawk

    The Hunting of the Hawk

    1 1917 HD

    On a voyage from Europe to the U.S., Desselway meets and falls in love with Diana Curran. Diana has a dark past, however -- she is married to...

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  • 1917
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    The Recoil

    The Recoil

    1 1917 HD

    When Richard Cameron, a secret service agent tracking down international spies, is kidnapped by the enemy, Mirian Somerset, to whom Richard has been...

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  • 1931
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    Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

    6.2 1931 HD

    A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

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  • 1929
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    The Locked Door

    The Locked Door

    5.6 1929 HD

    On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and...

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  • 1936
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    Suzy

    Suzy

    5.818 1936 HD

    A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

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  • 1937
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    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    5.2 1937 HD

    Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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  • 1926
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    The Son of the Sheik

    The Son of the Sheik

    6.3 1926 HD

    Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed...

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  • 1931
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    The Unholy Garden

    The Unholy Garden

    6 1931 HD

    At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and...

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  • 1928
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    The Barker

    The Barker

    1 1928 HD

    A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement...

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  • 1928
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    Lilac Time

    Lilac Time

    6.2 1928 HD

    In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome...

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  • 1930
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    Raffles

    Raffles

    5.9 1930 HD

    A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a...

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  • 1930
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    The Devil to Pay!

    The Devil to Pay!

    6 1930 HD

    Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into...

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  • 1931
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    Strangers May Kiss

    Strangers May Kiss

    5.1 1931 HD

    After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the...

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  • 1938
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    Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin Returns

    5.8 1938 HD

    A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy...

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  • 1917
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    The On-the-Square Girl

    The On-the-Square Girl

    1 1917 HD

    Anne Blair is a model at a modiste's shop who accepts the attention of wealthy Thomas Brockton so she can help support her invalid mother. One day...

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  • 1932
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    As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

    6.2 1932 HD

    Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's...

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  • 1936
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    Petticoat Fever

    Petticoat Fever

    5.5 1936 HD

    A lonely radio operator in Labrador falls for an engaged woman.

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  • 1934
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    Nana

    Nana

    5 1934 HD

    Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck...

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  • 1940
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    Adventure in Diamonds

    Adventure in Diamonds

    5.2 1940 HD

    A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.

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  • 1937
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    Live, Love and Learn

    Live, Love and Learn

    5.8 1937 HD

    A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his...

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  • 1919
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    The Avalanche

    The Avalanche

    1 1919 HD

    A woman with a gambling addiction finds that her daughter is threatened by the same tendencies.

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  • 1919
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    A Society Exile

    A Society Exile

    1 1919 HD

    Nora Shard, a young American girl living in England, is ostracized from society for her presumed part in a scandal which culminated in a...

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  • 1919
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    Counterfeit

    Counterfeit

    1 1919 HD

    In order to secretly replenish the family's failing fortunes, Virginia Griswold secures a position in the Secret Service to apprehend a group of...

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  • 1938
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    Vacation from Love

    Vacation from Love

    1 1938 HD

    A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.

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  • 1918
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    The Hillcrest Mystery

    The Hillcrest Mystery

    1 1918 HD

    During a party held in honor of his daughter Marion, Thomas Sterling announces that he will turn over his shipbuilding plant to the United States...

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  • 1931
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    Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

    6.2 1931 HD

    A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

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  • 1930
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    One Heavenly Night

    One Heavenly Night

    5.2 1930 HD

    A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.

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  • 1932
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    As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

    6.2 1932 HD

    Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's...

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  • 1923
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    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    6 1923 HD

    War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.

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  • 1924
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    Cytherea

    Cytherea

    1 1924 HD

    Lee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of excitement and romance with young flapper Claire...

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  • 1925
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    A Thief in Paradise

    A Thief in Paradise

    6 1925 HD

    Years of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a precarious living by diving for pearls with...

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  • 1925
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    A Thief in Paradise

    A Thief in Paradise

    6 1925 HD

    Years of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a precarious living by diving for pearls with...

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  • 1927
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    The Night of Love

    The Night of Love

    5 1927 HD

    Montero, son of a Gypsy leader, is about to take a bride according to primitive ritual, when the Duke de la Garda demands his right as feudal...

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  • 1930
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    The Devil to Pay!

    The Devil to Pay!

    6 1930 HD

    Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into...

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  • 1931
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    The Unholy Garden

    The Unholy Garden

    6 1931 HD

    At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and...

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  • 1929
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    His Captive Woman

    His Captive Woman

    6 1929 HD

    Cabaret dancer Anna Janssen kills her sugardaddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer. Stolid, conscientious Tom...

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  • 1916
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    Arms and the Woman

    Arms and the Woman

    1 1916 HD

    Rozika is a Hungarian girl who can sing quite nice. She goes to the place known as the United States with her brother whose name happens to be Young...

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  • 1917
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    Kick In

    Kick In

    1 1917 HD

    Kick In is a lost 1917 silent film crime melodrama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay. It is based on the 1914 Broadway...

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  • 1915
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    Via Wireless

    Via Wireless

    1 1915 HD

    Crime drama about the rivalry over a new invention and a nice girl.

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  • 1923
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    Bella Donna

    Bella Donna

    1 1923 HD

    Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes...

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  • 1930
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    The Bad One

    The Bad One

    6 1930 HD

    In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a...

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  • 1921
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    Paying the Piper

    Paying the Piper

    1 1921 HD

    Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps...

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  • 1921
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    Paying the Piper

    Paying the Piper

    1 1921 HD

    Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps...

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  • 1920
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    The Right to Love

    The Right to Love

    1 1920 HD

    An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.

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  • 1928
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    Lilac Time

    Lilac Time

    6.2 1928 HD

    In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome...

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  • 1918
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    The Naulahka

    The Naulahka

    1 1918 HD

    Trying to win the Three C's railroad line for his home town of Topaz, Colorado, Nicholas "Nick" Tarvin journeys to India to secure the famed jewel...

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  • 1929
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    The Man and the Moment

    The Man and the Moment

    5 1929 HD

    Rich lout marries for freedom.

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  • 1922
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    The Man From Home

    The Man From Home

    6.5 1922 HD

    A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamorous prince in beautiful Italian surroundings.

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  • 1922
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    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

    6 1922 HD

    Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially...

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  • 1929
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    The Locked Door

    The Locked Door

    5.6 1929 HD

    On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and...

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  • 1929
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    Tiger Rose

    Tiger Rose

    1 1929 HD

    A mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.

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  • 1921
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    Experience

    Experience

    1 1921 HD

    Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure...

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  • 1919
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    Common Clay

    Common Clay

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    1 1923 HD

    After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return.

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  • 1923
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    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    1 1923 HD

    After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return.

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  • 1925
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    The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

    1 1925 HD

    Alan Trent (Ronald Colman), his cousin Gerald Shannon (Wyndham Standing) and neighbor Kitty Vane (Vilma Bánky) have grown up together, as...

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  • 1920
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    On with the Dance

    On with the Dance

    1 1920 HD

    Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a young architect, but their marriage is not a good one....

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  • 1925
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    His Supreme Moment

    His Supreme Moment

    1 1925 HD

    John Douglas, a down-on-his-luck engineer, takes his sweetheart, Sara Deeping, to a play starring Carla King, and he falls in love with the actress.

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  • 1927
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    Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

    1 1927 HD

    Juan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the governor who is about to hand California over to the...

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  • 1927
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    The Love Mart

    The Love Mart

    1 1927 HD

    Victor, an adventurous young swashbuckler in 19th-century New Orleans, takes possession of a barber shop as the result of winning a duel, and decides...

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  • 1915
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    At Bay

    At Bay

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1921
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    Forever

    Forever

    1 1921 HD

    Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his...

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  • 1924
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    Tarnish

    Tarnish

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1920
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    Idols of Clay

    Idols of Clay

    1 1920 HD

    A girl raised isolated from society in the South Seas falls in love with a visiting sculptor.

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  • 1918
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    A Japanese Nightingale

    A Japanese Nightingale

    1 1918 HD

    A Japanese girl becomes a Geisha in order to avoid marrying a dastardly baron.

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  • 1914
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    When Rome Ruled

    When Rome Ruled

    1 1914 HD

    Nydia, an Early Christian girl seemingly singled out for exclusive persecution by the despotic empress of Rome. The empress' ire seems to have been...

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  • 1918
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    The Narrow Path

    The Narrow Path

    1 1918 HD

    Marion Clark, a manicurist, is unimpressed by the wealthy but dissipated men who frequent her shop, preferring city editor Dick Strong, who lives in...

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  • 1934
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    All Men Are Enemies

    All Men Are Enemies

    1 1934 HD

    A British aristocrat falls in love with an Austrian woman before they are separated with the outbreak of World War I.

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  • 1931
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    Strangers May Kiss

    Strangers May Kiss

    5.1 1931 HD

    After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the...

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  • 1915
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    The Commuters

    The Commuters

    1 1915 HD

    The Commuters is a 1915 silent film comedy directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Fenwick in her film debut. It is based on a 1910...

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  • 1922
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    To Have and to Hold

    To Have and to Hold

    1 1922 HD

    King James I gives his consent to the marriage between Lord Carnal and Lady Jocelyn Leigh. Lady Jocelyn, however, does not want to wed the evil Lord...

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  • 1922
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    Kick In

    Kick In

    1 1922 HD

    After serving time in Sing Sing, Chic Hewes wants to go straight, but when he refuses to be a stool pigeon for the cops, they hound him mercilessly....

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  • 1927
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    The Tender Hour

    The Tender Hour

    1 1927 HD

    This romantic drama was released in 1927.

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  • 1919
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    The Witness for the Defense

    The Witness for the Defense

    6.3 1919 HD

    Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.

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  • 1916
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    The Test

    The Test

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1915
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    Stop Thief!

    Stop Thief!

    1 1915 HD

    When two kleptomaniacs (including the brides’ father) and two actual thieves all attend a double wedding their light fingers cause no end of...

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  • 1915
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    Who's Who in Society

    Who's Who in Society

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    Who's Who in Society

    Who's Who in Society

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Bomb Boy

    The Bomb Boy

    1 1914 HD

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