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Directed by Clarence BrownOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Films based on playsActors Greta Garbo,
Charles Bickford,
George F. Marion,
Marie Dressler,
Lee Phelps,
Jack BaxleyRating65%
Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo), telling him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris left Anna to be raised by relatives on a St. Paul farm 15 years before, and hasn't seen her since., 1h44
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch,
Ludwig Berger,
Ludwig BergerOrigin USAGenres Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Operetta filmsActors Jeanette MacDonald,
O. P. Heggie,
Lillian Roth,
Warner Oland,
Tom Ricketts,
Arthur StoneRating54%
The story takes place in medieval France. King Louis XI (O. P. Heggie), hoping to enlist the French peasants in his upcoming battle against the Burgundians, appoints François Villon (Dennis King) king of France for one day. Despite being successful against the Burgundians, François Villon is sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him..., 1h22
Directed by Herbert BrenonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Prison films,
Political films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Chester Morris,
Betty Compson,
Gustav von Seyffertitz,
Alec B. Francis,
Jean Hersholt,
Leyland HodgsonRating71%
Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin of the Imperial Russian Army has been captured by the Imperial German Army during World War I, and is interned in a Prisoner-of-war camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up staying with a young Russian refugee, Babka. However, after a time, he longs to return to his home in Russia. Babka, even though she has fallen in love with him, agrees to help him. Since he cannot travel under his real name, being an escaped POW, Babka obtains the credentials of a dead Russian soldier, Bjuscheff., 1h40
Directed by Charles ReisnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Bessie Love,
Charles King,
Charles King,
Jack Benny,
George K. Arthur,
Polly MoranRating59%
Carlie and Terry constitute a vaudeville team in a traveling musical show; also in the company are Eddie, the stage manager; Bonnie, a comedienne; and Polly, the wardrobe mistress. Terry's habit of constantly falling in love with the leading lady causes him to marry Daphne, a two-timing songstress. When he finds her with another man, Eddie threatens to kill himself, but his little partner reassures him that "Happy Days Are Here Again," and the show goes on., 1h16
Directed by Norman Taurog,
B. Reeves EasonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
AdventureActors Rex Lease,
Roscoe Karns,
Dorothy Gulliver,
Slim Summerville,
Tom London,
Joseph W. GirardRating43%
Eddie Haskins (Lease) , a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny' (Karns and Summerville). When they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry.