Movies: Douglas Fairbanks

  • 1916
    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

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    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history....

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • 1924
    The Thief of Bagdad

    The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

    The Thief of Bagdad

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    A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess....

    The Thief of Bagdad
  • 1925
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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    Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as...

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • 1929
    The Iron Mask

    The Iron Mask (1929)

    The Iron Mask

    6.71929HD

    King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to...

    The Iron Mask
  • 1928
    Show People

    Show People (1928)

    Show People

    7.11928HD

    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....

    Show People
  • 1920
    The Mark of Zorro

    The Mark of Zorro (1920)

    The Mark of Zorro

    7.21920HD

    Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

    The Mark of Zorro
  • 1922
    Robin Hood

    Robin Hood (1922)

    Robin Hood

    6.41922HD

    Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dash...

    Robin Hood
  • 2002
    The Tramp and the Dictator

    The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)

    The Tramp and the Dictator

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    A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940....

    The Tramp and the Dictator
  • 2013
    Birth of the Tramp

    Birth of the Tramp (2013)

    Birth of the Tramp

    7.12013HD

    A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot....

    Birth of the Tramp
  • 2018
    The Image Book

    The Image Book (2018)

    The Image Book

    6.42018HD

    In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas...

    The Image Book
  • 1988
    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

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    A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers....

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
  • 1926
    The Black Pirate

    The Black Pirate (1926)

    The Black Pirate

    6.81926HD

    A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beaut...

    The Black Pirate
  • 1942
    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

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    The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Wal...

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
  • 1961
    The Thief of Baghdad

    The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

    The Thief of Baghdad

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    When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors...

    The Thief of Baghdad
  • 1944
    Wilson

    Wilson (1944)

    Wilson

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    The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson m...

    Wilson
  • 2018
    Propaganda: Engineering Consent

    Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)

    Propaganda: Engineering Consent

    6.92018HD

    How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and...

    Propaganda: Engineering Consent
  • 1927
    The Gaucho

    The Gaucho (1927)

    The Gaucho

    6.11927HD

    A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadi...

    The Gaucho
  • 1930
    Reaching for the Moon

    Reaching for the Moon (1930)

    Reaching for the Moon

    5.81930HD

    Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has...

    Reaching for the Moon
  • 1934
    The Private Life of Don Juan

    The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)

    The Private Life of Don Juan

    6.21934HD

    What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his deb...

    The Private Life of Don Juan
  • 1925
    Don Q Son of Zorro

    Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)

    Don Q Son of Zorro

    6.61925HD

    Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and retreats to the crumbling ruins of the f...

    Don Q Son of Zorro