Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Maurice Chevalier
  • Popularity: 6.265
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1888-09-12
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Maurice Auguste Chevalier
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Maurice Chevalier Movies

  • 1931
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    The Smiling Lieutenant

    The Smiling Lieutenant

    6.9 1931 HD

    An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

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  • 1932
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    Love Me Tonight

    Love Me Tonight

    6.607 1932 HD

    A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.

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  • 1960
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    Can-Can

    Can-Can

    6.6 1960 HD

    Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe...

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  • 1962
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    In Search of the Castaways

    In Search of the Castaways

    6.4 1962 HD

    Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the...

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  • 1932
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    One Hour with You

    One Hour with You

    6.447 1932 HD

    Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist...

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  • 1934
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    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    6.7 1934 HD

    A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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  • 1939
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    Personal Column

    Personal Column

    6.6 1939 HD

    To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest...

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  • 1930
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    Galas de la Paramount

    Galas de la Paramount

    1 1930 HD

    Spanish-language version of PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (q.v.), with new sequences of interest to Spanish-speaking audiences mixed with original- version...

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  • 2021
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    Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier

    Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier

    10 2021 HD

    French artist Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), a legend of stage and screen, was an accomplished singer, actor and entertainer, who embodied the charm...

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  • 1958
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    Gigi

    Gigi

    6.2 1958 HD

    A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone...

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  • 1957
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    Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon

    7 1957 HD

    Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that...

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  • 1930
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    The Love Parade

    The Love Parade

    6.6 1930 HD

    The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

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  • 1960
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    A Breath of Scandal

    A Breath of Scandal

    5.1 1960 HD

    A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

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  • 1931
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    The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen Jools

    5.6 1931 HD

    Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists...

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  • 1960
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    Pepe

    Pepe

    6.1 1960 HD

    Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss....

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  • 1961
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    Fanny

    Fanny

    6.8 1961 HD

    Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The...

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  • 1962
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    Jessica

    Jessica

    4.3 1962 HD

    When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their...

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  • 1933
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    A Bedtime Story

    A Bedtime Story

    8 1933 HD

    Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.

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  • 1930
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    The Big Pond

    The Big Pond

    5.875 1930 HD

    A singing Frenchman meets an American heiress and gets a job at her father's chewing-gum factory.

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  • 1947
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    Silence Is Golden

    Silence Is Golden

    6.7 1947 HD

    Emile is a French film producer at the beginning of the century. One of his friends leaves his daughter Lucette in his house, when he is starting a...

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  • 1932
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    Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

    5.5 1932 HD

    A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

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  • 1959
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    Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

    4.2 1959 HD

    Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on...

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  • 1964
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    I'd Rather Be Rich

    I'd Rather Be Rich

    5.8 1964 HD

    An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet...

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  • 1936
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    With a Smile

    With a Smile

    6.8 1936 HD

    A tramp learns that even honesty won't help him overcome his struggles to prosper. After a man tells him that he needs to smile in order to succeed,...

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  • 1935
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    Folies Bergère

    Folies Bergère

    5.4 1935 HD

    An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.

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  • 1914
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    The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants

    The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants

    1 1914 HD

    In the dwarf kingdom of Lilliput, people were celebrating the engagement of the Princess Piccolina. Meanwhile, the rumor eventually reached the ears...

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  • 1954
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    100 Years of Love

    100 Years of Love

    7 1954 HD

    Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six...

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  • 1948
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    Paris Nineteen Hundred

    Paris Nineteen Hundred

    5.3 1948 HD

    Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured...

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

    1 1932 HD

    Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard.

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  • 2023
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    L'Âge d'or de la pub

    L'Âge d'or de la pub

    6.5 2023 HD

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  • 1930
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    Playboy of Paris

    Playboy of Paris

    7 1930 HD

    Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her....

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1961
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    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    6.2 1961 HD

    Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de...

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  • 1936
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    The Beloved Vagabond

    The Beloved Vagabond

    5.4 1936 HD

    Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!

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  • 1938
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    Break the News

    Break the News

    6 1938 HD

    Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one...

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  • 1929
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    Innocents of Paris

    Innocents of Paris

    1 1929 HD

    A Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.

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  • 1931
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    The Little Cafe

    The Little Cafe

    1 1931 HD

    Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris café owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to...

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  • 1990
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    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    1 1990 HD

    Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and...

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1935
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    Folies Bergère

    Folies Bergère

    1 1935 HD

    Alternate-language French version of Folies Bergère de Paris (1935).

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  • 1964
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    Panic Button

    Panic Button

    4.2 1964 HD

    A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" that's destined to fail, thus giving him some...

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 1930
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    Paramount on Parade

    Paramount on Parade

    6.4 1930 HD

    This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors

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  • 1950
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    Just Me

    Just Me

    3.8 1950 HD

    Maurice Vallier, nicknamed "Ma Pomme"(which means "myself" in slang), is a cheerful man, well aware that money does not make happiness and who, of...

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  • 1950
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    Riviera Dream

    Riviera Dream

    1 1950 HD

    This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French...

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  • 1908
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    La Valse à la mode

    La Valse à la mode

    6 1908 HD

    Maurice Chevalier simply can't stop dancing.

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  • 1967
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    Monkeys, Go Home!

    Monkeys, Go Home!

    5.4 1967 HD

    Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational...

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  • 1933
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    The Way to Love

    The Way to Love

    1 1933 HD

    Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets...

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  • 1954
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    My Seven Little Sins

    My Seven Little Sins

    1 1954 HD

    The Count of Courvallon, whose gallant exploits have made the headlines, has uncoupled and lives in a pleasant estate in the C te. He has a son,...

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  • 1963
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    A New Kind of Love

    A New Kind of Love

    6.3 1963 HD

    A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.

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  • 1949
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    A Royal Affair

    A Royal Affair

    1 1949 HD

    Mme Beaudrier, the wife of a Parliamentary Senator, hurls a pastry at visiting King Joan IV of Cerdagne, sparking off a series of farcical events...

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  • 1937
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    The Man of the Day

    The Man of the Day

    5 1937 HD

    Alfred Boulard, a good-natured electrician, gives his blood to save Mona Thalia, a great theater actress. Mona Thalia survives and Boulard becomes...

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  • 1936
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    Le Vagabond bien-aimé

    Le Vagabond bien-aimé

    5 1936 HD

    Gaston, an artist in love with an upper class English girl, accepts to stay away from her when a wealthy rival offers to pay her father's heavy debt....

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  • 1936
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    Le Vagabond bien-aimé

    Le Vagabond bien-aimé

    5 1936 HD

    Gaston, an artist in love with an upper class English girl, accepts to stay away from her when a wealthy rival offers to pay her father's heavy debt....

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  • 1953
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    Schlagerparade

    Schlagerparade

    1 1953 HD

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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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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

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  • 1962
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    The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

    The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

    1 1962 HD

    A musical special celebrating the fruitful collaboration of Broadway lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Stars from the...

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  • 2018
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    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    9 2018 HD

    This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...

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  • 2019
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    Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

    Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

    8 2019 HD

    The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels,...

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  • 2015
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    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

    1 2015 HD

    A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others....

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  • 1965
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    The Love Goddesses

    The Love Goddesses

    6.3 1965 HD

    This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry...

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  • 1931
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    The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

    7 1931 HD

    The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of...

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  • 1923
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    Jim Bougne, boxeur

    Jim Bougne, boxeur

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1931
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    Monkey Business

    Monkey Business

    7 1931 HD

    Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

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  • 1964
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    Chance at Love

    Chance at Love

    5.8 1964 HD

    Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

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  • 1923
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    Gonzague

    Gonzague

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1917
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    Une soirée mondaine

    Une soirée mondaine

    1 1917 HD

    A man and a woman crash a party

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  • 1923
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    L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine

    L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine

    1 1923 HD

    Back from an alcohol-fueled evening, two former high school friends wake up and find they may have murdered a female coal-dealer.

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  • 1923
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    Par habitude

    Par habitude

    1 1923 HD

    Maurice returns out of habit in the apartment from which he has just moved and turns the lives of the new tenants upside down.

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    4.3 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1966
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    ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

    5.667 1966 HD

    ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It...

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    4 1956 HD

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1957
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    The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

    The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

    8.6 1957 HD

    The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1975
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 2022
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    Le Siècle des icônes

    Le Siècle des icônes

    6.5 2022 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Sorrow and the Pity

    The Sorrow and the Pity

    7.3 1969 HD

    An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime,...

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  • 1984
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    La Chance aux chansons

    La Chance aux chansons

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1963
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    Der Sport-Spiegel

    Der Sport-Spiegel

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1970
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    Der Sport-Spiegel

    Der Sport-Spiegel

    7.3 1970 HD

    An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime,...

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