Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmul Gelbfisz), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish American film producer. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. In 1916, Goldwyn partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Gelbfisz then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn, which he used for the rest of his life. Goldwyn Pictures proved successful but it is their Leo the Lion trademark for which the organization is most famous. On April 10, 1924, Goldwyn Pictures was acquired by Marcus Loew and merged into his Metro Pictures Corporation. Despite the inclusion of his name, Goldwyn had no role in the management or production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Before the sale and merger of Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924, Goldwyn had established Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 as a production-only operation (with no distribution arm). Their first feature was Potash and Perlmutter, released in September 1923 through First National Pictures. Some of the early productions bear the name Howard Productions, named for Goldwyn's wife Frances Howard. For 35 years, Goldwyn built a reputation in filmmaking and developed an eye for finding the talent for making films. William Wyler directed many of his most celebrated productions, and he hired writers such as Ben Hecht, Sidney Howard, Dorothy Parker, and Lillian Hellman. (According to legend, at a heated story conference Goldwyn scolded someone —in most accounts Mrs. Parker, who recalled he had once been a glove maker— with the retort: “Don't you point that finger at me. I knew it when it had a thimble on it!” During that time, Goldwyn made numerous films and reigned as the most successful independent producer in the US. Many of his films were forgettable; his collaboration with John Ford, however, resulted in Best Picture Oscar nomination for Arrowsmith (1931). William Wyler was responsible for most of Goldwyn's highly lauded films, with Best Picture Oscar nominations for Dodsworth (1936), Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Little Foxes (1941) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1948). The leading actors in several of Goldwyn films, especially those directed by William Wyler, were also Oscar-nominated for their performances. Throughout the 1930s, Goldwyn released all his films through United Artists, but beginning in 1941, and continuing almost through the end of his career, Goldwyn released his films through RKO Radio Pictures. Goldwyn died at his home in Los Angeles in 1974 from natural causes, at the probable age of 94. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In the 1980s, Samuel Goldwyn Studio was sold to Warner Bros. There is a theater named after him in Beverly Hills and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631 Vine Street.

  • Title: Samuel Goldwyn
  • Popularity: 1.657
  • Known For: Production
  • Birthday: 1879-08-17
  • Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
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  • Also Known As: Sam Goldwyn
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Samuel Goldwyn Movies

  • 2001
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    Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    8 2001 HD

    The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this...

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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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  • 2013
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    Salinger

    Salinger

    6.3 2013 HD

    An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the...

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  • 1946
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    7.776 1946 HD

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  • 1959
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1939
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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    7.2 1939 HD

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  • 1955
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    Guys and Dolls

    Guys and Dolls

    6.6 1955 HD

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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

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  • 1947
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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    6.728 1947 HD

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  • 1945
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    Wonder Man

    Wonder Man

    6.6 1945 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Westerner

    The Westerner

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1950
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    Edge of Doom

    Edge of Doom

    5.9 1950 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Cowboy and the Lady

    The Cowboy and the Lady

    6.1 1938 HD

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  • 1952
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    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

    6.238 1952 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Pride of the Yankees

    The Pride of the Yankees

    7.4 1942 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Bishop's Wife

    The Bishop's Wife

    7.1 1947 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    6.6 1926 HD

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  • 1931
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    Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith

    6.5 1931 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Real Glory

    The Real Glory

    6.3 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Real Glory

    The Real Glory

    6.3 1939 HD

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  • 1924
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    Name the Man

    Name the Man

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1930
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    Whoopee!

    Whoopee!

    6.5 1930 HD

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  • 1920
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    Partners of the Night

    Partners of the Night

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Jes' Call Me Jim

    Jes' Call Me Jim

    5.8 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Truth

    The Truth

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Cupid the Cowpuncher

    Cupid the Cowpuncher

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Penalty

    The Penalty

    6.8 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Honest Hutch

    Honest Hutch

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Officer 666

    Officer 666

    7 1920 HD

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  • 1921
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    Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Guile of Women

    Guile of Women

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    What Happened To Rosa?

    What Happened To Rosa?

    6.8 1920 HD

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  • 1921
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    A Tale of Two Worlds

    A Tale of Two Worlds

    5.5 1921 HD

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  • 1917
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    Polly of the Circus

    Polly of the Circus

    6 1917 HD

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  • 1921
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    Don't Neglect Your Wife

    Don't Neglect Your Wife

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1932
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    Arsène Lupin

    Arsène Lupin

    6.9 1932 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Ace of Hearts

    The Ace of Hearts

    6.5 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Oh Mary Be Careful

    Oh Mary Be Careful

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Doubling for Romeo

    Doubling for Romeo

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1922
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    Watch Your Step

    Watch Your Step

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    5.5 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    Head Over Heels

    Head Over Heels

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    His Back Against the Wall

    His Back Against the Wall

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Magic Flame

    The Magic Flame

    5 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1922
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    Mr. Barnes of New York

    Mr. Barnes of New York

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    Remembrance

    Remembrance

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Blind Bargain

    A Blind Bargain

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Christian

    The Christian

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

    Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Eternal Three

    The Eternal Three

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Unseeing Eyes

    Unseeing Eyes

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Potash and Perlmutter

    Potash and Perlmutter

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Day of Faith

    The Day of Faith

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    6 1923 HD

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  • 1924
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    Three Weeks

    Three Weeks

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

    Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Cytherea

    Cytherea

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    True As Steel

    True As Steel

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1925
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    A Thief in Paradise

    A Thief in Paradise

    6 1925 HD

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  • 1924
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    In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

    In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1934
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    Nana

    Nana

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1925
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    Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

    7.1 1925 HD

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  • 1926
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    Partners Again

    Partners Again

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Night of Love

    The Night of Love

    5 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    Two Lovers

    Two Lovers

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Rescue

    The Rescue

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
    imgMovies

    The Devil Dancer

    The Devil Dancer

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
    imgMovies

    Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

    6.429 1929 HD

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  • 1929
    imgMovies

    This Is Heaven

    This Is Heaven

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Cinderella Man

    The Cinderella Man

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Fighting Odds

    Fighting Odds

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
    imgMovies

    The Floor Below

    The Floor Below

    5.3 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    All Woman

    All Woman

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Turn of the Wheel

    The Turn of the Wheel

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Peck's Bad Girl

    Peck's Bad Girl

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Laughing Bill Hyde

    Laughing Bill Hyde

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    A Perfect 36

    A Perfect 36

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Hell Cat

    The Hell Cat

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Racing Strain

    The Racing Strain

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
    imgMovies

    A Perfect Lady

    A Perfect Lady

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
    imgMovies

    Thirty a Week

    Thirty a Week

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1919
    imgMovies

    Sis Hopkins

    Sis Hopkins

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
    imgMovies

    The Stronger Vow

    The Stronger Vow

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
    imgMovies

    Upstairs

    Upstairs

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
    imgMovies

    Lord and Lady Algy

    Lord and Lady Algy

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Jubilo

    Jubilo

    5.5 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Almost a Husband

    Almost a Husband

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1930
    imgMovies

    One Heavenly Night

    One Heavenly Night

    5.2 1930 HD

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  • 1929
    imgMovies

    Condemned!

    Condemned!

    6.231 1929 HD

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  • 1930
    imgMovies

    The Devil to Pay!

    The Devil to Pay!

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1930
    imgMovies

    Raffles

    Raffles

    5.9 1930 HD

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  • 1920
    imgMovies

    Pinto

    Pinto

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
    imgMovies

    Water, Water, Everywhere

    Water, Water, Everywhere

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
    imgMovies

    The Paliser Case

    The Paliser Case

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1931
    imgMovies

    Palmy Days

    Palmy Days

    7 1931 HD

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  • 1931
    imgMovies

    Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith

    6.5 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Unholy Garden

    The Unholy Garden

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Street Scene

    Street Scene

    6.8 1931 HD

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  • 1933
    imgMovies

    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals

    5.9 1933 HD

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  • 1934
    imgMovies

    We Live Again

    We Live Again

    6.5 1934 HD

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  • 1934
    imgMovies

    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions

    6.5 1934 HD

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  • 1933
    imgMovies

    The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

    4.8 1933 HD

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  • 1932
    imgMovies

    The Kid from Spain

    The Kid from Spain

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1932
    imgMovies

    Cynara

    Cynara

    4.8 1932 HD

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  • 1931
    imgMovies

    Tonight or Never

    Tonight or Never

    6.2 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    4.8 1932 HD

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  • 1935
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    Splendor

    Splendor

    6.3 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Come and Get It

    Come and Get It

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Wedding Night

    The Wedding Night

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

    6.5 1935 HD

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  • 1935
    imgMovies

    The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

    6.2 1935 HD

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  • 1936
    imgMovies

    These Three

    These Three

    7.2 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Strike Me Pink

    Strike Me Pink

    6.6 1936 HD

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  • 1936
    imgMovies

    Dodsworth

    Dodsworth

    7.1 1936 HD

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  • 1936
    imgMovies

    Beloved Enemy

    Beloved Enemy

    6.1 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

    5.6 1937 HD

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  • 1938
    imgMovies

    The Goldwyn Follies

    The Goldwyn Follies

    4.6 1938 HD

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  • 1937
    imgMovies

    Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

    6.9 1937 HD

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  • 1937
    imgMovies

    The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1937
    imgMovies

    Dead End

    Dead End

    6.9 1937 HD

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  • 1938
    imgMovies

    The Cowboy and the Lady

    The Cowboy and the Lady

    6.1 1938 HD

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  • 1938
    imgMovies

    The Adventures of Marco Polo

    The Adventures of Marco Polo

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

    7.5 1941 HD

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  • 1940
    imgMovies

    The Westerner

    The Westerner

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1939
    imgMovies

    They Shall Have Music

    They Shall Have Music

    5.9 1939 HD

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  • 1939
    imgMovies

    Raffles

    Raffles

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1943
    imgMovies

    They Got Me Covered

    They Got Me Covered

    5.9 1943 HD

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  • 1943
    imgMovies

    The North Star

    The North Star

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

    7.4 1941 HD

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  • 1944
    imgMovies

    Up in Arms

    Up in Arms

    5.9 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Princess and the Pirate

    The Princess and the Pirate

    6.7 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    6.2 1946 HD

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  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Enchantment

    Enchantment

    6.4 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

    6.463 1948 HD

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  • 1949
    imgMovies

    Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

    6.1 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    My Foolish Heart

    My Foolish Heart

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1951
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    I Want You

    I Want You

    5.2 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    Our Very Own

    Our Very Own

    5.7 1950 HD

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  • 1955
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    Brooba

    Brooba

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    Our Very Own

    Our Very Own

    5.7 1950 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

    7.4 1941 HD

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  • 1920
    imgMovies

    The Penalty

    The Penalty

    6.8 1920 HD

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  • 1918
    imgMovies

    The Face in the Dark

    The Face in the Dark

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Beloved Traitor

    The Beloved Traitor

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1937
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    Dead End

    Dead End

    6.9 1937 HD

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  • 1920
    imgMovies

    A Double-Dyed Deceiver

    A Double-Dyed Deceiver

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1923
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    Slave of Desire

    Slave of Desire

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1922
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    Hungry Hearts

    Hungry Hearts

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1919
    imgMovies

    Through the Wrong Door

    Through the Wrong Door

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    The World and Its Woman

    The World and Its Woman

    5 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Loves of Letty

    The Loves of Letty

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Woman on the Index

    The Woman on the Index

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1955
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    Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.667 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

    6.667 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

    6.667 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?

    6.727 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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