Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Oyuncu · 1873 – 1959 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford; March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was the first African-American actress to sign a film contract and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years. The daughter of former slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the East Coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a character actress, appeared in high-profile films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and easily navigated the transition to the sound films. In 1986, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
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Film7.6MaceraFantastikUzak ve ıssız bir adaya ayak basan Carl Denham yönetimindeki bir film ekibi, yerlilerce düzenlenen garip bir kurban törenine şahit olur ve engellemek için müdahale eder. Sarışın başrol oyuncusu Ann Darrow'u gözlerine kestiren yerliler daha sonra kampı basıp genç kadını kaçırırlar. Ann'i zincire vurup, tanrı olarak tapındıkları Kong isimli dev bir gorile kurban etmeye kalkışırlar.Dev canavar kendisine ikram edilen Ann'a aşık olur ve durumdan vazife çıkaran Darrow ve ekibince etkisiz hale getirip, bir Broadway şovuna meze edilmek üzere gemiyle New York'a taşınır. Oysa aşk her şeyden güçlüdür!
King Kong
1933 · 1.7K votes
Film5.9DramTarihAmerikan İç Savaşı tüm şiddetiyle ülkeyi kasıp kavurur. İnsanlar yakınlarını kaybeder. Aileler dağılır. Savaş biter. Birlikten ayrılmak isteyen Güney eyaletlerinin kurduğu Konfederasyon yenilmiştir. Yeniden Yapılanma Dönemi başlar. Kölelik yasaklanır. Başkan Lincoln'ün suikastiyle, yeni oluşan güven ortamı yerini kaos ve anarşiye bırakır. Özellikle güney eyaletlerinde çeteciler beyaz çiftlik sahiplerine saldırır ve ailelerine göz açtırmazlar. Polis gücüne katılan siyahlar ve melezler beyazları taciz eder. Bunun üzerine asayişi sağlamak üzere "Klan" kurulur. Haçlı şövalyelerini andıran giysileriyle Ku-Klux-Klan üyeleri gecelerin hakimidir artık. Devletin sağlayamadığı adaleti onlar getirir. D.W. Griffith’in sessiz filmi Bir Ulusun Doğuşu, gerçekten de bizlere anlatılan tarih tezinin aksi bir görüşü, üstelik şimdi izlendiğinde epey rahatsız edici bir tonda sunuyor.
Film6.4MaceraFantastikJill Young, küçüklüğünden beri birlikte olduğu goril arkadaşı Joe ile Afrika'da mutlu bir yaşam sürmektedir. Ta ki eğlence dünyasının ünlü ismi Max O'Hara, yeni açtığı gece kulübünde aslanlara ve egzotik unsurlara yer verebilmek amacıyla Afrika'ya gelene kadar. Max O'Hara, Jill'e goriliyle birlikte Amerika'ya gelmesi ve gösteriler yapması için bir anlaşma teklif eder. O'Hara'nın vaadlerinden ve bahsettiği ışıltılı yaşamdan etkilenen Jill, Amerika'ya gelmeyi kabul eder. Ancak işler hiç de Jill'in zannettiği kadar kolay olmayacaktır.
Film7.1DramTarih1914 yılının Amerika'sında yasadışı işler yapan bir küçük serserinin öyküsü.Sevdiği kızla evlenerek tövbekar olan ve bir zamanlar kullandığı tabancayı çete reisine veren adam, bu gangsterin, terk ettiği bir kadın tarafından aynı silahla vurulması üzerine suçlanarak hapse düşer, idam kararı alınır....16 hafta süren çekimleri ile zamanının rekor ücreti 40 bin dolara mal olan filmin babil bölümü en gösterişli ve nefes kesici bölümü olarak sinema tarihine geçmiş, bu sahnenin çekimi sinema tarihine geçen buluşlar sayesinde mümkün olmuştur.
Film6.2DramRomantikIn this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.
Carmen Jones
1954 · 103 votes
Film7.4KomediRomantikJohn Sullivan (Joel McCrea) hafif eğlencelik filmlerin unutulmaz yönetmeni iken artık çizgi değiştirmeye karar vermiş ve yoksul insanların, ezilmiş kişilerin sorunlarını anlatmaya heveslenmiştir. Ancak yine de ilk denemesindeki sonuç kendisini tatmin etmez. Fakir ve aç insanların sorunlarını yeterince anlayamadığını düşünmektedir. Bunu nasıl halledeceğini düşünürken çözümü bulur: fakir insanları anlamak için onlardan biri olması gerekmektedir. Sullivan, tüm servetini bir süreliğine bırakır ve gerçek bir fakir gibi yaşamak için cebinde beş parası olmadan yollara düşer. Acaba elinde hiçbir şey olmadan yaşamayı becerebilecek midir?
Film6.1SuçDramA moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · 44 votes
Film6.2KomediMüzikAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · 39 votes
Film6.5MaceraDramDuring the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
The Buccaneer
1958 · 52 votes
Film5.2AksiyonMaceraA female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.
Tarzan of the Apes
1918 · 24 votes
Film6.3RomantikDramLiving in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.
Band of Angels
1957 · 48 votes
Film6.6DramRomantikA beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
San Francisco
1936 · 89 votes
Film7.0DramRomantikA struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Imitation of Life
1934 · 88 votes
Film6.7DramTarihThe O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
In Old Chicago
1938 · 50 votes
Film6.0DramAileHorse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949 · 14 votes
Film5.2KorkuKomediDuring World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
King of the Zombies
1941 · 55 votes
Film7.8DramDuring the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
So Red the Rose
1935 · 4 votes
Film4.2AksiyonMaceraTarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot when Schroeder's brother, with the help of money-hungry trader Lapin, hunts a different kind of quarry, human game. Now Tarzan must not only fight to save the animals of the jungle, but he must also save himself. Three episodes of a failed TV series edited for theater release.
Tarzan and the Trappers
1960 · 24 votes
Film5.5DramSavaşAs Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.
Something of Value
1957 · 22 votes
Film5.7SuçDramA criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.
Thunderbolt
1929 · 33 votes
Film6.8AksiyonSuçTorchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939 · 5 votes
Film5.4KorkuWhen Dr. Von Altermann's wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder. They also suspect the doctor is turning her into a zombie, to join the army of living dead he hopes to devote to the Nazi cause. However, Lila, though dead, has developed a will of her own.
Revenge of the Zombies
1943 · 28 votes
Film6.8DramIn 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927 · 12 votes
Film6.5DramGizemA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Maryland
1940 · 3 votes