Paulette Goddard

Nazi Almanya'sının tıpkısının aynısı bir başka diktatörlükte, kararları ve yönetimi ile ülkesini kırıp geçiren Diktatör Adenoid Hynkel, ülkede kendisine ikizi kadar çok benzeyen son derece saf karakterli bir Yahudi berberin yaşadığından habersizdir. Hynkel'in askerleri Yahudileri teker teker toplama kamplarına götürmek üzere toplarken Yahudi Berber'in Hynkel'e olan benzerliği nedeni ile onu Büyük Diktatör zannederler ve bu benzerlik büyük bir karışıklık yaşanmasına neden olur. Charles Chaplin'in Nazi Almanya'sını ve Hitler'i hicvettiği bu eğlenceli komedi, sinema tarihinin en başarılı hiciv örnekleri arasında yer alıyor.

Charlie Chaplin, son sessiz filminde yüksek tempolu işi sebebiyle çıldıran bir fabrika işçisini canlandırıyor. Hastane sonrası bir yürüyüşe karışan Küçük Serseri hapse düşüyor. Aşık olduğu kızı yetimhaneden kurtarmaya çalışan Küçük Serseri, bir çok işe girip çıkar ve mutlu bir hayat kurmaya çalışır.

Korkusuz sınır muhafızı Chris Holden, Fransız ve Kızılderili Savaşı'nın ardından Ohio Vadisi'nde yaşayan asi Martin Garth'ın siyasi ve kişisel hırslarını engelliyor.

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.

The Real Charlie Chaplin, sessiz sinema denildiğinde akla gelen ilk isimlerden biri olan usta komedyenin hayatı ve kariyerini konu ediniyor. Belgesel film, dünya çapındaki ikonun bilinmeyen yanlarını ortaya çıkarmak için daha önce hiç duyulmamış kayıtlar, samimi ev röportajları, sahne arkası materyalleri ve yakın zamanda restore edilmiş klasik filmlerle Chaplin arşivlerine eşi görülmemiş bir erişim sergileyecek. Chaplin’in bir asırdan fazla bir süre önce ekrana ilk çıkışına kadar uzanan film, usta oyuncunun Viktorya dönemi Londra’sının kenar mahallelerinden Hollywood’un gözde yıldız oyuncusu olarak zirveye hızlıca yükselişi ve skandallı düşüşü de dahil olmak üzere her şeyi anlatmayı hedefliyor. Belgesel film aynı zamanda şu soruyu soruyor: Gerçek Charlie Chaplin kimdi? “Ölümsüz bir efsane haline gelen bir adamın sürekli değişen portresi” olarak tanımlanan The Real Charlie Chaplin, dünya çapındaki ikonun gizemli hayatına büyüleyici bir bakış olmayı vaat ediyor.

Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

Explores the many facets of Vivien Leigh's life and performances through rarely-seen home movies, personal photographs and interviews with her family and friends. An episode of A&E Biography, a series that recounts the life stories of various historical figures and celebrities.

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.

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