Edgar G. Ulmer

Edgar G. Ulmer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer's other films remain relatively unknown. The first feature he directed in North America, Damaged Lives (1933), was a low-budget exploitation film exposing the horrors of venereal disease. His next film, The Black Cat (1934), starring Béla Lugosi and Boris Karloff, was made for a major studio, Universal Pictures. Demonstrating the striking visual style that would be Ulmer's hallmark, the film was Universal's biggest hit of the season. Ulmer, however, had begun an affair with Shirley Beatrice Kassler, who had been married since 1933 to independent producer Max Alexander, nephew of Universal studio head Carl Laemmle. Kassler's divorce in 1936 and her marriage to Ulmer later the same year led to his being exiled from the major Hollywood studios. Ulmer was relegated to making B movies at Poverty Row production houses. His wife, now Shirley Ulmer, acted as script supervisor on nearly all of these films, and she wrote the screenplays for several. Their daughter, Arianne, appeared as an extra in several of his films. Consigned to the fringes of the U.S. motion picture industry, Ulmer specialized first in "ethnic films," notably in Ukrainian—Natalka Poltavka (1937), Cossacks in Exile (1939)—and Yiddish—The Light Ahead (1939), Americaner Shadchen (1940). The best-known of these ethnic films is the Yiddish Green Fields (1937), co-directed with Jacob Ben-Ami. Ulmer eventually found a niche making melodramas on tiny budgets and with often unpromising scripts and actors for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), with Ulmer describing himself as "the Frank Capra of PRC". His PRC thriller Detour (1945) has won considerable acclaim as a prime example of low-budget film noir, and it was selected by the Library of Congress among the first group of 100 American films worthy of special preservation efforts. In 1947, Ulmer made Carnegie Hall with the help of conductor Fritz Reiner, godfather of the Ulmers' daughter, Arianné. The film features performances by many leading figures in classical music, including Reiner, Jascha Heifetz, Artur Rubinstein, Gregor Piatigorsky and Lily Pons. Ulmer did get a chance to direct two films with substantial budgets, The Strange Woman (1946) and Ruthless (1948). The former, featuring a strong performance by Hedy Lamarr, is regarded by critics as one of Ulmer's best. In 1951 he directed a low-budget science-fiction film with a noirish tone, The Man from Planet X. In 1964 he directed his last film, The Cavern, in Italy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar G. Ulmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 1.334
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1904-09-17
  • Place of Birth : Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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Edgar G. Ulmer Movies

  • 1927
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    8.116 1927 HD

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  • 1930
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    People on Sunday

    People on Sunday

    7.2 1930 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Golem: How He Came Into the World

    The Golem: How He Came Into the World

    7 1920 HD

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  • 1961
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    Journey Beneath the Desert

    Journey Beneath the Desert

    2.4 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Journey Beneath the Desert

    Journey Beneath the Desert

    2.4 1961 HD

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  • 1945
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    Detour

    Detour

    7.218 1945 HD

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  • 1939
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    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Amazing Transparent Man

    The Amazing Transparent Man

    3.8 1960 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

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  • 1942
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    Tomorrow We Live

    Tomorrow We Live

    4.3 1942 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Strange Woman

    The Strange Woman

    6.3 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Strange Woman

    The Strange Woman

    6.3 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Strange Illusion

    Strange Illusion

    5.5 1945 HD

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  • 1955
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    Murder Is My Beat

    Murder Is My Beat

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1944
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    5.6 1944 HD

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  • 1960
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    Beyond the Time Barrier

    Beyond the Time Barrier

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1948
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    Ruthless

    Ruthless

    5.7 1948 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Man from Planet X

    The Man from Planet X

    5.7 1951 HD

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  • 1945
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    Club Havana

    Club Havana

    5.7 1945 HD

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  • 1933
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    Damaged Lives

    Damaged Lives

    4.1 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Damaged Lives

    Damaged Lives

    4.1 1933 HD

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  • 1947
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    Carnegie Hall

    Carnegie Hall

    5.2 1947 HD

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  • 1943
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    Jive Junction

    Jive Junction

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Cavern

    The Cavern

    5.5 1964 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Naked Dawn

    The Naked Dawn

    6.1 1955 HD

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  • 1943
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    Girls in Chains

    Girls in Chains

    4.7 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Girls in Chains

    Girls in Chains

    4.7 1943 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Naked Venus

    The Naked Venus

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1946
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    Her Sister's Secret

    Her Sister's Secret

    6.5 1946 HD

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  • 1957
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    Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

    Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

    5.7 1957 HD

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  • 1943
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    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    4.6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    4.6 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Green Fields

    Green Fields

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Moon Over Harlem

    Moon Over Harlem

    4.2 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Moon Over Harlem

    Moon Over Harlem

    4.2 1939 HD

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  • 1952
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    Babes in Bagdad

    Babes in Bagdad

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1943
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    My Son, The Hero

    My Son, The Hero

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Pirates of Capri

    The Pirates of Capri

    6.4 1949 HD

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  • 1959
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    Hannibal

    Hannibal

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1934
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    Thunder Over Texas

    Thunder Over Texas

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    Cossacks in Exile

    Cossacks in Exile

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Light Ahead

    The Light Ahead

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Light Ahead

    The Light Ahead

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1951
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    St. Benny the Dip

    St. Benny the Dip

    5 1951 HD

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  • 1958
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    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    5.4 1958 HD

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  • 1940
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    American Matchmaker

    American Matchmaker

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1928
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    4 Devils

    4 Devils

    7 1928 HD

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  • 1940
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    Goodbye, Mr. Germ

    Goodbye, Mr. Germ

    3 1940 HD

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  • 1929
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    Spiel um den Mann

    Spiel um den Mann

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Perjured Farmer

    The Perjured Farmer

    5.667 1956 HD

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  • 1929
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    Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

    Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1925
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    Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    6.7 1925 HD

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  • 1923
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    Merry-Go-Round

    Merry-Go-Round

    6 1923 HD

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  • 1939
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    Way Down South

    Way Down South

    5.4 1939 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Perjured Farmer

    The Perjured Farmer

    5.667 1956 HD

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  • 1932
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    Afraid to Talk

    Afraid to Talk

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1924
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    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    7.7 1924 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Light Ahead

    The Light Ahead

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Street of Sin

    The Street of Sin

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1924
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    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

    7.5 1924 HD

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  • 1933
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    Kleiner Mann – was nun?

    Kleiner Mann – was nun?

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Border Sheriff

    The Border Sheriff

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Wife of Monte Cristo

    The Wife of Monte Cristo

    5.8 1946 HD

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  • 1939
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    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1934
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    I Can't Escape

    I Can't Escape

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    They Do Come Back

    They Do Come Back

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cloud in the Sky

    Cloud in the Sky

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1962
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    The World's Greatest Sinner

    The World's Greatest Sinner

    7.1 1962 HD

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  • 1940
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    Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis

    Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1922
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    Sodom and Gomorrah

    Sodom and Gomorrah

    5.8 1922 HD

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  • 1927
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    7.8 1927 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Last Laugh

    The Last Laugh

    7.776 1924 HD

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  • 1931
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    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    7.1 1931 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Last Laugh

    The Last Laugh

    7.776 1924 HD

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  • 1952
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    Babes in Bagdad

    Babes in Bagdad

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1942
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    Prisoner of Japan

    Prisoner of Japan

    4.3 1942 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Wife of Monte Cristo

    The Wife of Monte Cristo

    5.8 1946 HD

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  • 1943
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    My Son, The Hero

    My Son, The Hero

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Danger! Women at Work

    Danger! Women at Work

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Corregidor

    Corregidor

    4.8 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Corregidor

    Corregidor

    4.8 1943 HD

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  • 1931
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    Aloha

    Aloha

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Cavern

    The Cavern

    5.5 1964 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Saga of Gösta Berling

    The Saga of Gösta Berling

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1933
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    Queen Christina

    Queen Christina

    6.8 1933 HD

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  • 1928
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    Spies

    Spies

    7.4 1928 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Singing Blacksmith

    The Singing Blacksmith

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Natalka Poltavka

    Natalka Poltavka

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    From Nine to Nine

    From Nine to Nine

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1929
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    Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

    Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1941
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    Another to Conquer

    Another to Conquer

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    Hitler's Madman

    Hitler's Madman

    5.6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Hitler's Madman

    Hitler's Madman

    5.6 1943 HD

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  • 1940
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    Goodbye, Mr. Germ

    Goodbye, Mr. Germ

    3 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    From Nine to Nine

    From Nine to Nine

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cloud in the Sky

    Cloud in the Sky

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cloud in the Sky

    Cloud in the Sky

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1958
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    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    5.4 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle

    5.4 1958 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Secret Six

    The Secret Six

    5.8 1931 HD

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  • 1954
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    Loves of Three Queens

    Loves of Three Queens

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1943
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    Turbosupercharger: Flight Operation

    Turbosupercharger: Flight Operation

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Turbosupercharger - Master of the sky

    The Turbosupercharger - Master of the sky

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1930
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    City Girl

    City Girl

    7.4 1930 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Fate of Two Queens

    The Fate of Two Queens

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1944
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    Minstrel Man

    Minstrel Man

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Minstrel Man

    Minstrel Man

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Minstrel Man

    Minstrel Man

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1930
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    People on Sunday

    People on Sunday

    7.2 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    7.1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    7.1 1931 HD

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  • 1940
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    American Matchmaker

    American Matchmaker

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Joyless Street

    The Joyless Street

    6.845 1925 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Astrologer

    The Astrologer

    5.5 1976 HD

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