Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). Another famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight. He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7817 |
| Birthday | 1899-08-28 |
| Place of Birth | Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France |
| Also Known As | Шарль Буайе, |
1966
How to Steal a Million
7.5/649
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
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How to Steal a Million
2003
Reflections on 'Gaslight'
6.5/2
A documentary on the 1944 film "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
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Reflections on 'Gaslight'
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
6.646/569
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in 80 Days
1966
Is Paris Burning?
7.2/222
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if...
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Is Paris Burning?
1958
The Buccaneer
6.4/49
During 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...
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The Buccaneer
1937
Conquest
6.5/22
A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence h...
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Conquest
1938
Algiers
6.3/45
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....
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Algiers
1937
History Is Made at Night
6.651/53
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep he...
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History Is Made at Night
1944
Together Again
5.3/11
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on an...
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Together Again
1967
Casino Royale
5.249/813
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
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Casino Royale
1953
The Earrings of Madame de...
7.5/253
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off h...
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The Earrings of Madame de...
1942
Tales of Manhattan
6.3/35
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...
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Tales of Manhattan
1944
Gaslight
7.527/559
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Gaslight
1921
Chantelouve
0/0
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Chantelouve
1922
Esclave
0/0
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Esclave
1928
La ronde infernale
0/0
While engaged in the six-day Vel d'Hiv event, a cyclist is concerned about the behaviour of his wife, whom he believes to be unfaithful.
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La ronde infernale
1922
The Cricket on the Hearth
0/0
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1948
Arch of Triumph
5.882/38
In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is...
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Arch of Triumph
1937
Tovarich
6.2/4
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatia...
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Tovarich
1974
Stavisky...
5.9/122
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But...
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Stavisky...
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
7.2/57
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philip...
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All This, and Heaven Too
1936
Mayerling
6.4/18
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stif...
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Mayerling
1939
Love Affair
6.972/124
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed...
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Love Affair
1934
Liliom
6.4/25
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the expe...
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Liliom
1946
The Battle of the Rails
6.8/44
A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and su...
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The Battle of the Rails
1967
Barefoot in the Park
7.127/608
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwi...
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Barefoot in the Park
1951
The 13th Letter
5.5/11
A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.
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The 13th Letter
1957
La Parisienne
5.6/28
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
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La Parisienne
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
5.9/55
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
6.7/49
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...
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Hold Back the Dawn
1931
The Trial of Mary Dugan
0/0
French-language remake of the 1929 film of the same name. Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy love...
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
1946
Cluny Brown
7.172/102
Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.
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Cluny Brown
1933
The Hawk
0/0
The wife of a Hungarian gentleman tires of helping him cheat and becomes the mistress of a diplomat.When she re-encounters her husband he is enfeebled...
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The Hawk
1969
The April Fools
5.9/37
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is hersel...
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The April Fools
1961
Fanny
6.7/43
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 nigh...
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Fanny
1955
The Cobweb
5.6/34
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.
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The Cobweb
1943
The Constant Nymph
6.1/24
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own...
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The Constant Nymph
1976
A Matter of Time
4.8/13
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a youn...
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A Matter of Time
1944
The Fighting Lady
6.2/13
Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 "newsdrama," narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the...
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The Fighting Lady
1932
Red-Headed Woman
6.5/52
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force so...
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Red-Headed Woman
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
6.2/20
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
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A Woman's Vengeance
1973
Lost Horizon
5.4/39
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon...
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Lost Horizon
1935
Private Worlds
6/8
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charl...
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Private Worlds
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1941
Back Street
7.2/12
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. I...
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Back Street
1955
Nana
6.1/14
In Paris during the Second Empire, Count Muffat, despite his prejudices against loose women, falls madly in love with Nana, a young kept woman and sta...
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Nana
1958
Maxime
6.1/6
Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
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Maxime
1965
A Very Special Favor
5.7/8
The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.
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A Very Special Favor
1936
The Garden of Allah
5.8/33
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
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The Garden of Allah
1963
Love is a Ball
4.6/7
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riv...
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Love is a Ball
1929
Captain Fracasse
6.5/4
A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits
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Captain Fracasse
1935
Break of Hearts
4.9/8
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowi...
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Break of Hearts
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
7/18
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts...
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Flesh and Fantasy
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot
7.1/11
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in...
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
1935
Shanghai
6.5/2
A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.
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Shanghai
1968
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
5/2
The most ultra-secret telephone number of all is that of the "Hot'Line' that links the heads of state of the United States and Moscow. A conniving dou...
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The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1945
Confidential Agent
5.5/26
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Confidential Agent
1939
When Tomorrow Comes
5.2/16
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.
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When Tomorrow Comes
1952
Thunder in the East
5.4/7
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifi...
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Thunder in the East
1932
The Man from Yesterday
4.8/4
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check i...
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The Man from Yesterday
1952
The Happy Time
6.3/13
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
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The Happy Time
1931
The Magnificent Lie
0/0
A nightclub singer, taking pity on a blind soldier, pretends that she is the woman he once loved before he was wounded.
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The Magnificent Lie
1938
Orage
6.4/5
The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
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Orage
1941
Appointment for Love
5.4/8
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progress...
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Appointment for Love
1934
Le Bonheur
6.6/18
Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation an...
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Le Bonheur
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10/1
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1951
The First Legion
6.8/4
A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
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The First Legion
1931
The Big House
0/0
French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking ve...
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The Big House
1934
Caravane
0/0
Princess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money i...
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Caravane
1962
Adorable Julia
5.9/6
A successful and married, although not quite young, stage actress falls for a young man, who is involved with a young actress who uses him to advance...
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Adorable Julia
1942
Little Isles of Freedom
7/1
1942 Oscar nominated documentary about wartime Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Part of the Broadway Brevities series.
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Little Isles of Freedom
1934
Caravan
5/1
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
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Caravan
1934
The Battle
3/3
In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer allows his wife to be seduced by a British naval attaché in order to gain access to a...
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The Battle
1956
Paris, Palace Hôtel
5/3
On Christmas Eve, a manicurist pretends to be a wealthy man's daughter after meeting a young garage worker who falsely claims to own a luxury car. The...
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Paris, Palace Hôtel
1933
The Only Girl
0/0
English-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice which is not that of empress, but of hairdresser.' (B...
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The Only Girl
1932
Tumultes
6.3/7
Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.
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Tumultes
1950
Riviera Dream
0/0
This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French Rivie...
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Riviera Dream
1920
The Man of the Sea
5.9/12
Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when...
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The Man of the Sea
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
7/2
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
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The Romance of Celluloid
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7/6
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable p...
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/3
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1961
Demons at Midnight
0/0
This drama's main asset is Charles Boyer as Pierre, a father out looking for his son one night. Pierre receives a call from a woman who says she will...
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Demons at Midnight
1978
The Louvre
0/0
Lucy Jarvis -- the plucky camerawoman known for becoming the first Westerner to film inside communist China -- breaks barriers once again with this ex...
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The Louvre
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
7.5/12
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1930
The Barcarolle of Love
0/0
A young singer at the Opera finds out who really loves her, when the theater catches fire on the opening night of the performance.
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The Barcarolle of Love
1956
What a Woman!
6/28
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
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What a Woman!
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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Breakdowns of 1942
2019
L'Enigme Charles Boyer
0/0
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L'Enigme Charles Boyer
1955
The Wild Bunch
0/0
On the way home after their honeymoon, a bride confesses two things to her groom: She's wealthy and has three teenage children plus a dog waiting for...
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The Wild Bunch
1933
Moi et l'impératrice
0/0
Heart Song(U.S. release in 1934.)
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Moi et l'impératrice
1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
4/1
Joan Crawford narrates this documentary about the career of Greta Garbo.
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Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1995
The Casting Couch
9/2
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes...
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The Casting Couch
1990
Death In Hollywood
6.75/4
HOLLYWOOD. Tinseltown. Land of the stars. A city where an actor can reach the greatest heights overnight - and descend just as rapidly. What goes up m...
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