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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Jan 01, 2009

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
2009 117 min 1 vues
Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
TV Movie
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
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More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

Dec 30, 1995

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995 58 min 1 vues
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.
Documentary
The Desert Song
6.5

The Desert Song

May 30, 1953

The Desert Song
1953 110 min 4 vues
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
Music
Confession
6.1

Confession

Aug 19, 1937

Confession
1937 87 min 14 vues
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
Crime
Sabotage à Berlin
5.82

Sabotage à Berlin

Sep 26, 1942

Sabotage à Berlin
1942 107 min 25 vues
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
War
La voleuse
6.4

La voleuse

May 01, 1946

La voleuse
1946 109 min 46 vues
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
Drama
The Invader
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The Invader

Jan 02, 1936

The Invader
1936 61 min 3 vues
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
Comedy
Coup de cœur
5.9

Coup de cœur

Feb 11, 1982

Coup de cœur
1982 103 min 182 vues
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
Drama
Alice in Movieland
6.3

Alice in Movieland

Mar 03, 1940

Alice in Movieland
1940 22 min 7 vues
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Music
Vive monsieur le maire
6.4

Vive monsieur le maire

Dec 31, 1949

Vive monsieur le maire
1949 101 min 50 vues
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Comedy
La possédée
6.844

La possédée

May 29, 1947

La possédée
1947 108 min 80 vues
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Drama
La Terre des pharaons
6.3

La Terre des pharaons

Jul 24, 1955

La Terre des pharaons
1955 105 min 90 vues
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Drama
Honeymoon for Three
5.8

Honeymoon for Three

Jan 18, 1941

Honeymoon for Three
1941 75 min 5 vues
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy Danish girl which he barely remembers. She remembers him, very well.
Comedy
Navy Blues
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Navy Blues

Sep 13, 1941

Navy Blues
1941 108 min 3 vues
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Comedy
Humoresque
7.093

Humoresque

Jan 25, 1947

Humoresque
1947 125 min 59 vues
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Drama
In Our Time
6.4

In Our Time

Feb 19, 1944

In Our Time
1944 110 min 5 vues
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer. When she tries to leave, he catches her at the train station and they are married. To be self sufficient, they modernize the family farm with tractors and increase production, but then Germany starts the war.
Drama
Meurtre au Port
6.2

Meurtre au Port

Nov 01, 1946

Meurtre au Port
1946 100 min 21 vues
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer. When she tries to leave, he catches her at the train station and they are married. To be self sufficient, they modernize the family farm with tractors and increase production, but then Germany starts the war.
Crime
Goodbye, My Fancy
5.9

Goodbye, My Fancy

May 19, 1951

Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 107 min 9 vues
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
Comedy
Romance on the High Seas
6.7

Romance on the High Seas

Jun 25, 1948

Romance on the High Seas
1948 99 min 29 vues
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Comedy
Mon Amour est Revenu
5.2

Mon Amour est Revenu

Jul 13, 1940

Mon Amour est Revenu
1940 85 min 6 vues
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Comedy
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland
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Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland

Nov 11, 1975

Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland
1975 min 1 vues
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
Documentary