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| 1 |  | Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) |  3.1277 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$7.81
| A serious biopic of the life of Emile Zola. Starting in Paris in 1862 it deals, among other events, ...more about Life of Emile Zola starring Gale Sondergaard and Gloria Holden |
| 2 |  | Queen Christina (1933) | 2.9755 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$8.68
| Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a ...more about Queen Christina starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert |
| 3 |  | Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) | 2.9249 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$24.99
| Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He ...more about Young Mr. Lincoln starring Henry Fonda and Alice Brady |
| 4 |  | Private Life of Henry VIII., The (1933) | 2.8842 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$17.99
| This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. Set almost ...more about Private Life of Henry VIII. starring Robert Donat and Franklin Dyall |
| 5 |  | Boys Town (1938) | 2.8784 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.99
| Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh ...more about Boys Town starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney |
| 6 |  | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) |  2.7041 22 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$7.99
| At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more ...more about Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 7 |  | Viva Villa! (1934) | 2.6894 4 reviews | NA | Western, Biography | N/A | In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in ...more about Viva Villa! starring Wallace Beery and Henry B. Walthall |
| 8 |  | Spirit of Youth (1938) | 2.6574 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$6.99
| ...more about Spirit of Youth starring Joe Louis and Edna Mae Harris |
| 9 |  | Parnell (1937) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to ...more about Parnell starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy |
| 10 |  | White Angel, The (1936) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about White Angel starring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter |
| 11 | | Private Life of Don Juan, The (1934) | 2.4885 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Private Life of Don Juan starring Douglas Fairbanks and Merle Oberon |
| 12 |  | Mary of Scotland (1936) | 2.4816 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$41.37
| Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who ...more about Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn and Florence Eldridge |
| 13 |  | Silver Dollar (1932) | 2.4656 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth ...more about Silver Dollar starring Edward G. Robinson and Bebe Daniels |
| 14 |  | Plainsman, The (1936) | 2.4565 3 reviews | NA | War, Western, Biography |
$9.99
| ...more about Plainsman starring Gary Cooper and Frank Albertson |
| 15 | | Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934) | 2.4282 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance | N/A | Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, ...more about Barretts of Wimpole Street starring Norma Shearer and Maureen O'Sullivan |
| 16 | | Marie Antoinette (1938) | 2.3652 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$8.68
| ...more about Marie Antoinette starring Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power |
| 17 |  | Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939) | 2.3621 6 reviews | NA | War, Biography, Musical, Romance |
$12.71
| In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey ...more about Story of Vernon and Irene Castle starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 18 |  | Juarez (1939) | 2.3218 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance | N/A | The newly named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carolotta arrive in Mexico to face popular ...more about Juarez starring Bette Davis and Gilbert Roland |
| 19 |  | Adventures of Marco Polo, The (1938) |  2.1947 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, Biography | N/A | Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and ...more about Adventures of Marco Polo starring Gary Cooper and Sigrid Gurie |
| 20 | | Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936) | 1.9634 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical ...more about Prisoner of Shark Island starring Warner Baxter and Francis Ford |
| 21 |  | House of Rothschild, The (1934) | 1.9223 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued ...more about House of Rothschild starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff |
| 22 | | Great Waltz, The (1938) | 1.8812 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music | N/A | ...more about Great Waltz starring Luise Rainer and Bert Roach |
| 23 | | Abraham Lincoln (1930) | 1.7853 3 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography | N/A | Brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair ...more about Abraham Lincoln starring Hobart Bosworth and Walter Huston |
| 24 |  | Annie Oakley (1935) |  1.6894 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Biography | N/A | In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying ...more about Annie Oakley starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster |
| 25 | | Iron Duke, The (1934) | 1.5068 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Iron Duke starring George Arliss and Ellaline Terriss |
| 26 | | Unfinished Symphony (1934) | 1.4429 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical | N/A | ...more about Unfinished Symphony starring Mártha Eggerth and Helen Chandler |
| 27 | | Great Heart, The (1938) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Short | N/A | This short tells the story of Joseph Damien de Beuster (1840-89), the Belgian priest known as ...more about Great Heart |
| 28 | | Life of Chopin, The (1938) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Life of Chopin |
| 29 | | Mad Empress, The (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Mad Empress starring Medea de Novara and Lionel Atwill |
| 30 | | Star Maker, The (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Star Maker starring Bing Crosby and Linda Ware |
| 31 |  | Narcotic (1933) | No Score 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$25.99
| As the opening scroll tells us, Narcotic was "presented in the hope that the public may become ...more about Narcotic starring Harry Cording and Joan Dix |
| 32 | | Robin Hood of El Dorado, The (1936) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Biography | N/A | In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for ...more about Robin Hood of El Dorado starring Warner Baxter and Ann Loring |
| 33 | | Clive of India (1935) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Biography | N/A | In the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the ...more about Clive of India starring Ronald Colman and Loretta Young |
| 34 | | Prophet Without Honor (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | This is the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer, who developed ...more about Prophet Without Honor |
| 35 | | Love Time (1934) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Romance | N/A | ...more about Love Time starring Pat Paterson and Nils Asther |
| 36 | | Memories and Melodies (1935) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Short | N/A | This beautiful Technicolor short features the songs of the great American popular composer Stephen ...more about Memories and Melodies |
| 37 | | Harmony Lane (1935) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical | N/A | ...more about Harmony Lane starring Evelyn Venable and Adrienne Ames |
| 38 | | Diamond Jim (1935) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Diamond Jim starring George Sidney and Edward Arnold |
| 39 |  | Rembrandt (1936) | No Score 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.70
| This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife ...more about Rembrandt starring Gertrude Lawrence and Elsa Lanchester |
| 40 | | Song of a Nation, The (1936) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | ...more about Song of a Nation starring Donald Woods and Claire Dodd |
| 41 | | Loves of Robert Burns, The (1930) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical | N/A | ...more about Loves of Robert Burns starring Joseph Hislop and Nancy Price |
| 42 | | Angel of Mercy (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | ...more about Angel of Mercy |
| 43 | | Ash Can Fleet, The (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | War, Biography, Short | N/A | ...more about Ash Can Fleet |
| 44 | | Alexander Hamilton (1931) | No Score 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with ...more about Alexander Hamilton starring George Arliss and Doris Kenyon |
| 45 | | Flying Irishman, The (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred ...more about Flying Irishman starring Douglas Corrigan and Paul Kelly |
| 46 | | Song of Revolt (1937) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | ...more about Song of Revolt starring Leon Ames |
| 47 |  | Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying ...more about Story of Alexander Graham Bell starring Don Ameche and Loretta Young |
| 48 | | Under Southern Stars (1937) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this ...more about Under Southern Stars starring Fred Lawrence and Jane Bryan |
| 49 | | Old Hickory (1939) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Short | N/A | ...more about Old Hickory starring Hugh Sothern and Nana Bryant |
| 50 | | Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris (1937) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports, Short | N/A | Young Glenn Morris excels at track and field events in college and hopes to reach the Olympics as a ...more about Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris |
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