Author: Vivian Gu

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Count Amalfi (Louis Hayward), using the assumed name of Captain Sirocco, heads a group of men called “The Pirates of Capri” who are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples in 1779. The Queen (Binnie Barnes) is advised of a pirate’s assault on a member of her court and seeks to escape to Palermo. But first, she’s advised to attend a ball that Amalfi is holding for his fiancée (Mariella Lotti) who is unaware of Amalfi’s dual identity.

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Starring: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes and Mariella Lotti

Directed By: Edgar G. Ulmer

Written By: Giorgio Moser, Golfiero Colonna

Alternate Titles: The Pirates of Capri; The Masked Pirate; I Pirati di Capri

Run Time: 94 minutes

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This French/Italian film marks the final screen appearance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. After receiving news that he would inherit an island, Laurel, along with Hardy, leaves at once to visit. With a cook, a stowaway, and a young woman escaping her fiancé in tow, the ship maroons on an atoll, and the passengers set up a government there. After the comic duo discovers Uranium on the island, the largest world powers fight over the atoll.

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Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

Directed By: Leo Joannon

Written By: John D. Klorer

Alternate Titles: Atoll K; Atollo K; Escapade; Robinson Crusoeland

Genre: Comedy

Run Time: 100 minutes

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Set in early 19^th century, this classic film tells the tale of a rivalry between two Lincolnshire families when mill owner Mr. Tulliver (Sam Livesey) refuses to relinquish his water rights to Mr. Wakem (Felix Aylmer). Caught in the legal crossfire is Maggie (Geraldine Fitzgerald), Mr. Tulliver’s daughter who becomes infatuated with Mr. Wakem’s good-hearted son, Phillip (Frank Lawton) and whose good name becomes smeared by scandal.

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Starring: Geraldine Fitzgerald and James Mason

Directed By: Tim Whelan

Written By: John Drinkwater, George Eliot, Austin Melford, Garnet Weston, Tim Whelan

Genre: Drama

Run Time: 77 minutes

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In this East Side Kids entry, Bobby Jordan plays Danny Stevens, a young man who helps turn in a criminal and receives $200 as a reward. However, he conflicts with the gang when they think the money should be shared. Making matters worse, the vengeful criminal escapes from prison and comes after Danny.

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Starring: Leo Gorcey, The East Side Kids, including Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

Directed By: Wallace Fox

Written By: Harvey Gates

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance

Run Time: 67 minutes

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The last silent swashbuckler for Douglas Fairbanks has him playing D’Artagnan of the “Three Musketeers,” joining with his comrades to protect the young, newly crowned King Louis XIV of France from an evil plan by De Rochefort (Ullrich Haupt) to put an impostor — the King’s own twin whom Cardinal Richelieu (Nigel De Brulier) had sent away to be raised secretly — in place.

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Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Nigel de Brulier

Directed By: Allan Dwan

Written By: Jack Cunningham, Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (screenplay, story & titles), Lotta Woods (scenario editor)

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Run Time: 95 minutes

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Based on a novel by Luke Short, this Western stars Burt Lancaster as Owen Daybright, the adopted son of the Strobie family. Lee Strobie, played by Robert Walker, resents the attention Daybright gets from his father. As they get older, Strobie’s resentment turns to hatred, and he plots to destroy the perfect image his family has for his adopted brother.

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Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker and Joanne Dru

Directed By: Richard Thorpe

Written By: Luke Short, Irving Ravetch

Genre: Western

Run Time: 83 minutes