Biography: Frank Lloyd |
An actor in British theater while still a teenager, Scottish-born Frank Lloyd came to the U.S. in 1913, and after acting in films he turned to writing and directing. By the late teens he was helming a series of notable films starring William Farnum,... more
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Tags: Historical Film Western Drama Biopic
Length: 110min
The Republic super-production The Last Command is a partial remake of the same studio's Man of Conquest (1939). But whereas the earlier film concerned itself with the exploits of Texas patriot Sam Houston, Last Command concentrates on Houston...
Cast: Frank Lloyd
Length: 99min
Produced and directed by the prestigious Frank Lloyd, The Shanghai Story was promoted as a "class" production by the bread-and-butter firm of Republic Pictures. The film takes place in the eponymous far-eastern metropolis (courtesy of the Republic...
Cast: James Cagney
Length: 98min
In his first film in two years, James Cagney stars as Nick Condon, the American editor of a pre-WW2 Tokyo newspaper. When two of his best friends are horribly murdered, Condon suspects that the "peaceful" Japanese military government is up to no good....
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke Ida Lupino Charles Laughton Gladys Cooper Buster Keaton
Tags: Period Film Ensemble Film Drama
Length: 106min
The 80-star cast of Forever and a Day would certainly not have been feasible had not most of the actors and production people turned over their salaries to British war relief -- a point driven home during the lengthy opening credits by an unseen...
Tags: History Military & War Politics & Government
Length: 36min
Examination of the B-29 campaign that finally defeated Japan. ~ All Movie Guide
Cast: Robert Preston Loretta Young
Length: 87min
In this western, a schoolteacher battles for women's rights in mid 19th century Wyoming. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Tags: Drama
Length: 91min
One would never know it from the title, but This Woman is Mine is a virile seafaring yarn dealing with the northern fur trade. Based on a sprawling novel by Gilbert W. Gabriel, the film takes place during a trading expedition from New York to Oregon,...
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant Alan Ladd
Tags: Historical Film Drama Period Film
Length: 115min
Hollywood films about the Revolutionary War almost invariably lost money at the box office, and The Howards of Virginia was no exception, despite the presence of Cary Grant in the lead. Most of the story takes place in the colonial capital city of...
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Tags: Adventure Historical Film
Length: 96min
In the 1830s, despite the development of the steamboat at the outset of the 19th century, all trans-Atlantic travel was still done by sailing ships. David Gillespie (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) is first mate on one of the fastest of such ships, commanded...
Cast: Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone
Tags: Romantic Adventure Biopic Adventure Historical Film
Length: 100min
If I Were King is a delightful costume adventure tale set in 14th century France, during the reign of Louis XI, and inspired by the legend of the rebel poet François Villon, whose exploits were filmed earlier as The Beloved Rogue (1927) with John...
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