Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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The Corsican Brothers
(1941)After their parents are killed, conjoined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other as a bandit in the mountains.

Sinbad the Sailor
(1947)An ocean of adventure awaits as Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) seeks the fabled lost treasure of Alexander the Great. With Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn.

The Rise of Catherine the Great
(1934)Taken to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter, the former Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst will be pressed to overthrow her husband and ascend to the throne.

The Power of the Press
(1928)A naïve young reporter covers his first murder and identifies a main suspect: a woman who proceeds to ask for his help in proving her innocence.
Scarlet Dawn
(1932)Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Nancy Carroll star as Russian aristocrats who flee to Constantinople and pose as commoners to escape the Bolshevik Revolution. But the Baron Nikita Krasnoff (Fairbanks--The Prisoner of Zenda) cannot adjust to his new life of poverty and obscurity and soon begins an affair with a devious woman and a life of crime as a con artist. Nearly losing everything, and being exposed as frauds, the married couple eventually must again rely on each other escape with their very lives in this towering romantic epic.

Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies

The Funniest Man in the World
(1967)It's Tough to Be Famous
(1932)
Party Girl
(1930)A cautionary tale. Ellen's past as a "party girl" is carefully hidden but may be exposed when another party girl tricks her fiance into marriage.

Little Caesar
(1931)Edward G. Robinson stars in this classic gangster drama about man who ruthlessly murders his way to the top, controlling the mob as Little Caesar.

The Rage of Paris
(1938)Struggling to make rent, Nicole devises a plan. Enlist her friend to help her snare a rich husband that will make her money woes go away.

Morning Glory
(1933)Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award as Best Actress in this, just her third film performance. The great Hepburn stars as Eva Lovelace, a girl from a New England country town who has but one burning ambition: to become a successful stage actress. Arriving in New York, she manages to make friends quickly and even lands a small part in a Broadway show. Eva’s big chance comes when the show’s star (Mary Duncan) tries to strong-arm producer Louis Easton (Adolphe Menjou) for more money just before the curtain goes up. Easton resists, fires the star and puts Eva on stage in her place. Naturally, she’s a smash! Success also brings romance, and Eva becomes entangled in a love triangle with Easton and writer Joseph Sheridan (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.). Morning Glory is a must-see for all Hepburn fans.

That Lady in Ermine
(1948)That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, but one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.

The Dawn Patrol
(1930)After deriding his superior officer, an ace fighter pilot is promoted to squadron commander and learns hard lessons about sending men to their deaths.

The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937)An Englishman on holiday in a faraway kingdom must impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king, after the monarch is kidnapped.

Gunga Din
(1939)Cary Grant leads the way in this action-packed adventure about three rowdy British soldiers who defeat a murderous cult in India with help from native water boy, Gunga Din.

Our Modern Maidens
(1929)In a follow-up to her trendsetting silent Our Dancing Daughters, Joan Crawford returns to the role of a reckless Jazz Age baby getting her kicks with torrid kisses and wild parties.

Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(1996)Guts, determination and hard work lift a young woman out of brutal poverty into Academy Award-winning stardom as one of its highest paid actresses.

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)Biography of the Academy Award-winning director, including dramatic color footage of WWII.