The Magnificent Yankee

Dec 20, 1950

1h 20m

★ 5.4

Overview

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Louis Calhern

Fanny Bowditch Holmes

Ann Harding

Louis Brandeis

Eduard Franz

Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

Philip Ober

Adams

Ian Wolfe

Annie Gough

Edith Evanson

Baxter

Herbert Anderson

Reynolds

Richard Anderson

Clinton

Jimmy Lydon

Secretary (uncredited)

David Alpert

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

Secretary (uncredited)

Robert Board

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

8.0

Catch Me If You Can

Dec 16, 2002

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

5.0

François Villon: The Maverick Poet

Jan 1, 1987

The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.

6.6

Cantinflas

Aug 29, 2014

Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.

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0.0

Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau

Nov 20, 1913

No overview available.

4.9

The Perfect Wave

Feb 28, 2014

The true story of Ian McCormack who grew up surfing the waters of New Zealand. Wanting to dive deeper, Ian sets out on a journey with his best friend that will change his life as they chase the perfect wave.

0.0

An Afternoon in Geneva

Dec 18, 2013

In 1973, towards the end of the Franco regime, the famous catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda bumped into the literary critic Josep Maria Castellet in Geneva where she lived exiled and she invited him to tea at her house. The writer was a most discrete person and maintained everything that concerned her wrapped in secrecy. Indeed she herself had become a secret or perhaps, even a maker of secrets. However that afternoon, strangely, she opened up and shared many intimacies.

6.0

The Bob Mathias Story

Oct 24, 1954

Film biography of the Olympics Decathlon champion, with the famous athlete and his wife playing themselves.

6.4

The Miracle Worker

Oct 14, 1979

The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.

2.0

Nora

Feb 1, 2008

"Nora" is based on true stories of the dancer Nora Chipaumire, who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. In the film, Nora returns to the landscape of her childhood and takes a journey through some vivid memories of her youth. Using performance and dance, she brings her history to life in a swiftly-moving poem of sound and image. A girl who is constantly embattled - struggling against all kinds of intimidation and violence - but who slowly gathers strength, pride and independence.

6.0

Day of Despair

Oct 30, 1992

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

0.0

Jayhawkers

Mar 7, 2014

A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that would transform the entire American society.

6.5

Confucius

Jan 1, 1940

The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy.

5.7

The Lenin Factor

Oct 31, 2019

Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Switzerland, desperately seeks a way back to Russia to take control. Options are few when Lenin receives an offer from Alexander Parvus, the most infamous of political opportunists, who has made a deal with Germany to sponsor the revolution under Lenin’s command and smuggle Lenin and his comrades into Russia. Aware that making a deal with 2 devils could cost him everything, Lenin knows he must outsmart and outmaneuver Parvus and the Germans at any cost...

7.7

The Straight Story

Oct 15, 1999

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

8.4

The Pianist

Sep 17, 2002

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

8.6

Schindler's List

Dec 15, 1993

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

7.3

Sissi

Dec 22, 1955

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

7.1

Sissi: The Young Empress

Dec 1, 1956

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

Cast

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Louis Calhern

Fanny Bowditch Holmes

Ann Harding

Louis Brandeis

Eduard Franz

Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

Philip Ober

Adams

Ian Wolfe

Annie Gough

Edith Evanson

Baxter

Herbert Anderson

Reynolds

Richard Anderson

Clinton

Jimmy Lydon

Secretary (uncredited)

David Alpert

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

Secretary (uncredited)

The Magnificent Yankee

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Magnificent Yankee Trailers

Cast

Louis Calhern

Ann Harding

Eduard Franz

Philip Ober

Ian Wolfe

Edith Evanson

Herbert Anderson

Richard Anderson

Jimmy Lydon

David Alpert

Arthur Anderson

Robert Board

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Cast

Louis Calhern

Ann Harding

Eduard Franz

Philip Ober

Ian Wolfe

Edith Evanson

Herbert Anderson

Richard Anderson

Jimmy Lydon

David Alpert

Arthur Anderson

Robert Board