Acting
Hedy Lamarr
Born November 9, 1914 · Vienna, Austria
Died January 19, 2000 · aged 85
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to…
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Samson and Delilah · 1949Samson and Delilah
★ 6.61949
MovieRomanceDrama
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Ziegfeld Girl · 1941Ziegfeld Girl
★ 6.61941
MovieDramaMusic
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
The Strange Woman · 1946The Strange Woman
★ 6.21946
MovieDramaThriller
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
That's Entertainment! III · 1994That's Entertainment! III
★ 7.11994
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Boom Town · 1940Boom Town
★ 7.01940
MovieAdventureDrama
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
Money on the Street · 1930Money on the Street
★ 5.31930
MovieRomance
In this romance, a banker's daughter suddenly breaks off her engagement on her wedding day. She then meets a man who believes in easy money. He sees her as his meal ticket and the two take off together.
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! · 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
★ 5.52018
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers' puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence to no end on a daily basis. If it is true that American movies reflect American society, the United States have yet another severe problem: a lack of open sexuality and eroticism.
Tortilla Flat · 1942Tortilla Flat
★ 5.81942
MovieComedyDrama
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
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Money on the Street · 1930Money on the Street
★ 5.31930
MovieRomance
In this romance, a banker's daughter suddenly breaks off her engagement on her wedding day. She then meets a man who believes in easy money. He sees her as his meal ticket and the two take off together.
Young Girl at Night Club Table
Comrade X · 1940Comrade X
★ 6.11940
MovieComedyRomance
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Golubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'
Lady of the Tropics · 1939Lady of the Tropics
★ 6.51939
MovieRomanceDrama
American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.
Manon deVargnes Carey, aka Kira Kim














