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The Jackie Robinson story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s") and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of racist bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States. However a new copyrighted "restored and in color" version was released in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 2008

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A pioneer wagon train heads west from Missouri. When they are attacked by Indians Gary Cooper fights off the attack. Mystic Nights Videos
Fighting Caravans is a 1931 American Western (genre) film directed by Otto Brower and David Burton and starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, and Ernest Torrence. Based on the 1929 novel Fighting Caravans by Zane Grey, the film is about a young frontier scout who helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Although ... continua

A caretaker devotes himself to three children after the death of their father. Relatives arrive to lay claim to the estate but the caretaker suspects that they will put the children in an asylum. To prevent this, he destroys the estate, himself, and the children

The crazy ray (Paris qui dort) a 1927 silent comedy by Rene Clair is the story of a mad scientist who devises a ray which puts all people to sleep. It has a few humorous moments but is if interest mainly to film historians and students

Battleship Potemkin, sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers of the Tsarist regime. Battleship Potemkin has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of all time, and was named the List of films considered the best at the Expo 58 in 1958.

Aces and eights is a 1936 American film, a Puritan production directed by Sam Newfield.

Tol'able David is a 1921 in film United States silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer short story. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King (director) for Inspiration Pictures. A major box office success, the acclaimed film was voted a Photoplay 1921 "medal of honor" and is seen by critics and viewers as one of the classics of silent film. In 2007, Tol'able David was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

The woman in green is a 1945 American Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty. The film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, but several of its scenes are taken from "The Final Problem" and "The adventure of the empty house." The woman in green is the eleventh film of the Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series) series

A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law. High voltage (1929) is an American film, produced by Pathé Exchange and directed by Howard Higgin. The film stars William Boyd (actor), Diane Ellis, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley, Billy Bevan and Carole Lombard, in her feature-length "talkie" film debut, billed as "Carol Lombard".