Big Boy Williams
1) City girl
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A country boy goes to a big city where he meets and fall in love with a girl from the city.
"Celebrated director , F.W. Murnau tells the story -- from the play -- "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester, of a farmer's son, Lem, who comes to the big city where he meets and falls in love with Kate, the girl of his dreams. When he brings her home to meet his parents, his father predicts disaster for the relationship because he believes Kate to be a gold digger....
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"It's 1865 and Robert E. Lee in a last ditch bid to turn the tide of war wants the West. Lafe Barstow's task is to get it. He leads a band of Confederates to California to enlist insurrectionists but another war roils the West. Marauding Shoshones may prove to be even fiercer foes than the Union Army." --Container.
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Gary Cooper plays Lex Kearney, a U.S. Army major posing as a Confederate sympathizer. Kearney's ruse unmasks rustlers of Union horses, even though his true allegiance is revealed. Ultimately, the major and his troops are outmanned and outgunned. But with the experimental weapon that makes one man the equal of five, they won't be outfought.
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Society matron, Mrs. Crane (Oliver), is selected as a juror in the trial of an ex-chorus girl, Mrs. Yvette Gordon (Esmond), who's accused of murdering her rich elderly husband. In court, Mrs. Crane is your unorthodox and disruptive juror. During the first ballot, Mrs. Crane brings in the only "not-guilty" vote, in spite of Mrs. Gordon's maid, Evelyn Elaine Snows (Millard) damning testimony. Mrs. Crane and the other jurors are sent back to the jury...
5) Noah's ark
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"The two-pronged tale visits Biblical and modern times as it draws a parallel between two fateful eras. Colossal floodwaters roil, great structures topple, Noah and his family survive the worldwide destruction-- and vast destruction of another age lashes out as national hatreds erupt and World War I doughboys charge through the machine-gun hell of No Man's Land."--Container.
6) Dodge City
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In 1866, Kansas, the American civil war has just finished and the armies disbanded. The building of the West begins, and in 1872, the new city of Dodge City is ruled by violence and shootings. The Irishman Wade Hatton is a man adapted to these days and presently is conducting a group of pioneers, including Abbie Irving and her reckless brother, to Dodge City. Once in the city, Wade is invited to be the local sheriff, and an incident makes him accept...
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The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly,...