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poster Her Crowning Glory

Her Crowning Glory

A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and her nurse.

poster The Royal Bed

The Royal Bed

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.

poster The Coronation of Edward VII

The Coronation of Edward VII

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

poster The Exile

The Exile

95mn - Adventure, Romance

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls …

poster His Majesty, the American

His Majesty, the American

96mn - Romance, Adventure, Comedy

A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown.

poster The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

100mn - Short, Adventure, Drama

The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.

poster Cajus Julius Caesar

Cajus Julius Caesar

112mn - Drama, History, War

A colossal epic film like this that tries to depict the life and glory of Julius Caesar, must have a variety of scenery appropriate to the film's hero. This includes the Senate and its conspirators..or ..…

poster Stealing a Nation

Stealing a Nation

56mn - Documentary

This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos i…

poster The Frogs Who Wanted a King

The Frogs Who Wanted a King

9mn - Animation, Fantasy

The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new mona…

poster The Copper Beeches

The Copper Beeches

An adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson.

poster The Sea Squawk

The Sea Squawk

A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, hav…

poster The Ace of Hearts

The Ace of Hearts

75mn - Crime, Drama

A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.

poster When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower

121mn - Drama, Romance

Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to th…

poster Cinderella

Cinderella

7mn - Animation

Cinderella, the "ash girl," is kept in menial labor by her two wicked stepsisters. Meanwhile the handsome prince of the territory is out hunting bears. His father invites everyone in the country to a ball…

poster The Young Rajah

The Young Rajah

54mn - Drama, Romance

A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.

poster Christmas with the Prince

Christmas with the Prince

80mn - Adventure

A talented fashion designer's life takes an unexpected turn when a series of events leads her to spend Christmas with a charming prince, discovering the magic of love and the true meaning of the holidays …

poster Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

50mn - Drama, History

Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

poster The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

112mn - Adventure, Drama

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the…

Kismet

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

poster Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower

When a naive secretary invests her life savings with her charming but corrupt boss in the gleaming Manhattan Tower, she unwittingly becomes entangled in a web of embezzlement, forbidden romance, and high-…

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