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Les MiserablesLes Miserables (1935)
Dir. Richard Boleslawski
Feat. Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Most faithful of the numerous film versions of Victor Hugo's novel, chronicling the lifelong harassment of reformed petty thief Ferric March by the…
CleopatraCleopatra (1934)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Warren William
Claudette Colbert stars as the sultry Roman Empress in this baroque De Mille version. Most noted for the lavish barge scene and some startling action…
Tarzan The Fearless / Tarzan And The TrappersTarzan The Fearless / Tarzan And The Trappers (1933-1958)
Dir. Charles Haas, Robert F. Hill
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Gordon Scott
"Tarzan The Fearless" is feature film stitched together in the 1960's from the first four chapters a 12–part 1933 serial starring Buster Crabbe…
Sign of the Cross, TheSign of the Cross, The (1932)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton
Pre–Code Hollywood epic from director Cecil B. DeMille, based on the Wilson Barrett play of the same name. Forms a biblical trilogy with…
Hunchback Of Notre Dame,TheHunchback Of Notre Dame,The (1923)
Dir. William Worsley
Feat. Lon Chaney
Perhaps the first classic version of Victor Hugo's novel about a hunchback who becomes lovestruck with a gypsy lass in 18th century Paris. Features…
Orphans of the StormOrphans of the Storm (1921) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut
Vivid melodrama with the sisters Gish caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
IntoleranceIntolerance (1916) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Staggeringly ambitious film has a rightful place in many critic's 'all–time' lists. Its mammoth story unfolds in four parts simultaneously…
Birth of a NationBirth of a Nation (1915) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish
The cinema's first major epic marked the birth of an artform – newly defining the artistic boundaries of the medium. It retains much of its…

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