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The Great Dictator

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The Great Dictator
© 1940 United Artists − All right reserved.

The Great Dictator

Poster for the movie "The Great Dictator"
Release Date  15 October 1940 (2 h 05 min)
Directed by  Charlie Chaplin
Writer 
Composer  Meredith Willson, Charlie Chaplin
Genres  Comedy
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

  • Year of production  1940
  • Release Date  15 October 1940
  • Local Release Date  15 October 1940
  • Revenue  $11,000,000
  • Budget  $2,000,000
  • Language  English, Esperanto


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Overview

Once again - the whole world laughs!

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  914
  • Original Title  The Great Dictator
  • Release Date  15 October 1940
  • Local Release Date  15 October 1940
  • Runtime  2 h 05 min
  • Production  United Artists, Roy Export Company Establishment
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Esperanto
  • Genres  Comedy
  • Director  Charlie Chaplin
  • Producer  Charlie Chaplin
  • Director of Photography  Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh
  • Original Music Composer  Meredith Willson, Charlie Chaplin
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  G
  • Budget  $2,000,000
  • Revenue  $11,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0032553
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Gone With The Wind

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Gone With The Wind
© 1939 Selznick International Pictures − All right reserved.

Gone with the Wind

Poster for the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Release Date  15 December 1939 (3 h 58 min)
Directed by  Victor Fleming
Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
Composer  Max Steiner
Genres  Drama, Romance, War
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

  • Year of production  1939
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

The greatest romance of all time!

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.


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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  770
  • Original Title  Gone with the Wind
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Runtime  3 h 58 min
  • Production  Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Drama, Romance, War
  • Director  Victor Fleming
  • Producer  David O. Selznick
  • Director of Photography  Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner
  • Author 
  • Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
  • Certification  G
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0031381
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Scénario

Oliver H.P. Garrett
Ben Hecht
Jo Swerling
John Van Druten

Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

David O. Selznick

Companies

Selznick International Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Citizen Kane

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Citizen Kane
© 1941 RKO Radio Pictures − All right reserved.

Citizen Kane

Poster for the movie "Citizen Kane"
Release Date  30 April 1941 (1 h 59 min)
Directed by  Orson Welles
Writer  Roger Q. Denny, John Houseman, Mollie Kent
Composer  Bernard Herrmann
Genres  Mystery, Drama
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

  • Year of production  1941
  • Release Date  30 April 1941
  • Local Release Date  1 May 1941
  • Revenue  $23,217,674
  • Budget  $839,727
  • Language  English


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Overview

It's Terrific!

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.


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  • TMDb ID  15
  • Original Title  Citizen Kane
  • Release Date  30 April 1941
  • Local Release Date  1 May 1941
  • Runtime  1 h 59 min
  • Production  RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Mystery, Drama
  • Director  Orson Welles
  • Producer  Orson Welles, Richard Baer
  • Director of Photography  Gregg Toland
  • Original Music Composer  Bernard Herrmann
  • Author 
  • Writer  Roger Q. Denny, John Houseman, Mollie Kent
  • Certification  NR
  • Budget  $839,727
  • Revenue  $23,217,674
  • IMDb Id  tt0033467
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors


Actors and Actresses


Scénario

Roger Q. Denny
John Houseman
Mollie Kent

Soundtrack

Bernard Herrmann

Production

Orson Welles
Richard Baer

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures
Mercury Productions

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Rebecca

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Rebecca
© 1940 Selznick International Pictures − All right reserved.

Rebecca

Poster for the movie "Rebecca"
Release Date  12 April 1940 (2 h 10 min)
Directed by  Alfred Hitchcock
Writer 
Composer  Franz Waxman
Genres  Drama, Mystery
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

  • Year of production  1940
  • Release Date  12 April 1940
  • Local Release Date  12 April 1940
  • Revenue  $6,000,000
  • Budget  $1,288,000
  • Language  English, French


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Overview

The shadow of this woman darkened their love.

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.


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  • TMDb ID  223
  • Original Title  Rebecca
  • Release Date  12 April 1940
  • Local Release Date  12 April 1940
  • Runtime  2 h 10 min
  • Production  Selznick International Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, French
  • Genres  Drama, Mystery
  • Director  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Producer  David O. Selznick
  • Director of Photography  George Barnes
  • Original Music Composer  Franz Waxman
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  NR
  • Budget  $1,288,000
  • Revenue  $6,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0032976
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
© 1939 Columbia Pictures − All right reserved.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Poster for the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Release Date  19 October 1939 (2 h 09 min)
Directed by  Frank Capra
Writer 
Composer  Dimitri Tiomkin
Genres  Comedy, Drama
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

  • Year of production  1939
  • Release Date  19 October 1939
  • Local Release Date  19 October 1939
  • Revenue  $9,600,000
  • Budget  $1,500,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.


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  • TMDb ID  3083
  • Original Title  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Release Date  19 October 1939
  • Local Release Date  19 October 1939
  • Runtime  2 h 09 min
  • Production  Columbia Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Comedy, Drama
  • Director  Frank Capra
  • Producer  Frank Capra
  • Director of Photography  Joseph Walker
  • Original Music Composer  Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $1,500,000
  • Revenue  $9,600,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0031679
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors


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Scénario


Soundtrack

Dimitri Tiomkin

Production

Frank Capra

Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Casablanca

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Casablanca
© 1942 Warner Bros. − All right reserved.

Casablanca

Poster for the movie "Casablanca"
Release Date  26 November 1942 (1 h 42 min)
Directed by  Michael Curtiz
Writer 
Composer  Max Steiner
Genres  Drama, Romance
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

  • Year of production  1942
  • Release Date  26 November 1942
  • Local Release Date  26 November 1942
  • Revenue  $10,462,500
  • Budget  $878,000
  • Language  German, French, Italian, English


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Overview

They had a date with fate in Casablanca!

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.


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  • TMDb ID  289
  • Original Title  Casablanca
  • Release Date  26 November 1942
  • Local Release Date  26 November 1942
  • Runtime  1 h 42 min
  • Production  Warner Bros.
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  German, French, Italian, English
  • Genres  Drama, Romance
  • Director  Michael Curtiz
  • Producer  Hal B. Wallis
  • Director of Photography  Arthur Edeson
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $878,000
  • Revenue  $10,462,500
  • IMDb Id  tt0034583
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors


Actors and Actresses


Scénario


Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

Hal B. Wallis

Companies

Warner Bros.

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