Accused 1936  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dolores del Rio, Florence Desmond, Roland Culver, Moore Marriott, Cecil Humphreys, Cyril Raymond, Basil Sydney, Googie Withers, J.H. Roberts, Esme Percy, Edward Rigby, Leo Genn
Set in a Paris nightclub, this is the story of dancing team Tony and Gaby Seymour (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Dolores del Rio) and the murder of Yvette Delange (Florence Desmond) who has been making a play for Tony. Yvette is accused as a murderess, and the real solution to the crime is revealed during the court scenes.
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Bird of Paradise 1932  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, John Halliday, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Lon Chaney Jr., Bert Roach, Napoleon Pukui, Wade Boteler, Creighton Hale, Arnold Gray
Romance blooms when an adventurer (Joel McCrea) arrives on a South Seas island and falls in love with a beautiful native (Dolores del Rio).
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Cheyenne Autumn 1964  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, Harry Carey Jr., Dolores del Rio, Arthur Kennedy, Patrick Wayne, Victor Jory
Based on a true event, this is the insightful story of man's inhumanity to man. A group of Cheyenne Indians decided to leave the government reservation and return to their Wyoming home. Many problems stood in their way; this is the story of their struggle.
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The Children of Sanchez 1978 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Rio, Katy Jurado, Lupita Ferrer, Stathis Giallelis, Lucia Mendez, Sergio Calderon, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Melanie Farrar, Carmen Montejo
After his wife dies, poor farmer Jesus Sanchez (Anthony Quinn) tries, often ineptly, to keep his family together in Mexico City.
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The Devil's Playground 1937 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Richard Dix, Dolores del Rio, Chester Morris, George McKay, John Gallaudet, Pierre Watkin, Ward Bond, Francis McDonald, Ann Doran, Stanley Andrews, Don Rowan, Eddie Fetherston, Si Jenks, Garry Owen, William Worthington
After deep-sea diver Jack Dorgan (Richard Dix) discovers his wife's, Carmen (Dolores del Rio), interest has strayed to another, Robert Mason (Chester Morris), events accelerate to an underwater battle of brains and brawn. This film is a remake of "Submarine" (1928).
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Flaming Star 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores del Rio, John McIntire, Rodolfo Acosta, Karl Swenson, Ford Rainey, Richard Jaeckel, L.Q. Jones
There is big trouble between settlers in Texas and the Indian tribe of Kiowas. Elvis Presley plays a half-breed who must decide between his mother's tribe and the Texans.
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 Flying Down to Rio 1933 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici, Walter Walker, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Paul Porcasi
This is the first pairing of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire; their dancing saves the day for this film featuring novelty numbers, which include dancing on the wings of airplanes.
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 The Fugitive 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo, Robert Armstrong, John Qualen, Fortunio Bonanova, Mel Ferrer, Chris-Pin Martin, Miguel Inclan, Fernando Fernandez, Mel Ferrer, Jack Pennick
From Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" comes this film adaptation of the story of a fugitive priest (Henry Fonda) who is on the run from Mexican authorities. He has baptized a baby in spite of a Mexican dictatorship that has made religious worship illegal. The Fugitive runs into a friend, James Calvert (Ward Bond), and an enemy who is a police enformer (J. Carrol Naish) during his fateful escape attempt. Very good–what else would you expect from John Ford?
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Journey Into Fear 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles, Jack Moss, Agnes Moorehead, Hans Conried, Everett Sloane, Edgar Barrier, Stefan Schnabel
The setting for this film is World War II Turkey where Howard Graham (Joseph Cotten) flees across the Black Sea trying to elude a Nazi assassin. This movie was produced by Orson Welles' Mercury Theater group and is a good spy drama dealing with munitions smuggling. Remade in 1975.
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A Mother's Sin 1962  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake
Cast: Libertad Lamarque, Dolores del Rio, Enrique Rambal, Teresa Velazquez, Enrique Garcia Alvarez, Pedro Geraldo, Alejandra Meyer, Ines Murillo, Luis Manuel Pelayo, Miguel Suarez
A car accident kills a man, but his mistress (Libertad Lamarque), also in the car, survives and later has his baby. She takes the son to the man's wife (Dolores del Rio) and asks that the wife adopt the boy. It is agreed, as long as the mother does not attempt to reclaim the child later. But that turns out to be difficult in this real tearjerker with good performances by the stars.
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What Price Glory? 1926 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del Rio, William V. Mong, Phyllis Haver, Elena Jurado, Leslie Fenton, Barry Norton, Jack Pennick
This good adaptation of the hit play concerns two boisterous friends and rivals. After starting out fighting over a girl in Shanghai, the scene shifts to France after the outbreak of WWI where they are again rivals over another girl. The grimness of war is also portrayed in this fine silent flick.
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| 1. Accused (1936)
2. Bird of Paradise (1932)
3. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
4. The Children of Sanchez (1978)
5. The Devil's Playground (1937)
6. Flaming Star (1960)
7. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
8. The Fugitive (1947)
9. Journey Into Fear (1942)
10. A Mother's Sin (1962)
11. What Price Glory? (1926)
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