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Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Stars:
Clark Gable,
Jeanette MacDonald,
Spencer Tracy
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Director:
John Ford
Stars:
Ronald Colman,
Helen Hayes,
Richard Bennett
In 1940, the motley crew of the British tramp steamer SS Glencairn prepares the ship for its perilous voyage from the West Indies to Baltimore and then to England.
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The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews. Written by
Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Excellent historical drama about one of the largest banking institutions in the world. A film about banking and the British stock market wouldn't normally be my cup of tea but this has other elements to it. Defeating Napoleon was central to the story. Money helps win war! And money got the Rothschild family out of the ghetto in 1790's Frankfurt in Prussia. I had no idea that ghettos and such intense hatred for the Jews went back that far. "Jew Street" was hell. Very sad. Anti-Semitism is another huge part of the movie. Hollywood thought this was good enough for an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and probably deservedly so!
7.5 / 10 stars
--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener
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Excellent historical drama about one of the largest banking institutions in the world. A film about banking and the British stock market wouldn't normally be my cup of tea but this has other elements to it. Defeating Napoleon was central to the story. Money helps win war! And money got the Rothschild family out of the ghetto in 1790's Frankfurt in Prussia. I had no idea that ghettos and such intense hatred for the Jews went back that far. "Jew Street" was hell. Very sad. Anti-Semitism is another huge part of the movie. Hollywood thought this was good enough for an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and probably deservedly so!
7.5 / 10 stars
--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener