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Nigel De Brulier
Actor 1877 - 1948

Nigel De Brulier

Frenchay, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

English born Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer) was an actor of the American screen, who began his career during the silent cinema era.

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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins 1943 4h 25m

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Adventures of Captain Marvel

John English, William Witney 1941 3h 36m 9.0

On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened.

One Million B.C.

One Million B.C.

Hal Roach, Hal Roach, Jr. 1940 1h 20m 7.0

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak.

Zenobia

Zenobia

Gordon Douglas 1939 1h 13m 5.0

A visiting circus man calls on a Southern country doctor to cure his sick elephant; afterwards, the grateful beast becomes so attached to the doctor that it starts to follow him everywhere.

Tower of London

Tower of London

Rowland V. Lee 1939 1h 32m 6.0

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England.

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

James Whale 1939 1h 52m

The Three Musketeers rescue the king's unjustly imprisoned twin.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sidney Lanfield 1939 1h 20m 7.8

Sherlock Holmes, aided by Dr Watson, investigates mysterious deaths apparently caused by a family curse.

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

W.S. Van Dyke 1938 2h 29m

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations.

The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah

Richard Boleslawski 1936 1h 19m

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

San Francisco

San Francisco

W.S. Van Dyke 1936 1h 55m 8.0

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Robin Hood of El Dorado

William A. Wellman 1936 1h 25m

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw.

Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland

John Ford 1936 2h 3m 6.5

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Louis King 1935 1h 13m 5.0

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Jack Conway 1935 2h 6m 9.0

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Viva Villa!

Viva Villa!

Jack Conway 1934 1h 55m

In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild

Alfred L. Werker 1934 1h 28m

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.

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

Wesley Ruggles 1933 1h 27m 6.0

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into a lion's muzzle! With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can persue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

Lloyd Bacon 1932 1h 6m 6.0

A nurse, bored with her job, becomes a private detective and becomes embroiled in a complex murder case.

Chandu the Magician

Chandu the Magician

William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel 1932 1h 11m

When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.

Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn

Ray Enright 1930 1h 23m 6.0

"Golden Dawn" is a musical operetta released by Warner Brothers, photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach.

The Iron Mask

The Iron Mask

Allan Dwan 1929 1h 43m 7.0

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France.

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

Michael Curtiz 1928 2h 15m 6.0

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Wings

Wings

William A. Wellman 1927 2h 24m 7.0

Two young men fall in love for the same same girl. After US enters WWi, both join the Air Corps and become ace. They remain friends, but the realtion to the girl threatens their friendship

The Gaucho

The Gaucho

F. Richard Jones 1927 1h 35m

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine.

My Best Girl

My Best Girl

Sam Taylor 1927 1h 20m

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love.

Don Juan

Don Juan

Alan Crosland 1926 1h 52m

If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death. In his father's case it was his wife, Donna Isobel, and Donna Elvira who supplied the latter. Don Juan settled in Rome after attending the University of Pisa.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Fred Niblo 1925 2h 23m 7.5

Ben-Hur is a wealthy Jew and boyhood friend of the powerful Roman Tribune, Messala. When an accident leads to Ben-Hur's arrest, Messala, who has become corrupt and arrogant, makes sure Ben-Hur and his family are jailed and separated.

Wild Oranges

Wild Oranges

King Vidor 1924 1h 28m

Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from justice, also lives there and is terrorizing them - and he's interested in Millie. One day widower John Woolfolk, sailing on his yacht, happens upon the island. Soon he and Millie fall in love. Will jealous Nicholas stand for this?

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Wallace Worsley 1923 1h 53m 7.2

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Salomé

Salomé

Alla Nazimova, Charles Bryant 1923 1h 14m 8.0

Based on Oscar Wilde's play telling the story of how Salome agrees to dance for King Herod in return for the head of John the Baptist

Foolish Wives

Foolish Wives

Erich von Stroheim 1922 2h 23m 7.0

"Count" Karanzim, a Don Juan is with his cousins in Monte Carlo, living from faked money and the money he gets from rich ladies, who are atracted by his charmes and his title or his militaric aristocratic behaviour. He tries to have sucess by Mrs Hughes, the wige of the new US ambassador, but he has bad luck.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Fred Niblo 1921 2h 24m 8.0

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Rex Ingram 1921 2h 36m 7.7

Set immediately before World War I, it deals with a rich Argentine family, one branch recently arrived from France, the other from Germany.

The Romance of Tarzan

The Romance of Tarzan

Wilfred Lucas 1918 1h 10m

Tarzan and Jane are to sail for England. They are attacked by natives and Tarzan is believed to have been killed. The Greystoke relatives return to England, the Porters (Jane's family) goes to their ranch near San Francisco. Tarzan shows up in a tuxedo and rescues Jane from outlaws...

The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici

Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber 1916 1h 55m

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

Cecil B. DeMille 1916 2h 18m

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

D.W. Griffith 1916 3h 17m 7.6

Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.

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