In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.

Red Dust

1932

English

7.2

♡ 6

90%

Victor Fleming Director

Mary Astor as Barbara Willis

Gene Raymond as Gary Willis

Donald Crisp as Guidon

Forrester Harvey as Limey

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

English

7.1

♡ 4

92%

miscarriage of justice

scandal

writer

William Dieterle Director

Walter Kingsford as Col. Sandherr

Donald Crisp as Maitre Labori

William A. Boardway as Member of Court

Pierre Watkin as Prefect of Police

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

The Black Pirate

1926

English

7.0

♡ 6

100%

two strip technicolor

Albert Parker Director

Donald Crisp as MacTavish

James Dime as Pirate

Mary Pickford as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance

E.J. Ratcliffe as The Governor

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

English

7.0

♡ 9

67%

historically inaccurate

marriage engagement

Romance

War

Michael Curtiz Director

Donald Crisp as Col. Campbell

Errol Flynn as Maj. Geoffrey Vickers

Martin Garralaga as Panjari

Nigel Bruce as Sir Benjamin Warrenton

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

The Old Maid

1939

English

7.4

♡ 7

75%

Action

american civil war

based on novel or book

brother

Drama

orphanage

philadelphia, pennsylvania

romantic rivalry

Edmund Goulding Director

Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell

Donald Crisp as Dr. Lanskell

William Hopper as John

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog

1961

English

7.2

♡ 2

Drama

Family

Don Chaffey Director

Gordon Jackson as Farmer

Rosalie Crutchley as Farmer's wife

Joyce Carey as First Lady

Donald Crisp as James Brown

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.

Mary of Scotland

1936

English

6.3

♡ 2

45%

John Ford Director

Fredric March as Earl of Bothwell

Florence Eldridge as Elizabeth Tudor

Donald Crisp as Huntly

Alan Mowbray as Throckmorton

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

National Velvet

1944

English

7.3

♡ 6

98%

human animal relationship

pre-unix

Sport

Clarence Brown Director

Angela Lansbury as Edwina Brown

Norma Varden as Miss Sims

Donald Crisp as Mr. Brown

William A. Boardway as Racetrack Spectator

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

The Man from Laramie

1955

English

7.3

♡ 18

100%

Anthony Mann Director

Donald Crisp as Alec Waggoman

Gregg Barton as Fritz

Frank DeKova as Padre

Boyd Stockman as Spud Oxton

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

English

7.6

♡ 17

96%

84%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

Frank Lloyd Director

Donald Crisp as Burkitt

Ian Wolfe as Maggs

Jon Hall as Tahitian Native Movita

Movita as Tehani

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.