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    Torch Singer 1933 POSTER

    Torch Singer

    1933

    English

    6.7

    2

    75%

    75%

    Action

    Drama

    illegitimate child

    Musical

    pre-code

    Romance

    singer

    Alexander Hall Alexander Hall Director Lyda Roberti Lyda Roberti as Dora Nichols William B. Davidson William B. Davidson as Jarrett Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Man in Radio Station Kathleen Burke Kathleen Burke as Sobbing Girl
    When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
    Pilgrimage 1933 POSTER

    Pilgrimage

    1933

    English

    7.2

    4

    83%

    50%

    Action

    arkansas

    Drama

    illegitimate child

    pre-code

    world war i

    John Ford John Ford Director Betty Blythe Betty Blythe as Janet Prescot Norman Foster Norman Foster as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop Bess Flowers Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron Heather Angel Heather Angel as Suzanne
    A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
    Escape Me Never 1947 POSTER

    Escape Me Never

    1947

    English

    5.9

    2

    36%

    36%

    composer

    Drama

    illegitimate child

    Romance

    scoundrel

    selfishness

    Peter Godfrey Peter Godfrey Director Eleanor Parker Eleanor Parker as Fenella MacLean Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Gemma Smith William A. Boardway William A. Boardway as Party Guest Errol Flynn Errol Flynn as Sebastian Dubrok
    A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.
    Chevalier 2022 POSTER

    Chevalier

    2022

    English

    6.5

    13

    76%

    96%

    18th century

    based on true story

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    illegitimate child

    marie antoinette

    Music

    Romance

    violinist

    Stephen Williams Stephen Williams Director Henry Lloyd-Hughes Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Christoph Gluck Kelvin Harrison Jr. Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Joseph Samara Weaving Samara Weaving as Marie-Josephine Marton Csokas Marton Csokas as Marquis De Montalembert
    The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court.
    The King's Daughter 2022 POSTER

    The King's Daughter

    2022

    English

    5.2

    86

    20%

    80%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    Family

    Fantasy

    illegitimate child

    immortality

    mermaid

    period drama

    quest

    Romance

    Sean McNamara Sean McNamara Director Pablo Schreiber Pablo Schreiber as Dr. Labarthe Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan as King Louis XIV Kaya Scodelario Kaya Scodelario as Marie-Josephe D'Alember Bingbing Fan Bingbing Fan as Mermaid
    King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
    Vengeance Valley 1951 POSTER

    Vengeance Valley

    1951

    English

    5.9

    4

    100%

    24%

    barn

    cattle

    cattle ranch

    Drama

    illegitimate child

    pistol duel

    quick draw

    Western

    Richard Thorpe Richard Thorpe Director Norman Leavitt Norman Leavitt as Cowhand Robert J. Wilke Robert J. Wilke as Cowhand John Ireland John Ireland as Hub Fasken Robert Walker Robert Walker as Lee Strobie
    A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
    Chevalier 2023 POSTER

    Chevalier

    2023

    English

    1

    18th century

    based on true story

    biography

    Drama

    illegitimate child

    marie antoinette

    violinist

    Frederic Zeimet Frederic Zeimet Director Roxanne Peguet Roxanne Peguet as Chris Gatien Schmidt-Barbé Gatien Schmidt-Barbé as Francesco Philippe Thelen Philippe Thelen as Guil Whitney Fortmueller Whitney Fortmueller as Patricia
    The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court.
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