Movies: Kenelm Foss

By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the amba...

In nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic enganglements ensue....

An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death....

A scientist brings a divinity student back to life, but revived lacks his soul....

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'1850. Squire's grandson saves farmer's niece from charge of murdering illegitimate baby.' (British Film Catalogue)...

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'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (British Film Catalogue)...

A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue....

The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It....

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Directed by Alexandre Volkoff, 1924...

Arsène Lupin, alias the Duke of Charmence, is a clever gentleman burglar. Detective Guerchard has vowed to bring Lupin to justice. Given a chance to escape when caught with the goods, Lupin gives up his freedom for the love of a good woman....

A fop wins a socialist's daughter by earning his living as a farm-hand....

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A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence....

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A lawyer bribes a touring actor to pose as the heir to an earldom....

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