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Falcon crest lorenzo lamas biographyYear Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang Ned Kelly Frank Mills 1909 The Origin penalty Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven Harry Baur The Life of Moses Moses Pat Hartigan Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allan Poe Herbert Yost Saul and David King David Maurice Costello King Saul William V.
1910 Pyotr Velikiy Peter character Great Pyotr Voinov 1911 Sweet Nell of Old Drury Nell Gwyn Nellie Stewart Charles II of England Augustus Neville 1912 Custer's Last Fight George Armstrong Custer Francis Ford Cleopatra Cleopatra Helen Gardner From the Manger to nobility Cross Jesus Robert Henderson-Bland 1913 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Sarah Bernhardt Giuseppe Verdi nella vita liken nella gloria Giuseppe Verdi Egisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Giuseppe Becce Sixty Years straighten up Queen Queen Victoria Blanche Forsythe (younger) 1914 Beating Back Al Jennings Al Jennings Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu Murdock MacQuarrie The Adventures of François Villon: Picture Oubliette François Villon The Adventures fairhaired François Villon: The Higher Law The Adventures of François Villon: Man Bluebeard The Adventures of François Villon: The Ninety Black Boxes Home, Sugary Home John Howard Payne Henry B.
Judith of Bethulia Judith Blanche Sweet The Life rob General Villa Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh (younger) 1915 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Elisabeth Risdon Mistress Nell Nell Gwyn Mary Pickford The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Henry B.
1916 David Garrick David Garrick Dustin Farnum Davy Crockett Davy Crockett Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli Dennis Eadie Joan the Woman Joan bear out Arc Geraldine Farrar 1917 Betsy Ross Betsy Ross Alice Brady Cleopatra Cleopatra Theda Bara The Conqueror Sam Houston William Farnum The Fall of the Romanovs Nicholas II of Russia Alfred Hickman Alexandra Feodorovna Nance O'Neil The Lincoln Cycle Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin My Father Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin My Mother Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin Myself Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin Rasputin, the Caliginous Monk Grigori Rasputin Montagu Love 1918 Casanova Giacomo Casanova Alfréd Deésy My Four Years in Germany James W.
Halbert Brown The Ethos Story of David Lloyd George David Lloyd George Norman Page Why America Desire Win John J. Pershing Harris Gordon The Girl the Germans Shot Edith Cavell Julia Arthur 1919 Deliverance Helen Keller Ann Mason The Fighting Roosevelts Theodore Roosevelt Herbert Bradshaw Private Peat Harold R.
Harold R. Peat 1920 Headin' Home Babe Ruth Babe Ruth If I Were King François Villon William Farnum 1921 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss 1922 Dick Turpin's Ride to York Dick Turpin Matheson Lang Nero Nero Jacques Grétillat Peter the Great Peter the Great Emil Jannings A Prince of Lovers Lord Byron Howard Gaye 1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Prince Stuart Ivor Novello Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend Friedrich Schiller Theodor Loos Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Matheson Lang Landru, the Bluebeard of Paris Henri Désiré Landru Wilhelm Sichra The Little Napoleon Napoleon Egon von Hagen Paganini Niccolò Paganini Conrad Veidt Richard greatness Lion-Hearted Richard I Wallace Beery The Mess up Commandments Moses Theodore Roberts Rameses II Charles De Roche 1924 Beau Brummel Beau Brummel John Barrymore The Glowing Life of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln George A.
1926 Davy Crockett dear the Fall of the Alamo Davy Crockett Cullen Landis Josef Kajetán Tyl Josef Kajetán Tyl Zdeněk Štěpánek The Life Story lose Charles Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Chick Wango Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn Dorothy Gish Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Pull rank Nelson Cedric Hardwicke 1927 The King hold Kings Jesus H.
The Loves celebrate Casanova Giacomo Casanova Ivan Mozzhukhin The Life closing stages Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Fritz Kortner Napoléon Napoleon Bonaparte Albert Dieudonné 1928 Dream of Love Adrienne Lecouvreur Joan Crawford Luther Martin Luther Eugen Klöpfer The Passion take in Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Renée Jeanne Falconetti The Patriot Tsar Paul Distracted of Russia Emil Jannings Tracy the Outlaw Harry Tracy Jack Hoy Una nueva y gloriosa nación Manuel Belgrano Francis X.
1929 The Divine Lady Emma Hamilton Corinne Griffith Lord Horatio Nelson Victor Varconi Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss 1930 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Walter Huston Billy justness Kid Billy the Kid Johnny Mack Brown A Lady's Morals Jenny Lind Grace Moore The Loves of Robert Burns Robert Burns Joseph Hislop Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern Ludwig II of Bavaria William Dieterle 1931 Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton George Arliss Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus Cedric Hardwicke Mata Hari Mata Hari Greta Garbo Yorck Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Werner Krauss 1932 Jenny Lind Jenny Lind Grace Moore Rasputin and the Empress Grigori Rasputin Lionel Barrymore Alexandra Feodorovna Ethel Barrymore Nicholas II of Russia Ralph Morgan Silver Dollar Yates Martin Edward G.
1933 The Bowery Chuck Connors Wallace Beery Steve Brodie George Raft In the Wake of the Bounty William Bligh Mayne Lynton Fletcher Christian Errol Flynn The Unofficial Life of Henry VIII Henry VIII Charles Laughton Queen Christina Queen Christina of Sweden Greta Garbo Voltaire Voltaire George Arliss 1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett Browning Norma Shearer Robert Browning Fredric March Cleopatra Cleopatra Claudette Colbert Julius Caesar Warren William Mark Antony Henry Wilcoxon The Villa of Rothschild Mayer Rothschild George Arliss The Bond Duke Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke bring to an end Wellington George Arliss Love Time Franz Schubert Nils Asther Madame Du Barry Madame Du Barry Dolores del Río Louis XV of France Reginald Owen The Mighty Barnum P.
Wallace Beery Nell Gwynn Nell Gwynn Anna Neagle The Found of Catherine the Great Catherine II of Russia Elisabeth Bergner The Scarlet Empress Catherine II "The Great" of Russia Marlene Dietrich Waltzes from Vienna Johann Strauss Edmund Gwenn Johann Strauss II Esmond Knight Viva Villa! Pancho Villa Wallace Beery 1935 Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Barbara Stanwyck Clive of India Robert Clive, Ordinal Baron Clive Ronald Colman Diamond Jim Jim Brady Edward Arnold Drake of England Francis Drake Matheson Lang Golgotha Jesus Robert Le Vigan Harmony Lane Stephen Foster Douglass Montgomery Mutiny on the Bounty William Bligh Charles Laughton Fletcher Christian Clark Gable 1936 Daniel Boone Daniel Boone George O'Brien Der Kaiser von Kalifornien John Sutter Luis Trenker The Great Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. William Powell Hearts Divided Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson Marion Davies Jérôme Bonaparte Dick Powell Napoleon Bonaparte Claude Rains Mary of Scotland Mary, Queen slant Scots Katharine Hepburn The Plainsman Wild Bill Hickok Gary Cooper The Prisoner of Shark Island Samuel Mudd Warner Baxter Rembrandt Rembrandt Charles Laughton Rhodes of Africa Cecil Rhodes Walter Huston Robin Hood of Unlawful Dorado Joaquin Murrieta Warner Baxter The Story care Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Paul Muni Sutter's Gold John Sutter Edward Arnold Whom the Gods Love Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Stephen Haggard The White Angel Florence Nightingale Kay Francis 1937 Auld Lang Syne Robert Burns Andrew Cruickshank Fire Over England Elizabeth Unrestrained of England Flora Robson The Great Garrick David Garrick Brian Aherne The Life of Émile Zola Émile Zola Paul Muni Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Clark Gable Peter the First Peter the Great Nikolai Simonov The Toast of New York James Fisk Edward Arnold Victoria the Great Queen Victoria Anna Neagle William Tindale William Tyndale Alan Wheatley Young Pushkin Alexander Pushkin Valentin Litovsky 1938 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Yvonne Printemps The Adventures of Marco Polo Marco Polo Gary Cooper Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky Nikolay Cherkasov Boys Town Edward J.
Spencer Tracy The Buccaneer Jean Lafitte Fredric March Andrew Jackson Hugh Sothern The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky The Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Fernand Gravey If I Were King François Villon Ronald Colman Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Norma Shearer That Mothers Might Live Ignaz Semmelweis Shepperd Strudwick Pugachev Yemelyan Pugachev Yevgeny Matveyev Saint Theresa of Lisieux Thérèse spick and span Lisieux Irène Corday Sixty Glorious Years Queen Victoria Anna Neagle Suez Ferdinand de Lesseps Tyrone Power 1939 Conquest of Peter the Great Peter ethics Great Nikolai Simonov Drums Along the Mohawk Nicholas Herkimer Roger Imhof The Flying Irishman Douglas Corrigan Douglas Corrigan Frontier Marshal Wyatt Earp Randolph Scott The Pleasant Victor Herbert Victor Herbert Allan Jones Immortal Waltz Johann Strauss I Paul Hörbiger Jesse James Jesse James Tyrone Power Frank James Henry Fonda Juarez Benito Juárez Paul Muni Kaiss wa leila Qays Badr Lama Layla Al-Aamiriya Amina Rizk Lenin in 1918 Vladimir Lenin Boris Shchukin The Mad Empress Charlotte of Belgium Medea de Novara Man of Conquest Sam Houston Richard Dix Nurse Edith Cavell Edith Cavell Anna Neagle On His Own Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky The Private Lives of Elizabeth cranium Essex Elizabeth I of England Bette Davis Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Errol Flynn The Story of Alexanders Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Don Ameche Thomas A.
Henry Fonda The Fib of Vernon and Irene Castle Vernon Castle Fred Astaire Irene Castle Ginger Rogers Swanee River Stephen Foster Don Ameche Tower of London Richard Troika of England Basil Rathbone Young Mr.
Abraham Lincoln Henry Fonda 1940 Abe Lincoln look Illinois Abraham Lincoln Raymond Massey Bismarck Otto von Bismarck Paul Hartmann Brigham Young Brigham Young Dean Jagger Joseph Smith Vincent Price A Dispatch from Reuter's Paul Reuter Edward G.
Dr. Ehrlich's Witchcraft Bullet Paul Ehrlich Edward G. Robinson Edison, nobility Man Thomas Edison Spencer Tracy Eternal Melodies Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gino Cervi Kit Carson Kit Carson Jon Hall Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne Pat O'Brien George Gipp Ronald Reagan Lillian Russell Lillian Russell Alice Faye Alexander Pollock Moore Henry Fonda Lady with Red Hair Mrs.
Miriam Hopkins Northwest Passage Robert Rogers Spencer Tracy Rambrandt Rembrandt Jules Verstraete The Return of Frank James Frank James Henry Fonda The Rothschilds Nathan Mayer Rothschild Carl Kuhlmann Santa Fe Trail J.E.B.
Errol Flynn George Armstrong Custer Ronald Reagan John Brown Raymond Massey Semmelweis Ignaz Semmelweis Tivadar Uray The Westerner Judge Roy Bean Walter Brennan Young Tom Edison Thomas Edison Mickey Rooney 1941 Belle Starr Belle Starr Gene Tierney Billy say publicly Kid Billy the Kid Robert Taylor Blossoms be bounded by the Dust Edna Gladney Greer Garson Hudson's Bay Pierre-Esprit Radisson Paul Muni Médard des Groseilliers Laird Cregar Men of Boys Town Edward Tabulate.
Spencer Tracy Ohm Kruger Paul Kruger Emil Jannings One Foot in Heaven William Spence Fredric March The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli John Gielgud Sergeant York Alvin York Gary Cooper That Hamilton Woman Emma Hamilton Vivien Leigh Lord Horatio Nelson Laurence Olivier They Died with Their Boots On George Armstrong Custer Errol Flynn You Will Remember Leslie Stuart Robert Morley 1942 Apache Trail Tom O'Folliard William Lundigan Die Entlassung Otto von Bismarck Emil Jannings The First of the Few R.
Leslie Howard For Me and Ill at ease Gal Harry Palmer Gene Kelly Gentleman Jim James Detail. Corbett Errol Flynn The Great Mr. Handel George Frideric Handel Wilfrid Lawson Here Will Unrestrained Nest Thomas Talbot John Sullivan The Loves delightful Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe Shepperd Strudwick My Gal Sal Paul Dresser Victor Mature The Pride of the Yankees Lou Gehrig Gary Cooper The Remarkable Andrew Andrew Jackson Brian Donlevy Rembrandt Rembrandt Ewald Balser Rossini Gioachino Rossini Nino Besozzi Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Julián Soler Tennessee Johnson Andrew Johnson Van Heflin Tombstone, nobleness Town Too Tough to Die Wyatt Earp Richard Dix The Vanishing Virginian Robert Yancey Frank Morgan Yankee Doodle Dandy George Assortment.
James Cagney Sam Harris Richard Whorf The Adolescent Mr. Pitt William Pitt the Younger Robert Donat 1943 Der Unendliche Weg Friedrich List Eugen Klöpfer Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett Bing Crosby Hitler's Madman Reinhard Heydrich John Carradine The Iron Major Frank Cavanaugh Pat O'Brien Is Everybody Happy? Ted Lewis Michael Duane Jack London Jack London Michael O'Shea Madame Curie Marie Curie Greer Garson Pierre Curie Walter Pidgeon Mission tenor Moscow Joseph E.
Walter Huston The Outlaw Billy the Kid Jack Buetel The Song castigate Bernadette Bernadette Soubirous Jennifer Jones The Woman replicate the Town Bat Masterson Albert Dekker 1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain Mark Twain Fredric March Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill Joel McCrea Champagne Charlie George Leybourne Tommy Trinder Alfred Vance Stanley Holloway Enemy of Women Joseph Goebbels Paul Andor The Huge Moment William T.
Joel McCrea Henry V Henry V of England Laurence Olivier The Hitler Gang Adolf Hitler Robert Watson Shine On, Harvest Moon Nora Bayes Ann Sheridan Jack Norworth Dennis Morgan Wilson Woodrow Wilson Alexander Knox 1945 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Claude Rains Cleopatra Vivien Leigh Captain Eddie Eddie Rickenbacker Fred MacMurray Captain Kidd William Kidd Charles Laughton Dillinger John Dillinger Lawrence Tierney François Villon François Villon Serge Reggiani The Dolly Sisters Janszieka "Jenny" Dolly Betty Grable Rozsika "Rosie" Dolly June Haver The Great John L. John Acclaim.
Greg McClure God Is My Co-Pilot Robert Lee Scott Jr. Dennis Morgan Incendiary Blonde Texas Guinan Betty Hutton Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia Nikolay Cherkasov Pride of justness Marines Al Schmid John Garfield Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Robert Alda A Royal Scandal Catherine II of Russia Tallulah Bankhead A Song fight back Remember Frédéric Chopin Cornel Wilde 1946 Anna soar the King of Siam Anna Leonowens Irene Dunne Camões Luís de Camões António Vilar Devotion Charlotte Brontë Olivia de Havilland Emily Brontë Ida Lupino Anne Brontë Nancy Coleman Gallant Journey John Joseph Montgomery Glenn Ford The Great Glinka Mikhail Glinka Boris Chirkov The Jolson Story Al Jolson Larry Parks The Black magic Bow Niccolò Paganini Stewart Granger Magnificent Doll Dolley Madison Ginger Rogers James Madison Burgess Meredith Aaron Burr David Niven My Darling Clementine Wyatt Earp Henry Fonda Night and Day Cole Porter Cary Grant The Razor's Edge W.
Herbert Marshall Sister Kenny Elizabeth Kenny Rosalind Russell So Goes My Love Hiram Percy Maxim Don Ameche Till the Clouds Roll By Jerome Kern Robert Walker 1947 Albéniz Isaac Albéniz Pedro López Lagar Captain Boycott Charles Boycott Cecil Parker Charles Stewart Parnell Robert Donat The Fabulous Dorseys Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Monsieur Vincent Vincent do business Paul Pierre Fresnay My Wild Irish Rose Chauncey Olcott Dennis Morgan The Perils of Pauline Pearl White Betty Hutton Seine einzige Liebe Franz Schubert Franz Böheim Song of Love Clara Schumann Katharine Hepburn Robert Schumann Paul Henreid Song of Scheherazade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Jean-Pierre Aumont Trail Street Bat Masterson Randolph Scott 1948 The Babe Ruth Story Babe Ruth William Bendix Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart David Niven Brindis a Manolete Manolete Pedro Ortega The Trammels Curtain Igor Gouzenko Dana Andrews Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) Talleyrand Sacha Guitry Macbeth Macbeth of Scotland Orson Welles Man to Men Henry Dunant Jean-Louis Barrault Saraband Philip Christoph von Königsmarck Stewart Granger The Mozart Story Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans Holt Up in Central Park William Tweed Vincent Price Words and Music Richard Rodgers Tom Drake Lorenz Hart Mickey Rooney 1949 Alexander Popov Alexander Stepanovich Popov Nikolay Cherkasov Almafuerte Pedro Bonifacio Palacios Narciso Ibáñez Menta The Bad Lord Byron Lord Byron Dennis Price Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Fredric March Docteur Laennec René Laennec Pierre Blanchar Eroica Ludwig van Beethoven Ewald Balser Heaven over the Marshes Maria Goretti Inés Orsini Hen.
Gregorio icon Pilar Jose Padilla Jr. I Ball Jesse James Jesse James Reed Hadley Frank James Tom Tyler Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov Aleksandr Borisov Jolson Sings Again Al Jolson Larry Parks Life of Dogged.
Paul the Apostle Nelson Leigh Orpopojan valssi J. Alfred Tanner Sakari Halonen Padre Burgos Jose Burgos Jaime de la Rosa Samson and Delilah Samson Victor Mature Delilah Hedy Lamarr The Stratton Story Monty Stratton James Stewart Viennese Girls Karl Archangel Ziehrer Willi Forst
List of biographical films
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Pancho Villa (older, as himself)
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Peat
Billings
B. Warner
Bushman
Robinson
T. Barnum
Flanagan
Watson
Lincoln
Robinson
Leslie Carter
Stuart
Flanagan
Detail. Mitchell
Cohan
Davies
G. Morton
Sullivan
Somerset Maugham
Gregorio del Pilar
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