Paul Muni

Paul Muni

September 21, 1895

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors…

Known For

12 titles
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Scarface

Scarface

1932 · 1h 33m · Movie

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

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2
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932 · 1h 32m · Movie

A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove hi...

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The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 · 1h 56m · Movie

The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair, a Jewish army officer who is accused of treason.

7.1
4
The Good Earth

The Good Earth

1937 · 2h 18m · Movie

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

7.5
5
The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur

1936 · 1h 26m · Movie

The biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.

7.3
6
Juarez

Juarez

1939 · 2h 5m · Movie

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

6.9
7
A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

1945 · 1h 53m · Movie

Biography of Frederic Chopin.

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Black Fury

Black Fury

1935 · 1h 34m · Movie

An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.

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9
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942 · 1h 38m · Movie

A gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.

6.5
10
Counter-Attack

Counter-Attack

1945 · 1h 30m · Movie

During WW2, a Mexican stand-off ensues between a group of German soldiers and a team of Soviet fighters trapped together in the basement of a bombed-out Russian building.

6.7
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019 · 54m · Movie

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

6.5
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Stranger on the Prowl

Stranger on the Prowl

1952 · 1h 22m · Movie

A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.

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