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Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died without surviving legitimate issue. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.
She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children and 26 of their 34 grandchildren who survived childhood married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.
Actors: Harriet Walter (actress), Martin Scorsese (producer), Michael Maloney (actor), Miranda Richardson (actress), Jeanette Hain (actress), Julian Fellowes (writer), Thomas Kretschmann (actor), Jesper Christensen (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Jim Broadbent (actor), Paul Bettany (actor), Emily Blunt (actress), Mark Strong (actor), Julie Adams (miscellaneous crew), Sandy Powell (costume designer),
Plot: Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle, William IV's rule. Her German cousin Albert is encouraged to court her for solely political motives but, following her accession at age eighteen, finds he is falling for her and is dismayed at her reliance on trusty Prime Minister Melbourne. Victoria is impressed by Albert's philanthropy which is akin to her own desire to help her subjects. However her loyalty to Melbourne, perceived as a self-seeker, almost causes a constitutional crisis and it is Albert who helps restore her self-confidence. She proposes and they marry, Albert proving himself not only a devoted spouse, prepared to take an assassin's bullet for her, but an agent of much-needed reform, finally endorsed by an admiring Melbourne.
Keywords: 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 19th-century, advice, angry-mob, archery, archery-lesson, arm-sling, arranged-marriageActors: David Ryall (actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (actor), Will Forte (actor), Ewen Bremner (actor), Richard Branson (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Ken Lo (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), Jim Broadbent (actor), John Cleese (actor), Steve Coogan (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor), Rob Schneider (actor),
Plot: Set in 1872, the story focuses on Passepartout, a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg, who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemen's club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA...
Keywords: 1870s, 19th-century, action-hero, around-the-world, around-the-world-in-80-days, asian-man, asian-woman, assassin, aviation, bank-robberyActors: Christopher Biggins (actor), Jonathan Meades (actor), Jonathan Meades (writer), Jonathan Meades (actor), Emma Matthews (editor), Ryan Fletcher (actor), Skandar Keynes (actor), Francis Hanly (director), Jamie Reid (actor), Terence Conran (actor), Dave Stewart (composer), William Cassidy (actor), Victoria English (miscellaneous crew), Jocky Wilson (actor), Nicholas Rossiter (producer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Emily Booth (actress), Jonathan Ross (actor), Robert Black (actor), Eileen Daly (actress), David Warbeck (actor), Mark Lamarr (actor), Alex Chandon (writer), Alex Chandon (actor), Alex Chandon (director), Jason Moola (actor), Shend (actor), Howard J. Ford (actor), Geraldine Geraghty (producer), Geraldine Geraghty (actress), François Evans (composer),
Plot: This is the story of the beautiful young Pervirella. Set in the mythical English land of Condon, the grotesque, power-mad Queen Victoria builds a wall around the country and establishes a "Monarchy of Terror." Intellectuals and "pervs" are prosecuted and killed, or driven underground to form the "Cult of Perv." Their leader, the Demon Nanny gives birth to a possible savior, then dies. The infant Pervirella grows to maturity with supernatural speed and shows amazing abilities, including raging nymphomania whenever her magical necklace is removed. Pervirella is sought by various rebels, agents of Victoria, the Cult of Perv, and a trio of witches. Eventually she teams up with Amicus Reilly, a James Bond spoof played to stiff, campy perfection by the late David Warbeck. Wild adventures ensue!
Keywords: character-name-in-title, female-nudity, independent-film, lesbian, orgy, queen, sex, tyrantActors: Nigel Davenport (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Simon Williams (actor), Ann Hui (producer), Hsiang Ting Ko (actor), Ann Hui (writer), Oliver Cotton (actor), Sihung Lung (actor), Bob Peck (actor), Jin Xie (director), Rob Freeman (actor), Dominic Jephcott (actor), Emma Griffiths Malin (actress), Wai Cheung (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese England declares war, because the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.
Keywords: 1840s, british, british-army, british-empire, british-navy, canton, china, chinese, chinese-military, emperorActors: Hans Christian Andersen (writer), Murray Melvin (actor), Ann Firbank (actress), Frederick Ashton (miscellaneous crew), John Tordoff (actor), John Brabourne (producer), Richard B. Goodwin (producer), Christine Edzard (director), Christine Edzard (writer), Lesley Collier (actress), Rex Pyke (editor), Gerd Larsen (actress), Michael John Knatchbull (editor), Graham Fletcher (actor), Christopher Carr (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Musical,Actors: Valentine Dyall (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), John Bluthal (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor),
Plot: The tale of an unemployed Scotsman, William McGonagall whose ambition was to become England's Poet Laureate. One minor drawback is that his poetry is terrible.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, independent-film, poetActors: Muriel Aked (actress), George Woodbridge (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), John Rae (actor), Frank Williams (actor), Leonard Sachs (actor), Lloyd Lamble (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Maurice Evans (actor), Peter Finch (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Philip Ray (actor), Frank Launder (producer), Sidney Gilliat (producer),
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Plot: Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised 'Doin' What Comes Naturally'. Frank Butler, the star sharpshooter in 'Colonel Buffalo Bill''s show, however, knows full well that's not how 'The Girl That I Marry' must be. Anyway, not at least until he finds that 'My Defences are Down'. Though Annie defiantly says 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better', she realizes that 'You Can't Get a Man With a Gun'. The victor at the end is love; as you know, 'It's Wonderful'. After all, 'There's No Business Like Show Business'.
Keywords: adoption, adoptive-father-adopted-daughter-relationship, american-indian, american-indian-stereotype, arrow, balloon, based-on-stage-musical, battle-of-the-sexes, berlin-germany, birdActors: Fred Graham (actor), William Haade (actor), John Dilson (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Edgar Buchanan (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), George Chandler (actor), Edward Biby (actor), Ben Corbett (actor), Reed Hadley (actor),
Plot: A fictionalized account of the life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. A hunter and Army Scout in the early part of his life, he rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter, Louisa Frederici. Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects the Indians and is a good friend of Yellow Hand who will eventually become Chief of the Cheyenne. Everyone else, including the military, politicians and businessmen on the other hand hate the Indians and are perfectly prepared to trample on their lands and destroy their buffalo hunting grounds. He's eventually forced to fight the Cheyenne however. He's also met a writer, Ned Buntline, who writes about Cody's exploits and he becomes a sensation when he travels East. His career is not assured however, particularly when he attacks those in positions of authority over their maltreatment of the Native American population. He eventually establishes his wild west show that becomes an international sensation.
Keywords: arcade, banquet, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, bison, cavalry, character-name-in-title, chase, checkers