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Donald Crisp has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1910s through the 1960s.
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We the Poor
1948
Drama

Bicycle Thieves
1948
Drama

The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Drama · Family

Obsession
1943
Crime · Drama

The Soft Skin
1964
Drama · Romance

Waterloo Bridge
1940
Drama · Romance

A Star Is Born
1937
Drama · Romance

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
Drama · Romance

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Dir. Frank Lloyd · With Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.
Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp · With Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
Dir. John Ford · With Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Dir. David Swift · With Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
Dir. William Wyler · With Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Dir. Clarence Brown · With Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp

A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price, and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the supernatural, haunted house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night - this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
Dir. Lewis Allen · With Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir. William Wyler · With Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
Dir. Fred M. Wilcox · With Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
Dir. D.W. Griffith · With Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Dir. William Dieterle · With Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
Dir. Victor Fleming · With Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
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