"Civil war in the USA", by antonivakin
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- StarsRebecca GrussJack HusseyJoshua BrooksA southern family is torn apart when brothers align with opposing sides as the country heads for war. The past is closer than you think.
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsLuke BenwardPatrick HeusingerLucien LaviscountA Virginia family becomes divided on the brink of the American Civil War.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsNicole KidmanKirsten DunstElle FanningThe unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorLouis CalhernPaula RaymondAfter the Civil War, a highly decorated Shoshone Indian veteran plans to raise cattle in Wyoming but white farmers plan to grab fertile tribal lands by pitting the whites against the Indians.
- CreatorJoe GaytonTony GaytonStarsAnson MountColm MeaneyRobin McLeavyThe Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.
- DirectorOtto BrowerDavid BurtonStarsGary CooperLili DamitaErnest TorrenceA young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesJulie BishopBill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some Western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close.
- DirectorHerschell Gordon LewisStarsConnie MasonWilliam KerwinJeffrey AllenSix people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsJames Van Der BeekRachael Leigh CookAshton KutcherA ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsDon AmecheAndrea LeedsAl JolsonMore fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs heads toward the record carrot crop in Alabama but runs into Colonel (Yosemite) Sam who is under orders to let no Yankee cross the Mason-Dixon line.
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsAugustus PhillipsGertrude McCoyGeorge LesseyThe Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her. His pride determines him, and going to his general he asks leave of absence. The general tells Miller that leave of absence will be given him on condition that he purposely gets captured in his fiancée's home with a decoy dispatch on him. Miller refuses, then the general reminds him that his first duty is to the flag. His patriotic appeal decides Miller and he consents. How Miller by a trick gets through the enemy's lines and arrives at his sweetheart's house; how he is tempted; how, by a superhuman effort, he masters himself and sends crashing to the floor a large marble bust which causes his capture; how the decoy note works and the enemy is utterly routed; how the remnant return to avenge themselves on Miller, and are only prevented from shooting him by the strategy of Grace; all these scenes must be witnessed to be appreciated. The closing scene, five years later, is something to be remembered. Picture in your mind a stately colonial mansion, now utterly ruined. Grace's father slumbers by the door. To this scene returns Jack Miller, and he is confronted by Grace, who tells him that however much she may have loved him, she can never forget the suffering he has brought on her and hers.Jack turns to go. He is recalled by the father, who tells him that after all he did his duty as a soldier and the lovers are reunited.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBuster KeatonMatt McHughEddie FetherstonThe handyman is finishing getting the Island Inn Café ready for opening night: it's a speakeasy, and the owner, Louie the Wolf, has been warned by the local mob kingpin, Slugger McGraw, not to open. When Slugger's thugs arrive at the Island Inn, they think the handyman is Louie. Louie promotes this case of mistaken identity, and our poor innocent faces a series of dangerous situations. When he finally learns that the thugs (and Louie) are up to no good, he must think fast to save his neck.
- StarsGeorge SteeleClarence ElmerMargaret MooreThis stirring poem by F. De H. Janvier, tells the story of a brave and overworked young soldier who slept at his post during a critical period in an engagement and was court-martialed and sentenced to death. The picture begins with a scene showing the unfortunate soldier on his pallet of straw on the eve of his projected execution. Before him appears the visions of his New England home, his enlistment amid the cheers of his townsmen, and the farewell with his devoted mother. Then comes the news that his mother is making efforts toward securing his pardon, and failing with the military authorities, she decides upon making a personal appeal to President Lincoln, who was never known to deny audience to anyone with a just cause to plead. Then follows the interview with the great martyr president, who is so deeply moved by the plea of the little mother that he at once orders his carriage and proceeds with her to the scene of execution. Now we are on the parade ground with the regiment ready to witness the awful penalty of a soldier sleeping at his post. The firing party files into line, the prisoner is placed before it, and the commanding officer is about to give the fatal word to fire, when a far off call to "halt" is heard. Turning in the direction of the voice, the onlookers are surprised to see a carriage with horses lashed into a foam, and the commanding form of Lincoln, with outstretched hand demanding, to be heard. He has come just in time, for he orders the release of the prisoner, who rushes into his mother's arms. Then comes the order for an attack, the prisoner takes his place in his company, and bravely atones for his first and only fault, by gallantry of the field, but, in the words of the poem: "The first to fall in the unequal strife, Was he, whom mercy sped to save, When 'justice claimed his life."
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnAnn SheridanThomas MitchellAfter Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.
- DirectorScott WinantStarsReiko AylesworthNadia DajaniJoe Flanigan
- There is a duel in Charlestown at the start of the Civil War and numerous admirably arranged battle scenes, with infantry, cavalry and artillery. Sheridan's famous ride from Winchester is introduced most ingeniously and completely and is followed through the country in a manner sure to arouse patriotic enthusiasm.
- In this story of the Shenandoah Valley, a truthful incident of that beautiful region is narrated. It occurred at a time when General Milroy was in the valley. This officer was hated by the people of that section for the reason that his soldier's committed more depredations than any other command in the army. One day the home of a respectable family was invaded by three drunken soldiers, who among other vile things they did, attempted to desecrate a Confederate flag, which adorned a picture of the lady's deceased husband. She attempted to defend it against the miscreants with her late husband's sword, when at the moment a Union officer rushed in, kicked out the brutal soldiers and restored the insulted flag. By doing this, he won the admiration of the lady and her beautiful daughter. In revengeful spirits, the soldiers traitorously gave information to the Southern camp which brought a host of Confederates on the scene. Their leader was not liked by either of the ladies of the household. In the presence of the Union officer, the young daughter was given the alternative of marrying the Confederate leader or seeing the Union officer shot in an hour. Before the hour arrived, however, the bird had flown, and the volley fired into the room where he had been "trussed up" found lodgement in his old clothes, which had lied to deceive the wily guards. A negro and his "lady love" play important parts in the unfolding of the plot and their grotesque actions are laughable.
- DirectorKenean BuelStarsHenry HallamGuy CoombsHarry F. MillardePart One: Constance, the second wife of General Haverhill, befriends the officer's son, Frank, who has been ostracized. On the night of April 12th, 1861, she gives a ball at Charleston, S.C. Frank gets word to Mrs. Haverhill that he is hiding in the city. The father will not be reconciled, but sends the boy a miniature of Constance. At the ball are Col. Kerchival West and his sister, Madeline, Robert Illingham and his sister, Gertrude. Fort Sumter is fired upon and Illingham declares his allegiance to the Confederacy. He is deeply in love with Madeline West, whose brother fondly admires Gertrude. Capt. Thornton insults Mrs. Haverhill and is called upon to fight a duel with West. Through a peculiar circumstance General Haverhill suspects Colonel West. Frank enlists in his father's regiment under another name. He has grown a beard and is not recognized. One year later the Confederates make a night attack on the Federals and Frank is made prisoner. Capt. Thornton, in the Confederate service, takes Constance's miniature from the captive at Richmond. Frank and several companions make a daring escape. Part Two: In 1863 the Federal army invades the Shenandoah Valley. Col. West accompanies General Haverhill, who makes headquarters at the Illingham home. Madeline West comes to visit Gertrude. The sweethearts are brought together but Gertrude will not acknowledge her love for the gallant Col. West. An expedition is sent to capture a Confederate signal tower, with Frank Haverhill in command. He loses his life in the perilous undertaking. Later Col. Illingham is captured, but is granted parole by his old friend. Col. West. West secures the miniature from Thornton, when the latter is captured, but later he is wounded by Thornton and General Haverhill is more embittered than ever when he finds the picture on West's person. Part Three: The Confederates have planned an attack on the Federals during the absence of General Phil Sheridan. A terrific battle is waged, in which Col. West is taken prisoner. Twenty miles away, Sheridan hears the cannonading and makes a wild dash toward Winchester, to assume command. The Federals are unable to withstand the fearful assault and flee in panic. Sheridan arrives, rallies his men and thwarts the enemy. Gertrude becomes a second Evangeline in her search for Col. West. She finally locates him just as he is released from prison and they visit a little church near the battlefield. In 1865 General Haverhill visits his wife in Washington, still thinking her unfaithful. Gertrude arrives and delivers to Constance and Frank's widow a message which was written in his last hour. The general is brought to a realization of his wife's nobility.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsTom SelleckSam ElliottDominique DunneAfter the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonDorothy ApplebyRichard FiskeBuster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsTim HoltGail DavisHugh BeaumontWhen the telegraph line is sabotaged before completion, Tim Holt and his sidekick Chito investigate.
- DirectorJason KiefteStarsAndy MaloneKyle McGibbon
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonMonte CollinsHarley WoodA man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
- DirectorGlen PitreStarsEric BraedenBilly ZaneCarol AltA dozen years after the Civil War, former slaves go on strike at a powerful judge's plantation.