Maurice Moscovitch
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1871-11-22
Locus Natus: Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Et ut: Morris Maaskov, Maurice Moscovich
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
release : 1940.10.15popularis : 17.371
Rio
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and...
release : 1939.09.29popularis : 2.153
Make Way for Tomorrow
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with...
release : 1937.05.09popularis : 6.4
Winterset
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
release : 1936.12.03popularis : 2.966
Lancer Spy
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check...
release : 1937.10.08popularis : 2.37
Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
release : 1938.10.28popularis : 5.315
Gateway
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in...
release : 1938.08.05popularis : 3.415
Susannah of the Mounties
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by...
release : 1939.06.13popularis : 5.319
In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
release : 1939.08.18popularis : 5.457
The Great Commandment
Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the...
release : 1939.10.02popularis : 1.376
Love Affair
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed...
release : 1939.04.07popularis : 7.059
South to Karanga
Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.
release : 1940.08.02popularis : 1.05