79 years ago:
The Adventures of Mark Twain (US)
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
1944-05-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/120747
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94 years ago:
The Pagan (US)
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a native girl, her guardian, who is trying to bring her up as a 'proper' Christian, but who also lusts after her himself, plots to keep them apart.
1929-04-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/168887
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95 years ago:
Stand and Deliver (US)
Our heroine, Miss Velez (despite the fact that she seems to be just along for the ride) is much her usual over-eloquent self (how fortunate she has no sound track!), while Warner Oland makes such an impressive and villainously seedy bandit, he needs no sound track at all. We can just imagine his oil...
1928-02-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/190059
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