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1930s biographical films

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Cleopatra
1934 film by Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse James
1939 film directed by Henry King
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 film by William Dieterle
Viva Villa!
1934 film by Howard Hawks, John Waters, Jack Conway, William A. Wellman
The Great Waltz
1938 American film
Waltzes from Vienna
1934 film by Alfred Hitchcock
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 film by Irving Cummings
Kalidas
1931 Tamil film directed by H. M. Reddy
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 film by H. C. Potter
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 film by Carmine Gallone
Annie Oakley
1935 film directed by George Stevens
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 film by Henry King, Otto Brower
Gently My Songs Entreat
1933 film by Willi Forst
Rembrandt
1936 film by Alexander Korda
The Toast of New York
1937 film by Rowland V. Lee
Friends
1938 Soviet film by Lev Arnshtam
Augustus the Strong
1936 film by Paul Wegener
Parnell
1937 film by John M. Stahl
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien
1936 film by Luis Trenker
A Lady's Morals
1930 film by Sidney Franklin
Clive of India
1935 film by Richard Boleslawski
Hans Westmar
1933 film by Franz Wenzler
Victoria the Great
1937 film by Herbert Wilcox
Sant Tukaram
1936 film by Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Govind Damle
Joymoti
1935 film by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
The Mighty Barnum
1934 film by Walter Lang
Giuseppe Verdi
1938 film by Carmine Gallone
Fridericus
Fridericus is a 1937 German historical film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber and Lil Dagover. It is based on the life of Frederick II of Prussia. It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films and was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Yorck
Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history.
Narsinh Mehta
1932 Gujarati language film directed by Nanubhai Vakil
Walzerkrieg
1933 German biographical film directed by Ludwig Berger
The Affairs of Maupassant
1936 film by Henry Koster
The Divine Spark
1935 film
Alexander Hamilton
1931 American biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi
Willem van Oranje
1934 film by Jan Teunissen