899 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 19th Century
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Operator 13
Virginia The 1860sA TRICK OF FATE MADE THEM BOTH ENEMY AND LOVER. — American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
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Bowery Daze
New York The 1890sIn the 1890's, Krazy runs a sleazy dive in the Bowery where Kitty sings and dances for a mostly drunken, low class clientèle. as the beer flows and the piano tinkles, a big, tough guy comes in and starts trouble, but everyone pelts him with fists, furniture and beer mugs until he's vanquished.
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Juarez and Maximilian
Ciudad de México The 1860sThe story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota.
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Beloved
South Carolina The 1830sBeloved is a 1934 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Paul Gangelin and George O'Neil. The film stars John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley, Ruth Hall, Albert Conti and Dorothy Peterson.
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Little Women
New York Massachusetts The 1860sLittle Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
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She Done Him Wrong
New York The 1890sMae West gives a 'Hot Time' to the nation! — New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.
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The Man from Monterey
California The 1840sHe'll out-fight or out-shoot the toughest hombre of the plains! — A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers
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Laughter in Hell
Tennessee The 1890sARE CHAIN GANG MEN REAL HEROES of ROMANCE? — In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
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The Bowery
New York The 1890s"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
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Bosko's Picture Show
Nevada California England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1930s The 1890sBosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey.
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The Flower of Hawaii
Hawaii The 1890sAn adaptation of the operetta The Flower of Hawaii by Paul Abraham. It is based on the life of the last Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani.
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Silver Dollar
Colorado The 19th CenturyA farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
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The Big Stampede
New Mexico The 1870sDeputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
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The Conquerors
New York The 1920s The 1890s The 1870sA newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
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Cimarron
Oklahoma The 1920s The 1900s The 1890s The 1880sTerrific as all creation! — When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
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Secret Service
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1860sIn 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
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Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas Illinois Missouri Kentucky The 1830sHey Folks, We're Together Again! — A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
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Abraham Lincoln
New England The 1860sThe wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived! — A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
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Only the Brave
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1860sCooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on what could be a suicide mission. He volunteers to go behind enemy lines disguised in Confederate gray as a staff officer to Robert E. Lee. He's to ride to a certain plantation which is a local brigade headquarters and deliberately let himself by caught with maps showing false Union troop dispositions. Of course the penalty then as now is execution.
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Tom Sawyer
Arkansas Illinois Missouri Kentucky The 1830sThe classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.
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Moby Dick
Massachusetts The 1840s The 1830sThar she blows! — Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
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The Lash
California The 1850s The 1840sA nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
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Fighting Thru
California The 1850sDan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
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Song of the West
California The 1840s100% Natural Color — Captain Stanton, who because of a misunderstanding over a woman with Major Davolo, has been cited for a court martial. As a scout, he is sent to escort a wagon train which is under military escort. It turns out that this escort is his own former regiment. When he meet Davolo, there is another fight and between Stanton and Davolo in which Davolo is killed.
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Under a Texas Moon
Texas The 1880sA cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
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