"The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in self-imposed exile."01 February 1984Factual40 mins
Part of the ,,Forty minute" series of documentaries that have nothing in common besides from their lasting time. This 1984 documentary provides a fascinating account of the lives of the former King Edward VIII and the American divorcée for whom he gave up the British throne in 1936. The Duke died in 1972 but the Duchess lived on until 1986, two years after this programme was transmitted.
The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is the subject of this excellent documentary.
While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions.
This is the incredible inside story of the abdication and subsequent life of King Edward VIII and American socialite Wallis Simpson and the reign that never was.
On May 16, 2007 Roger Johnson, the world's first self proclaimed welcome sign photography expert and his travel partner Haley Chamberlain, she isn't a self proclaimed anything but she is a whole lot of fun, began a journey to all 50 United States in only 50 days.
Wallis Simpson is one of the most reviled women of the 20th century. It was to marry this twice-divorced American that King Edward VIII of England renounced the throne in 1936, after less than a year on the throne.
Claudia Schiffer is serious about fitness. Together with her trainer, Kathy Kaehler, she's developed a series of safe and effective workout routines that keep her thighs, calves and buns in shape wihtout weights, and without time-consuming trips to the gym.
Popular movie trailers from 1984
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets.
Coast Zone […] explores the use of deep-focus, contrasting background figures (often in motion) with those in the foreground (sometimes in extreme close-up).
Lauro (Eddie Garcia) is a married man who just loves women. His wife Elena (Gloria Diaz), a beautiful and strong-willed woman is dead set in keeping him from womanizing.
