The best Boyd Irwin’s history movies

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

12/03/1880- 22/01/1957
We present our ranking of the best Boyd Irwin’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Boyd Irwin.

Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 08/12/1946
  • Character: Hathaway
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask
7/10
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 19/10/1940
  • Character: Board Member (uncredited)
German Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia
6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 19/09/1940
  • Character: Speaker of the House of Burgess
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 26/11/1938
  • Character: Thomas McKean (uncredited)
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

Give Me Liberty

Give Me Liberty
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 19/12/1936
  • Character: British Commissioner
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

Kitty

Kitty
6.9/10
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.

Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu
6.3/10
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 19/08/1939
  • Character: Captain Collins
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

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