Movies and TvShows featuring "magnate" theme.
Another World follows the lives of the residents of Bay City, focusing on their personal dramas, romantic entanglements, and the various secrets they hold. Spanning several decades, the show explores themes of love, loss, and the complexities of human relationships.
On Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The TV series was adapted from Ken Follet's novel of the same name. The plot is set during the Iranian revolution. During the takeover of Iran, the king is overthrown, and two executives of Electronic Data Systems are imprisoned on false charges. The head of the company, Mr. Perot, travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur Simons, is hired to develop a rescue plan at any cost.
Tarzan, raised by gorillas after the death of his parents, discovers a meteorite that holds the key to a powerful energy. When an industrialist threatens to exploit the energy, Tarzan must protect the jungle and his animal friends.
A history written with tears and oil... The life story of the great philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.
Chatô, The King of Brazil is a biographical film that tells the story of Assis Chateaubriand, a powerful media magnate in Brazil. The movie explores his rise to power, his influence over Brazilian television, and his controversial career in politics. It delves into his personal life, his relationships, and his impact on Brazilian society and communication. With a mix of comedy and drama, the film paints a vivid picture of one of Brazil's most influential and polarizing figures.
Doomed to Die is a 1940 crime thriller film. When a shipping magnate is murdered, detective Mr. Wong teams up with news reporter Bobbie Logan to solve the case. They uncover a network of smuggling and deception, with the involvement of a Tong secret society. As they dig deeper into the investigation, they encounter false accusations, family relationships, and a confession of a crime. The plot takes several twists and turns, including an attempted murder, a daughter caught in the middle, and a dangerous business competition. An automobile accident adds to the suspense as Mr. Wong and Bobbie race against time to catch the killer.
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful story of family, love and life.
Jim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment when he agrees to cut an enormous volume of timber for Andrew MacKinley, who has to deliver the timber within sixty days.
Loving is a comedy-drama that revolves around the lives of several characters in New York City. The story follows their struggles with love, art, and infidelity, exploring themes of materialism, self-destructiveness, and the rat race of city life. Through a series of interconnected events, the characters navigate through relationships, parties, and the challenges of pursuing their passions. The film offers a satirical look at the middle-class society and the impact of societal pressures on personal lives.
A young girl, orphaned and working as a typist, falls in love with her wealthy boss. With courage and determination, she navigates the challenges of office politics and class differences to find her happily ever after.
Two men are accused of killing their boss. They are saved from the hangman's noose when two other guys are arrested, but Holt feels as though justice is still not being served. On their own, they set about to track down the genuine killer.
Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during World War II who has new ideas for shipbuilding. Braddock tries to establish yards for building prefabricated ships on the West Coast, but he is hindered by the former superintendent of the shipyard, Joel Kennedy. A disappointed lover fails to deliver an important message on welds and it leads to the collapse of a new ship's superstructure and the death of a boy.
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and burly steel worker running the company, per his late-father's will request. He also finds that his father's will specifies the Junior will change his name to Bill Hall and work in the family steel mill for a year under the fake name. Walker's job is to make a man out of the son. The son is not overjoyed by this prospect. Neither is Walker.
Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos.
Based on three short stories by American writer Jack London, Burning Daylight follows the lives of three thieves, three Wall Street bankers and a Klondike millionaire, tied together by one ruthless woman