Biopics: biopics.csv
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| Link | rowid | title | site | country | year_release ▼ | box_office | director | number_of_subjects | subject | type_of_subject | race_known | subject_race | person_of_color | subject_sex | lead_actor_actress |
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| 452 | 452 | Regeneration | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005960/ | US | 1915 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | Owen Kildare | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rockliffe Fellowes |
| 605 | 605 | The King of Kings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018054/ | US | 1927 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | H.B. Warner |
| 175 | 175 | Disraeli | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019823/ | US | 1929 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Benjamin Disraeli | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Arliss |
| 26 | 26 | Abraham Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020620/ | US | 1930 | - | D.W. Griffith | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Walter Huston |
| 440 | 440 | Queen Christina | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024481/ | US | 1933 | - | Rouben Mamoulian | 1 | Christina, queen of Sweden | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greta Garbo |
| 650 | 650 | The Private Life of Henry VIII. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024473/ | UK | 1933 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Henry VIII | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
| 136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
| 510 | 510 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss I | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edmund Gwenn |
| 511 | 511 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss II | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Esmond Knight |
| 539 | 539 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ | US | 1934 | - | Sidney Franklin | 2 | Elizabeth Barrett | Author (poet) | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Norma Shearer |
| 540 | 540 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ | US | 1934 | - | Sidney Franklin | 2 | Robert Browning | Author (poet) | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | Fredric March |
| 591 | 591 | The House of Rothschild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025272/ | US | 1934 | - | Alfred L. Werker | 1 | Mayer Rothschild | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Arliss |
| 728 | 728 | Viva Villa! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025948/ | US | 1934 | $1.11M | Jack Conway | 1 | Pancho Villa | Military | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Wallace Beery |
| 47 | 47 | Annie Oakley | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026073/ | US | 1935 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbara Stanwyck |
| 364 | 364 | Mary of Scotland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027948/ | US | 1936 | - | John Ford | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Katharine Hepburn |
| 453 | 453 | Rembrandt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028167/ | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
| 585 | 585 | The Great Ziegfeld | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027698/ | US | 1936 | - | Robert Z. Leonard | 1 | Florenz Ziegfeld | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | William Powell |
| 645 | 645 | The Plainsman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028108/ | US | 1936 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Wild Bill Hickok | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | With: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison |
| 649 | 649 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028141/ | US | 1936 | - | John Ford | 1 | Samuel Mudd | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Male | Warner Baxter |
| 673 | 673 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028313/ | US | 1936 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Louis Pasteur | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Muni |
| 619 | 619 | The Life of Emile Zola | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029146/ | US | 1937 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Emile Zola | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Muni |
| 680 | 680 | The Toast of New York | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029675/ | US | 1937 | - | Rowland V. Lee | 1 | James Fisk | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edward Arnold |
| 88 | 88 | Boys Town | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029942/ | US | 1938 | - | Norman Taurog | 1 | Father Edward Flanagan | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
| 362 | 362 | Marie Antoinette | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030418/ | US | 1938 | - | W.S. Van Dyke | 1 | Marie Antoinette | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Norma Shearer |
| 526 | 526 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029842/ | US | 1938 | - | Archie Mayo | 1 | Marco Polo | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
| 584 | 584 | The Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030202/ | US | 1938 | - | Julien Duvivier | 1 | Johann Strauss II | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Fernand Gravey |
| 302 | 302 | Jesse James | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031507/ | US | 1939 | - | Henry King | 1 | Jesse James | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power |
| 310 | 310 | Juarez | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031516/ | US | 1939 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Benito Juarez | World leader | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Paul Muni |
| 651 | 651 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826/ | US | 1939 | - | Michael Curtiz | 2 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bette Davis |
| 652 | 652 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826/ | US | 1939 | - | Michael Curtiz | 2 | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Errol Flynn |
| 672 | 672 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/ | US | 1939 | - | Irving Cummings | 1 | Alexander Graham Bell | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Don Ameche |
| 674 | 674 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Irene Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Ginger Rogers | |
| 675 | 675 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Vernon Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Fred Astaire | |
| 758 | 758 | Young Mr. Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032155/ | US | 1939 | - | John Ford | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Henry Fonda |
| 24 | 24 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032181/ | US | 1940 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Raymond Massey |
| 91 | 91 | Brigham Young | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Jagger |
| 179 | 179 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032413/ | US | 1940 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Paul Ehrlich | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edward G. Robinson |
| 184 | 184 | Edison, the Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/ | US | 1940 | - | Clarence Brown | 1 | Thomas Edison | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
| 322 | 322 | Knute Rockne All American | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032676/ | US | 1940 | - | Lloyd Bacon | 1 | Knute Rockne | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Pat O'Brien |
| 472 | 472 | Santa Fe Trail | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033021/ | US | 1940 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | John Brown | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Raymond Massey |
| 759 | 759 | Young Tom Edison | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033289/ | US | 1940 | - | Norman Taurog | 1 | Thomas Edison | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mickey Rooney |
| 73 | 73 | Billy the Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033389/ | US | 1941 | - | David Miller | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor |
| 78 | 78 | Blossoms in the Dust | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033407/ | US | 1941 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Edna Gladney | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Greer Garson | |
| 414 | 414 | One Foot in Heaven | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033980/ | US | 1941 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | William Spence | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Fredric March |
| 482 | 482 | Sergeant York | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034167/ | US | 1941 | $16.4M | Howard Hawks | 1 | Alvin C. York | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
| 696 | 696 | They Died with Their Boots On | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034277/ | US | 1941 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | George Armstrong Custer | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Errol Flynn |
| 222 | 222 | Gentleman Jim | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034778/ | US | 1942 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | James J Corbett | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Errol Flynn |
| 499 | 499 | Spitfire | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034734/ | UK | 1942 | - | Leslie Howard | 1 | R. J. Mitchell | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leslie Howard |
| 646 | 646 | The Pride of the Yankees | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035211/ | US | 1942 | - | Sam Wood | 1 | Lou Gehrig | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
| 754 | 754 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035575/ | US | 1942 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | George M. Cohan | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Cagney |
| 354 | 354 | Madame Curie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Pierre Curie | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Walter Pidgeon |
| 355 | 355 | Madame Curie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Marie Curie | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greer Garson |
| 667 | 667 | The Song of Bernadette | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036377/ | US | 1943 | - | Henry King | 1 | Saint Bernadette Soubirous | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jennifer Jones |
| 97 | 97 | Buffalo Bill | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036677/ | US | 1944 | - | William A. Wellman | 1 | William Cody | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Joel McCrea |
| 251 | 251 | Henry V | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/ | UK | 1944 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
| 527 | 527 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036582/ | US | 1944 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | Samuel Clemens | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Frederic March |
| 583 | 583 | The Great Moment | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036880/ | US | 1944 | - | Preston Sturges | 1 | W.T. Morton | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | Joel McCrea | |
| 745 | 745 | Wilson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037465/ | US | 1944 | $2M | Henry King | 1 | Woodrow Wilson | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Alexander Knox |
| 23 | 23 | A Song to Remember | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038104/ | US | 1945 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Frederic Chopin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Cornel Wilde |
| 106 | 106 | Caesar and Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Julius Caesar | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Claude Rains |
| 107 | 107 | Caesar and Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Vivien Leigh |
| 112 | 112 | Captain Kidd | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037576/ | US | 1945 | - | Rowland V. Lee | 1 | William Kidd | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
| 173 | 173 | Dillinger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037644/ | US | 1945 | $4M | Max Nosseck | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Lawrence Tierney |
| 436 | 436 | Pride of the Marines | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038000/ | US | 1945 | - | Delmer Daves | 1 | Al Schmid | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Garfield |
| 459 | 459 | Rhapsody in Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038026/ | US | 1945 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | George Gershwin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Alda |
| 509 | 509 | Story of G.I. Joe | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038120/ | US | 1945 | - | William A. Wellman | 1 | Ernie Pyle | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Burgess Meredith | |
| 45 | 45 | Anna and the King of Siam | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038303/ | US | 1946 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Irene Dunne |
| 168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
| 169 | 169 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Emily Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ida Lupino |
| 170 | 170 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nancy Coleman |
| 404 | 404 | Night and Day | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038776/ | US | 1946 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Cary Grant | |
| 492 | 492 | Sister Kenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038948/ | US | 1946 | - | Dudley Nichols | 1 | Elizabeth Kenny | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
| 603 | 603 | The Jolson Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038661/ | US | 1946 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Al Jolson | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Larry Parks |
| 705 | 705 | Till the Clouds Roll By | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039035/ | US | 1946 | $6.72M | Richard Whorf | 1 | Jerome Kern | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Walker |
| 642 | 642 | The Perils of Pauline | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/ | US | 1947 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Pearl White | Actress | Unknown | 0 | Female | Betty Hutton | |
| 307 | 307 | Joan of Arc | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040491/ | US | 1948 | - | Victor Fleming | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
| 477 | 477 | Scott of the Antarctic | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/ | UK | 1948 | - | Charles Frend | 1 | Robert Falcon Scott | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Mills |
| 534 | 534 | The Babe Ruth Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040142/ | US | 1948 | - | Roy Del Ruth | 1 | Babe Ruth | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | William Bendix |
| 751 | 751 | Words and Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040976/ | US | 1948 | - | Norman Taurog | 2 | Lorenz Hart | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mickey Rooney |
| 752 | 752 | Words and Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040976/ | US | 1948 | - | Norman Taurog | 2 | Richard Rogers | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tom Drake |
| 677 | 677 | The Stratton Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041928/ | US | 1949 | - | Sam Wood | 1 | Monty Stratton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
| 46 | 46 | Annie Get Your Gun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042200/ | US | 1950 | $8M | George Sidney | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Betty Hutton |
| 601 | 601 | The Jackie Robinson Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042609/ | US | 1950 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Jackie Robinson | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jackie Robinson |
| 703 | 703 | Three Little Words | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/ | US | 1950 | - | Richard Thorpe | 2 | Bert Kalmar | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Fred Astaire |
| 704 | 704 | Three Little Words | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/ | US | 1950 | - | Richard Thorpe | 2 | Harry Ruby | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Red Skelton |
| 757 | 757 | Young Man with a Horn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043153/ | US | 1950 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Bix Beiderbecke | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas |
| 273 | 273 | I'll See You in My Dreams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043669/ | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Gus Kahn | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Danny Thomas |
| 303 | 303 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043687/ | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Jim Thorpe | Athlete | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Burt Lancaster |
| 442 | 442 | Quo Vadis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Lygia | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
| 443 | 443 | Quo Vadis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Marcus Vinicius | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor |
| 559 | 559 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043461/ | US | 1951 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Erwin Rommel | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Mason |
| 581 | 581 | The Great Caruso | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043599/ | US | 1951 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | Enrico Caruso | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mario Lanza |
| 626 | 626 | The Magic Box | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043769/ | UK | 1951 | - | John Boulting | 1 | William Friese-Greene | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Donat | |
| 25 | 25 | Above and Beyond | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044324/ | US | 1952 | - | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | 1 | Paul Tibbets | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor | |
| 115 | 115 | Carbine Williams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ | US | 1952 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | David Marshall Williams | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
| 243 | 243 | Hans Christian Andersen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044685/ | US | 1952 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Hans Christian Andersen | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Danny Kaye |
| 376 | 376 | Million Dollar Mermaid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044903/ | US | 1952 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Annette Kellerman | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Esther Williams |
| 386 | 386 | Moulin Rouge | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044926/ | UK | 1952 | - | John Huston | 1 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jos̩ Ferrer | |
| 504 | 504 | Stars and Stripes Forever | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045187/ | US | 1952 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | John Philip Sousa | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clifton Webb |
| 689 | 689 | The Winning Team | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045332/ | US | 1952 | - | Lewis Seiler | 1 | Grover Cleveland Alexander | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ronald Reagan |
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CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" ( "title" TEXT, "site" TEXT, "country" TEXT, "year_release" INTEGER, "box_office" TEXT, "director" TEXT, "number_of_subjects" INTEGER, "subject" TEXT, "type_of_subject" TEXT, "race_known" TEXT, "subject_race" TEXT, "person_of_color" INTEGER, "subject_sex" TEXT, "lead_actor_actress" TEXT );