PickFlick
Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll

They spoke her name in whispers

1946•1h 35m•5.9/10
DramaHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.9/10(11)

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.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Hallmark Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Dolly Madison

David Niven

David Niven

Aaron Burr

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

James Madison

Peggy Wood

Peggy Wood

Mrs. Payne

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

John Todd

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Mr. Payne

Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

Thomas Jefferson

Frances E. Williams

Frances E. Williams

Amy

Henri Letondal

Henri Letondal

Count D'Arignon

Joseph Forte

Joseph Forte

Senator Ainsworth (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Darcy (uncredited)

Lois Austin

Grace Phillips (uncredited)

George Barrows

George Barrows

Jedson (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Charles (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Man Outside Courthouse (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Harlan Briggs

Quinn (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

George M. Carleton

Howard (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Mr. Carroll (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Williams (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Edmund (uncredited)

Recommended

That's My Man

That's My Man

6.0
1947
Movie

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.

That's My Man

1947
6.0
The Peasants

The Peasants

5.0
1939
Movie

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

The Peasants

1939
5.0
Views on Trial

Views on Trial

5.0
1954
Movie

The demonic Nicholas Diabolus is put on trial accused of interfering with people's lives.

Views on Trial

1954
5.0
Skin of a Mandarin

Skin of a Mandarin

9.5
2023
Movie

The film delicately follows 25-year-old Anna, whose mother has died suddenly. She wants to send her Orthodox mother on her last journey according to customs, but she runs into bureaucratic rules that do not allow Anna to dress her departed mother herself. This conflict brings her together with Maria, a 45-year-old funeral home worker, who in this story represents the hidden fears of death and grief on a deep emotional level.

Skin of a Mandarin

2023
9.5
Four Jacks

Four Jacks

4.0
2001
Movie

Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.

Four Jacks

2001
4.0
Ho ammazzato Berlusconi

Ho ammazzato Berlusconi

5.0
2008
Movie

In the aftermath of the 2001 political elections, Matteo quarrels violently with his wife Livia, a passionate left-wing militant, who accuses him of having voted for Berlusconi. Livia is unable to accept the situation but, just as she leaves the marital home, she is hit and injured by a fragment of a plane that crashed in their garden. Matteo, distraught over the loss of his wife, drives in the middle of a storm and hits a man.

Ho ammazzato Berlusconi

2008
5.0
Altitude

Altitude

6.0
2019
Movie

On their way up to a mountain cabin, Sarah and Thomas run into a dense mist and seem to go astray in the dangerous altitudes. In search of the cabin they encounter increasingly strange events. Lost in those heights, eventually a life-threatening battle between reality and illusion begins...

Altitude

2019
6.0
The Lottery of Happiness

The Lottery of Happiness

5.0
1953
Movie

Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.

The Lottery of Happiness

1953
5.0
Night and Jail Bars

Night and Jail Bars

7.0
1973
Movie

The wife of a prison warden falls in love with one of his prisoners.

Night and Jail Bars

1973
7.0
Bill Nye's Global Meltdown

Bill Nye's Global Meltdown

8.0
2016
Movie

Acclaimed educator and "Science Guy" Bill Nye realizes the reason he is feeling down is because he is in fact suffering from "climate change grief." With a little help from Hollywood action star and environmental advocate former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nye delves into the various manifestations of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance that represent not only the clinical stages of grief, but also the shared emotions that people exhibit in relation to the stark realities of climate change.

Bill Nye's Global Meltdown

2016
8.0
No Image

Reggie Yates: Life and Death in Chicago

6.0
2016
Movie

Against the backdrop of unprecedented gun violence, Reggie Yates travels to Chicago to investigate gun crime in President Obama's adopted hometown.

Reggie Yates: Life and Death in Chicago

2016
6.0
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

8.5
2014
Movie

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

2014
8.5

Similar Movies

The Mother and the Whore

The Mother and the Whore

7.3
1973
Movie

Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.

The Mother and the Whore

1973
7.3
The Gathered

The Gathered

2008
Movie

After her beloved aunt dies, young girl Lily (Polly Dartford) finds herself clashing with the insensitive guests gathered at the wake.

The Gathered

2008
Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea

5.6
1959
Movie

A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.

Battle of the Coral Sea

1959
5.6
My Night at Maud's

My Night at Maud's

7.7
1969
Movie

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

My Night at Maud's

1969
7.7
Miracle from heaven

Miracle from heaven

7.0
1956
Movie

A young employee prepares to travel to Alexandria to work as a singer in one of its clubs, but his friends take him to Ras El Bar, and in the summer resort he meets a young woman who made him stop traveling, as he caught a cold while trying to save her from drowning. She had pretended that she was about to drown, and a very fast love developed between them. And her uncle sees them.

Miracle from heaven

1956
7.0
Lipstick

Lipstick

2013
Movie

Sophia and Oliver are two little siblings who enjoy playing at their grandma's place while she sleeps. However, their games get interrupted when Oliver realizes that grandma is not moving anymore. Sophia and Oliver encounter death for the first time and have to deal with it on their own.

Lipstick

2013
My Friend the Polish Girl

My Friend the Polish Girl

2019
Movie

A fiction-film told through a female documentarian's lens, as she manipulates the story of an unemployed Polish actress living in London.

My Friend the Polish Girl

2019
The Time of Miracles

The Time of Miracles

1952
Movie

A woman aspires to get rich and surrenders to a wealthy old man who will marry her. The wife has a daughter from another man who denies her paternity, and the old man has a son and a daughter from a former wife. The old man indulges in gambling and leaves the rope to his wife in the west. She meets a young man who covets her husband’s wealth, so he blackmails him and plans to get rid of the husband to be inherited by his wife. To implement the plan, she must pretend to love the old man until he shocks the father.

The Time of Miracles

1952
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

7.0
1928
Movie

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.

The Little Match Girl

1928
7.0
Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln

7.2
1939
Movie

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939
7.2
No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

7.0
1951
Movie

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.

No Highway in the Sky

1951
7.0
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

6.6
1942
Movie

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942
6.6