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Glenroy Bros., (no. 2), also known as Comic Boxing: The Glenroy Brothers is an 1894 American silent film from Edison Studios. It is about 27 seconds long and shows the Glenroy Brothers boxing.
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The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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Ghulam (transl. Slave) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film, directed by Vikram Bhatt, and starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. The plot of the film is similar to Vishesh Films' first production Kabzaa (1988), starring Sanjay Dutt, in turn inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront.
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