Bob Perry
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bob Perry (December 26, 1878 – January 8, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1912 and 1965.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 26, 1878
Deathday: January 08, 1962
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The Thundering Herd
1925-03-01
The Thundering Herd
Overview: Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-01
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The Light of Western Stars
1925-06-22
The Light of Western Stars
Overview: Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-22
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A Cowboy's Best Girl
1912-01-16
A Cowboy's Best Girl
Overview: Alice Marson, an eastern young lady, becomes engaged to Glen Arnold, a young man just out of college. Girl-like, she rushes to her friend, Lucy Starr, and tells of the engagement. Lucy, who also had designs on Glen, congratulates Alice, but determines to break up the match.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-16
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All My Sons
1948-05-01
All My Sons
Overview: During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-01
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Volcano
1926-05-23
Volcano
Overview: Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, escorted by Père Bénédict. In St. Pierre she finds that her father has died; his widow, who rules the island's French society, believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabette's father left for France; when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter, Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her. Destitute, Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions, and though Quembo, a cunning quadroon, is the highest bidder, Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love, which she accepts, believing herself to be une fille de couleur; however, his older brother, Maurice, insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him, persuades her to desist.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-23
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The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
The Mayor of Hell
Overview: Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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Rendezvous
1935-10-25
Rendezvous
Overview: A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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Trailing Trouble
1930-03-23
Trailing Trouble
Overview: Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning empty handed, and before the other hands arrive, Ed is surprised to find Ming Toy return with the men.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-23
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The Star Witness
1931-08-22
The Star Witness
Overview: A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-22
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Behind the Make-Up
1930-01-18
Behind the Make-Up
Overview: Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-18
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Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19
Dr. Socrates
Overview: Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-19
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Four Jacks and a Jill
1942-01-23
Four Jacks and a Jill
Overview: Karanina "Nina" Novak, is befriended by Nifty, the leader of a four-piece orchestra, and in return, secures an engagement for them at the Little Aregal Cafe, with herself as the vocalist, by pretending she once knew the King or Aregal back in the old country. Steve shows up pretending to be the King of Aregal, and complicates the growing romance between Nina and Nifty. When Steve runs off with Opa, the real King of Aregal (also Steve) appears and complicates things again.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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Night Nurse
1931-07-16
Night Nurse
Overview: Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-16
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White Gold
1927-02-24
White Gold
Overview: A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-24
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Jaws of Steel
1927-09-10
Jaws of Steel
Overview: Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine. Thus, the human characters spend most of their time hunting down the dog in hopes of collecting a huge bounty.
Genres: Drama Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-10
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Iron to Gold
1922-03-12
Iron to Gold
Overview: George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later, Curtis comes to the rescue when Anne Kirby is kidnapped by real outlaws, but when he finds out she is married to his enemy, he decides to hold her captive.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-03-12
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The Man Who Found Himself
1937-04-02
The Man Who Found Himself
Overview: Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-02
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Racket Busters
1938-07-16
Racket Busters
Overview: A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-16
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The Finger Points
1931-04-11
The Finger Points
Overview: Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-11
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Overview: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Genres: Action History Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-17
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Zenobia
1939-04-21
Zenobia
Overview: A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-21
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The Singing Fool
1928-09-29
The Singing Fool
Overview: After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-29
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Smashing the Money Ring
1939-10-21
Smashing the Money Ring
Overview: T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-21
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The Sport Parade
1932-11-11
The Sport Parade
Overview: Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-11
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Men with Wings
1938-07-16
Men with Wings
Overview: Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-16
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The Devil Within
1921-11-20
The Devil Within
Overview: Director Bernard J. Durning's silent seafaring romantic melodrama
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-20
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They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
They Made Me a Criminal
Overview: A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-21
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Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Overview: While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-18
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Blackwell's Island
1939-01-24
Blackwell's Island
Overview: A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-24
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Two Thoroughbreds
1939-12-08
Two Thoroughbreds
Overview: A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-08
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Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
Each Dawn I Die
Overview: A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-19
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Beau Geste
1939-07-24
Beau Geste
Overview: When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-24
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The Valiant
1929-05-19
The Valiant
Overview: A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-19
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Reno
1939-12-01
Reno
Overview: A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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The Light That Failed
1939-12-24
The Light That Failed
Overview: A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-24
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Hideaway
1937-08-13
Hideaway
Overview: A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-13
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The Man I Love
1929-05-25
The Man I Love
Overview: Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-25
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The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
The Great O'Malley
Overview: His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-13
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
Inherit the Wind
Overview: Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-07
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Those Who Dance
1930-04-18
Those Who Dance
Overview: A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-18
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939-08-12
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Overview: Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-12
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Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Murder with Pictures
Overview: Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-24
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The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Overview: Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
Genres: Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-14
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20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
20 Mule Team
Overview: It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-03
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Skin Deep
1929-09-07
Skin Deep
Overview: Skin Deep is a 1929 American talking drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers. It was also released in the U.S. in a silent version for theaters not equipped yet with sound. The film is a remake of a 1922 Associated First National silent film of the same name directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills. All copies of this film are now lost. However, the Vitaphone soundtrack, of music and effects, survive.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-07
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The Sea God
1930-09-13
The Sea God
Overview: The Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pacific.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-13
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I Sell Anything
1934-10-20
I Sell Anything
Overview: Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-20
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Quick Millions
1931-04-17
Quick Millions
Overview: A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-17
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The Long Voyage Home
1940-11-16
The Long Voyage Home
Overview: The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-16
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Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Primrose Path
Overview: Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Wildcat Bus
1940-08-23
Wildcat Bus
Overview: A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-23
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The Champ
1931-11-21
The Champ
Overview: A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-21
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Stage Door
1937-10-08
Stage Door
Overview: The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-08
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Dressed to Kill
1928-03-17
Dressed to Kill
Overview: A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-17
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943-06-29
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Overview: A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-29
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Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
Diamond Jim
Overview: A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-01
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Jackass Mail
1942-07-01
Jackass Mail
Overview: An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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Juvenile Court
1938-09-10
Juvenile Court
Overview: Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-10
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The Chief
1933-11-03
The Chief
Overview: The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-03
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The Great Man's Lady
1941-10-31
The Great Man's Lady
Overview: In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-31
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They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
They Died with Their Boots On
Overview: The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Genres: Western War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-20
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Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Woman of the Year
Overview: Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-05
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The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
The Accusing Finger
Overview: A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Genres: Crime Action Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-17
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The Informer
1935-05-09
The Informer
Overview: Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-09
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Slapsie Maxie's
1939-09-16
Slapsie Maxie's
Overview: In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-16
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Johnny O'Clock
1947-01-07
Johnny O'Clock
Overview: When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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Finger Prints
1927-01-08
Finger Prints
Overview: A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-08
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Me, Gangster
1928-10-20
Me, Gangster
Overview: Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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Joy of Living
1938-05-06
Joy of Living
Overview: Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-06
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My Man Godfrey
1936-09-02
My Man Godfrey
Overview: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-02
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The River Pirate
1928-08-26
The River Pirate
Overview: This film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective.
Genres: Adventure Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-26
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Beggars of Life
1928-09-22
Beggars of Life
Overview: After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
Genres: Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-22
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The Big Street
1942-08-13
The Big Street
Overview: Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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Riffraff
1936-01-03
Riffraff
Overview: Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-03
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The Egg and I
1947-05-01
The Egg and I
Overview: World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-01
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Midnight Mary
1933-06-30
Midnight Mary
Overview: While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affairs.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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