Paul Douglas
Biography: Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday. Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later. He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003). Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered." Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: April 11, 1907
Deathday: September 11, 1959
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Clash by Night
1952-05-30
Clash by Night
Overview: An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-30
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We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
We're Not Married!
Overview: A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-11
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Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27
Panic in the Streets
Overview: A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-27
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Saturday Night Swing Club
1938-07-30
Saturday Night Swing Club
Overview: Leith Stevens leads his orchestra in a nice assortment of standards in a variety of musical styles, including Dixieland and swing. Mr. Stevens was a popular orchestra leader of the era who later became a musical director for an assortment of television shows and his facility with more than one style of music, so important for his later career, is much in evidence here.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-30
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The Gamma People
1956-12-01
The Gamma People
Overview: An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Executive Suite
1954-04-30
Executive Suite
Overview: When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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The Mating Game
1959-04-29
The Mating Game
Overview: Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn't easy to calculate when the farmer has such a lovely daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-29
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The Big Lift
1950-04-26
The Big Lift
Overview: The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-26
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A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20
A Letter to Three Wives
Overview: A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-20
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Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
Angels in the Outfield
Overview: The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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The 'Maggie'
1954-02-25
The 'Maggie'
Overview: The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-25
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Green Fire
1954-12-29
Green Fire
Overview: In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-29
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Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01
Fourteen Hours
Overview: A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-01
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Joe Macbeth
1955-10-18
Joe Macbeth
Overview: A gangster's wife drives him to kill as she pushes him to the top.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956-08-22
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Overview: Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-22
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This Could Be the Night
1957-05-14
This Could Be the Night
Overview: To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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It Happens Every Spring
1949-06-10
It Happens Every Spring
Overview: A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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Beau James
1957-06-07
Beau James
Overview: The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-07
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Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28
Never Wave at a WAC
Overview: A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-28
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Love That Brute
1950-06-06
Love That Brute
Overview: The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-06
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Forever Female
1953-11-28
Forever Female
Overview: An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-28
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The Leather Saint
1956-06-06
The Leather Saint
Overview: Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-06
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When in Rome
1952-05-11
When in Rome
Overview: An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-11
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958-10-10
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Overview: When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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Everybody Does It
1949-10-24
Everybody Does It
Overview: Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-24
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The Guy Who Came Back
1951-08-16
The Guy Who Came Back
Overview: Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-16
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Overview: Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-12
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Fortunella
1958-03-14
Fortunella
Overview: A poor girl is convinced she is the daughter of a prince.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-03-14
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You Can Change The World
1950-02-25
You Can Change The World
Overview: Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, who speaks to them about doing a film for a group called the Christophers. The Christophers are an organization that wants to use different mediums such radio, TV, and film to inspire young people to change the world for the better by pursuing careers in public service like teaching and government work. The priest gives the celebrities a history lesson about the founding of the U.S. and God's role in it, and he asks for their help.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-25
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The Screen Director
1951-03-12
The Screen Director
Overview: A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-12
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Margin for Error
1943-02-10
Margin for Error
Overview: When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-10
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Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rhubarb
Overview: Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-29
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Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
1954-02-20
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Overview: Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-20
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Filming the Fleet
1939-11-26
Filming the Fleet
Overview: This black & white educational film is about the United States Navy showing off its skills on the high seas during a mock war-games session.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-26
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Conquering the Colorado
1939-09-01
Conquering the Colorado
Overview: The story of the conquest of the Colorado River by 'Buzz' Holmstron, an Oregon filling station attendant, who was the first man ever to navigate the river alone in a boat.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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