Shelby Bacon
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Holiday Inn
1942-01-01
Holiday Inn
Overview: Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Pinky
1949-09-28
Pinky
Overview: Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-28
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Dragonwyck
1946-04-19
Dragonwyck
Overview: For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-19
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The Peanut Man
1947-06-01
The Peanut Man
Overview: At the offices of Consolidated Producers Corporation, producer Tony Paton is determined to make a film about the great African American chemist, George Washington Carver. His backer, Murphy, is skeptical about the marketability of such a project, but Paton convinces him that it is time to depict the truth about races, creeds, and religions.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-01
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Corpus Christi Bandits
1945-04-20
Corpus Christi Bandits
Overview: After the Civil War, veteran Jim Christi (Allan Lane) returns to Texas, where he is unjustly accused of murder. In flashback, Mr. Christi relates the story of his father Corpus Christi Jim. After robbing a stage, Jim and partners Rocky and Steve decide to go straight and return the money. But the fourth member of the gang, Spade refuses and leaves. The two former partners soon find themselves on opposite sides of the law.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-20
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Perils of the Jungle
1953-03-19
Perils of the Jungle
Overview: On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman, who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs, a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-19
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Bright Leaf
1950-06-16
Bright Leaf
Overview: Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-16
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