Lorin Raker
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Birthday: May 08, 1891
Deathday: December 25, 1959
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Gang War
1928-09-02
Gang War
Overview: Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with her. "Blackjack" is also battling gang boss Mike Luego in a violent turf war.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-02
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King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934-09-15
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Overview: A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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Convention City
1933-12-14
Convention City
Overview: Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-14
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Cowboy in Manhattan
1943-05-21
Cowboy in Manhattan
Overview: Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-21
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Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Without Reservations
Overview: Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-13
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The Racing Strain
1932-12-16
The Racing Strain
Overview: A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-16
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No Hands on the Clock
1941-12-01
No Hands on the Clock
Overview: A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-01
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Danger Street
1947-06-20
Danger Street
Overview: Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-20
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The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
The Impatient Maiden
Overview: A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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Honeymoon Limited
1935-07-01
Honeymoon Limited
Overview: A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-01
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Jungle Flight
1947-08-22
Jungle Flight
Overview: Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-22
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Six Cylinder Love
1931-05-10
Six Cylinder Love
Overview: Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-10
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Andy Plays Hookey
1946-12-19
Andy Plays Hookey
Overview: Andy makes elaborate plans to attend a prizefight, and they all backfire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-19
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Mysterious Crossing
1936-12-27
Mysterious Crossing
Overview: While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-27
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The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
The Fuller Brush Girl
Overview: A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-15
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Two-Faced Woman
1941-12-31
Two-Faced Woman
Overview: A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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Bad Girl
1931-08-13
Bad Girl
Overview: A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-13
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That's My Man
1947-06-01
That's My Man
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-01
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Vice Squad
1953-07-31
Vice Squad
Overview: A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-31
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I'll Tell the World
1945-06-08
I'll Tell the World
Overview: A PR man saves a struggling radio station from ruin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-08
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940-02-22
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Overview: Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-22
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
Miracle on 34th Street
Overview: Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-04
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The Circus Clown
1934-06-30
The Circus Clown
Overview: A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-30
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All by Myself
1943-06-11
All by Myself
Overview: Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-11
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The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
The Lady from Cheyenne
Overview: Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
Genres: Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-11
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Cairo
1942-08-17
Cairo
Overview: Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-17
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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
1942-03-26
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
Overview: This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-26
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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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The Loudspeaker
1934-06-01
The Loudspeaker
Overview: A young man from a small town hits New York City, bound and determined to become a radio star. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition, but in the process alienates everyone around him with his arrogance and egomania.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-01
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In Love at 40
1935-08-29
In Love at 40
Overview: Edgar falls in love with another woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-29
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Grand Ole Opry
1940-06-25
Grand Ole Opry
Overview: Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-25
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El Paso
1949-03-22
El Paso
Overview: Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-22
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Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17
Afraid to Talk
Overview: Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-17
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The Great Gildersleeve
1942-12-17
The Great Gildersleeve
Overview: A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-17
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Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
Tales of Robin Hood
Overview: The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-21
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So and Sew
1936-08-24
So and Sew
Overview: A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-24
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Mother's Boy
1929-07-01
Mother's Boy
Overview: Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-01
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Men in Her Diary
1945-09-14
Men in Her Diary
Overview: Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-14
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Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941-01-03
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Overview: In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make them swingier. Fortunately, the composer isn't too averse to the changes as he has just won the heart of the beauty who sings his revamped songs.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-03
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Cry 'Havoc'
1943-11-23
Cry 'Havoc'
Overview: The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-23
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943-05-08
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Overview: In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-08
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The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
The Good Humor Man
Overview: Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-24
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In the Navy
1941-05-30
In the Navy
Overview: Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-30
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It Ain't Hay
1943-03-10
It Ain't Hay
Overview: Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-10
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My Woman
1933-10-04
My Woman
Overview: A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-04
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Nocturne
1946-10-29
Nocturne
Overview: In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-29
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Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Swing Fever
Overview: Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-01
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California Straight Ahead
1937-04-16
California Straight Ahead
Overview: A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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Albuquerque
1948-02-20
Albuquerque
Overview: Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-20
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Journey Into Light
1951-09-28
Journey Into Light
Overview: John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947-09-26
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Overview: A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-26
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By Whose Hand?
1932-07-06
By Whose Hand?
Overview: On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-06
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Cocktail Hour
1933-06-05
Cocktail Hour
Overview: Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebels against the premise that every woman is destined for matrimony and motherhood and decides she has as much right as a man to play around.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-05
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The Three Stooges Follies
1974-11-01
The Three Stooges Follies
Overview: Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" with The Three Stooges; "Violent Is the Word for Curly" with The Three Stooges; "You Nazty Spy!" with The Three Stooges (replaced by "Men in Black" for the nontheatrical reissue); "Nothing But Pleasure" with Buster Keaton; "Strife of the Party" with Vera Vague; Chapter 1 of the 1943 "Batman" serial with Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft; and "America Sings with Kate Smith."
Genres: Comedy Action Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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