Hattie McDaniel
Biography: Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (1938) the character she portrays actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of McDaniel's career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Mammy is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point, McDaniel's roles unfortunately descended, with the characters becoming more and more menial. McDaniel played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, the title character in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah, 1950).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 10, 1893
Deathday: October 26, 1952
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Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
Gone with the Wind
Overview: The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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Judge Priest
1934-09-15
Judge Priest
Overview: Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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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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Show Boat
1936-05-17
Show Boat
Overview: Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Genres: Music Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-17
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Blonde Venus
1932-09-23
Blonde Venus
Overview: In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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Song of the South
1946-11-12
Song of the South
Overview: Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-12
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Murder by Television
1935-10-01
Murder by Television
Overview: James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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George Washington Slept Here
1942-10-30
George Washington Slept Here
Overview: New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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Carefree
1938-09-02
Carefree
Overview: Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-02
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Since You Went Away
1944-06-30
Since You Went Away
Overview: In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-30
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Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
Never Say Goodbye
Overview: Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-09
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In This Our Life
1942-05-08
In This Our Life
Overview: An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-08
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The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
The Mad Miss Manton
Overview: When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-21
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Alice Adams
1935-08-23
Alice Adams
Overview: In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-23
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The Great Lie
1941-04-05
The Great Lie
Overview: After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-05
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Saratoga
1937-07-23
Saratoga
Overview: A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-23
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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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The Flame
1947-11-24
The Flame
Overview: George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him. George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval, a job as Barry's nurse, with the idea being to marry him, kill him, and inherit his money—and marrying George.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-24
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Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
Affectionately Yours
Overview: A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-10
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The Big Wheel
1949-11-04
The Big Wheel
Overview: The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-04
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Family Honeymoon
1948-12-06
Family Honeymoon
Overview: Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-06
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The Shopworn Angel
1938-07-15
The Shopworn Angel
Overview: During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-15
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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 Shining Hour
1938-11-18
The Shining Hour
Overview: A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-18
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Margie
1946-10-15
Margie
Overview: A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-15
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Battle of Broadway
1938-04-22
Battle of Broadway
Overview: The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell, Andrew Tombes, Esther Muir and Frank Moran.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-22
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True Confession
1937-12-24
True Confession
Overview: A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-24
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The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
The Crime Nobody Saw
Overview: Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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The Boiling Point
1932-07-15
The Boiling Point
Overview: Jimmy's uncle gives him 30 days probation on Kirk's ranch to control his temper or lose his inheritance. There he gets tangled up with a gang of robbers whose boss is his rival for Kirk's daughter. With one day left in his probation, they goad him into a fight.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-15
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Are You Listening?
1932-03-21
Are You Listening?
Overview: WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-21
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Overview: Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-25
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Mickey's Rescue
1934-03-22
Mickey's Rescue
Overview: When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-22
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Janie
1944-09-02
Janie
Overview: Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-02
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Janie Gets Married
1946-06-22
Janie Gets Married
Overview: Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-22
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Mickey
1948-06-23
Mickey
Overview: A pretty, tomboyish teenager comes of age in an American small town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-23
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Maryland
1940-07-19
Maryland
Overview: A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-19
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Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13
Vivacious Lady
Overview: College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-13
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Merry Go Round of 1938
1937-11-14
Merry Go Round of 1938
Overview: Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-14
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Sky Racket
1937-10-01
Sky Racket
Overview: A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Over the Goal
1937-10-16
Over the Goal
Overview: The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-16
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Hypnotized
1932-12-25
Hypnotized
Overview: A Gypsy violinist searches for her missing fiance, a circus worker who recently won a sweepstakes prize and was kidnapped by a hypnotist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-25
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The Wildcatter
1937-06-06
The Wildcatter
Overview: Eager to take advantage of a new oil boom, "Lucky" Conlon leaves his gas station and diner for Texas, with his wife Helen's blessing. In Texas, Lucky wins enough money in roulette to lease a parcel of land, and he and his friend "Smiley" begin drilling. Julia Frayne, whom Lucky met while gambling, turns out to be the daughter of oil tycoon Tom Frayne, who is eager to buy out the leases of the growing number of independent drillers, called "wildcatters," in order to hold a monopoly on the local oil fields.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-06
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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I'm No Angel
1933-10-06
I'm No Angel
Overview: The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-06
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Arbor Day
1936-05-02
Arbor Day
Overview: Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-02
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We're Only Human
1935-12-27
We're Only Human
Overview: A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004-01-01
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Overview: “I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said as she accepted the 1st Academy Award given to an African-American for her performance in the film Gone with the Wind. “Analysis” of a continuity error in a clip from a film of the 1939 Oscars ceremony suggests that the “documentary” footage and McDaniel’s speech were re-staged.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
Nothing Sacred
Overview: When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-25
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The Washington Masquerade
1932-07-09
The Washington Masquerade
Overview: An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-09
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The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The Male Animal
Overview: The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-12
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Don't Tell the Wife
1937-03-05
Don't Tell the Wife
Overview: After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with innocent chump Guy Kibbee--to help him sell worthless stock in a New Mexico gold mine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-05
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Quick Money
1937-12-10
Quick Money
Overview: Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-10
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Music Is Magic
1935-11-01
Music Is Magic
Overview: An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936-10-06
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Overview: Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-06
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Fate's Fathead
1934-11-17
Fate's Fathead
Overview: Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-17
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China Seas
1935-08-09
China Seas
Overview: Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-09
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City Park
1934-05-01
City Park
Overview: The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome (Henry B. Walthall) bluffs his way into obtaining enough money to support the welfare of the girl,Rose Wentworth (Sally Blane), and his two cronies. He sends for the girl's former sweetheart, who turns out to be a crook.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-01
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The Bride Walks Out
1936-07-10
The Bride Walks Out
Overview: Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-10
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Postal Inspector
1936-08-16
Postal Inspector
Overview: Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-16
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Racing Lady
1937-01-12
Racing Lady
Overview: A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-12
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Merry Wives of Reno
1934-04-18
Merry Wives of Reno
Overview: Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-18
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Flirtation
1934-11-09
Flirtation
Overview: A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-09
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Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28
Traveling Saleslady
Overview: A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-28
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Hello, Sister!
1933-04-14
Hello, Sister!
Overview: Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-14
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High Tension
1936-07-10
High Tension
Overview: Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-10
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Overview: An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-25
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Johnny Come Lately
1943-09-03
Johnny Come Lately
Overview: Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-03
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Reunion
1936-11-20
Reunion
Overview: Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-20
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3 Is a Family
1944-11-23
3 Is a Family
Overview: Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-23
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Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
Libeled Lady
Overview: When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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Everybody's Baby
1939-03-24
Everybody's Baby
Overview: The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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Hi, Beautiful
1944-12-18
Hi, Beautiful
Overview: Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bungalow. Patty Callahan (O'Driscoll) offers residence in a model home to soldier Jeff (Beery) and soon falls in love with him. Although the pair are unmarried, they enter a marital contest intended to celebrate the "Happiest G.I. Couple." Winning the contest brings on all sorts of farcical troubles until the couple are able to be united for real. Songs include "Don't Sweetheart Me" and "Best of All."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-18
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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022-04-05
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Overview: The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 contains the next 12 Our Gang sound shorts produced by the Hal Roach Studios: Anniversary Trouble (1935) to Arbor Day (1936)—with each short newly scanned and restored from the original Hal Roach 35mm film elements.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-05
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The Singing Kid
1936-04-10
The Singing Kid
Overview: Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-10
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Mississippi Moods
1937-07-19
Mississippi Moods
Overview: A Leslie Goodwins' feature film.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-19
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Babbitt
1934-12-08
Babbitt
Overview: Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor. He is lovingly married to his wife Myra, the two who have two children, Ted and Verona who are approaching adulthood. George has always had a fearless attitude, much like that of a naive child, which has led to his business success. He encounters some personal stresses when he faces what he believes is a potential home-wrecking issue, and when his oldest friend Paul and his wife Zilla deal with domestic problems. These stresses make George want to provide even more to his own family, leading to George agreeing to participate in a less than scrupulous but lucrative business dealing. George's bravura gets him into a potential scandal. This situation makes him question his general behavior, especially toward his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-08
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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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The Little Colonel
1935-02-22
The Little Colonel
Overview: After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Star for a Night
1936-08-28
Star for a Night
Overview: Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Good-bye Love
1933-11-09
Good-bye Love
Overview: A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-09
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Overview: This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-31
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Wig-Wag
1935-04-11
Wig-Wag
Overview: When Dorothy jilts her fiancee, he tries to make her jealous by getting a friend of his to dress like a woman and pose as his new girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-11
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985-03-03
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Overview: Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-03
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Overview: This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-02
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Operator 13
1934-06-08
Operator 13
Overview: American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-08
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Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
Imitation of Life
Overview: A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-23
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Another Face
1935-12-20
Another Face
Overview: The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-20
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The First Baby
1936-04-02
The First Baby
Overview: When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-02
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Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985-11-22
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Overview: Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Berlin and Kern.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-22
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Gentle Julia
1936-04-10
Gentle Julia
Overview: A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-10
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45 Fathers
1937-11-26
45 Fathers
Overview: An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-26
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Lost in the Stratosphere
1934-11-14
Lost in the Stratosphere
Overview: Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries. But when one of the pilots loses a girl he really cared for, he cannot forgive his friend. Soon afterwards, they must work together on their most dangerous mission yet.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-14
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Can This Be Dixie?
1936-11-13
Can This Be Dixie?
Overview: A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-13
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Okay Toots!
1935-02-02
Okay Toots!
Overview: Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husband and wife to switch bodies!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-02
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The Chases of Pimple Street
1934-12-22
The Chases of Pimple Street
Overview: In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-22
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Anniversary Trouble
1935-03-13
Anniversary Trouble
Overview: The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-13
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