George Ovey
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 13, 1870
Deathday: September 23, 1951
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Known For
Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12
Theodora Goes Wild
Overview: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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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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Arizona Sweepstakes
1926-01-10
Arizona Sweepstakes
Overview: Arizona cowboy Coot Cadigan travels to San Francisco and runs into Stuffy McGee, a small-time crook who stages phony "fights" to amuse the tourists. During one of those frights a man is killed and Coot gets blamed for it. Stuffy hides him out, but when he gets arrested Coot hightails it back to Arizona. with Stuffy's three children. To earn some money, he enters the Arizona Sweepstakes, a horse race with a large purse and one on which Col. Savery--the father of the girl Coot loves--depends on to save his ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-10
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A Man Betrayed
1941-03-07
A Man Betrayed
Overview: Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
Genres: Drama Crime Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-07
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Pop Goes the Easel
1935-03-29
Pop Goes the Easel
Overview: The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-29
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Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915-04-16
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Overview: Ambrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter in danger.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-16
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The Winning Wallop
1921-05-12
The Winning Wallop
Overview: George Ovey has to beat the champ in a boxing match to win the hand of Dora, the girl he loves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-12
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Mummy's Nightmare
1922-05-27
Mummy's Nightmare
Overview: A mummy is on the loose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-05-27
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King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
King of Burlesque
Overview: Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-03
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Desert Dust
1927-12-18
Desert Dust
Overview: Frank Fortune, a young rancher, is jailed along with two of his men for fighting with rival ranchers. Helen Marsden, daughter of a wealthy senator who is interested in prison reform, prevails on the judge to parole them into her custody and work at her ranch. Frank falls in love and, so as to stay on at the ranch, convinces her he is a notorious criminal. When the senator visits her with a large sum of money belonging to the state, three "reformed" crooks on the premises plan to steal it. Fortune's friends learn of the plot and decide to take the money for safekeeping, but Fortune intervenes; the real crooks do steal the funds, however, and depart with Helen in an automobile. Fortune overtakes the speeding car and rescues Helen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-18
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A Trick of Hearts
1928-03-18
A Trick of Hearts
Overview: In this comedy-western, based on the life of Henry Irving Dodge, our cowboy hero keeps his tongue firmly planted in his cheek as he goes up against a town run by such women as newly elected sheriff, Carrie Patience. Hoping to restore some masculinity to the sheriff's office, Gibson stages a series of fake hold-ups but is soon upstaged by a real crook
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-18
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Fireman, Save My Gal!
1919-12-28
Fireman, Save My Gal!
Overview: After George bests a rival suitor for the fire chief's daughter, the rival tries revenge by attempting to burning down their house. Meanwhile, the fire department has been taken over by a gang of bathing beauty chorines.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-28
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My Friend from India
1927-12-18
My Friend from India
Overview: Wealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara Smith (Elinor Fair). But before he can learn anything about Barbara, her social climbing Aunt Bedelia (Ethel Wales), whisks her away. On a mission to "find the girl," Tommy looks for her everywhere. He unknowingly befriends her brother Charlie, who invites him to spend the evening in Smith's palatial home. The next morn Aunt Bedelia finds Tommy with his head wrapped in a towel and assumes him to be the Hindu prince that Charlie promised to bring to her society party. Introduced to all as a Prince from Calcutta, Tommy is forced to see the charade through. But the local con-man Charlie had previously arranged to appear at the party as the Prince shows up as well. At least Tommy is able to reconnect with Barbara, that is until the police show up with orders to arrest all fake fakirs.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-18
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Jerry's Perfect Day
1916-05-13
Jerry's Perfect Day
Overview: A Cub Comedy starring George Ovey as Jerry. Jerry dreams about being married and having a family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-13
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The Strings of Steel
1926-06-28
The Strings of Steel
Overview: The Strings of Steel is a silent Action serial. Episode titles: 1. The Voice on the Wire 2. The First Central 3. Fighting for Love 4. The Power of Might 5. Kings of the Wire 6. Voice of the Continent 7. Telephone Poles 8. War of the Wire 9. When Lightning Strikes 10. Love and Victory.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-28
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Holding His Own
1917-05-20
Holding His Own
Overview: One of the "Jerry" series from Folly Comedies. "Jerry, whose uncle left him a fortune, but forgot where he left it."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-20
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The Missing Guest
1938-08-12
The Missing Guest
Overview: Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom of things.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-12
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The Yankee Clipper
1927-05-07
The Yankee Clipper
Overview: A race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the right to transport Chinese tea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-07
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The Wagons Roll at Night
1941-04-25
The Wagons Roll at Night
Overview: An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-25
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The Night Ride
1930-01-12
The Night Ride
Overview: Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-12
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No Children
1929-03-10
No Children
Overview: Parents pretend they are in show business and their kids are ventriloquist dummies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-10
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Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915-03-04
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Overview: Left alone by his wife, Fatty joins a poker game across the hall from his apartment and is left to face the law when the game is raided by police. He is given shelter by a neighbor, Mrs. Kennedy, leading to suspicions that they are romantically involved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-04
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Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
Wells Fargo
Overview: In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
Genres: History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-31
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Madame X
1937-10-01
Madame X
Overview: An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Gold Dust Gertie
1931-06-27
Gold Dust Gertie
Overview: Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-27
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Mountain Justice
1937-04-24
Mountain Justice
Overview: Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-24
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Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
Stand Up and Fight
Overview: A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-06
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939-02-17
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Overview: Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
Calling Dr. Kildare
Overview: Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-28
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Missing Evidence
1939-12-15
Missing Evidence
Overview: G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
Missing Witnesses
Overview: A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-11
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Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24
Woman Against Woman
Overview: A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
Edison, the Man
Overview: In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-10
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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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Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02
Moonlight on the Prairie
Overview: A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-02
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A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
A Dispatch from Reuters
Overview: German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-19
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The Yankee Spirit
1923-09-02
The Yankee Spirit
Overview: Very first of the Juvenile Comedies series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-02
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Transcontinental Limited
1926-02-04
Transcontinental Limited
Overview: War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He and some army mates hatch a plot. For the railway safe to be utilized. A rival though robs the safe and the money is taken by the pals. A train journey later involving high speed the money is needed before the rival can send the hero to prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-04
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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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Jerry and the Outlaws
1917-01-25
Jerry and the Outlaws
Overview: Jerry from the top of a tree is making love to his girl at the window opposite. A policeman interferes and is put to sleep when Jerry falls on him. Jerry appropriates his clothes and enters his girl's home, arrests her father, who has been peppering him with a gun, and has him sent to the police station. Jerry gets his autoped and starts with the daughter for a ride. In the country they are discovered by Bad Bill and his outlaws. They take Jerry and the girl to a cabin where a fight ensues as to who shall have possession of the girl. It is finally decided that the bandits shall draw cards. Jerry objects and is locked in the attic. He escapes by climbing down the wall. Entering the cabin, he crawls along the floor, frisks the bandits' guns from their holsters and makes the bandits back against the door. Meanwhile the policeman has recovered consciousness and with his brother officers starts on Jerry's trail. They arrive at the cabin as Jerry is about to flee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-25
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Holding His Own
1922-01-11
Holding His Own
Overview: Jerry, a hobo, is chased by a pair of policemen after accidentally interrupting their dice game and later woos a farm girl to get breakfast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-11
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Henessey of the Mounted
1922-01-11
Henessey of the Mounted
Overview: George Ovey in a Mountie parody comedy.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-11
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Behind the Mike
1937-09-26
Behind the Mike
Overview: Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-26
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Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
Fingers at the Window
Overview: In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-22
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Female
1933-11-11
Female
Overview: Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-11
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The Roaring West
1935-07-08
The Roaring West
Overview: A 15-episode serial involving the land rush, gold mines, stolen maps, etc.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-08
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Hit the Deck
1929-12-25
Hit the Deck
Overview: A sailor finds himself the object of a cafe owner's affections.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-25
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Jerry In Mexico
1916-01-14
Jerry In Mexico
Overview: A formerly lost film from the silent era, part of the Cub Comedy series starring George Ovey as comedic hero "Jerry", who appeared in short "Jerry" comedies from 1915-1917.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-14
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The Cannon Ball
1915-06-13
The Cannon Ball
Overview: An explosives and black powder expert visits a powder factory in order to inspect it, but when he appears to be more interested in its female workers, an explosive situation results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-13
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All's Swell on the Ocean
1924-08-18
All's Swell on the Ocean
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-18
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