Douglass Montgomery
Biography: Douglass Montgomery (born Robert Douglass Montgomery) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 29, 1907
Deathday: July 23, 1966
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Little Women
1933-11-24
Little Women
Overview: Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations, joy, and kindness from their wealthy neighbor and his high-spirited grandson.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-24
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The Cat and the Canary
1939-10-27
The Cat and the Canary
Overview: Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-27
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Forbidden
1949-02-28
Forbidden
Overview: Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-28
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Five and Ten
1931-06-13
Five and Ten
Overview: John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snubbed by classmate Muriel and her friends. At a charity bazaar, Jennifer meets Berry and sparks are evident. However, he is engaged to Muriel and Muriel will make sure that she, and only she, marries Berry. After the marriage, Berry still thinks of Jennifer as Jennifer thinks of Berry. Avery laments about the state of his family since they were happy in Kansas City.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-13
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935-02-04
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Overview: A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-04
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Waterloo Bridge
1931-09-01
Waterloo Bridge
Overview: In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-01
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Music in the Air
1934-12-13
Music in the Air
Overview: A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-13
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A House Divided
1931-12-05
A House Divided
Overview: A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-05
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Counsel for Crime
1937-10-14
Counsel for Crime
Overview: Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-14
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Harmony Lane
1935-10-22
Harmony Lane
Overview: The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-22
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Paid
1930-12-30
Paid
Overview: Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-30
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Tropical Trouble
1936-12-01
Tropical Trouble
Overview: A series of misunderstanding leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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Lady Tubbs
1935-07-02
Lady Tubbs
Overview: A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and barges into the New York social scene.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-02
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Little Man, What Now?
1934-06-04
Little Man, What Now?
Overview: A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-04
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Everything Is Thunder
1936-09-30
Everything Is Thunder
Overview: The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-30
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Daybreak
1931-05-02
Daybreak
Overview: An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-02
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The Way to the Stars
1945-06-16
The Way to the Stars
Overview: Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-16
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Eight Girls in a Boat
1934-01-05
Eight Girls in a Boat
Overview: In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby, and keeps the secret from everyone but her lover, David Perrin, a young medical student. Having been in the private school most of her life, she can't confide in her father whom she hardly knows and, while he wishes to but can't afford to marry her, David can't get the approval of his father.a
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-05
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Sinfonia fatale
1947-05-01
Sinfonia fatale
Overview: An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1947-05-01
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Life Begins with Love
1937-10-06
Life Begins with Love
Overview: A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-06
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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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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934-03-02
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Overview: Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-02
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Beautiful Dreamer
1935-12-12
Beautiful Dreamer
Overview: The life of Stephen Foster, composer who was the influence for the early Minstrel shows.
Genres: History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-12
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