G.P. Huntley
Biography: Born as Bruce Timothy Huntley. Known for Beau Geste (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941) and Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939). He was married to Mildred Lillard.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 26, 1904
Deathday: June 26, 1971
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941-09-26
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Overview: An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-26
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I've Been Around
1935-03-05
I've Been Around
Overview: Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-05
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936-08-07
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Overview: When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-07
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Tower of London
1939-11-17
Tower of London
Overview: In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-17
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Beau Geste
1939-07-24
Beau Geste
Overview: When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-24
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview: In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-20
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Miracle at Lourdes
1939-12-30
Miracle at Lourdes
Overview: Can faith work miracles? You be the judge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-30
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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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As Husbands Go
1934-01-27
As Husbands Go
Overview: Lucille Lingard and her friend Emmie bid farewell to their European friends on their last night in Paris. Lucille has fallen for the debonair Ronald Derbyshire and dreads returning to her mundane Midwestern hometown in Iowa and her stolid husband Charles. Back in America, Lucille plans to get a divorce and is delighted when Ronald show up. However, he and Charles unexpectedly become close friends, and Ronald admits that he does not find Lucille as attractive as he did in Paris. He leaves the next day and Lucille stays with her husband, won over once more to her family life.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-27
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Becky Sharp
1935-06-28
Becky Sharp
Overview: The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-28
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939-07-07
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Overview: Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-07
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Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07
Now I'll Tell
Overview: A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-07
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August Week End
1936-02-17
August Week End
Overview: At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-17
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Two-Fisted
1935-10-03
Two-Fisted
Overview: A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-03
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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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Artists and Models Abroad
1938-12-20
Artists and Models Abroad
Overview: Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-20
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Shining Victory
1941-05-30
Shining Victory
Overview: In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-30
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Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12
Cross-Country Romance
Overview: A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-12
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Say It in French
1938-11-25
Say It in French
Overview: An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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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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Play Girl
1941-01-29
Play Girl
Overview: When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-29
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Servants' Entrance
1934-09-25
Servants' Entrance
Overview: Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-25
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Another Dawn
1937-06-26
Another Dawn
Overview: Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-26
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The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
The Golden Arrow
Overview: A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-23
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Journey for Margaret
1942-12-17
Journey for Margaret
Overview: An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-17
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Sons o' Guns
1936-05-13
Sons o' Guns
Overview: Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-13
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The Great Man's Lady
1941-10-31
The Great Man's Lady
Overview: In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-31
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Death Takes a Holiday
1934-03-30
Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-30
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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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Private Affairs
1940-07-05
Private Affairs
Overview: A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-05
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Merely Mary Ann
1931-09-06
Merely Mary Ann
Overview: Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-06
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Michael O'Halloran
1937-05-15
Michael O'Halloran
Overview: A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-15
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