Billy Franey
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Birthday: June 23, 1889
Deathday: December 06, 1940
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Known For
The White Panther
1924-01-22
The White Panther
Overview: Australian star Rex "Snowy" Baker stars in this military melodrama. This was the first of a series of four films Baker made for producer Phil Goldstone, and they were offered on a States' Rights basis. Irene Falliday (Gertrude McConnell) is the daughter of the British governor (William Bainbridge) who rules over an Indian province. She finds Yasmini (Lois Scott) wearing the shawl she believes she has lost and asks Tommy Farrell (Phil Burke) to get it back. Farrell is in love with Irene, but Yasmini loves him, and when he finally gets the shawl from her, the circumstances shame her in the eyes of her father Shere Ali, Sirdar of the Afghans (Frank Whitson), and his subjects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-22
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Anne Against the World
1929-05-01
Anne Against the World
Overview: Shirley Mason plays the title-role, a glamorous musical star having a hard time escaping the clutches of her lecherous producer (Tom Curran). The producer, however, refuses to leave well enough alone, and Anne is tempted to return to her glamorous life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-01
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She's a Prince
1926-05-01
She's a Prince
Overview: Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1926-05-01
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Code of the Northwest
1926-07-24
Code of the Northwest
Overview: A Mountie and his dog must bring in his wanted brother.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-24
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Red Signals
1927-03-01
Red Signals
Overview: Sabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La Grande Station that was demolished in 1939 due to earthquake damage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-01
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War of the Range
1933-09-21
War of the Range
Overview: Jim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the range used by other ranchers. This pits father against son when Tom Bradley sides with a newly arrived nester family. Then after stealing Duke Bradley's money, Warren frames Duke's son Tom for the theft.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-21
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The Dead Line
1926-06-27
The Dead Line
Overview: An old prospector, is found murdered and Sonora Slim is accused of the crime. The real killer is actually Silver Sam McGee.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-27
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A Western Demon
1922-05-01
A Western Demon
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-05-01
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King of the Saddle
1926-09-09
King of the Saddle
Overview: A cowboy discovers that his stock is all but worthless due to the bankruptcy of a ranch owner. The supposedly worthless stock certificate bears the name of waitress Joan Meredith's long-lost father, who suddenly reappears to save Cody from ruin.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-09
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The Iceman's Ball
1932-08-12
The Iceman's Ball
Overview: Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-12
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The Fargo Kid
1940-12-06
The Fargo Kid
Overview: The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-06
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Romance of a Rogue
1928-10-01
Romance of a Rogue
Overview: A low-key silent drama of a man seeking vengeance on the villain whose lies sent him to prison on the night of his wedding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-01
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Fangs of Vengeance
1926-08-31
Fangs of Vengeance
Overview: A short film starring "Fearless" the dog and directed by William Bertram.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-31
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Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922-12-04
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Overview: Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-04
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No More Women
1934-03-03
No More Women
Overview: Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at the same time, even the bottom of the ocean. All day long they fight to salvage sunken gold at forty fathoms deep in the ocean, and all night long they fight over dames. This situation continues even when they both go to work for Helen Young, the owner of a tug-boat and a salvage business.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-03
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Partners
1932-01-08
Partners
Overview: A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-08
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The Royal Rider
1929-02-17
The Royal Rider
Overview: Dick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the country commands the troupe to give a performance. The king is greatly impressed with the American cowboys and makes them his palace guard. The prime minister starts a revolution, and Dick and the Americans put it down. The boy king sanctions a romance between Scott and Ruth Elliott, the royal governess.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-17
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Western Racketeers
1934-04-02
Western Racketeers
Overview: Cattlemen use Alamo Pass in order to get their cattle to market. A gang has taken it over and charges a toll to go through it. When one rancher doesn't have enough money to pay the toll, he winds up dead. A local rancher, Bill Bowers, investigates the killing, but his neighbor and rival Molly Spellman decides to take her cattle around the pass instead of through it to avoid the toll. The gangsters kidnap her, and Bill gathers the other ranchers in the area for a final showdown with the gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-02
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The King of the Turf
1926-02-28
The King of the Turf
Overview: Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-28
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The Shadow Gang
1934-06-01
The Shadow Gang
Overview: A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The Star Packer', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'The Star Packer' down to a 22 minute short version. John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-01
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The Iron Mule
1925-04-12
The Iron Mule
Overview: A train known as the Iron Mule is loaded with passengers, and starts off on its trip. Along the way, the train faces numerous obstacles and delays. The engineer is prepared for most of them, but the real challenges come when the train is ambushed by Indians.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-12
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Dumb Dicks
1932-02-08
Dumb Dicks
Overview: Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-08
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Guests Wanted
1932-01-11
Guests Wanted
Overview: Benny Rubin is a New York City vaudeville performer who inherits a hotel in California, and takes all of his ham-actor friends there, as chefs, bellhops, maids and waiters, to help him run it. BUsiness is bad so Benny plants a story that his late uncle hid his fortune in the hotel. The place is soon filled with guests who tear down the hotel looking for the non-existent fortune.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-11
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The Cameraman
1920-12-08
The Cameraman
Overview: Billy is hired by the local newspaper as a cameraman. Billy gets involved in many messes and despite his efforts he cannot escape the presence of the Whitling Man.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-08
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Bullet Code
1940-04-12
Bullet Code
Overview: Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers' approach. Unaware that Mathews was actually killed by rustler boss Cass Barton, Holden heads out to Mathews' home town where he plans to tell the boy's family of his death but instead uncovers a plan by a local businessman to force Mathews' father out of his ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-12
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The Inspector's Double
1916-09-30
The Inspector's Double
Overview: It was all because John was the image of Frank, the health inspector. John lost his purse and Frank found it. Then he went to the former's house and Matilda thought her hubby was crazy because he did not recognize her. Frank had forgotten his badge, and so could not prove his identity, and was taken to the insane asylum. But Bess discovered that Frank left his badge and went to the first house on his list to give it to him. At the corner she met John looking for the wallet. He liked her and said that he would take her to lunch. When he arrived home he thought that Matilda was crazy, and sent to the asylum for help.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-30
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Bashful Charley's Proposal
1916-07-01
Bashful Charley's Proposal
Overview: The widow lives in a houseboat near one of the beaches. Charley is her devoted lover, but his bashfulness prevents him from proposing. She has a daughter, Lilly, who is visiting in a nearby town. She accepts Heinie subject to her mother's approval. The mother cannot see it and wires her daughter that she cannot marry the young man unless he shows her $5,000. She orders the girl home. Heinie says that he has a brother living near the widow's houseboat and that he will accompany Lilly home so as to be on the ground. Heinie and Charley are very much alike, in fact, the only difference between the brothers is in the way in which they wear their mustaches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-01
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When Damon Fell for Pythias
1917-01-11
When Damon Fell for Pythias
Overview: The emperor issues a counterblast against liquor and the "wets" try to kill him. Damon saves Pythias from the headsman's axe and the lives of both are spared.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-11
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The Masked Marvels
1917-10-01
The Masked Marvels
Overview: Cook Gale Henry and butler Milton Sims are arguing in the kitchen about who would make the best detective, until the lady of the house comes in to see about the delay in dinner and fires them both. Freed from their domestic duties, they are at liberty to become detectives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-01
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Tramp Trouble
1937-08-07
Tramp Trouble
Overview: Edgar impulsively invites his boss, Mr. Markham, to his home for dinner when his boss compliments him for giving coffee money to a down and out man. At the train station Edgar intervenes, keeping another man from beating a young man named Frankie, and Edgar takes Frankie home with him, even though the stranger warns Edgar that the young man is nothing but trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-07
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The Water Plug
1920-05-13
The Water Plug
Overview: Billy is on the bum. He sees a copper writing a ticket to a driver parked in front of a fire hydrant. The driver slips the cop some money to tear up the ticket. Billy acquires a fake fire plug and a policeman's badge, and sets out to make some money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-13
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Beaux and Errors
1938-10-05
Beaux and Errors
Overview: To make Edgar do something about his physical condition, his wife has invited her old boy friend, in tip-top shape, to spend the weekend with them. In addition to getting worn out playing golf, Edgar overhears a phone call that makes him think Vivien is arranging to run off with his hated rival.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-05
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The Dummy Owner
1938-01-08
The Dummy Owner
Overview: Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-08
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Dumb's the Word
1937-06-11
Dumb's the Word
Overview: Edgar finds some gold in his attic and the guy working on his roof tells him he could go to jail for having it!! This is because President Franklin Roosevelt has actually campaigned Congress to make gold ownership illegal in order to force people off the gold standard as well as to try to get more currency into circulation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-11
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The Fuller Gush Man
1934-08-16
The Fuller Gush Man
Overview: Walter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on an act and pretends to be totally loony.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-16
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She Wrote a Play and Played It
1916-08-13
She Wrote a Play and Played It
Overview: Gale Henry, at that time famous as big-nosed, lugubrious-faced purveyor of silent screen slapstick. Here as a prominent villager too interested writing a play to be bothered with lovers. When a wandering director arrives in town, learns of her play and agrees to produce it for her, with the author in the leading role, she is delighted. But the play proves a frost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-13
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936-09-20
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Overview: A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-20
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The Plumber
1921-06-21
The Plumber
Overview: A delivery man is mistaken for a plumber; violence ensues!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-21
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933-07-20
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Overview: Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-20
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The Canyon of Adventure
1928-04-21
The Canyon of Adventure
Overview: Steven Bancroft, a young officer in the U. S. Calvary, is given the assignment of ensuring that dirty-work by agents of Spain, Mexico or Russian aren't going to keep statehood-for-California from becoming a reality. Bancroft uses his guns to settle any debates regarding international laws.
Genres: Action Western Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-21
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The Glorious Trail
1928-10-28
The Glorious Trail
Overview: After a work crew stringing telegraph wires across the Great Plains is slaughtered by Indians, Pat O'Leary, the company superintendent, must take out another supply train to make the dangerous trip across open country. The Indians attack and are driven off. On the day the wires are finally strung, the settlers gather to hear the first message from the East.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-28
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Cheyenne
1929-02-03
Cheyenne
Overview: Cal Roberts can ride anything with four legs. He enters the contests held at big rodeo. He wins all honors and meets a girl who races horses to help her father clear pressing debts. Complications follow, but Cal wins the girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-03
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The Royal American
1927-07-01
The Royal American
Overview: Story of a young shanghaied sailor. Forced to work as a deckhand on a rough-and-tumble transport vessel, the sailor ends up in South America, where his brutish captain intends to sell guns and ammo to a band of revolutionaries. Besting the villains, Jack gets into the thick of things himself, ultimately rescuing the heroine -- likewise "shanghaied" by the captain -- from Certain Doom.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-01
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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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The Miracle Man
1932-04-01
The Miracle Man
Overview: A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-01
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Love Among the Millionaires
1930-07-05
Love Among the Millionaires
Overview: A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with he and his family in Palm Springs.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934-12-05
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Overview: Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-05
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Baby Daze
1939-05-18
Baby Daze
Overview: Edgar starts out in a non-unfamiliar grumpy mood and tells some people off obnoxiously, then becomes overcome with joy and kindheartedness when he discovers that his wife is about to have a baby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-18
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Trouble
1920-03-08
Trouble
Overview: A slapstick comedy starring Al St. John.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-08
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Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09
Next Time I Marry
Overview: Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-09
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Exclusive
1937-08-06
Exclusive
Overview: When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-06
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The New Member
1921-02-18
The New Member
Overview: After getting involved in a series of fist fights, Billy Franey scrawls into a reunion from the Order of Wriggle Fingers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-18
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Overview: In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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Stage to Chino
1940-07-26
Stage to Chino
Overview: To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939-11-03
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Overview: A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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The Yellow Dog Catcher
1919-10-19
The Yellow Dog Catcher
Overview: The misadventures of a dog catcher
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-19
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Mutiny in the County
1940-05-03
Mutiny in the County
Overview: 53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-03
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The Bath Dub
1921-01-01
The Bath Dub
Overview: Billy Franey comedy
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936-01-13
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Overview: A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-13
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Forgotten Women
1931-11-25
Forgotten Women
Overview: Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-25
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The Saint's Double Trouble
1940-01-26
The Saint's Double Trouble
Overview: Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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The Dancing Millionaire
1934-12-14
The Dancing Millionaire
Overview: The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-14
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Triple Justice
1940-09-22
Triple Justice
Overview: Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
Genres: Western Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-22
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Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
1925-09-02
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
Overview: When the Indians attack, a doctor is separated from his wife. The reunion is set against the heroism of the foremost Indian scout of the day...Kit Carson!
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-02
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The Paper Hangers
1920-05-19
The Paper Hangers
Overview: Even the story is pretty much a retread of something out of a lesser Keystone from 1915. They eat paste. They make a general mess and they get involved with a mad anarchist named D.E. Stroy (get it?) who was to blow up everything -- his motive seems to be to produce more gags for the movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-19
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Border Brigands
1935-05-31
Border Brigands
Overview: Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-31
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The Star Packer
1934-07-30
The Star Packer
Overview: John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-30
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Give Us This Night
1936-03-06
Give Us This Night
Overview: After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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The Avenger
1931-03-06
The Avenger
Overview: Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-06
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Come On, Tarzan
1932-09-10
Come On, Tarzan
Overview: Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this western about evil cowboy Steve Frazer (Welch) who gathers horses for slaughter, whose meat is sold to pet food manufacturers. The wild horse Tarzan frees the doomed horses from their corrals, and Frazer convinces the Sheriff that Tarzan is a threat and can be shot on sight. Local cowboy Ken Benson (Maynard) and rancher Pat Riley (Kennedy) work together to clear Tarzan's good name and put Frazier behind bars for his evil deeds.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-10
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The Gallant Fool
1933-05-28
The Gallant Fool
Overview: The circus arrives in Great Shows. Rainey Big Ben and Kit Denton, the star of the show, are informed that no representation will be allowed in the city, and that their presence is not desired by the local potentate. This incomprehensible hatred is equaled only by the Kit 's father's contempt for women. Kit, who criticized his father's contemptuous attitude towards Alicia, his girlfriend, Kit's father tells him of the drama he lived in Big Ben many years earlier.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-28
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She's a Sheik
1927-11-12
She's a Sheik
Overview: The daughter of a desert chief kidnaps a member of the French Foreign Legion in the hopes of wooing him.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-12
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The Broadway Hoofer
1929-12-15
The Broadway Hoofer
Overview: Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter Bobby Lewis (Egan) of the barnstorming Gay Girlies Burlesque Company arrives in town, he picks an incognito Adele among all the pretty village girls to star in his new show. On a lark, Adele introduces her maid Jane (Louise Fazenda) as her mother and accepts a contract. When Adele's identity is finally revealed, the slumming star apologizes for her deception by offering Bobby a Broadway job.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-15
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'Taint Legal
1940-05-25
'Taint Legal
Overview: Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married" contest. A reporter interviews Edgar and his wife Vivien who tell him about their engagement and elopement. Then Viviens father tells them that according to a law he has found in a law-book, they aren't legally married. After a series of misadventures, they learn that the law is a new one and that the Kennedy marriage is legal.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-25
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Freighters of Destiny
1931-10-29
Freighters of Destiny
Overview: A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-29
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The Night of June 13
1932-09-17
The Night of June 13
Overview: Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-17
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Dummy Ache
1936-07-10
Dummy Ache
Overview: Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming husband, suspicious of his wife, follows her for the day. Misunderstandings, mishaps, and hijinks ensue. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2013.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-10
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Sunk by the Census
1940-08-06
Sunk by the Census
Overview: Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to support him. All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. When Edgar comes home with both a cow and a phony rich widow, the results are not what Edgar planned for.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-06
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Ears of Experience
1938-01-28
Ears of Experience
Overview: In a misguided effort to get a raise and promotion from his boss, Edgar Kennedy's wife and her father talk him into leasing a swank house and putting on the ritz. A valet comes with the house and he spends a lot of time trying to soften Kennedy;s rough edges, but when he becomes to insistent about giving his master a bath, the always-irritable Kennedy throws the valet in the hot tub, clothes and all. Meanwhile, his father-in-law has been putting the squeeze on Edgar's boss, telling him that Edsgar has fallen heir to so much money he is going to buy out the business and fire his boss. So the boss comes to Edgars's home and fires him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-28
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Clock Wise
1939-03-24
Clock Wise
Overview: Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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A Millionaire for a Minute
1915-10-16
A Millionaire for a Minute
Overview: Gale, the Village Schoolmarm, wants to marry Ezekial Brown, but her Uncle objects to the match.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-16
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A Clean Sweep
1938-12-02
A Clean Sweep
Overview: Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to work everyday. He answers a want-ad for a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. He makes no sales, especially after he fills an apartment hallway with trash to demonstrate his cleaner and then finds there is no electricity to run the machine. He comes to a house where a bridal shower is being held, with his wife in attendance, and she thinks Edgar has brought the cleaner as gift for her friend. Edgar has to take the last of their money out of the bank to pay for the demo model he had. The bank manager shows up at Edgar's house to offer him his bank job back, but Edgar's wife won't let him go back, as she has found the prefect job for Edgar... selling vacuum cleaners.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-02
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A Trailer Tragedy
1940-10-17
A Trailer Tragedy
Overview: Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. Edgar discovers that Pop had failed to mail the money order he had given him for the payment. He also finds some other items Pop failed to take care of.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-17
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Wholesailing Along
1936-05-29
Wholesailing Along
Overview: Leon Errol buys a bathtub wholesale.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-29
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The Moonshiner
1920-08-11
The Moonshiner
Overview: A slapstick comedy about a hobo and his moonshine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-11
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The Chef
1921-01-11
The Chef
Overview: Billy and his pal are bank robbers who decide to lay low by taking jobs in a diner as a chef and waiter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-11
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Why Worry
1921-06-11
Why Worry
Overview: George Bunny's career as a screen comedian was an attempt to cash in on his brother, John's reputation, but George is no comedian. Here he plays a young man -- he is supposed to have been in his mid-fifties when this movie was made, but if so, he could have passed for 30 -- who heads over to a sanitarium filled with the usual crazy types, falls in love and runs off with the leading lady, all without doing anything that might be called in the least funny.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-11
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Salute
1925-10-18
Salute
Overview: Slapstick comedians doing what they can with various uniforms on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-18
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Somewhere in Sonora
1933-05-27
Somewhere in Sonora
Overview: John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Custard's Last Stand
1927-08-20
Custard's Last Stand
Overview: A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-20
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Panama Lady
1939-05-12
Panama Lady
Overview: A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-12
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Loose Ankles
1930-02-02
Loose Ankles
Overview: A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-02
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Circus Lure
1924-06-15
Circus Lure
Overview: Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a young girl, fascinated by the prospects of being a star, follows. She is engaged and her presence causes jealousy on the part of Joe's sweetheart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-15
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The Great Sensation
1925-10-01
The Great Sensation
Overview: Jack Ruby (William Fairbanks), the son of a wealthy family, pretends to be a chauffeur and goes to work for Peggy Howell (Pauline Garon), a beautiful flapper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-01
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Edgar & Goliath
1937-11-19
Edgar & Goliath
Overview: Edgar is offered $150 by a nurseryman for a tree on his property, and he plans to remove it with the tractor he won at the county fair. But his neighbor demands some of the tree money as some leafs are hanging over his property. Edgar, on the tractor, ruins a warehouse, smashes a fire hydrant, wrecks a streetcar and tears up the concrete road pavement. Edgar is hauled to court and has to pay the damages. At home, when he yanks the tree out of the ground, it crashes down upon his car.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-19
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Maid to Order
1939-09-27
Maid to Order
Overview: Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry him off and slips Edgar's picture in it. When Minerva Urecal (sporting an Italian accent) shows up, wife Vivien Oakland resists attempts to get her out of the house so she can confront the interloper and her husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-27
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Kennedy the Great
1939-12-08
Kennedy the Great
Overview: A short film about a family man who realizes he's a bore at social gatherings so he purchases a trunk full of magic tricks hoping to soon be the life of the party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-08
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Let Him Buck
1924-10-01
Let Him Buck
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-01
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S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
1925-11-01
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
Overview: S.O.S. Perils of the Sea is a 1925 American silent film featuring Elaine Hammerstein, directed by James P. Hogan and released through Columbia Pictures.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-01
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Out All Night
1927-09-04
Out All Night
Overview: A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-04
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery
1915-05-27
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery
Overview: First episode in the Lady Baffles and Detective Duck one-reel comedy series. The city is being terrorized by a mysterious female Raffles. At last, in desperation, the chief of police sends for his friend, the famous sleuth, Detective Duck. While these two are sitting in conference, Raffles, in her search for loot, enters the home of Mrs. Gotta Millun. Raffles' eyes sparkle as she takes in with delight the rich Oriental knick-knacks and furnishings. Mrs. Millun is a connoisseur. Raffles hides under a table when Mrs. Millun comes in. Mrs. Millun has just received a gift from her brother in far-off India. It is a jewel case containing eight beautiful and rare pearls as large as hen eggs. In a note accompanying them her brother explains that the jewels were part of the loot of the Britishers when they raided Oski Wow Wow, and that they were taken from a famous Indian Princess who had sworn eternal vengeance on all who thereafter possessed them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-27
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The Janitor
1921-12-16
The Janitor
Overview: Billy Franey does home brew. "The Janitor" was made during Prohibition, when ANY gags about alcohol (especially the home-brewed variety) would get loud laughs from American cinema audiences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-16
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A Shadowed Shadow
1916-11-04
A Shadowed Shadow
Overview: A 1916 Joker Comedy starring Lillian Peacock
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-04
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Under the Tonto Rim
1928-02-04
Under the Tonto Rim
Overview: Gold miner Edd Denmeade loves Lucy Watson, the sister of the official mining claim recorder. Denmeade suspects Watson of killing his father, who after a poker game was shot by a gambler "who shuffles with one hand." The real murderer, Sam Spralls, has convinced Watson that he killed Denmeade and threatens to expose him unless Watson assigns him all the gold claims. Spralls assembles a band of killers to jump the claims when Watson complies. Eventually, Denmeade learns the identity of the killer when he sees Spralls shuffle a deck of cards. He forms a vigilante party and rids the community of Spralls and his gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-04
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
1915-10-14
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
Overview: This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the temperance question, siding with the dry element. On the refusal of the Governor to sign a bill in favor of the liquor interest, the political boss tries to force the executive to his will. The Governor, after a series of thrilling experiences, thwarts the efforts of the politicians. The latter calls on Lady Baffles, who impersonates the Governor's wife and secures the executive's signature to the bill. Detective Duck, however, captures the politicians in a clever manner and beats Lady Baffles at her own game. (Moving Picture World Synopsis)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-14
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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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The Blacksmith
1922-07-21
The Blacksmith
Overview: Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-21
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Vagabond Lady
1935-05-03
Vagabond Lady
Overview: Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-03
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Uneasy Money
1917-06-02
Uneasy Money
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-02
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First Aid
1918-04-14
First Aid
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-14
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