Carroll Nye
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Carroll Nye (October 4, 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944. His mother, Myra Nye, worked for the Los Angeles Times. Carroll was educated at the University of California and later became a reporter and radio editor with the Times like his mother. However, he went into film business in 1924. At the beginning of his career he had a score of leading man roles in Hollywood opposite such silent screen stars as Anita Page and Corinne Griffith. In his late career, he played usually small roles, perhaps most memorably as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in Gone with the Wind (1939). His film career ended in 1944 with an uncredited role in Wilson. Nye also worked with Groucho Marx at CBS. After his film career, Nye served as a Hollywood newscaster and publicity man. He was married to actress Helen Lynch since 1928, but the marriage ended in divorce. He later married a woman named Dorothy, mentioned on his gravestone at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. His brother was respected Hollywood makeup artist Ben Nye.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 04, 1901
Deathday: March 17, 1974
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Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
Gone with the Wind
Overview: The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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The Earth Woman
1926-04-04
The Earth Woman
Overview: The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-04
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The Perfect Crime
1928-08-04
The Perfect Crime
Overview: A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-04
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Overview: Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Genres: Drama Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-18
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Kosher Kitty Kelly
1926-09-05
Kosher Kitty Kelly
Overview: The story is a variation on the Abie's Irish Rose theme, detailing the marriage between an Irish Catholic and a Jew.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-05
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Madame X
1929-08-17
Madame X
Overview: A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-17
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A Race for Life
1928-01-28
A Race for Life
Overview: Rinty becomes the best pal of juvenile "human" hero Danny O'Shea. Their devotion to one another is proven beyond doubt when Danny is threatened by kidnappers.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-28
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Rinty of the Desert
1928-04-20
Rinty of the Desert
Overview: Rinty rescues heroine June and hero Pat from all manner of desert dangers, both natural and man-made. The film's high point of tension finds the canine star rescuing Nye from a deep pit.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-20
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Neck and Neck
1931-11-04
Neck and Neck
Overview: Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck when he wins a racehorse during a poker game. This enables him to enjoy the lifestyle he has been bragging about for so long. While in high society, he falls for Norma, whose father is big in racing circles.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-04
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Kentucky Moonshine
1938-05-20
Kentucky Moonshine
Overview: The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-20
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The Black Diamond Express
1927-06-04
The Black Diamond Express
Overview: Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne Harmon, whose snobbish, high society mother, Mrs. Harmon, does not approve of the blue-collar, rough-at-the-edges Dan Foster as a suitable husband for Jeanne.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-04
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The Lottery Bride
1930-09-29
The Lottery Bride
Overview: Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-29
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The Squall
1929-05-09
The Squall
Overview: A fiesty, sexy and manipulative gypsy disrupts the lives of a conservative farm family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-09
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The Impostor
1926-04-18
The Impostor
Overview: The debauched son of a wealthy family, Dick Gilbert, is forced to raise money to pay off gambling debts and uses a valuable family jewel as security for a loan from Prince Borkoff, but it is stolen by Morris, a gambler.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-18
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Craig's Wife
1928-09-16
Craig's Wife
Overview: Harriet Craig, whose obsession with material possessions and immaculate neatness results in misery for all concerned. Harriet's husband remains blind to his wife's selfishness-until his eyes are opened when he is implicated in a double murder...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-16
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Sons of the Saddle
1930-08-03
Sons of the Saddle
Overview: Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie, the rancher's daughter, though he is unaware that Harvey, a youthful cowhand, also loves her. Thus, Jim asks the boy, whom he protects like a brother, to speak for him. When he is spurned by Ronnie, Harvey decides to join Red Slade's gang, who are plotting a raid on the Wind River herd. As Jim forcibly attempts to separate him from the gang, Harvey is killed; and through the aid of his horse, Tarzan, Jim foils Slade's attempt to stampede the herd. Slade takes refuge in a wagon where Ronnie is hiding; Jim rescues Ronnie from the wagon just before the runaway team plunges over a cliff with Slade riding to his doom.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-03
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Light Fingers
1929-07-29
Light Fingers
Overview: "Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper petty thief.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-29
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The Bishop Murder Case
1929-12-31
The Bishop Murder Case
Overview: The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-31
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While the City Sleeps
1928-02-15
While the City Sleeps
Overview: A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-15
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The Flying Fleet
1929-01-19
The Flying Fleet
Overview: Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-19
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Temptation's Workshop
1932-01-20
Temptation's Workshop
Overview: A wealthy family loses all of its money, but a foreign count who has married into the family helps them out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-20
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Jazzland
1928-12-01
Jazzland
Overview: Fighting the invasion of their small New England town by a big city--type nightclub, the Jazzland, a young newspaperman and his brother endeavor to learn the identity of the club's owner...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-01
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Classified
1925-10-11
Classified
Overview: Babs Comet is employed by the classified ad department of the daily paper and uses her looks and position to get a husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-11
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Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28
Traveling Saleslady
Overview: A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-28
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Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936-09-18
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Overview: A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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Sing, Baby, Sing
1936-08-21
Sing, Baby, Sing
Overview: The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-21
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The Trail Blazers
1940-11-11
The Trail Blazers
Overview: The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor's attempts to sabotage the lines.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-11
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Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Blossoms in the Dust
Overview: Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-15
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The Girl in the Glass Cage
1929-06-23
The Girl in the Glass Cage
Overview: A pretty young cashier at a movie theater has a few problems--a local thug is interested in her and won't leave her alone, and she discovers that her uncle is stealing the box-office receipts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-23
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The Girl from Chicago
1927-11-09
The Girl from Chicago
Overview: Mary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from Bob, her brother, in New York, stating that he faces death in the electric chair for a crime of which he claims to be innocent. Determined to save him, she goes there, learns of his association with an underworld gang, and begins to suspect Handsome Joe of a connection with the crime.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-09
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Buyer Beware
1940-08-17
Buyer Beware
Overview: This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-17
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Hot Water
1937-09-24
Hot Water
Overview: The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-24
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Safety in Numbers
1938-05-30
Safety in Numbers
Overview: The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-30
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Little Mickey Grogan
1927-12-27
Little Mickey Grogan
Overview: The main plot concerns an architect who, when he begins losing his eyesight, worries that he is on the verge of losing his girl as well. The fact that the heroine is spending time with a burly prizefighter would seem to confirm this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-27
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The Sporting Age
1928-03-02
The Sporting Age
Overview: Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll (Holmes Herbert), whose wife, Miriam Driscoll (Belle Bennett), has been having an affair with his young male secretary Phillip Kingston )Carroll Nye), regains his eyesight. He keeps this from his wife, who continues her affair. Finally, he invites his young niece Nancy Driscoll (Josephine Borio) in the hopes she will fall for Philip and vice-versa. His ploy works, James reveals he can see again, and husband and wife are reconciled.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-02
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Her Honor, the Governor
1926-07-19
Her Honor, the Governor
Overview: The only son of Gov. Adele Fenway, Bob, is engaged to Marian Lee, and at a dinner Adele announces her intention of giving them a wedding house. Having refused to support a water power bill endorsed by Jim Dornton, the political boss of the state, the governor is threatened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-19
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The Heart of Maryland
1927-07-13
The Heart of Maryland
Overview: At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick, son of a Virginia general, and Capt. Fulton Thorpe. Nancy, whom Thorpe has loved unwisely, follows him to Washington and commits suicide when she learns he will not marry her; as a result, Alan is forced to request his resignation. When Fort Sumter is fired upon, Alan, who admires Lincoln's principles, joins the Union Army though his father is among the Secessionist leaders; as a result, he is estranged from Maryland. Thorpe, who has joined the Confederacy as a spy, is responsible for Alan's arrest, but Maryland victoriously comes to his aid by ringing the alarm bell.
Genres: Action Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-13
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The One Way Trail
1931-10-15
The One Way Trail
Overview: Tim thinks saloon owner Coldeye killed his brother. Seeking the ultimate payback, Tim gets a job in the saloon but has no idea he is targeting the wrong man.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-15
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The Silver Slave
1927-11-12
The Silver Slave
Overview: Bernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth, turns down Richards' proposal after the death of her husband, and she is denounced by him as a slave to silver. Lavishing the greater part of her fortune on her daughter, Janet, Bernice determines to give her the advantages she herself lacked. Despite her mother's disapproval, Janet scorns the affection of Larry Martin, a life-long friend, after meeting Philip Caldwell, a wealthy sophisticate. Worried over Janet's growing attachment to Philip, Bernice determines to win Caldwell from her daughter, and in a confrontation involving the girl and Richards, now a millionaire, Janet is disillusioned in her mother and Caldwell. Learning of her mother's sacrifice, Janet forgives her and finds happiness with Larry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-12
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Land of the Silver Fox
1928-10-18
Land of the Silver Fox
Overview: Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the far north.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-18
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The Devil Bear
1929-02-19
The Devil Bear
Overview: A ship's captain keeps a tame gorilla as a pet. During a mutiny the captain is injured by a blow and the gorilla saves him by hiding him in a cave. As others try to get close things get heated.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-19
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The Lawless Woman
1931-05-05
The Lawless Woman
Overview: Dancer June Page is charged with the murder of gangster "Honest Ed" Baker. Allan Perry, an ambitious journalist at the dawn of his career, seeks at all costs to cover the case to obtain exclusivity and impress his hierarchy. He falls in love with the young woman, but Ed Baker's former friends, determined to take revenge, have not said their last word ...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-05
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Powder My Back
1928-03-10
Powder My Back
Overview: Rex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is immoral. Indignant, Fritzi Foy, star of the comedy, determines to revenge herself on Hale. Gaining entrance to his home by pretending to be injured in an automobile accident, Fritzi has Claude, her press agent, masquerade as a doctor and advise that she should not be disturbed until she has completely recovered. Hale is enraged, but his son, Jack, falls in love with Fritzi though he is already engaged to Ruth Stevens, an attractive flapper. When she sees that her plan has caused unhappiness for an innocent person, Fritzi dissuades Jack, who returns to his old sweetheart; she ends up with the mayor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-10
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