John Holland
Biography: John Holland (May 16, 1908 – May 21, 1993) was an American actor and singer. John Holland was born Harold Boggess in Fremont, Nebraska. He adopted his grandfather's name John Holland as a stage name. He began acting in Hollywood films in 1937, and later appeared on numerous television series, including Hawaiian Eye, Wagon Train, and Perry Mason. His most notable film credits were My Fair Lady (1964), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), and Chinatown (1974). In addition to film and television, Holland acted in musical theater, such as the Broadway production of Peter Pan (1954), and in plays, such as the touring company of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He received positive reviews for his performance in a concert titled "The California Night of Music" in Los Angeles in September 1937. He often gave free concerts during visits to his parents in Alton, Illinois, accompanied by his father, organist Newton Boggess. John Holland died on May 21, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at age 85. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birthday: May 17, 1908
Deathday: May 21, 1993
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Phantom of Chinatown
1940-11-18
Phantom of Chinatown
Overview: In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-18
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Take a Letter, Darling
1942-05-06
Take a Letter, Darling
Overview: A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-06
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Blonde Ice
1948-07-24
Blonde Ice
Overview: A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-24
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The Girl in Black Stockings
1957-09-24
The Girl in Black Stockings
Overview: Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-24
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Invisible Agent
1942-08-07
Invisible Agent
Overview: The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
A Gathering of Eagles
Overview: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-21
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Up in the Air
1940-09-09
Up in the Air
Overview: A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-09
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The Madmen of Mandoras
1963-11-13
The Madmen of Mandoras
Overview: A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. The Nazis plan to release a deadly gas destroying all life on the planet. To ensure their success they kidnap Professor Coleman the only man on the planet with the antidote to the poison gas.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-13
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King Richard and the Crusaders
1954-08-07
King Richard and the Crusaders
Overview: Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-07
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My Blood Runs Cold
1965-03-24
My Blood Runs Cold
Overview: Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-24
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The High Powered Rifle
1960-09-01
The High Powered Rifle
Overview: A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer whom he believes has targeted him for death.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968-08-18
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Overview: At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s, the time has come, so a top scientist is kidnapped in order to help keep Hitler alive. This film is a re-edit of The Madmen of Mandoras released in theaters in 1963.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-18
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Join the Marines
1937-01-25
Join the Marines
Overview: New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the team. Joining the Marines to win the Colonel's approval many adventures follow.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-25
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Uncle Joe
1941-10-18
Uncle Joe
Overview: A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-18
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Paradise Express
1937-02-24
Paradise Express
Overview: A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-24
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My Fair Lady
1964-10-21
My Fair Lady
Overview: A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-21
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Chinatown
1974-06-20
Chinatown
Overview: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-20
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From Noon Till Three
1976-08-01
From Noon Till Three
Overview: Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-01
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Second Chance
1950-09-06
Second Chance
Overview: A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look back on what has happened to them over the years of their marriage.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-06
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Lost in the Stars
1974-04-08
Lost in the Stars
Overview: A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-08
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Circus Girl
1937-03-01
Circus Girl
Overview: A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-01
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Pot o' Gold
1941-04-03
Pot o' Gold
Overview: Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-03
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The Voice of the Turtle
1947-12-25
The Voice of the Turtle
Overview: An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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Balalaika
1939-12-15
Balalaika
Overview: A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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Big Town After Dark
1947-12-12
Big Town After Dark
Overview: A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-12
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Behind Locked Doors
1948-09-13
Behind Locked Doors
Overview: Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence, posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-13
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My Dear Secretary
1948-11-05
My Dear Secretary
Overview: A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Rio Grande Patrol
1950-10-20
Rio Grande Patrol
Overview: Fowler is smuggling guns across the border and his buyer is the outlaw Bragg. The guns are hidden in the luggage of the girls that come to work in his saloon. Border guards Kansas and Chito, along with Mexican Captain Trevinom suspect them and they are trying to find the guns.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-20
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Overview: Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-24
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Fear No Evil
1981-01-19
Fear No Evil
Overview: Brilliant and aloof teenager Andrew is always the butt of his classmates' jokes — but little do they know that he is actually the demon Lucifer. As the evil wells up within him, he avenges himself in acts of demonic murder and destruction. But his foe, the archangel Gabriel, has assumed the form of 18 year old student Julie.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-19
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Massacre River
1949-06-26
Massacre River
Overview: Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-26
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The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
The Three Musketeers
Overview: Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-20
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Our Wife
1941-08-20
Our Wife
Overview: A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-20
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House of Errors
1942-04-10
House of Errors
Overview: Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his long career in this roughhewn but amusing World War II farce released by Poverty Row company PRC. Langdon and Charles "Buddy" Rogers are newspaper messengers helping reporter Ray Walker obtain an interview with journalist-hating inventor Richard Kipling. But before they know it, Harry and Buddy become unwittingly involved in plans to steal the professor's newest invention: a machine gun.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-10
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Air Patrol
1962-07-17
Air Patrol
Overview: L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-17
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Rock Island Trail
1950-05-18
Rock Island Trail
Overview: A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-18
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Lucky Legs
1942-10-01
Lucky Legs
Overview: Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-01
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Call of the Canyon
1942-08-17
Call of the Canyon
Overview: A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-17
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Sons of Adventure
1948-09-01
Sons of Adventure
Overview: This western mystery offers a behind-the-scenes look at movie making. The trouble begins when a cowboy star is mysteriously killed on the set. A detective investigates and becomes determined to save the prime suspect. Despite the terrible danger he faces, the investigator does not stop until the real culprit has been apprehended and justice is served.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Law of the Golden West
1949-05-23
Law of the Golden West
Overview: Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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Don Winslow of the Navy
1942-01-06
Don Winslow of the Navy
Overview: A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under orders from an unknown leader.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-06
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Sky Raiders
1941-04-08
Sky Raiders
Overview: Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. Enemy spies attempt to steal, sabotage and discredit the inventions and founders of the company.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-08
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Lust to Kill
1958-09-28
Lust to Kill
Overview: A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by lawmen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-28
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The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
The Strongest Man in the World
Overview: Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-06
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The Naked Brigade
1965-04-01
The Naked Brigade
Overview: A British girl is trapped on the island of Crete when the Germans invade it.
Genres: War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Open the Door and See all the People
1964-03-25
Open the Door and See all the People
Overview: Based on Jerome Hill's unpublished novel, Peacock Feathers, this ensemble piece focuses on the relationship between two aging sisters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-25
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State Department: File 649
1949-02-11
State Department: File 649
Overview: Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and when escape is clearly impossible, Seeley blows up the outlaw's headquarters, losing his own life in doing so.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-11
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Peter Pan
1960-12-08
Peter Pan
Overview: In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael and John Darling. With a sprinkling of pixie dust, Peter and his new friends fly out the nursery window and over London to Never-Never Land. The children experience many wonderful and exciting adventures with the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily's Indian tribe, and Peter's arch enemy the dastardly pirate Captain Hook.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-08
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Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
Romance on the High Seas
Overview: Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-25
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Dangerous Lady
1941-09-12
Dangerous Lady
Overview: Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clear a girl falsely convicted of murdering a judge. Two people who know the truth are killed and 'Duke' Is shot at. Despite some interference by Police-Sergeant Brent, and a dangerous automobile chase and 'Duke' and Phyllis finding themselves prisoners of the real murderers, the case is solved.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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She's in the Army
1942-05-15
She's in the Army
Overview: A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a newspaper columnist, who wagered $5000 that she couldn't last six weeks.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-15
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Police Nurse
1963-06-01
Police Nurse
Overview: While investigating his wife's sudden death, a policeman becomes involved with shady doctors and black-market racketeers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-01
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967-03-09
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Overview: A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-09
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