William H. Strauss
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 13, 1885
Deathday: August 05, 1943
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Roaring Road
1926-05-01
Roaring Road
Overview: A young racing driver combines the best features of two rival cars, thus producing an automobile which is the best entry in the race. He triumphs over the other contestants, incidentally winning the girl of his heart.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-01
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Ladies at Ease
1927-08-15
Ladies at Ease
Overview: Polly (Pauline Garon) and Gert (Gertrude Short) are a pair of lingerie models, ever on the prowl for boyfriends. When the girls "steal" the sweethearts of vaudeville's Dotty Sisters (Lillian Hackett, Jean Van Vliet), the Dottys retaliate by getting our heroines fired.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-15
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The Jazz Cinderella
1930-09-01
The Jazz Cinderella
Overview: Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most dismayed when she learns that Herbert has fallen in love with Pat Murray, a model in Darrow's dress shop. Pat's emphatic refusal to take Mrs. Carter's "suggestion" that she give up Herbert leads to her being fired, and she reluctantly accepts Herbert's invitation to weekend at the Carter country home. Finally realizing the hopelessness of the situation, Pat makes a spectacle of herself at a party; but Herbert is not fooled, and their love triumphs.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-01
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Golden Boy
1939-09-05
Golden Boy
Overview: Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-05
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Private Izzy Murphy
1926-10-30
Private Izzy Murphy
Overview: Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannigan, the daughter of a meat-packer, and he tells her he is Irish and a romance begins. When America enters World War I, "Izzy" enlists, is sent to France, and is wounded while engaged in a heroic rescue during a big battle. While recovering in an overseas hospital, he writes Eileen and tells her he is Jewish and not Irish. Returning home, he is parading with his regiment and he sees Eileen with Robert O'Malley, his old rival. He thinks she has thrown him over because he is Jewish. An Irish lodge comes to bestow an honor on the man they think is Patrick Murphy, an Irish hero. But O'Malley tells them his real name is Goldberg. But Eileen tels him it is he she loves, and they head for the marriage-license bureau.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-30
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The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
The Mayor of Hell
Overview: Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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Hard to Handle
1933-01-28
Hard to Handle
Overview: A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-28
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Millionaires
1926-10-01
Millionaires
Overview: Meyer Rubens and his wife, Esther, own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther wants to move on up to the Upper West Side. She has a rich sister, Reba, who persuades Meyer to invest in the worthless oil stock sold by her husband. The stock proves to be not worthless and Meyer and Esther become overnight millionaires. But Reba thinks Meyer, who has no taste for high society, is holding her sister back socially, so she devises some schemes that involve catching Meyer in a compromising situation with other women, so her sister can file for a divorce.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-01
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The Reckless Way
1936-02-01
The Reckless Way
Overview: The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-01
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Love in High Gear
1932-05-01
Love in High Gear
Overview: A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-01
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Ankles Preferred
1927-02-27
Ankles Preferred
Overview: Nora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and they announce that Nora may be given a trip abroad if she persuades their financer to lend the partners additional funds. The financer, Hornsbee, becomes presumptuous, leading to an encounter between him and Barney, Nora's young suitor; and she is ultimately glad to accept Barney's modest attentions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-27
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Five Star Final
1931-09-26
Five Star Final
Overview: Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-26
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One More Spring
1935-02-15
One More Spring
Overview: Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-15
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The Texas Rangers
1936-08-28
The Texas Rangers
Overview: Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932-11-09
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Overview: A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-09
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Lucky Boy
1929-02-02
Lucky Boy
Overview: A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-02
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The Shamrock and the Rose
1927-04-14
The Shamrock and the Rose
Overview: The neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their youngsters fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-14
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Sally in Our Alley
1927-09-02
Sally in Our Alley
Overview: Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. However, this happy home is broken up when Sally wealthy aunt appears on the scene and takes Sally back to her luxurious penthouse in order to give her the advantages of money and social position. But Sally's heart is back across the river with her plumber sweetheart, Jimmie Adams.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-02
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The Law of the Snow Country
1926-04-01
The Law of the Snow Country
Overview: Northwest Mounted Policeman faces many obstacles in attempting to apprehend a murderer. He miraculously escapes ambush and learns of the dying murderer's name. After a thrilling fight he secures a confession from his man and saves the girl from disaster.
Genres: Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-01
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The Public Enemy
1931-04-23
The Public Enemy
Overview: Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-23
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The Rawhide Kid
1928-01-29
The Rawhide Kid
Overview: Good cowboy vs. bad cowboy in this romantic adventure.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-29
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So This Is Love
1928-02-06
So This Is Love
Overview: So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp. After business hours, Jerry secretly takes boxing lessons, enabling him to knock the stuffings out of his burly rival Spike Mullins (Johnnie Walker). Jerry's newfound pugilistic skills wins him the affections of store clerk Hilda Jensen (Shirley Mason), who's just car-razy about "cave men." Filmed in a fast three weeks, So This is Love? was completed before Frank Capra's Matinee Idol but released afterward. Leading lady Shirley Mason was the sister of Viola Dana, who starred in Capra's initial Columbia effort, That Certain Thing.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-06
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Skinner's Dress Suit
1926-04-18
Skinner's Dress Suit
Overview: Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing his contract. He doesn't get the raise, but he's too embarrassed to tell his wife the truth. She starts making plans to spend that extra $10 a week; the first thing is a new dress suit for him and a new outfit for her so they can fit in at a swanky party. They're the hit of the party, and Honey is embraced by the 'smart set.' Meanwhile, business is bad and Skinner loses his job. The tailor is after him for payment on the suit, and Honey is still spending the salary he doesn't have.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-18
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Beloved
1934-01-22
Beloved
Overview: Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-22
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Smiling Irish Eyes
1929-07-22
Smiling Irish Eyes
Overview: A 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-22
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The North Wind's Malice
1920-10-17
The North Wind's Malice
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-17
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