Rags Ragland
Biography: Rags Ragland was a boxer, then a burlesque comedian and then a Broadway performer before ending up in Hollywood to repeat his stage role as the boisterous sailor in Panama Hattie (1942), in which Ann Sothern played on film the part that had been played on Broadway by Ethel Merman. Ragland, typecast as a good-natured oaf with a knack for fracturing the English language, had as his sole movie employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in some two dozen of whose lighter vehicles he appeared, in the company of such MGM luminaries as Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. Date of Birth 23 August 1905, Louisville, Kentucky Date of Death 20 August 1946, Los Angeles, California (uremic poisoning)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 23, 1905
Deathday: August 20, 1946
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Girl Crazy
1943-11-26
Girl Crazy
Overview: Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray, who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-26
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Du Barry was a Lady
1943-08-13
Du Barry was a Lady
Overview: Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-13
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Overview: When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-05
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945-11-11
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Overview: In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-11
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The Canterville Ghost
1944-07-20
The Canterville Ghost
Overview: The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-20
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The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
The Hoodlum Saint
Overview: A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-04
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Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
Whistling in the Dark
Overview: The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-08
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Whistling in Brooklyn
1943-12-01
Whistling in Brooklyn
Overview: Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Whistling in Dixie
1942-12-31
Whistling in Dixie
Overview: Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-31
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Meet the People
1944-06-01
Meet the People
Overview: A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-01
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Born to Sing
1942-02-18
Born to Sing
Overview: A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-18
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Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Maisie Gets Her Man
Overview: Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-01
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Panama Hattie
1942-09-30
Panama Hattie
Overview: Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-30
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3 Men in White
1944-05-25
3 Men in White
Overview: Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competition. Lee's assignment is a small girl who falls ill whenever she eats candy. Red has to cure a girl's mother of a debilitating case of arthritis. But when Red needs Lee's help, will either one live with Gillespie's choice?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-25
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Anchors Aweigh
1945-08-13
Anchors Aweigh
Overview: Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-13
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Somewhere I'll Find You
1942-08-27
Somewhere I'll Find You
Overview: Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-27
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Overview: Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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Sunday Punch
1942-05-08
Sunday Punch
Overview: Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-08
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Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
Ringside Maisie
Overview: Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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