David Burns
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 22, 1901
Deathday: March 12, 1971
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Let's Make Love
1960-09-08
Let's Make Love
Overview: When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-08
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The Queen's Affair
1934-03-01
The Queen's Affair
Overview: 'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-01
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That Goes Double
1933-07-29
That Goes Double
Overview: Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical short film.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-29
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The Gang's All Here
1939-03-04
The Gang's All Here
Overview: John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-04
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The Saint in London
1939-06-30
The Saint in London
Overview: Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
1971-06-15
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Overview: A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-15
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Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
Knock on Wood
Overview: Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-06
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Eggs
1971-10-01
Eggs
Overview: The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-01
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Rendezvous
1935-10-25
Rendezvous
Overview: A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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St. Martin's Lane
1938-10-18
St. Martin's Lane
Overview: On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-18
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Hey! Hey! USA
1938-10-01
Hey! Hey! USA
Overview: While working as a porter Benjamin Twists mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the USA. Upon landing on the American coast Twist takes up work as a professor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-01
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The Price
1971-02-03
The Price
Overview: After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’ estate. His wife, Esther, his brother, Walter, and a canny furniture dealer have their own agendas. Victor must finally deal with his sacrifice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-03
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All American Drawback
1935-10-05
All American Drawback
Overview: The Dean and Board of Flunk Well College are arguing with its football coach, Bergen, about the team's star player, Charlie McCarthy, who is the only reason the team is a winning one, but who isn't doing well academically and could be pulled from the team if his grades and behavior don't improve. In other words, Charlie is a dummy in more ways than one. Beyond other problems Coach Bergen has with Charlie concerning the coach's girlfriend Joan, Coach Bergen has to get Charlie prepared to pass an exam administered by the Dean. Instead of cheating like he usually does, Charlie has his own way of dealing with the exam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-05
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A Girl Must Live
1939-09-24
A Girl Must Live
Overview: A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-24
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A Gentleman's Gentleman
1939-05-17
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Overview: A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-17
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Romance in Rhythm
1934-01-01
Romance in Rhythm
Overview: In this British crime drama, a nightclub chorine jilts her old boyfriend, a musician, in favor of a new fiancé. Not long after, her new love is murdered. Although the prime suspect is the musician, he is not the guilty party.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
It's Always Fair Weather
Overview: Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-30
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Deep in My Heart
1954-12-09
Deep in My Heart
Overview: Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-09
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The Sky’s the Limit
1937-01-01
The Sky’s the Limit
Overview: Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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Just like a Woman
1939-11-16
Just like a Woman
Overview: A group of private detectives working for a jeweler pursue a gang of thieves in Argentina.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-16
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The Path of Glory
1934-10-08
The Path of Glory
Overview: Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-08
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De Luxe Annie
1918-05-19
De Luxe Annie
Overview: A 1918 film directed by Roland West.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-19
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Once Upon a Horse...
1958-09-01
Once Upon a Horse...
Overview: Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-01
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Crime Over London
1936-10-21
Crime Over London
Overview: With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
Genres: Adventure Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-21
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The Tiger Makes Out
1967-08-18
The Tiger Makes Out
Overview: During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns he has been paying rent to a woman who hasn't owned his building in 6 years. No longer able to endure the injustices of society, he decides to activate the ferocious tiger within himself by abducting a helpless female and dragging her back to his lair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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Move
1970-07-31
Move
Overview: A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-31
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Four Boys and a Gun
1957-01-11
Four Boys and a Gun
Overview: The moving story of four young men struggling against overwhelming odds to remain honest. When their crooked employer shorts their earnings; they turn to crime, their first theft ending in tragedy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-11
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Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
1969-11-21
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
Overview: A down-on-his-luck writer publishes a best-selling, but lurid novel under a pseudonym and discovers that his fictional personae has suddenly appeared and taken on a life of his own.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-21
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The Return of Carol Deane
1938-08-16
The Return of Carol Deane
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-16
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Spring Handicap
1937-10-18
Spring Handicap
Overview: A wife tries to prevent her husband, a miner, from gambling away the money he receives as an inheritance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-18
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The Live Wire
1938-06-13
The Live Wire
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-13
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