Karen Morley
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 – March 8, 2003) was an American film actress.After working at the Pasadena Playhouse, she came to the attention of the director Clarence Brown when he was looking for an actress to stand-in for Greta Garbo in screen tests. This led to a contract with MGM and roles in such films as Mata Hari (1931), Scarface (1932), The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Arsene Lupin (1933) and Dinner at Eight (1933). In 1934, Morley left MGM after arguments about her roles and her private life. Her first film after leaving MGM was Our Daily Bread (1934) directed by King Vidor. She continued to work as a freelance performer, and appeared in Michael Curtiz's Black Fury, and The Littlest Rebel with Shirley Temple. Without the support of a studio, her roles became less frequent, however she played a supporting role in Pride and Prejudice (1940). Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Morley licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 12, 1909
Deathday: March 08, 2003
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Scarface
1932-04-09
Scarface
Overview: In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932-11-05
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Overview: The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
Genres: Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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The Phantom of Crestwood
1932-10-14
The Phantom of Crestwood
Overview: Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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The Thirteenth Hour
1947-02-06
The Thirteenth Hour
Overview: In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-06
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Framed
1947-05-25
Framed
Overview: Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-25
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Jealousy
1945-07-23
Jealousy
Overview: A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-23
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Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
Beloved Enemy
Overview: In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-25
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The Littlest Rebel
1935-12-27
The Littlest Rebel
Overview: Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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The Unknown
1946-07-04
The Unknown
Overview: "The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-04
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Black Fury
1935-05-18
Black Fury
Overview: A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-18
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Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
Gabriel Over the White House
Overview: A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
The Cuban Love Song
Overview: A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-18
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Our Daily Bread
1934-10-02
Our Daily Bread
Overview: John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-02
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Flesh
1932-12-08
Flesh
Overview: Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-08
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931-05-16
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Overview: Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-16
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Downstairs
1932-08-06
Downstairs
Overview: In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-06
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Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
Arsène Lupin
Overview: A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-26
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Are You Listening?
1932-03-21
Are You Listening?
Overview: WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-21
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The Healer
1935-06-14
The Healer
Overview: A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-14
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Politics
1931-02-26
Politics
Overview: A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-26
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Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
Straight Is the Way
Overview: Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-10
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Wednesday's Child
1934-10-26
Wednesday's Child
Overview: A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-26
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The Crime Doctor
1934-03-14
The Crime Doctor
Overview: When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well that the man is convicted of the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-14
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$10 Raise
1935-05-04
$10 Raise
Overview: A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-04
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On Such a Night
1937-08-27
On Such a Night
Overview: When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-27
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The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-11
The Last Train from Madrid
Overview: The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-11
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The Washington Masquerade
1932-07-09
The Washington Masquerade
Overview: An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-09
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M
1951-03-01
M
Overview: Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Laughing Sinners
1931-05-30
Laughing Sinners
Overview: Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-30
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Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Complicated Women
Overview: Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-06
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Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
Dinner at Eight
Overview: An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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Kentucky
1938-12-30
Kentucky
Overview: Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-30
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Overview: Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-23
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Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26
Pride and Prejudice
Overview: Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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Devil's Squadron
1936-04-30
Devil's Squadron
Overview: In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, his daughter is left to run the company. The company seems to be producing dangerous prototypes, so the woman decides to close the company.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-30
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Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15
Born to the Saddle
Overview: A naïve, recently-orphaned young man discovers he's being used as a pawn in a crooked gambler's plan to rig a July 4 horserace. Western.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-15
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Daybreak
1931-05-02
Daybreak
Overview: An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-02
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Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16
Thunder in the Night
Overview: Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-16
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High Stakes
1931-08-18
High Stakes
Overview: High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-18
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
1937-05-30
The Girl from Scotland Yard
Overview: A female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-30
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Man About Town
1932-05-22
Man About Town
Overview: In a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a gambling house. He soon finds himself in a rivalry with his old friend the British ambassador over a beautiful Hungarian woman, and it leads to espionage, blackmail and murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-22
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Strangers May Kiss
1931-04-04
Strangers May Kiss
Overview: After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advice of her happily married aunt Celia -- who encourages her to demand a serious commitment -- Lisbeth continues to see Alan, even after she hears he may have a wife in France. When Alan's work sends him abroad, a lovesick Lisbeth struggles to understand her feelings.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Inspiration
1931-01-31
Inspiration
Overview: The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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Mata Hari
1931-12-26
Mata Hari
Overview: A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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Outcast
1937-02-05
Outcast
Overview: A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-05
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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