Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 09, 1893
Deathday: September 15, 1958
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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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Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
Kid Galahad
Overview: Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-29
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The World Moves On
1934-06-27
The World Moves On
Overview: Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-27
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Gigolettes of Paris
1933-10-05
Gigolettes of Paris
Overview: Silent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed by character actor Alphonse Martell. In love with a rich customer, Count Albert Valraine (Theodore Von Eltz), salesgirl Suzanne Ricord accepts his engagement ring, but when she fails to understand "the rules of the game," as he puts it, the caddish Valraine demands that she return the bauble.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-05
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Condemned to Live
1935-09-15
Condemned to Live
Overview: After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-15
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My Pal, the King
1932-04-03
My Pal, the King
Overview: The king of a European country, who is a child, meets the cowboy star of a traveling circus.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-03
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Four Sons
1928-02-13
Four Sons
Overview: A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-13
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Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06
Ready, Willing and Able
Overview: Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-06
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Madame X
1937-10-01
Madame X
Overview: An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Fugitive in the Sky
1936-11-28
Fugitive in the Sky
Overview: Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Genres: Mystery Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-28
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937-06-08
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Overview: A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-08
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The Case of the Black Cat
1936-10-31
The Case of the Black Cat
Overview: Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-31
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'G' Men
1935-05-04
'G' Men
Overview: James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-04
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936-01-11
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Overview: A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-11
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Oil for the Lamps of China
1935-06-08
Oil for the Lamps of China
Overview: An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-08
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Guns of the Pecos
1936-12-28
Guns of the Pecos
Overview: A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-28
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Never Say Die
1939-03-08
Never Say Die
Overview: Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-08
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Overview: FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-06
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Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
Thunder Afloat
Overview: A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Genres: Action Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-15
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Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
Espionage Agent
Overview: When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Genres: Drama War Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-30
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While the Patient Slept
1935-03-09
While the Patient Slept
Overview: A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-09
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The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
The Preview Murder Mystery
Overview: Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-28
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Worldly Goods
1930-07-31
Worldly Goods
Overview: A businessman who has devoted his whole life to obtaining money and power finds that he can't buy the one thing he craves: love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-31
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Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
Submarine Patrol
Overview: A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Riley the Cop
1928-11-25
Riley the Cop
Overview: In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-25
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British Intelligence
1939-11-10
British Intelligence
Overview: During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Smart Blonde
1937-01-02
Smart Blonde
Overview: Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-02
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Two Against the World
1936-07-11
Two Against the World
Overview: Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-11
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This Land Is Mine
1943-05-07
This Land Is Mine
Overview: Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-07
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The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
The Florentine Dagger
Overview: A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-30
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Talent Scout
1937-07-24
Talent Scout
Overview: A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-24
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Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
Mystery Sea Raider
Overview: June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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Fugitive Road
1934-08-22
Fugitive Road
Overview: An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he becomes involved in a war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-22
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Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Action in the North Atlantic
Overview: Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-12
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Above Suspicion
1943-05-31
Above Suspicion
Overview: Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-31
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Hell's Angels
1930-11-15
Hell's Angels
Overview: When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Mission to Moscow
Overview: Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935-12-19
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Overview: In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-19
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Blaze o' Glory
1929-12-30
Blaze o' Glory
Overview: On trial for the murder of Carl Hummel, Eddie Williams tells his story, which begins just before the World War
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-30
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Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13
Don't Bet on Blondes
Overview: Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-13
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The Gallant Fool
1926-12-01
The Gallant Fool
Overview: A young American arrives in Valdonia to collect a debt which the kingdom owes to his millionaire father. He impersonates a Valdonian prince for a day and wins the love of Princess Iris, the queen of the kingdom.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-01
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