Fredric March
Biography: Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fredric March, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: August 31, 1897
Deathday: April 15, 1975
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
The Best Years of Our Lives
Overview: It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-24
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Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
Inherit the Wind
Overview: Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-07
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932-08-25
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
Overview: In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master of ceremonies, Fredric March, brings on the various acts, starting with a pre-teen Mitzi Green), dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" , followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing-and-dancing to "The Girl Who Used to be You." Then the Three Brox Sisters do a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing 'Falling in Love Again." 'Jack Duffy' does a drunken hillbilly bit involving a lamp post, the the finale has Eddie Peabody, playing a banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-25
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Seven Days in May
1964-02-01
Seven Days in May
Overview: A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
A Star Is Born
Overview: Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-27
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I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
I Married a Witch
Overview: A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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Hombre
1967-03-21
Hombre
Overview: John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-21
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Overview: Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-12
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954-12-01
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Overview: A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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The Education of Elizabeth
1921-01-16
The Education of Elizabeth
Overview: Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-16
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The Iceman Cometh
1973-11-10
The Iceman Cometh
Overview: Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-10
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Alexander the Great
1956-03-28
Alexander the Great
Overview: An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Genres: Adventure History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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Executive Suite
1954-04-30
Executive Suite
Overview: When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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An Act of Murder
1948-12-05
An Act of Murder
Overview: A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-05
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Death Takes a Holiday
1934-03-30
Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-30
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Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
Nothing Sacred
Overview: When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-25
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Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
Anthony Adverse
Overview: Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-26
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Susan and God
1940-06-07
Susan and God
Overview: A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-07
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Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28
Mary of Scotland
Overview: The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-28
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934-09-21
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Overview: Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-21
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Les Misérables
1935-04-20
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-20
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The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05
The Desperate Hours
Overview: Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-05
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The Wild Party
1929-04-06
The Wild Party
Overview: Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-06
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The Sign of the Cross
1932-11-30
The Sign of the Cross
Overview: After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-30
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Bedtime Story
1941-12-25
Bedtime Story
Overview: A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-25
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There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
There Goes My Heart
Overview: An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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The Eagle and the Hawk
1933-05-06
The Eagle and the Hawk
Overview: The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-06
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Merrily We Go to Hell
1932-06-10
Merrily We Go to Hell
Overview: A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-10
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Anna Karenina
1935-08-30
Anna Karenina
Overview: In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-30
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It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
It's a Big Country
Overview: Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-20
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Smilin' Through
1932-09-24
Smilin' Through
Overview: On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-24
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One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
One Foot in Heaven
Overview: Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-01
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Tick... Tick... Tick...
1970-01-09
Tick... Tick... Tick...
Overview: Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-09
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Design for Living
1933-12-29
Design for Living
Overview: An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-29
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The Great Adventure
1921-01-06
The Great Adventure
Overview: An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-06
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Tomorrow, the World!
1944-12-29
Tomorrow, the World!
Overview: German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-29
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944-07-20
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Overview: A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-20
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The Dark Angel
1935-09-08
The Dark Angel
Overview: Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-08
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The Royal Family of Broadway
1930-12-22
The Royal Family of Broadway
Overview: Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-22
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Sarah and Son
1930-03-14
Sarah and Son
Overview: A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-14
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Death of a Salesman
1951-12-20
Death of a Salesman
Overview: Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to make amends with his family, but his biggest struggle is to make peace with himself over a failed dream of financial success.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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The Road to Glory
1936-09-04
The Road to Glory
Overview: The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-04
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Man on a Tightrope
1953-05-21
Man on a Tightrope
Overview: The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-21
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Middle of the Night
1959-05-20
Middle of the Night
Overview: Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-20
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The Affairs of Cellini
1934-08-24
The Affairs of Cellini
Overview: The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-24
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Albert Schweitzer
1957-11-22
Albert Schweitzer
Overview: This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go to French Equatorial Africa and build his jungle hospital. The latter half of the film encompasses a full day in the hospital-village, following the octogenarian Samaritan in his daily rounds.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
The Buccaneer
Overview: French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-04
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Christopher Columbus
1949-10-12
Christopher Columbus
Overview: Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-12
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Another Part of the Forest
1948-05-18
Another Part of the Forest
Overview: This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-18
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Honor Among Lovers
1931-02-28
Honor Among Lovers
Overview: Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-28
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The Studio Murder Mystery
1929-06-01
The Studio Murder Mystery
Overview: Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-01
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The Marriage Playground
1929-12-12
The Marriage Playground
Overview: A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their intermarriages and blend thoroughly, and you have a mixture a too-young-to-believe Frederic March will try to straighten out.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-12
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Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
Make Me a Star
Overview: A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-01
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Strangers in Love
1932-03-05
Strangers in Love
Overview: Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-05
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Manslaughter
1930-07-22
Manslaughter
Overview: A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-22
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True to the Navy
1930-05-25
True to the Navy
Overview: Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets her eyes on Bull's Eye McCoy a gunner who refuses to settle down.
Genres: Action Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-25
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Tonight Is Ours
1933-01-21
Tonight Is Ours
Overview: A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-21
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Laughter
1930-09-24
Laughter
Overview: Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-24
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The Condemned of Altona
1962-10-30
The Condemned of Altona
Overview: A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-10-30
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The Young Doctors
1961-08-23
The Young Doctors
Overview: An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-23
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Trade Winds
1938-12-28
Trade Winds
Overview: After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-28
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Good Dame
1934-03-16
Good Dame
Overview: A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-16
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Ladies Love Brutes
1930-05-14
Ladies Love Brutes
Overview: The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-14
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We Live Again
1934-11-01
We Live Again
Overview: Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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So Ends Our Night
1941-02-27
So Ends Our Night
Overview: An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-27
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014-08-01
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Overview: Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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All of Me
1934-02-01
All of Me
Overview: A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-01
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Welcome Home
1945-01-01
Welcome Home
Overview: America prepares to welcome and employ the 12 million service men and women who are coming home from war.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Paris Bound
1929-08-03
Paris Bound
Overview: Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Complications arise when these ideals are put into practice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-03
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My Sin
1931-09-26
My Sin
Overview: A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where she becomes a successful business woman and meets wealthy businessman, Harry Davenport. He knows nothing of her past. Then someone from the past shows up. Will she be exposed? Will she follow through on her plan to marry?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-26
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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The Devil
1921-01-17
The Devil
Overview: Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while viewing a new painting, "The Martyr--Truth Crucified by Evil." Marie declares that the picture was wrong--evil could never triumph over truth--and though Muller says he agrees with her, he plots to prove otherwise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-17
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Paying the Piper
1921-01-16
Paying the Piper
Overview: Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-16
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933-12-01
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Overview: Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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The Night Angel
1931-07-18
The Night Angel
Overview: In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until her mother is released. When the happy day comes, he goes to visit them, but is attacked by the doorman, who is in love with the daughter and jealous of the DA. The DA kills him in self-defense but is acquitted when the daughter delivers a highly emotional speech professing her love for him.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-18
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A Christmas Carol
1954-12-01
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: TV Movie Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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The 400 Million
1939-03-07
The 400 Million
Overview: The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees walk, stumble, crawl to escape the destruction of their cities... While in the China of tradition, water buffalo still work the paddies and camels cross the desert, modern China is now a republic founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with modern schools, heavy industry, large engineering projects... The government of Chiang Kai-shek resists the Japanese invasion from the coast. Madame Chiang receives a cheque from the U.S.A. for war relief. War production continues in distant villages safe from the grasp of the Japanese. With modern weapons the Chinese are pursuing their struggle behind enemy lines. And still their opponent persists in his reprisal bombings of civilian targets. "Will these people win?"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-07
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Victory
1940-12-21
Victory
Overview: A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-21
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Island of Allah
1956-06-26
Island of Allah
Overview: An old Bedouin tells the story of the twenty-three year old Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Saud’s daring raid on Riyadh to geologists exploring the deserts of Saudi Arabia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-26
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Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
Paramount on Parade
Overview: This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-22
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Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30
Breakdowns of 1936
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-30
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Footlights and Fools
1929-11-08
Footlights and Fools
Overview: Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-08
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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1938-06-01
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Overview: The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations. In 1950 the film was re-edited and new footage shot by Robert J. Flaherty. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-01
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Overview: This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-31
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Overview: Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-06
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Overview: This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-29
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The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936-04-15
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
Overview: Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-15
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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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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Overview: This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-04
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986-03-09
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Overview: In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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Valley of the Tennessee
1944-03-14
Valley of the Tennessee
Overview: U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-14
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A Christmas Carol
1959-12-27
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's own.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947-06-07
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Overview: Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-07
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The Winslow Boy
1958-11-13
The Winslow Boy
Overview: In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-13
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The Twentieth Century
1949-11-17
The Twentieth Century
Overview: A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-17
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Jealousy
1929-09-13
Jealousy
Overview: Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who bought the shop for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-13
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007-05-16
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Overview: Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-16
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The Dummy
1929-03-09
The Dummy
Overview: The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-09
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A Pass to Tomorrow
1945-05-24
A Pass to Tomorrow
Overview: A Jewish American soldier visits Eretz Yisrael after fighting on the North African front during World War II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-24
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