David Dunbar
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 14, 1886
Deathday: November 07, 1953
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A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02
A Woman's Vengeance
Overview: A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-02
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Plunging Hoofs
1929-04-10
Plunging Hoofs
Overview: Jed Campbell, a "skypilot," and Nanette, a dance hall girl, meet when each goes to rescue Rex, "King of the Wild Horses," from a trap.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-10
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A Man of Nerve
1925-09-20
A Man of Nerve
Overview: While romancing the millinery store owner, Custer finds himself falsely accused of murdering his boss and is soon fleeing from a vicious lynch mob.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-20
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The Broncho Buster
1927-04-30
The Broncho Buster
Overview: Maj. John Furth, a Southern race-horse owner, borrows money to enter his prize racehorse Blue Bird in a race back east, hoping to win enough money to replenish the family fortune. A crooked horse trainer, planted by the man who loaned Furth the money and who wants to marry his daughter Barbara, claims that Blue Bird is a "man killer" and must be shot. Charlie, a neighboring miner who also loves Barbara, doesn't believe it and takes Blue Bird to his mine. Complications ensue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-30
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The Fortieth Door
1924-05-25
The Fortieth Door
Overview: Aimee is a young girl betrothed to a rascal, Hamid Bey. An American archeologist, Jack Ryder, arrives to help the girl escape ending up in Bey's harem, but it takes the boy ten episodes to finally succeed.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-25
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The Galloping Cowboy
1926-05-16
The Galloping Cowboy
Overview: Bill Crane is a fun-loving cowboy who likes to play pranks with an Australian bull-whip, much to the dismay of his ranch-owning uncle, Pete Perry. Bill and his cousin, Jack Perry, compete for the affections of Mary Pinkleby. Jack, unknown to Bill, is also an outlaw gang-leader, known as Poncho. The latter frames Bill as being the gang leader, and now Bill has to elude the sheriff and also prove his own innocence.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-16
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Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Mrs. Miniver
Overview: Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-03
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North of 36
1926-03-20
North of 36
Overview: A young woman inherits her father's large Texas ranch and plans to begin a cattle drive to Abilene, Kansas, 1000 miles away. The crooked State Treasurer plans to attack the cattle drive and steal all of the stock so he can gain control of her ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-20
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The Cowboy Musketeer
1925-12-13
The Cowboy Musketeer
Overview: A cowboy saves his female employer from a villainous foreman.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-13
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The Blonde from Singapore
1941-10-15
The Blonde from Singapore
Overview: Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-15
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930-05-02
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Overview: The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Romance Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-02
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Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
Dracula's Daughter
Overview: A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-11
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Shock
1934-07-19
Shock
Overview: Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a World-War 1 trench on the front-lines in France. Bob Hayworth resents Marbury greatly as the latter had married the girl, Lucy Neville, Marbury was courting in pre-war London. Ordered to go on a night patrol, the cowardly Gilroy committed suicide rather than face his fear. Bob and Derek arrange it to appear that Bob had been killed by a shell-burst, and Derek, with his face camouflaged, takes the patrol posing as Gilroy. While on patrol, Derek is hit by a shell-burst and found by the German Red Cross, who turn him over to a family of French peasants.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-19
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The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
The Earl of Chicago
Overview: A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-05
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North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
North West Mounted Police
Overview: Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
Genres: Action Western Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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The Fighting Marine
1926-09-12
The Fighting Marine
Overview: As a reporter, Dick Farrington is sent to cover an assignment that promises a big story. A lawyer has advertised for an ex-Marine who is a boxer. He makes good beating up a gang of roughnecks picked for the purpose, and secures the mysterious job that is filled with danger. It is to guard the heiress Lady Chatfield, but the hero is told nothing as to the secret in back of it all. Dick poses as Lord Grantmore, wears a monocle, and otherwise acts like a titled Englishman. They proceed to the mining town of Goldbrook, where the heiress is to occupy a mysterious mansion on the occupancy of which hinges a great fortune. The engineer of the mines is deeply interested in thwarting the plans of Lady Chatfield, and with his gang of roughneck miners makes things lively for the pugilist star in a series of fights that are hair raisers.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-12
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Escape to Glory
1940-05-20
Escape to Glory
Overview: The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-20
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Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Confirm or Deny
Overview: Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Shootin' Square
1924-11-15
Shootin' Square
Overview: Dan Dawson hires on at the Mason ranch where he wins the affection of Ruth and alienates Frank Macy who gets fired. Later, on Dan and Ruth's wedding day, the cowhands bring Macy, now an outlaw and escaping the Sheriff disguised as a preacher, to perform the ceremony. But upon leaving Macy loses part of his disguise and Dan now recognizing him gives chase.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-15
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The Great Impersonation
1935-12-08
The Great Impersonation
Overview: The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-08
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The Lady and the Bandit
1951-08-13
The Lady and the Bandit
Overview: Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-13
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The Arizona Whirlwind
1927-03-27
The Arizona Whirlwind
Overview: Bill's father is murdered by Hawley, one of Dykeman's henchmen, who steals a map proving Farley's claim to rich gold claims. Bill, who is engaged to Helen, Dykeman's daughter, routs the gang when they try to dispossess settlers and subsequently eludes a large posse. Later, when Hawley steals a gold shipment, Bill captures him and returns the gold to the Blue Ridge settlers; he is then accused of the robbery, but again he escapes. Disguised as a Spaniard, Bill meets Hawley and discovers him to be his father's murderer; a fight ensues, and Hawley recovers the map and kidnaps Helen in a stagecoach. Bill gives chase, overpowers the villain, and rescues Helen from the burning stagecoach.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-27
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A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
A Feather in Her Hat
Overview: After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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Trail Dust
1924-11-01
Trail Dust
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-01
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Rulers of the Sea
1939-11-08
Rulers of the Sea
Overview: The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-08
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One More River
1934-08-06
One More River
Overview: A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-06
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Overview: Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-18
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Ridin' the Wind
1925-08-09
Ridin' the Wind
Overview: 1920's cowboy superstar Fred Thomson stars in this western comedy adventure.
Genres: Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-09
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The Non-Stop Flight
1926-03-28
The Non-Stop Flight
Overview: In 1906 Sweden, Captain Lars Larson (Knute Erickson) goes on a sea voyage, leaving his wife (Marcella Daly) behind expecting their first child. Unbeknownst to him while he is at sea, a bitter rival kidnaps her and makes it look as though she left him willingly. When he returns and discovers their home abandoned, he all but goes mad with bitterness and rage, destroying their home. In the years that follow, Larson becomes a sadistic, drunken reprobate of the sea, working for smugglers carrying all kinds of illegal cargo, including drugs -- and human cargo.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1926-03-28
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Thunder on the Hill
1951-10-17
Thunder on the Hill
Overview: Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-17
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951-10-31
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Overview: The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
Genres: Crime Horror Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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Clive of India
1935-01-25
Clive of India
Overview: Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-25
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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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Downstream
1929-11-22
Downstream
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-22
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