Mary Astor
Biography: Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost saw her career destroyed due to public scandal in the mid-1930s. She was sued for support by her parents and was later branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband during a custody fight over her daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, Astor went on to even greater success on the screen, eventually winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie (1941). She was an MGM contract player through most of the 1940s and continued to act in movies, on television and on stage until her retirement from the screen in 1964. Astor was the author of five novels. Her autobiography became a bestseller, as did her later book, A Life on Film, which was specifically about her career. Director Lindsay Anderson wrote of her in 1990: "...(W)hen two or three who love the cinema are gathered together, the name of Mary Astor always comes up, and everybody agrees that she was an actress of special attraction, whose qualities of depth and reality always seemed to illuminate the parts she played." Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Astor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 03, 1906
Deathday: September 25, 1987
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Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28
Meet Me in St. Louis
Overview: Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-28
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The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
The Maltese Falcon
Overview: A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-18
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964-12-15
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Overview: An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-15
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Dodsworth
1936-09-23
Dodsworth
Overview: A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-23
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Midnight
1939-03-24
Midnight
Overview: An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
The Palm Beach Story
Overview: A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-28
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Other Men's Women
1931-01-17
Other Men's Women
Overview: The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-17
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Desert Fury
1947-08-15
Desert Fury
Overview: The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-15
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Act of Violence
1949-01-22
Act of Violence
Overview: A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-22
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Hollywood
1923-08-19
Hollywood
Overview: Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-19
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White Shoulders
1931-05-17
White Shoulders
Overview: In this drama, an impoverished young woman meets a millionaire who marries her on the spot and then begins pampering her with jewels and furs. When not attending to her every need, the business magnate works his mines so he can buy her some more. While he is gone, a gigolo makes advances upon her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-17
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The Little Giant
1933-05-20
The Little Giant
Overview: Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-20
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Little Women
1949-03-10
Little Women
Overview: Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken women for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
Genres: Romance Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-10
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Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Thousands Cheer
Overview: Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-13
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1937-09-03
The Prisoner of Zenda
Overview: A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-03
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The Great Lie
1941-04-05
The Great Lie
Overview: After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-05
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Red Dust
1932-10-22
Red Dust
Overview: Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-22
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Fiesta
1947-06-12
Fiesta
Overview: When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-12
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Brother of the Bear
1921-02-18
Brother of the Bear
Overview: A bad-tempered lumber mill foreman is in love with the mill owner's daughter. But the owner would rather have his daughter marry a rich man. Gordon gets fired after he berates his workers and then starts a fight with his rival after papers are found that show he's been cheating the boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-18
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My Lady o' the Pines
1921-09-11
My Lady o' the Pines
Overview: Norah Collison is a young woman who owns a huge timberland in Maine, full of white pines. As she arrives to take control of her company, the manager and agent are planning to log the woods and steal the pines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-11
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The Young Painter
1922-02-19
The Young Painter
Overview: A 1922 silent film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-19
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Wings of the Border
1921-10-09
Wings of the Border
Overview: Wings of the Border is a 1921 drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-09
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Bullets or Ballots
1921-01-01
Bullets or Ballots
Overview: A 1921 silent film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Hope
1922-07-16
Hope
Overview: Hope is a silent 1922 drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-16
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John Smith
1922-06-01
John Smith
Overview: Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-01
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The Man Who Played God
1922-10-01
The Man Who Played God
Overview: En eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-10-01
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Puritan Passions
1923-09-09
Puritan Passions
Overview: Goody Rickby has a child out of wedlock, but it dies when the father, Gillead Wingate, refuses to acknowledge the child or help the mother get medical aid. Wingate becomes one of the foremost figures in the witch hunts, and Goody plots her revenge with Dr. Nicholas, who is really the Devil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-09
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The Angelus
1922-01-01
The Angelus
Overview: The Angelus is a 1922 silent film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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To the Ladies
1924-10-06
To the Ladies
Overview: Three clerks for the Kincaid Piano Company -- Leonard Beebe, Chester Mullin, and Tom Baker are in competition for a promotion to factory manager.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-06
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The Price of a Party
1924-11-23
The Price of a Party
Overview: An unscrupulous broker discovers his hated business rival has secured a valuable option in Brazil and determines to delay the latter in New York until it expires. He uses a cabaret dancer to use her wiles to keep him there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-23
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Playing with Souls
1925-04-30
Playing with Souls
Overview: Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding school. The boy grows up without knowing his parents, and is taunted by his schoolmates, who doubt the legitimacy of his childhood. By the time he is 20, Matt wants to find out about his parentage, so he travels to Paris, leaving behind his sweetheart, Margo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-30
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The Pace That Thrills
1925-10-18
The Pace That Thrills
Overview: Paula, a chorus girl, marries into an aristocratic family. Unfortunately, her husband is a drunk. When he tries to give some liquor to their infant son, she brandishes a pair of scissors at him. He wrestles them away from her, then falls down the stairs and stabs himself. Due to the perjured testimony of the maid and butler, Paula is convicted of murder and sent to jail. Her son, Danny, grows up to be a movie star. There is a controversy surrounding him because he refuses to do his own stunts. The reason he won't take any chances is that he is using all his money to get his mother out of jail. Finally, to redeem himself, he agrees to participate in a charity auto race, but his mother's hearing is scheduled for the race day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-18
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No Place to Go
1927-10-30
No Place to Go
Overview: Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-30
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The Wise Guy
1926-05-23
The Wise Guy
Overview: A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-and-brimstone evangelist.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-23
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The Sunset Derby
1927-06-05
The Sunset Derby
Overview: After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his girlfriend Molly Gibson, Jimmy regains his confidence just in time to achieve victory during the Big Race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-05
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Sailors' Wives
1928-01-22
Sailors' Wives
Overview: Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement with Don Manning, hoping to spare him the stigma of a sightless bride. When Hughes catches up with her and demands an explanation, Astor pretends to have fallen out of love with him and further convinces him that she has turned into a shameless hussy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-22
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New Year's Eve
1929-02-24
New Year's Eve
Overview: Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishes at home. She runs into rich gambler Larry Harmon and rejects his overtures. She later finds a wallet with 10 $100 bills belonging to Edward Warren.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-24
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Return of the Terror
1934-07-07
Return of the Terror
Overview: "The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-07
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Yesterday and Today
1953-12-02
Yesterday and Today
Overview: A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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Straight from the Heart
1935-03-22
Straight from the Heart
Overview: In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960-03-25
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Overview: A writer reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection after a safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, after Earnest Hemingway's short story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-25
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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006-10-03
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Overview: An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-03
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Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
Across the Pacific
Overview: Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
Genres: Adventure Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-04
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A Kiss Before Dying
1956-04-20
A Kiss Before Dying
Overview: A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-20
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The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
The Kennel Murder Case
Overview: Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-28
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Listen, Darling
1938-10-21
Listen, Darling
Overview: To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-21
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The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
The Man with Two Faces
Overview: Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-04
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Brigham Young
1940-09-27
Brigham Young
Overview: Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Genres: History Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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The Hurricane
1937-11-09
The Hurricane
Overview: A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-09
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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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Don Juan
1926-08-06
Don Juan
Overview: If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death. In his father's case it was his wife, Donna Isobel, and Donna Elvira who supplied the latter. Don Juan settled in Rome after attending the University of Pisa. Rome was run by the tyrannical Borgia family consisting of Caesar, Lucrezia and the Count Donati. Juan has his way with and was pursued by many women, but it is the one that he could not have that haunts him. It will be for her that he suffers the wrath of Borgia for ignoring Lucrezia and then killing Count Donati in a duel. For Adriana, they will both be condemned to death in the prison on the river Tigre.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-06
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The Lost Squadron
1932-03-12
The Lost Squadron
Overview: When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
Genres: Drama Action War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-12
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Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
Any Number Can Play
Overview: When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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Holiday
1930-07-03
Holiday
Overview: A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-03
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Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04
Youngblood Hawke
Overview: An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06
Cass Timberlane
Overview: Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-06
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Return to Peyton Place
1961-05-05
Return to Peyton Place
Overview: Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-05
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Those We Love
1932-09-11
Those We Love
Overview: Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Tommy Conlon, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Cecil Cunningham and Virginia Sale.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-11
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Turnabout
1940-05-17
Turnabout
Overview: Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-17
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Don Q Son of Zorro
1925-06-15
Don Q Son of Zorro
Overview: Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and retreats to the crumbling ruins of the family castle he plots his vengeance.
Genres: Western Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-15
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Trapped by Television
1936-06-15
Trapped by Television
Overview: An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-15
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Blonde Fever
1944-12-05
Blonde Fever
Overview: Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally, a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-05
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The Case of the Howling Dog
1934-09-22
The Case of the Howling Dog
Overview: A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-22
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Beau Brummel
1924-03-30
Beau Brummel
Overview: George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-30
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This Happy Feeling
1958-06-18
This Happy Feeling
Overview: Janet Blake leaves a party when her boss drunkenly makes passes at her and is offered a ride to the subway with Bill Tremaine. When she thinks Bill is making advances too, she flees into a rainstorm and ends up at the house of his neighbor, retired actor Preston Mitchell. Preston hires her as his secretary, and soon both men are pursuing Janet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-18
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A Successful Calamity
1932-09-17
A Successful Calamity
Overview: Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-17
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Behind Office Doors
1931-03-15
Behind Office Doors
Overview: Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-15
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The Royal Bed
1931-01-15
The Royal Bed
Overview: The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-15
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Romance of the Underworld
1928-11-10
Romance of the Underworld
Overview: When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of that life. While waitressing to earn money for college, she meets a wealthy and handsome young man and they fall in love--but he doesn't know about her somewhat shady past and her relationship with the gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-10
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I Am a Thief
1934-11-24
I Am a Thief
Overview: A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-24
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There's Always a Woman
1938-04-20
There's Always a Woman
Overview: An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-20
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Smart Woman
1931-09-12
Smart Woman
Overview: A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-12
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Young Ideas
1943-08-02
Young Ideas
Overview: A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-02
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Cynthia
1947-08-29
Cynthia
Overview: Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-29
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And So They Were Married
1936-05-10
And So They Were Married
Overview: A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the "romance" never gets off the ground and do everything they can to see that they are kept apart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-10
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Easy to Love
1934-01-13
Easy to Love
Overview: Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-13
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The Power and the Prize
1956-09-26
The Power and the Prize
Overview: An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-26
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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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Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
Page Miss Glory
Overview: A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-07
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Men of Chance
1931-12-26
Men of Chance
Overview: A gambler falls for a fake countess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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Jennie Gerhardt
1933-06-08
Jennie Gerhardt
Overview: This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-08
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Upperworld
1934-04-28
Upperworld
Overview: A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-28
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The World Changes
1933-11-25
The World Changes
Overview: Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-25
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Oh, Doctor!
1925-02-23
Oh, Doctor!
Overview: Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-23
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Claudia and David
1946-02-25
Claudia and David
Overview: The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-25
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Dinky
1935-05-11
Dinky
Overview: A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-11
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A Stranger in My Arms
1959-03-03
A Stranger in My Arms
Overview: An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-03
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The Lash
1930-12-14
The Lash
Overview: A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-14
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Paradise for Three
1938-06-04
Paradise for Three
Overview: A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-04
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Convention City
1933-12-14
Convention City
Overview: Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-14
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The Bright Shawl
1923-04-22
The Bright Shawl
Overview: Charles Abbott is implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother to the woman he loves.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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Dressed to Kill
1928-03-17
Dressed to Kill
Overview: A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-17
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The Sin Ship
1931-04-18
The Sin Ship
Overview: A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-18
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Show of Shows
1929-11-21
Show of Shows
Overview: Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-21
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The Runaway Bride
1930-05-04
The Runaway Bride
Overview: Mary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage. Then she becomes inexplicably locked in her hotel room, and a series of cops, robbers and kidnappers passes through. Desperate, Mary trusts the shifty chambermaid Clara who whisks her away to the mansion of wealthy George Blaine. There, Mary must pretend to be a lowly cook, but that seems better than sticking with the guy she was engaged to.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-04
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Lady from Nowhere
1936-12-23
Lady from Nowhere
Overview: A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-23
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Heart to Heart
1928-07-22
Heart to Heart
Overview: Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself--a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-22
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Two Arabian Knights
1927-09-23
Two Arabian Knights
Overview: During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-23
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The Beggar Maid
1921-09-25
The Beggar Maid
Overview: The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The artist shows that love can thrive between members of different classes by depicting on canvas a picture from Tennyson's poem about the love of King Cophetua for a beggar maid. As he relates the story of the poem in words and through his painting, the young earl sees the application to his own situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-25
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Red Hot Tires
1935-02-02
Red Hot Tires
Overview: An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-02
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The Sea Tiger
1927-02-27
The Sea Tiger
Overview: Silent Film drama...now a lost film. Julian Ramos is a fisherman in the Canary Islands. As the guardian of his hotheaded younger brother Charles, Julian regards it as his duty to protect the boy from women -- and vice versa. When Charles begins pitching woo at aristocratic Amy, Julian runs interference by pretending to be in love with the girl himself. As time passes, of course, he stops pretending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-27
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973-01-01
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24
Woman Against Woman
Overview: A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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The Woman from Hell
1929-04-20
The Woman from Hell
Overview: Dee Renaud is a girl playing the "Devil" in an amusement concession at a beach resort. Slick Glicks, the barker, promises the yokels that if they're able to catch the "Lady From Hell," she will reward them with a kiss. But when Glicks tries to go beyond kissing, Dee is rescued by Jim Coakley, son of a New England lighthouse keeper...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-20
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The Devil's Hairpin
1957-10-04
The Devil's Hairpin
Overview: Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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Scarlet Saint
1925-11-08
Scarlet Saint
Overview: Heroine Fidele Tridon has grown up with the knowledge that her father has promised her in marriage to Baron Kurt Badeau. When Fidele comes of age, the Baron shows up expecting to claim his young bride. In the interim, however, Fidele has fallen in love with wealthy horseman Philip Collett.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-08
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Man of Iron
1935-12-21
Man of Iron
Overview: A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-21
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No Time to Marry
1938-02-05
No Time to Marry
Overview: In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-05
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The Ninth Day
1957-01-10
The Ninth Day
Overview: After World War III a small group of people live in the desert. A young man tries to run away, hoping to find other communities of survivors, but is told by the elders that he must stay and marry the group's only young woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-10
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The Rough Riders
1927-09-30
The Rough Riders
Overview: The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898. This film is lost.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1927-09-30
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Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Breakdowns of 1941
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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Dry Martini
1928-10-06
Dry Martini
Overview: Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild time and ends up leaving France with her father's drinking buddy, Freddie, and Willoughby goes back to his dry martinis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-06
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The Thief
1955-01-04
The Thief
Overview: The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-04
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Sentimental Tommy
1921-03-26
Sentimental Tommy
Overview: Grizel is the daughter of the Painted Lady, who believes that her lover will one day return. Grizel is ostracized by the other children of the town. Tommy and his sister come to the town. Tommy is friendly, but Elspeth keeps her distance. When the Painted Lady dies, Dr. Gemmell makes Grizel his housekeeper. Time passes and after the doctor dies, Grizel, who is now twenty-one years old, loves Tommy, who is an author in London. Tommy visits the town but cannot decide whether he loves Grizel. Grizel knows that Tommy does not love her, and after he returns to London her unhappiness leads to insanity. Tommy returns and marries Grizel, although he believes that she will hate him when she gets better. After two years under Tommy's care, she regains her sanity. After Tommy lets her know that he cared for her out of his love for her; not for pity, Grizel is happy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-26
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The Hollywood Gad-About
1934-10-04
The Hollywood Gad-About
Overview: A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-04
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Second Fiddle
1923-01-14
Second Fiddle
Overview: Jim Bradley has always played second fiddle in his family -- while his older brother, Herbert, goes off to college, Jim becomes a garage mechanic. When Herbert returns home, it's easy for him to steal Jim's girl, Polly Crawford. But trouble comes to the Bradley's town when Cragg murders his daughter and breaks into the family's home. Herbert goes for help, leaving Jim with an empty gun to protect their mother and Polly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-14
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Rose of the Golden West
1927-09-25
Rose of the Golden West
Overview: Juan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the governor who is about to hand California over to the Russians. Since the governor also happens to be Elena's father, this puts him in quite a fix.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-25
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
That's Entertainment, Part II
Overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05
Bogart: The Untold Story
Overview: Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-05
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Enticement
1925-03-01
Enticement
Overview: Romantic complications and tragedy ensue when two former lovers, one of them now married to another, meet again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-01
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The Marriage Maker
1923-09-30
The Marriage Maker
Overview: A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-30
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The Fighting Coward
1924-03-14
The Fighting Coward
Overview: Southerner Tom Rumford was sent up north to be raised by relatives who happen to be Quakers. As a result, he returns home a passive, peace-loving young man, completely out of place in an area where men kill over issues of honor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-14
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Success
1923-02-25
Success
Overview: The often-told film story of a drunken actor hitting the skids, making a comeback, and helping his grown daughter in the bargain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-25
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3-Ring Marriage
1928-06-10
3-Ring Marriage
Overview: Anna runs away from her wealthy father's ranch and becomes a trick rider in a circus to be with her sweetheart, Cal Coney, a circus cowboy, when her father disapproves the match. There she achieves fame as "Anna Montana," but she remains unhappy because Cal refuses to admit that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rawl Souvane, manager of the circus, plans to woo and marry Anna when he preceives that she is wealthy.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-10
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Woman-Proof
1923-10-28
Woman-Proof
Overview: At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-28
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Forever After
1926-10-24
Forever After
Overview: A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-24
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Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
Okay for Sound
Overview: This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-07
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The Fighting American
1924-05-26
The Fighting American
Overview: On the wager that he will propose marriage to any girl selected by his fraternity brothers, Bill finds himself making love to Mary, an old-fashioned girl who is secretly in love with him…
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-26
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The Rapids
1922-10-30
The Rapids
Overview: Robert Fisher Clarke is a promoter who comes to a small Canadian town. He harnesses the power of the rapids and builds a pulp mill. One of his employees, Jim Belding, has a fiancée, Elsie Worden, with whom Clarke falls in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-30
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High Steppers
1926-03-14
High Steppers
Overview: Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a reporter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-14
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Inez from Hollywood
1924-12-14
Inez from Hollywood
Overview: Inez Laranotta is an actress who is notorious for her vamp roles and for the wild parties she attends. But images are deceiving -- the parties (and police raids) are staged by Inez's press agent, and she is actually very devoted to her innocent younger sister, Fay Bartholdi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-14
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Unguarded Women
1924-06-22
Unguarded Women
Overview: Unguarded Women is a lost 1924 silent film drama. In a battle during the World War, Douglas Albright has a moment of cowardice which causes the death of his friend, Captain Banning. When Albright comes back from the war, his fiancée, Helen Castle and her father, George, can see that something is bothering him. So Castle sends him to take care of business in China -- and to pull himself together. While in China, Albright runs across Bannings' widow, Breta, who has buried her sorrows behind a mask of revelry and fast living. Because he feels responsible for what she has become, Albright attempts to regenerate her and proposes marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-22
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