Kay Deslys
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 27, 1899
Deathday: August 15, 1974
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Known For
Take the Heir
1930-01-15
Take the Heir
Overview: A butler impersonates his tippler boss and falls for a beautiful young maid. However, a notorious gold-digger, who thinks the butler is the wealthy young man he's impersonating, sets her sights on him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-15
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Leaping Love
1929-06-22
Leaping Love
Overview: Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-22
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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The Lighter That Failed
1927-10-01
The Lighter That Failed
Overview: For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-01
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Perfect Day
1929-08-10
Perfect Day
Overview: Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-10
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Their Purple Moment
1928-05-19
Their Purple Moment
Overview: The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-19
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Should Married Men Go Home?
1928-09-08
Should Married Men Go Home?
Overview: Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-08
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Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19
Fluttering Hearts
Overview: Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman, but wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. In the mean time, her father tries to retrieve a compromising letter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-19
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We Faw Down
1928-12-29
We Faw Down
Overview: Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-29
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967-12-01
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Overview: Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Going Ga-Ga
1929-01-05
Going Ga-Ga
Overview: Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat curfew, to get the kid out again. This film survives only in very fragmentary form.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-05
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Saddle Serenade
1945-08-11
Saddle Serenade
Overview: Doris Rogers, half owner of a dude ranch, as Jimmy Wakely, "Lasses" White and Dusty Smith to help run it. U.S. Marshal Tom Logan, posing as a stage driver, is killed during a mock holdup of new arrivals to the ranch. Brenda Amers and Horatio Pennypacker, eastern jewel thieves, bring their loot to Roy Williams, who owns the other half of the ranch as a blind for his gang which resells stolen jewels. Vaughn, the desk clerk, re-cuts the jewels in a secret room in the ice house. Fearing he will be caught, Brenda refuses Williams her stolen diamonds and hides them in a bar of soap.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-11
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Maids a la Mode
1933-03-04
Maids a la Mode
Overview: Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-04
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Below Zero
1930-04-26
Below Zero
Overview: Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-26
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Innocent Husbands
1925-08-01
Innocent Husbands
Overview: Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-01
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Jazz Heaven
1929-11-03
Jazz Heaven
Overview: A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-03
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Friends and Lovers
1931-10-03
Friends and Lovers
Overview: British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-03
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The Pip from Pittsburg
1931-03-21
The Pip from Pittsburg
Overview: Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-21
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Cavalcade
1933-02-08
Cavalcade
Overview: A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-08
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You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
You Can't Take It with You
Overview: Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-01
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The Gold Rush
1925-07-13
The Gold Rush
Overview: A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-13
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Pat and Mike
1952-06-13
Pat and Mike
Overview: Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-13
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The Red Mill
1927-01-29
The Red Mill
Overview: A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-29
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Escape
1940-11-01
Escape
Overview: An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-01
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The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968-12-14
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-14
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Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
Diamond Jim
Overview: A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-01
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Murder by Invitation
1941-06-30
Murder by Invitation
Overview: The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-30
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
The White Cliffs of Dover
Overview: American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926-12-12
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Overview: Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-12
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Her Man o' War
1926-08-25
Her Man o' War
Overview: During World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However, instead of being placed in a prisoner-of-war camp, he is assigned to the small farm of a young woman and her son to help raise crops to help feed the German army and people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-25
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Whispering Whoopee
1930-03-08
Whispering Whoopee
Overview: Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-08
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Tarnish
1924-08-01
Tarnish
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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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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The Johnstown Flood
1926-02-28
The Johnstown Flood
Overview: A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-28
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937-09-24
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Overview: Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-24
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Reunion in France
1942-12-25
Reunion in France
Overview: Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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The Great Flamarion
1945-01-13
The Great Flamarion
Overview: A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-13
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Boarding House Blues
1930-10-20
Boarding House Blues
Overview: A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-20
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You Can't Escape Forever
1942-10-10
You Can't Escape Forever
Overview: A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-10
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Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01
Swing Shift Maisie
Overview: Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-01
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Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Maisie Gets Her Man
Overview: Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-01
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