Suzanne Ridgway
Biography: Suzanne Ridgway was born on January 27, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Ione D. Ahrens.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 27, 1918
Deathday: May 06, 1996
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Known For
I, the Jury
1953-08-14
I, the Jury
Overview: After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-14
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I'll See You in My Dreams
1951-12-06
I'll See You in My Dreams
Overview: Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-06
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Mummy's Dummies
1948-11-04
Mummy's Dummies
Overview: Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed, but instead become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-04
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Criss Cross
1949-02-04
Criss Cross
Overview: An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-04
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Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12
Three Daring Daughters
Overview: Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-12
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Hot Stuff
1956-09-06
Hot Stuff
Overview: The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-06
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Tricky Dicks
1953-05-07
Tricky Dicks
Overview: The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian organ grinder, among other suspects, and then catch the bad guy after a gun fight that nearly destroys the police station.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-07
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Loose Loot
1953-04-02
Loose Loot
Overview: The stooges are willed a lot of dough from a rich uncle, but the executor of the estate, Icabob Slipp, is a crook who absconds with the money. The stooges trail him to a a theater where they engage in a wild chase and ultimately recover their inheritance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-02
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Up in Daisy's Penthouse
1953-02-05
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
Overview: The Stooges are sent by their mother to stop their rich father's plan to remarry. Shemp plays dual role as Shemp and Father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
Take the High Ground!
Overview: Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-30
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Arabian Nights
1942-12-25
Arabian Nights
Overview: Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953-05-27
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Overview: After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida (Donna Reed), intending to trade her to her fiancé, Capt. Jose Salcedo (Gerald Mohr), for a handsome ransom. But Barbarossa falls in love with Alida, who meanwhile discovers that the roguish swashbuckler is more honorable than her erstwhile betrothed.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-27
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I Was an American Spy
1951-04-14
I Was an American Spy
Overview: An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-14
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Duel on the Mississippi
1955-09-16
Duel on the Mississippi
Overview: In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet (Patricia Medina, Mr. Arkadin) will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s (John Dehner, The Boys from Brazil) estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André (Lex Barker, Robin Hood and the Pirates), to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo (Warren Stevens, Forbidden Planet) — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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Strange Lady in Town
1955-04-12
Strange Lady in Town
Overview: Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor, Rourke O'Brien.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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Calamity Jane
1953-11-04
Calamity Jane
Overview: Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-04
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Captain Pirate
1952-08-27
Captain Pirate
Overview: In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-27
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From Hell It Came
1957-08-25
From Hell It Came
Overview: A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-25
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Sailor Beware
1952-02-08
Sailor Beware
Overview: Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-08
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951-10-10
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Overview: The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Fort Osage
1952-02-10
Fort Osage
Overview: Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-10
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Walk a Crooked Mile
1948-09-02
Walk a Crooked Mile
Overview: A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-02
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A Bullet for Joey
1955-04-15
A Bullet for Joey
Overview: Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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A Missed Fortune
1952-01-03
A Missed Fortune
Overview: Shemp wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente where they live it up and wreck their fancy suite. While they wait for the prize money to arrive, the boys are pursued by three gold-digging dames after their winnings. When the check arrives however, it's only for $4.85 after tax deductions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-03
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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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The Golden Eye
1948-08-29
The Golden Eye
Overview: A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-29
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Illegal
1955-10-09
Illegal
Overview: A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-09
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The Man with the Golden Arm
1955-12-26
The Man with the Golden Arm
Overview: When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-26
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A Merry Mix-Up
1957-03-28
A Merry Mix-Up
Overview: The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were separated a long time ago. Their reunion causes confusion and troubles for various wives and sweethearts, but it all works out in the end.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-28
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953-07-14
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Overview: Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-14
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An Annapolis Story
1955-04-10
An Annapolis Story
Overview: Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-10
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938-10-07
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Overview: A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-07
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Out Where the Stars Begin
1938-05-28
Out Where the Stars Begin
Overview: When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-28
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Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13
Hold That Kiss
Overview: Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-13
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952-12-27
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Overview: Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
Genres: Comedy Music Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-27
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The Tijuana Story
1957-10-01
The Tijuana Story
Overview: Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
They Won't Believe Me
Overview: On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-16
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All About Eve
1950-11-09
All About Eve
Overview: From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-09
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Young Buffalo Bill
1940-04-11
Young Buffalo Bill
Overview: It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas' rancho and gets the surveyor to alter the boundary. But Don Regas still has the original grant written on a bandanna. Montez sends Indians after it but Bill Cody and Gabby fight them off and a wounded Gabby unknowingly ends up with the missing million dollar deed wrapped around his arm for a bandage.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-11
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The Story of Three Loves
1953-03-26
The Story of Three Loves
Overview: Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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The Purple Gang
1959-12-18
The Purple Gang
Overview: The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-18
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Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Second Fiddle
Overview: Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
Gone with the Wind
Overview: The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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One Too Many
1950-12-01
One Too Many
Overview: A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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That's Right – You're Wrong
1939-11-24
That's Right – You're Wrong
Overview: J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-24
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Gilda
1946-04-25
Gilda
Overview: A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-25
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Raintree County
1957-12-20
Raintree County
Overview: In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-20
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Millionaire Playboy
1940-03-14
Millionaire Playboy
Overview: A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-14
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Foxfire
1955-07-13
Foxfire
Overview: A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-13
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The Great Gambini
1937-06-24
The Great Gambini
Overview: A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-24
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Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06
Hollywood or Bust
Overview: The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-06
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Broadway Melody of 1940
1940-02-09
Broadway Melody of 1940
Overview: Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-09
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947-09-26
Monsieur Verdoux
Overview: The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-26
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The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
The Lady Eve
Overview: It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-25
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
It's Always Fair Weather
Overview: Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-30
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On the Riviera
1951-04-20
On the Riviera
Overview: In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-20
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Red, Hot and Blue
1949-09-05
Red, Hot and Blue
Overview: In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-05
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Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
Citizen Kane
Overview: Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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The Jazz Singer
1953-02-14
The Jazz Singer
Overview: A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-14
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It's a Date
1940-03-22
It's a Date
Overview: An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Stranger on the Third Floor
1940-08-16
Stranger on the Third Floor
Overview: Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-16
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Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Hired Wife
Overview: Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Down Argentine Way
Overview: The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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Alias Boston Blackie
1942-04-02
Alias Boston Blackie
Overview: It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-02
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California Passage
1950-12-15
California Passage
Overview: A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-15
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
The Fleet's In
Overview: Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-24
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Three Sailors and a Girl
1953-11-23
Three Sailors and a Girl
Overview: A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-23
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Overview: An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Brooklyn Orchid
Overview: Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-31
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Panama Hattie
1942-09-30
Panama Hattie
Overview: Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-30
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Slightly French
1949-02-02
Slightly French
Overview: A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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Destination Murder
1950-06-09
Destination Murder
Overview: Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-09
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Fun on a Weekend
1947-05-15
Fun on a Weekend
Overview: Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-15
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Born to Be Bad
1950-09-28
Born to Be Bad
Overview: Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-28
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Road to Morocco
1942-11-10
Road to Morocco
Overview: Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Genres: Comedy Music Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-10
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Sorrowful Jones
1949-07-04
Sorrowful Jones
Overview: A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-04
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Mystery Street
1950-06-23
Mystery Street
Overview: When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-23
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Club Havana
1945-11-23
Club Havana
Overview: A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-23
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The Big Sleep
1946-08-23
The Big Sleep
Overview: Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-23
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Undercurrent
Overview: After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-11
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Hit the Ice
1943-06-02
Hit the Ice
Overview: After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-02
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Serenade
1956-03-23
Serenade
Overview: A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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Assignment: Paris
1952-09-04
Assignment: Paris
Overview: Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952-11-08
So You Want to Wear the Pants
Overview: It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-08
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Hold 'Em Navy
1937-11-04
Hold 'Em Navy
Overview: Two football players fight over the same girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-04
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957-04-03
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Overview: In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-03
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Women's Prison
1955-02-01
Women's Prison
Overview: A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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Lust for Gold
1949-06-10
Lust for Gold
Overview: A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.
Genres: Action Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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The Americano
1955-01-19
The Americano
Overview: An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-19
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Cowboy and the Prizefighter
1949-12-14
Cowboy and the Prizefighter
Overview: Red Ryder KO's a fight racket with sidekick Little Beaver (Little Brown Jug) and a new friend.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-14
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The Merry Widow
1952-09-05
The Merry Widow
Overview: Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-05
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Flying with Music
1942-05-22
Flying with Music
Overview: The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to participate in a some lively but forgettable musical numbers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-22
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