Ben Taggart
Biography: Ben Taggart was an American stage and screen actor, his film career spanning the years 1915 to 1945.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 05, 1889
Deathday: May 17, 1947
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Known For
Monkey Business
1931-09-19
Monkey Business
Overview: Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-19
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The Overland Express
1938-04-11
The Overland Express
Overview: It's 1861 and Buck gets the business men of Sacramento to establish the Pony express. Hawley runs the stage line over the same route and has the U. S. mail contract. When it looks like the Pony Express will be awarded the mail contract, he gives guns to the Indians and has them attack both the riders and the stations.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-11
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Silence
1931-08-29
Silence
Overview: A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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Neighborhood House
1936-03-09
Neighborhood House
Overview: Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the picture. When little Darla is selected to choose the winning ticket, she draws her father's number. The crowd reacts angrily, thinking that the drawing is a fraud, forcing the child to choose another number. This one turns out to be her own ticket, after which a third drawing yields her mother's ticket. While pandemonium erupts in the audience, some gangsters arrive and raid the theater. A chase follows, resulting in the eventual capture of the crooks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-09
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Escape from Crime
1942-07-25
Escape from Crime
Overview: An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-25
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Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
1940-10-01
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Overview: The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men. Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids, learns that his scientist father has been captured by the "Order of the Flaming Torch." This group of fifth columnists plans to use America's biggest brains to destroy the country from within. When the saboteurs outwit the gang's street smarts, the kids have no choice but to ask the FBI for help. The feds send in their own teenage contingent -- The Junior G-Men! Now the two groups must form an uneasy alliance, before the Order of the Flaming Torch can turn the U.S.A. into Amerika, the Evil Empire!
Genres: Thriller Action Drama Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-01
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She
1917-04-23
She
Overview: A centuries-lasting relationship between Ayesha and her oft-reincarnated true love. She, H. Rider Haggard's fanciful novel about the immortal queen of a lost tribe, has been filmed at least 10 times, with seven versions emerging between the years 1910 and 1930.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-23
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The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
The Mayor of Hell
Overview: Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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Under Eighteen
1932-01-02
Under Eighteen
Overview: Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-02
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The Big Guy
1939-12-22
The Big Guy
Overview: A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-22
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I'll Say She Is
1931-12-31
I'll Say She Is
Overview: In the office of Mr. Lee, a talent agent, Zeppo bursts through the door, proclaiming to be a great musical actor. He gives a terrible impression of Maurice Chevallier. Chico arrives, also proclaiming to be a great musical talent, and gives an even worse impression of the same musical act. This is followed by Groucho and finally Harpo, all adding to the growing confusion in the office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Michael O'Halloran
1937-05-15
Michael O'Halloran
Overview: A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-15
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Youth on Parole
1937-10-04
Youth on Parole
Overview: Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-04
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A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
A Tragedy at Midnight
Overview: The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-02
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The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
The Pride of the Yankees
Overview: The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-14
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Wives Under Suspicion
1938-06-03
Wives Under Suspicion
Overview: A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-03
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Nobody's Children
1940-12-12
Nobody's Children
Overview: A radio host broadcasts a show about children living in an orphanage.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-12
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939-06-10
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Overview: Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-10
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Topper Takes a Trip
1938-12-29
Topper Takes a Trip
Overview: Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-29
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Souls at Sea
1937-09-03
Souls at Sea
Overview: Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-03
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The House That Shadows Built
1931-07-08
The House That Shadows Built
Overview: The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-08
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The Women Men Marry
1937-09-10
The Women Men Marry
Overview: A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-10
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Before I Hang
1940-09-17
Before I Hang
Overview: Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Genres: Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-17
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Rattling Romeo
1939-07-14
Rattling Romeo
Overview: Charley buys a wreck of an automobile that's been made to appear new by a disreputable used car dealer, but he soon realizes it's literally falling apart. He stops payment, and then must dodge repossesors as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-14
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Slightly Static
1935-09-07
Slightly Static
Overview: Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-07
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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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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Overview: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Genres: Action History Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-17
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Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
Tell No Tales
Overview: A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-12
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So This Is Washington
1943-08-01
So This Is Washington
Overview: Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-01
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Men Without Names
1935-06-29
Men Without Names
Overview: A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-29
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Stolen Harmony
1935-04-20
Stolen Harmony
Overview: Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-20
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The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-02-05
The Man Who Returned to Life
Overview: An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-05
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The Saint Strikes Back
1939-03-08
The Saint Strikes Back
Overview: Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-08
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939-06-02
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Overview: The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Overview: After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-19
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Sailor's Holiday
1944-02-24
Sailor's Holiday
Overview: In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-24
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Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
Sergeant Madden
Overview: A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Overview: A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-26
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Man-Made Monster
1941-03-28
Man-Made Monster
Overview: Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-28
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The Wildcat of Tucson
1940-12-31
The Wildcat of Tucson
Overview: When his brother Dave is put in jail, Bill Hickok returns to help him. Dave has been charged with attempted murder when the other man drew first. Judge Barlow put him there and Bill gets the Judge to confess. Bill learns that Rance McKee is behind all the trouble and he forces the Judge into the decisions he wants. So Bill heads out by himself to face McKee in the showdown.
Genres: Music Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-31
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Among the Missing
1934-09-25
Among the Missing
Overview: Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-25
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Fast Workers
1933-03-10
Fast Workers
Overview: Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-10
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Horse Feathers
1932-08-19
Horse Feathers
Overview: Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-19
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The Green Hornet
1940-01-08
The Green Hornet
Overview: A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Genres: Adventure Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-08
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The Thin Man
1934-05-25
The Thin Man
Overview: A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-25
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Amateur Daddy
1932-04-10
Amateur Daddy
Overview: Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-10
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Babies for Sale
1940-06-14
Babies for Sale
Overview: A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-14
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The Medico of Painted Springs
1941-06-26
The Medico of Painted Springs
Overview: Medico of Painted Springs was the first of western hero Charles Starrett's appearances as frontier doctor Steven Monroe. Riding into a small town, Dr. Monroe finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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Cowboy Canteen
1944-02-09
Cowboy Canteen
Overview: Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve is about to enter the army and he and Tex Coulter compete for the love of Connie Grey.
Genres: Music War Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-09
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Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
Mystery Sea Raider
Overview: June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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Junior G-Men
1940-11-01
Junior G-Men
Overview: A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through Space •9. The Plunge of Peril •10.The Toll of Treason •11.Descending Doom •12.The Power of Patriotism
Genres: Adventure Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-01
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940-03-03
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Overview: A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-03
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Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
Gabriel Over the White House
Overview: A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17
Afraid to Talk
Overview: Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-17
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Strangers in Love
1932-03-05
Strangers in Love
Overview: Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-05
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No Time for Love
1943-04-09
No Time for Love
Overview: Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-09
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Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
Hold Your Man
Overview: Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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From Headquarters
1933-11-16
From Headquarters
Overview: When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-16
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One Mysterious Night
1944-10-21
One Mysterious Night
Overview: After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-21
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The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
The Fighting Seabees
Overview: Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-27
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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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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941-03-06
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Overview: A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-06
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Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Three Girls About Town
Overview: Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-23
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Overland Mail
1942-09-22
Overland Mail
Overview: Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-22
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Carnival
1935-02-15
Carnival
Overview: "Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-15
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The Miracle Kid
1941-11-14
The Miracle Kid
Overview: A young boxer finds his life turned upside down when he meets with sudden success in the ring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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The Spoilers
1942-06-11
The Spoilers
Overview: When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-11
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Don Winslow of the Navy
1942-01-06
Don Winslow of the Navy
Overview: A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under orders from an unknown leader.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-06
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San Francisco
1936-06-26
San Francisco
Overview: A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-26
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S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939-06-02
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Overview: A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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I Stole a Million
1939-08-01
I Stole a Million
Overview: A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-01
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Double Alibi
1940-03-01
Double Alibi
Overview: A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-01
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The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05
The Remarkable Andrew
Overview: When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-05
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Harmon of Michigan
1941-09-11
Harmon of Michigan
Overview: A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-11
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Million Dollar Legs
1932-07-08
Million Dollar Legs
Overview: A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-08
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The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934-07-20
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Overview: After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-20
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The Fixer
1915-09-15
The Fixer
Overview: When Bill Fowler decided to wed the wealthy widow, Isabel Dare, of Rye, N.Y., he gave a bachelor dinner. And the dinner degenerated into a quiet game with sugar for dice until constable Zack arrived with sleuths galore and landed them everyone safe and sound in the local calaboose. This was an early five-reeler that featured the famous George Bickel and Harry Watson duo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-15
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The Perfect Set-Up
1936-02-01
The Perfect Set-Up
Overview: In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-01
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Something to Shout About
1943-02-25
Something to Shout About
Overview: A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-25
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The Public Pays
1936-10-10
The Public Pays
Overview: In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-10
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Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Mission to Moscow
Overview: Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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Faithless
1932-10-15
Faithless
Overview: Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-15
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Overview: Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16
The Jury's Secret
Overview: A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-16
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The Chaser
1938-07-29
The Chaser
Overview: A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-29
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The Durango Kid
1940-08-15
The Durango Kid
Overview: The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett's usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat the evil MacDonald who has been terrorizing the decent citizens with his gang of rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-15
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Newly Rich
1931-07-02
Newly Rich
Overview: Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-02
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A Criminal Is Born
1938-06-05
A Criminal Is Born
Overview: An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-05
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Central Park
1932-12-10
Central Park
Overview: Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-10
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Shoot the Works
1934-07-18
Shoot the Works
Overview: The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-18
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Oh Boy!
1919-06-22
Oh Boy!
Overview: Oh Boy! 1919 film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-22
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The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
The Ghost Comes Home
Overview: Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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Hard Guy
1941-10-17
Hard Guy
Overview: Investigators crack down on a gang of nightclub con artists that has been victimizing wealthy bachelors.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-17
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The Sentimental Lady
1915-11-03
The Sentimental Lady
Overview: When he wasn't churning out "Curses, foiled again!" melodramas, playwright Owen Davis Sr. specialized in such social dramas as The Sentimental Lady. Irene Fenwick stars as Amy Cary, who has invested her life savings in a utility stock. Amy's fiance Norman Van Aulsten (John Davidson) is saddled with a crooked father (Thomas McGrath), whose Wall Street shenanigans threaten to wipe out Amy and the rest of the stockholders. Fortunately, crusading attorney Bob Nelson (Jack Devereaux) manages to prevent this financial catastrophe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-03
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The Woman Next Door
1915-09-01
The Woman Next Door
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-01
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Vagabond Lady
1935-05-03
Vagabond Lady
Overview: Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-03
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King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
King of Chinatown
Overview: A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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