Polly Moran
Biography: Pauline Theresa Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 24, 1952) billed as Polly Moran, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage and screen and a comedian.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 28, 1883
Deathday: January 24, 1952
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Known For
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Overview: An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-23
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Petticoat Politics
1941-01-31
Petticoat Politics
Overview: Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-31
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Alice in Wonderland
1933-12-18
Alice in Wonderland
Overview: In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-18
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Sheriff Nell's Tussle
1918-03-11
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Overview: A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make off with the town's wealth. Nell, with her faithful but brainless lover, journeys to the city in pursuit of the loot and the looter
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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Tom Brown's School Days
1940-06-26
Tom Brown's School Days
Overview: When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-26
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Cactus Nell
1917-06-03
Cactus Nell
Overview: Cactus Nell
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-03
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The Pullman Bride
1917-01-01
The Pullman Bride
Overview: The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Are Brunettes Safe?
1927-02-06
Are Brunettes Safe?
Overview: Are Brunettes Safe?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-06
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A Favorite Fool
1915-11-14
A Favorite Fool
Overview: Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her place as trapeze woman in the show and get other work. She sends her brood to the poorhouse, and Foy, ignorant of her flock, makes love to her and is accepted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-14
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The Unknown
1927-05-29
The Unknown
Overview: On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-29
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The Blackbird
1926-02-13
The Blackbird
Overview: Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-13
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The Passionate Plumber
1932-02-06
The Passionate Plumber
Overview: Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-06
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Luck
1923-03-01
Luck
Overview: A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's time, literally starting with nothing. He proceeds to Pennsylvania, where prize fight winnings are used to build a new town.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-01
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Red River Range
1938-12-22
Red River Range
Overview: The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But Hartley is on hand and unknown to anyone is the rustler's boss and he joins the posse with a plan that will do away with the Mesquiteers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-22
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Way Out West
1930-08-02
Way Out West
Overview: Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.
Genres: Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-02
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Politics
1931-02-26
Politics
Overview: A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-26
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Her Painted Hero
1915-11-20
Her Painted Hero
Overview: A stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill a fantasy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-20
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A Lady of Chance
1928-12-01
A Lady of Chance
Overview: A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-01
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The Divine Woman
1928-01-13
The Divine Woman
Overview: [For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that evening. He stops by for a last meal with his love, Marianne. He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another soldier to love. They argue then embrace and, when the clock strikes midnight, he is still in her arms. Is desertion in the cards? Can the relationship survive the military demands and a soldier's obligations? A lost film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-13
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The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
The Girl Said No
Overview: A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-15
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So This Is College
1929-11-08
So This Is College
Overview: Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-08
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Hollywood Party
1934-05-24
Hollywood Party
Overview: Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws him a big Hollywood star-studded party so that he might use the lions in his next movie. But, his film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-24
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Down to Their Last Yacht
1934-08-31
Down to Their Last Yacht
Overview: Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-31
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When Joe Went West
1913-12-01
When Joe Went West
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1913-12-01
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The Yellow Cab Man
1950-03-25
The Yellow Cab Man
Overview: Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-25
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Reducing
1931-01-03
Reducing
Overview: Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-03
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Remote Control
1930-11-15
Remote Control
Overview: A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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The Affairs of Anatol
1921-09-25
The Affairs of Anatol
Overview: Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats on him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-25
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Prosperity
1932-11-18
Prosperity
Overview: Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Way for a Sailor
1930-11-01
Way for a Sailor
Overview: A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
The Unholy Night
Overview: When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-13
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Chasing Rainbows
1930-01-10
Chasing Rainbows
Overview: The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-10
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Crazy House
1930-11-01
Crazy House
Overview: Benny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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The Christmas Party
1931-12-17
The Christmas Party
Overview: In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-17
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Caught Short
1930-05-10
Caught Short
Overview: Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-10
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Came the Dawn
1928-03-03
Came the Dawn
Overview: Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that took place in the house. They say his ghost still roams the house. Night comes and every noise and creak in the house scares the papa, mama and son (the daughter is out on a date). The Mover gives the daughter a parrot saying "It's a religious parrot – I bought it from a sailor". At any rate, the parrot gets into the act by yelling scaring Papa and Son who have come down looking for the source of the noise. Later Daughter and Remover return from a costume party and sneak into the house. The young man is dressed in a skeleton outfit and the fun continues. There has been film reconstruction in a number of places, particularly the last third of the film. In many cases there is a photograph depicting the scene being described.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-03
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The Show
1927-01-22
The Show
Overview: Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of Salome's dance of the seven veils, replete with the beheading of Jokanaan. The performer portraying Salome is in love with Cock Robin. Jealous, sinister The Greek is determined to eliminate that competition.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-22
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Hot for Paris
1929-12-22
Hot for Paris
Overview: A romantic adventure musical film directed by Raoul Walsh....The film is believed to be lost.
Genres: Music Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-22
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Madcap Ambrose
1916-07-16
Madcap Ambrose
Overview: Ambrose likes his mother's assistant, but when she inherits a fortune, the obstacles to their relationship keep mounting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-16
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Speedway
1929-10-07
Speedway
Overview: Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-07
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London After Midnight
2002-11-01
London After Midnight
Overview: A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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London After Midnight
1927-12-03
London After Midnight
Overview: The abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-looking tenants. This film was lost in the 1965 MGM vault fire; only a few stills exist.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1927-12-03
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Dangerous Females
1929-11-16
Dangerous Females
Overview: Roommates panic and plan when they hear a radio report of a murderer loose in their neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-16
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While the City Sleeps
1928-02-15
While the City Sleeps
Overview: A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-15
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Honeymoon
1928-12-29
Honeymoon
Overview: Two men are rivals for the same girl. When she finally agrees to marry one, the other--appearing to be magnanimous in defeat--presents his former rival with a beautiful German Shepherd dog as a wedding present. It turns out, however, that he had an ulterior motive--he had trained the pooch to allow absolutely no one to get near the young woman. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-29
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China Bound
1929-05-18
China Bound
Overview: Two loony buddies get caught up in a Chinese revolution.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-18
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A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919-12-07
A Schoolhouse Scandal
Overview: A surrealistic stew of airplanes, tornadoes, trick mirrors, and underwater car repair. Footage was recycled for the studios’ 1920 release Hold Me Tight. (MoMA)
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-07
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High & Dry
1921-02-12
High & Dry
Overview: Jimmie Adams and Sid Smith comedy produced by Jack White and distributed by Educational.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-12
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Their Social Splash
1915-04-26
Their Social Splash
Overview: Pretty Dixie Chene is abut to be married to Slim Summerville besides a swimming pool stocked with baby alligators -- wait for it -- but before the minister shows up, Charles Murray and a drunken Polly Moran manage to cause quite a fuss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-26
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The Trail of '98
1928-03-20
The Trail of '98
Overview: Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-20
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Bringing Up Father
1928-03-18
Bringing Up Father
Overview: The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-18
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The Rounder
1930-01-18
The Rounder
Overview: A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-18
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Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15
Two Wise Maids
Overview: The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-15
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Ladies in Distress
1938-06-13
Ladies in Distress
Overview: Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of home town boy Braddock (Robert Livingston), a pretty tough customer himself, to take on the crooks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-13
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It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10
It's a Wise Child
Overview: In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-10
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Show People
1928-11-20
Show People
Overview: Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-20
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Guilty Hands
1931-08-22
Guilty Hands
Overview: A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-22
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The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
The Stolen Jools
Overview: Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Adam's Rib
1949-11-18
Adam's Rib
Overview: A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-18
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Those Three French Girls
1930-10-10
Those Three French Girls
Overview: An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and leads to other adventures and mischief.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-10
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931-06-01
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Overview: Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-01
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Beyond the Sierras
1928-09-15
Beyond the Sierras
Overview: A masked avenger takes on claim jumpers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-15
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Paid
1930-12-30
Paid
Overview: Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-30
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934-04-28
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Overview: Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Florence Desmond, Ben Turpin, Rudy Vallee and many others.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-28
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Flesh and the Devil
1926-12-25
Flesh and the Devil
Overview: When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-25
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Oh, Duchess!
1936-10-09
Oh, Duchess!
Overview: A fish peddler is known to her customers as "The Duchess"; her fiance's father hears this and thinks she is a real duchess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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Sailor Maid
1937-02-12
Sailor Maid
Overview: An immigrant girl hears that if she marries an American citizen she won't be deported, so she goes looking for a husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-12
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Meet the Missus
1940-11-29
Meet the Missus
Overview: Gran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-29
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That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Entertainment! III
Overview: Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Telling the World
1928-06-30
Telling the World
Overview: The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Davis follows Chrystal to China. When Chrystal arrives in China, Davis has to save her from an execution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-30
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The Scarlet Letter
1927-01-08
The Scarlet Letter
Overview: In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-08
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His Naughty Thought
1917-05-06
His Naughty Thought
Overview: Café ownder Mack Swain goes gaga over a gal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-06
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The Enemy
1927-12-08
The Enemy
Overview: Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-08
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Overview: This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Smith's Cook
1927-10-16
Smith's Cook
Overview: The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get married. But when Mr Smith and his family set out to drive her across town to her bridegroom, everything goes wrong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-16
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The Callahans and the Murphys
1927-06-18
The Callahans and the Murphys
Overview: The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-18
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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The Thirteenth Hour
1927-10-17
The Thirteenth Hour
Overview: A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-17
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Rose-Marie
1928-02-11
Rose-Marie
Overview: Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim Kenyon drifts into the post. Soon Jim is accused of murder but he escapes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-11
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Buttons
1927-12-24
Buttons
Overview: Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1927-12-24
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Two Weeks with Pay
1921-05-01
Two Weeks with Pay
Overview: Pansy O'Donnell, a salesgirl, is given a two-week vacation at a summer resort, where she advertises clothing made by her company. The hotel clerk mistakes her for movie actress Marie La Tour, and gossip spreads that she is staying incognito.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-01
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Ambush
1939-01-20
Ambush
Overview: Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Jane Hartman, bank secretary, recognizes the truck as one on which her brother Charles worked. Fleeing to her brother, she is trapped by the gang, composed of its master-mind, Gibbs, Sidney, a gunman, and Randall, a blackballed airplane pilot. Under threat of bodily harm to her brother, she lures truck-driver Tony Andrews to the hideout, and he is forced to help them in their escape attempt.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-20
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Shadows of the Night
1928-10-26
Shadows of the Night
Overview: Gray plays a reporter trying to unravel a murder involving organized crime. Lorraine plays the heroine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-26
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She Loved Him Plenty
1918-08-11
She Loved Him Plenty
Overview: “ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Charles Lynn as her appraisers and clerks. Ben is her sweetheart and Polly sure does love him, but Ben is not quite so enthusiastic, excepting when the cash register is made to tingle, then all his love is for Becky. ” - Synopsis from Motion Picture News
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-08-11
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