Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1932
Deathday: July 29, 2008
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1940-10-11
Overview: Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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1940-08-30
Overview: Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-30
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1939-12-29
Overview: Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Genres: Drama Music Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-29
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1940-01-15
Overview: Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-15
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1940-05-24
Overview: Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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1940-08-09
Overview: An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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1940-06-06
Overview: A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-06
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