Wally Albright
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Albright (September 3, 1925 – August 7, 1999) was an American former child actor. Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California. He appeared in a number of films during his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short subjects throughout the early 1930s. Though his tenure with the gang was brief, his role was usually that of the gang leader, alongside Matthew "Stymie" Beard. Albright played so many roles as a baby that he was quite well known by the time he was three. He appeared in small parts of various films made by Hal Roach Studios. At the end of 1933, when Gus Meins took over directing, Our Gang needed a few new characters. Several older Our Gangers left the series in the summer of 1933 including Dorothy DeBorba and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins. Wally would be one of several characters including Scotty Beckett and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas to debut in 1934 in the Our Gang episode Hi Neighbor. Wally quickly became one of the bigger Our Gang stars. But much to the dismay of Hal Roach and director Gus Meins, Wally voluntarily left the gang and returned to a normal childhood life. However, Albright did play a small role in John Ford's version of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," appearing as an older child in the migrant camp. He watches as Ma Joad cooks a stew for her family and tells her, "Me and my brother, we et good." Another child later tells Ma he was lying. "I peeked through their window last night and they was eatin' fried dough, just like everybody else." He graduated high school and college as he entered adult life.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 03, 1925
Deathday: August 07, 1999
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Paper Hanging with Johnny Arthur
1930-04-30
Paper Hanging with Johnny Arthur
Overview: A penny-pinching house-holder attempts to put up wallpaper without professional help.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-30
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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000-01-01
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Overview: This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.
Genres: Documentary Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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The Wrecker
1933-07-10
The Wrecker
Overview: The Wrecker is a flinty-eyed demolition engineer named Regan (Jack Holt). While he's off on another assignment, Regan's wife Mary (Genevieve Tobin) and supposed best friend Cummings (Sidney Blackmer) engage in some heavy petting. About to wash his hands of his faithless wife and his back-stabbing chum, our hero is compelled to save both their lives when they're pinned under the wreckage of a collapsed schoolhouse. George E. Stones supplies some good-natured ethnic humor as Regan's junk-dealer pal Shapiro.
Genres: Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-10
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Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
Ann Vickers
Overview: After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-26
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The Cowboy Star
1936-11-20
The Cowboy Star
Overview: Tired of being a cowboy movie star, Yorke quits the movies and buys a ranch so he can be a real cowboy. But just as in his films trouble arrives. This time it's bank robber Sampson and his two cronies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-20
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Old Louisiana
1937-03-01
Old Louisiana
Overview: The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But John Colfax fights to defeat Gilmore.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-01
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Our Gang - Comedy Festival
2001-05-15
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Overview: Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your funny bone and includes rarely seen silent footage. See Alfalfa sing "The Barber of Seville" at the "Our Gang Follies" and Chubby grease Wheezer with Limburger, plus a 1930s bicycle commercial starring Spanky and a 1950s reunion on "You Asked for It". Come join Spanky, Buckwheat, Jackie, Mickey, Farina, Darla, Froggy, Mary, Joe Cobb and many more for the marathon of mirthful moments with the Little Rascals, a must-have for your comedy collection.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-15
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The Trespasser
1929-11-11
The Trespasser
Overview: A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-11
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East Lynne
1931-03-01
East Lynne
Overview: The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-01
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The Single Standard
1929-07-27
The Single Standard
Overview: A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-27
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Zoo in Budapest
1933-04-28
Zoo in Budapest
Overview: Zani is an unusual young man who has spent his entire life in a zoo in Budapest. His only true friends are the zoo's animals. When Zani meets Eve, a young orphan girl, they fall in love. To be together Eve must somehow escape from her strict orphan school. When she does she and Zani must hide overnight in the zoo - where everyone is looking to find them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-28
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The Wild One
1953-12-30
The Wild One
Overview: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-30
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The Silver Lining
1932-04-16
The Silver Lining
Overview: A women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-16
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Super-Sleuth
1937-07-16
Super-Sleuth
Overview: A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-16
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What Price Vengeance
1937-05-25
What Price Vengeance
Overview: A cop hesitates in using his gun to stop a robbery, & the robbers get away. He is forced to quit the police force, and he turns to a life of crime.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-25
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Roll Along, Cowboy
1937-10-18
Roll Along, Cowboy
Overview: Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by bad guys, and Randy loves her daughter Janet.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-18
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Mr. Skitch
1933-12-22
Mr. Skitch
Overview: After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
Genres: Romance Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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King of the Sierras
1938-12-11
King of the Sierras
Overview: An unusual film in that it was composed of new film footage tacked onto an original film produced by M. H. Hoffman Sr. and Jr.,and never released because of the collapse and merger of the Hoffman's Liberty Company into the newly-formed Republic operation in mid-1935, and consequently has two different sets of actors and production crew members.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-11
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The Conquerors
1932-11-18
The Conquerors
Overview: A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
Genres: Western Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Little Miss Nobody
1936-06-05
Little Miss Nobody
Overview: A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-05
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Sons of the Legion
1938-09-18
Sons of the Legion
Overview: Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion Post. However, because the boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after World War I, his father cannot join the Legion and in turn his son cannot join the squadron [wikipedia]
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-18
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Going Ga-Ga
1929-01-05
Going Ga-Ga
Overview: Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat curfew, to get the kid out again. This film survives only in very fragmentary form.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-05
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The Woman I Love
1937-04-15
The Woman I Love
Overview: In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-15
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As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14
As the Earth Turns
Overview: Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-14
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Thirteen Women
1932-09-16
Thirteen Women
Overview: Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-16
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It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
It Happened in Hollywood
Overview: A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-07
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Boy Trouble
1939-01-27
Boy Trouble
Overview: A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-27
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Overview: A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-27
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The Prodigal
1931-02-21
The Prodigal
Overview: An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-21
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
The Grapes of Wrath
Overview: Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-15
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Mexicali Rose
1939-03-26
Mexicali Rose
Overview: Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.
Genres: Action Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-26
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Laura
1944-10-11
Laura
Overview: A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-11
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Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Johnny Apollo
Overview: Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-19
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Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Captains Courageous
Overview: Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-25
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Washee Ironee
1934-11-13
Washee Ironee
Overview: Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-13
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Smoky
1933-12-08
Smoky
Overview: Rodeo star forms a strong bond with the noble horse he took from the wilds and trained. Unfortunately, they end up on different life paths and are separated. When at last they are reunited, the cowboy is appalled to discover that Smoky has become a broken down cart horse with an appointment at the local abattoir. Fortunately the cowboy intervenes and saves the horse from death
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-08
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Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
Waterfront Lady
Overview: When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Salvation Nell
1931-07-01
Salvation Nell
Overview: Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-01
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Hi'–Neighbor!
1934-03-02
Hi'–Neighbor!
Overview: The gang decides to build their own fire engine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-02
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For Pete's Sake!
1934-04-13
For Pete's Sake!
Overview: The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-13
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The First Round-Up
1934-05-05
The First Round-Up
Overview: The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls and croaking frogs conjure up visions of spooks. When a thunderstorm hits, they all scurry for home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-05
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Choo-Choo!
1932-05-07
Choo-Choo!
Overview: The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-07
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Law of the Sea
1931-12-15
Law of the Sea
Overview: A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she's the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-15
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Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
Maid of Salem
Overview: When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-12
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End of the Trail
1932-12-19
End of the Trail
Overview: Framed by Major Jenkins, Capt. Travers is kicked out of the Army. When Travers, now living with the Indians, is captured by Jenkins, the Indians attack the fort. With his men greatly outnumbered Colonel Burke realizes that Travers is their only chance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-19
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Honky Donkey
1934-06-02
Honky Donkey
Overview: Rich kid Wally brings the gang back home to play, along with their mule.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-02
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