Milicent Patrick
Biography: Milicent Patrick was an American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator. In 1939 Patrick began working for Walt Disney Studios and during her time there became one of the studio's first female animators. Patrick continued her career at Universal Studios and is cited as being the first woman to work in a special effects and makeup department. She is best known for being the creator of the head costume for the iconic Gill-man from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, but was, until recently, not credited for this creation.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 11, 1915
Deathday: February 24, 1998
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Mara Maru
1952-04-23
Mara Maru
Overview: An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-23
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The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956-12-01
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Overview: The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors and intruders.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
We're Not Married!
Overview: A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-11
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Limelight
1952-10-23
Limelight
Overview: A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-23
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948-07-16
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Overview: Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-16
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A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
A Song Is Born
Overview: The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-19
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Thunder in the Pines
1948-11-11
Thunder in the Pines
Overview: Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-11
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Varieties on Parade
1951-07-20
Varieties on Parade
Overview: Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are always 'acting' while in their service-industry jobs. What follows is a cavalcade of wild and wacky performances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-20
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Westward the Women
1951-12-16
Westward the Women
Overview: There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-16
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Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
Scarlet Angel
Overview: After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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