George O'Hanlon
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Samuel O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian, writer and director. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 23, 1912
Deathday: February 11, 1989
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Rocky
1976-11-20
Rocky
Overview: An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-20
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The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Park Row
1952-09-01
Park Row
Overview: In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger papers and its newspaper heiress owner.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-01
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Kronos
1957-03-31
Kronos
Overview: Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from earth, including any energy directed at it in an effort to destroy it.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-31
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Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
Hollywood Hotel
Overview: After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-15
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Jetsons: The Movie
1990-06-06
Jetsons: The Movie
Overview: George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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The Spirit of West Point
1947-10-03
The Spirit of West Point
Overview: The story of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, two All-American football players at the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-03
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Secrets of an Actress
1938-09-10
Secrets of an Actress
Overview: Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-10
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Women Are Like That
1938-04-23
Women Are Like That
Overview: Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-23
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The Tanks Are Coming
1951-10-31
The Tanks Are Coming
Overview: An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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Two Tickets to London
1943-06-14
Two Tickets to London
Overview: Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-14
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Zamba
1949-09-01
Zamba
Overview: Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bail out and become separated. Jenny lands in a dense jungle and is rescued by a safari headed by two wild-animal collectors, but Tommy is not found. He has amnesia and is lost, but is adopted by Zamba, a huge gorilla. He lives happily with his new family. Jenny comes back with a searching party, and Zamba, the gorilla mother, is determined to protect Tommy from his real mother.
Genres: Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-01
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The Vanishing Duck
1958-05-02
The Vanishing Duck
Overview: George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck, but his plans are thwarted when it (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing cream and uses it to get even.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-02
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So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950-04-15
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Overview: Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-15
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944-08-01
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Overview: A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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So You Want to Be a Detective
1948-06-26
So You Want to Be a Detective
Overview: Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-26
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Criminal Investigator
1942-10-23
Criminal Investigator
Overview: A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging in to the mysterious murder of a showgirl (Vivian Wilcox), intrepid reporter Bob Martin (Robert Lowery) uncovers a connection between that case and another one he's been working on. An inmate (Lawrence Creighton) holds the key to the crime, but there's one problem: He's deaf and mute. Meanwhile, the murderers (Jan Wiley and Charlie Hall) appear to be working for a very powerful person.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-23
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947-06-07
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Overview: Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-07
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Cattle Town
1952-09-06
Cattle Town
Overview: The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-06
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Heading for Heaven
1947-12-06
Heading for Heaven
Overview: A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-06
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So You Want to Be a Bachelor
1951-09-22
So You Want to Be a Bachelor
Overview: "I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing back to bachelor days and his courtship with Alice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-22
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So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952-11-08
So You Want to Wear the Pants
Overview: It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-08
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The Counterfeiters
1948-05-28
The Counterfeiters
Overview: Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-28
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Man From Headquarters
1942-01-23
Man From Headquarters
Overview: A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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Rockin' with Judy Jetson
1988-01-15
Rockin' with Judy Jetson
Overview: There's intergalactic trouble when the lyrics Judy Jetson wrote for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are swapped with a secret message from a music-hating witch. Now it's up to Judy, her family, and friends to save rock-and-roll.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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The Hucksters
1947-07-17
The Hucksters
Overview: A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-17
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Spring Parade
1940-09-27
Spring Parade
Overview: In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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June Bride
1948-10-29
June Bride
Overview: A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-29
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So You Want an Apartment
1948-01-03
So You Want an Apartment
Overview: Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-03
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So You Want to Hold Your Wife
1947-11-22
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-22
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So You Want to Keep Your Hair
1946-12-07
So You Want to Keep Your Hair
Overview: Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-07
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So You Want to Play the Horses
1946-10-05
So You Want to Play the Horses
Overview: In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-05
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So You're Going to Be a Father
1947-05-10
So You're Going to Be a Father
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-10
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So You Want to Build a House
1948-05-15
So You Want to Build a House
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-15
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So You Want to Give Up Smoking
1942-11-14
So You Want to Give Up Smoking
Overview: A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the habit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-14
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So You Want to Be a Gambler
1948-02-14
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-14
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So You Think You Need Glasses
1942-12-26
So You Think You Need Glasses
Overview: A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-26
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Once Over Lightly
1944-10-14
Once Over Lightly
Overview: A short compilation movie similar to When Comedy was King (1960), and The Golden Age of Comedy (1957).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-14
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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946-12-28
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Overview: Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-28
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Room for One More
1952-01-10
Room for One More
Overview: Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-10
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Brother Rat
1938-10-29
Brother Rat
Overview: Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-29
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A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
A Child Is Born
Overview: A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-07
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Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
Daughters Courageous
Overview: Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-23
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Hell's Kitchen
1939-07-08
Hell's Kitchen
Overview: A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-08
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Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River
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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Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
Dust Be My Destiny
Overview: Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-16
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The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
The Fighting 69th
Overview: Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-27
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All by Myself
1943-06-11
All by Myself
Overview: Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-11
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So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956-07-14
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Overview: Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his office. How will this work out?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-14
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Charley and the Angel
1973-03-23
Charley and the Angel
Overview: Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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City for Conquest
1940-09-21
City for Conquest
Overview: The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-21
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Saturday's Children
1940-05-04
Saturday's Children
Overview: An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-04
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So You Think You're Allergic
1945-12-01
So You Think You're Allergic
Overview: Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-01
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So You Want a Model Railroad
1955-08-27
So You Want a Model Railroad
Overview: Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and become obsessed to the point he has built a railroad empire using all of his time, energy and money. When Alice's mother comes to dinner, Joe even has a rigged-up train serving as the dumb waiter. Mr. Agony helps Alice to solve her problem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-27
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So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950-07-01
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Overview: Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-01
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Your Safety First
1956-01-01
Your Safety First
Overview: An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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The Lion and the Horse
1952-05-16
The Lion and the Horse
Overview: After selling it to a cruel rodeo owner, a cowboy attempts to buy back the wild stallion he snared.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-16
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So You're Going on a Vacation
1947-07-05
So You're Going on a Vacation
Overview: Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-05
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Are You With It?
1948-03-19
Are You With It?
Overview: Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.
Genres: Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-19
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972-07-12
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Overview: Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-12
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So You're Having In-Law Trouble
1949-08-22
So You're Having In-Law Trouble
Overview: Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-22
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So You Want to Get Rich Quick
1949-10-28
So You Want to Get Rich Quick
Overview: Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-28
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The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
1987-11-15
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Overview: Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.
Genres: Animation Family Science Fiction TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-15
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New Wine
1941-09-10
New Wine
Overview: The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-10
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So You Want to Be on the Radio
1948-11-06
So You Want to Be on the Radio
Overview: Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-06
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So You're Going to Have an Operation
1950-12-02
So You're Going to Have an Operation
Overview: A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-02
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The Death Kiss
1932-12-05
The Death Kiss
Overview: When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-05
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So You Want to Move
1950-08-19
So You Want to Move
Overview: Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-19
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So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
1951-06-02
So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
Overview: Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-02
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So You Want to Be a Plumber
1951-11-10
So You Want to Be a Plumber
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-10
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So You Want to Be an Actor
1949-12-03
So You Want to Be an Actor
Overview: Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and producers
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-03
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So You're Having Neighbor Trouble
1954-01-30
So You're Having Neighbor Trouble
Overview: Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-30
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So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953-10-31
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Overview: Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-31
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So You Think the Grass Is Greener
1956-01-28
So You Think the Grass Is Greener
Overview: When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married to the beautiful office blonde.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-28
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So You Want to Go to a Convention
1952-06-07
So You Want to Go to a Convention
Overview: Joe has to find a way to go to a convention.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-07
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So You Never Tell a Lie
1952-08-02
So You Never Tell a Lie
Overview: When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-02
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So You Want to Be an Heir
1953-12-19
So You Want to Be an Heir
Overview: Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-19
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So You Want to Be a Handyman
1951-01-03
So You Want to Be a Handyman
Overview: Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-03
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So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955-10-29
So You Want to Be a V.P.
Overview: Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-29
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So You Want to Be a Policeman
1955-12-17
So You Want to Be a Policeman
Overview: Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-17
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So You Want to Be a Musician
1953-01-10
So You Want to Be a Musician
Overview: Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-10
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So You Want a Raise
1950-09-23
So You Want a Raise
Overview: Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-23
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So You Want a Television Set
1953-05-23
So You Want a Television Set
Overview: Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refrigerator.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-23
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So You Love Your Dog
1953-08-01
So You Love Your Dog
Overview: Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving information to the enemy, Joe brings him home with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-01
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So You Want to Be Pretty
1956-03-10
So You Want to Be Pretty
Overview: In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-10
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So You Want to Get It Wholesale
1952-01-12
So You Want to Get It Wholesale
Overview: Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-12
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So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952-03-29
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Overview: Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-29
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So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
1954-03-14
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss
Overview: Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restaurant. Complaining customers and a sanitation inspector who closes the restaurant are just some of Joe's problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-14
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So You're Taking in a Roomer
1954-10-30
So You're Taking in a Roomer
Overview: Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-30
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So You Want to Go to a Nightclub
1954-05-01
So You Want to Go to a Nightclub
Overview: In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and broke.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-01
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So You Don't Trust Your Wife
1955-01-29
So You Don't Trust Your Wife
Overview: When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a plot to murder him in everything she does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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So You're Going to the Dentist
1952-09-20
So You're Going to the Dentist
Overview: Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him become Marvin's first patient.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-20
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So You Want to Be a Cowboy
1951-04-14
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Overview: Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie shown on the screen as Jump-Along Skip-Along McGur
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-14
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So You Want to Be a Banker
1954-07-03
So You Want to Be a Banker
Overview: Joe McDoakes graduates from Potash University and gets a job in a bank run by Harrington Arrington Farrington Jr, a former classmate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-03
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So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954-12-18
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Overview: Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-18
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So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953-03-28
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Overview: Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-28
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So You Want to Be on a Jury
1955-05-07
So You Want to Be on a Jury
Overview: Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interference from both sides makes their task difficult.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-07
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So You Want to Throw a Party
1950-02-04
So You Want to Throw a Party
Overview: Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The creditors have a much better time than Joe does.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-04
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So You Want to Be a Gladiator
1955-03-12
So You Want to Be a Gladiator
Overview: Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the lyre for King Nero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-12
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So You Want to Play the Piano
1956-05-05
So You Want to Play the Piano
Overview: Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-05
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So You Want to Be Popular
1949-03-12
So You Want to Be Popular
Overview: Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-12
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So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947-09-13
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Overview: Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-13
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Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Action in the North Atlantic
Overview: Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-12
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The Million Dollar Duck
1971-06-30
The Million Dollar Duck
Overview: Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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Reconnaissance Pilot
1943-01-25
Reconnaissance Pilot
Overview: Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-25
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Corvette K-225
1943-09-29
Corvette K-225
Overview: The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-29
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Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
Blondes at Work
Overview: When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-05
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Battle Stations
1956-02-01
Battle Stations
Overview: The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-01
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Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05
Sailor's Lady
Overview: Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-05
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Bop Girl Goes Calypso
1957-07-01
Bop Girl Goes Calypso
Overview: Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring Judy Tyler. It featured Calypso music, and music by the Bobby Troup Trio and bassist Jim Aton. The calypso craze of the late 1950s drives this fun musical about grad student Bob Hilton (Bobby Troup), who sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll and bop are going the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by the refreshing rhythms of calypso.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Hollywood Wonderland
1947-08-09
Hollywood Wonderland
Overview: Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-09
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Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1949-03-06
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Overview: Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-06
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Nearly Eighteen
1943-11-12
Nearly Eighteen
Overview: A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-12
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So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
1949-01-08
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
Overview: Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-08
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So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949-07-02
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
Overview: Joe wants to be a muscle man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-02
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So You Want to Be in Politics
1948-10-02
So You Want to Be in Politics
Overview: Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-02
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The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974-01-06
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
Overview: A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city official and his pals to justice
Genres: Mystery Family Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-06
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