John Litel
Biography: John Litel was an American stage, screen, and television actor. From 1919 to 1936 he performed in several plays on Broadway. In 1929 he began appearing in films and was in over 200 movies throughout his career. Litel often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops and district attorneys. He appeared in many television series. John Litel's acting career concluded in 1967.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 30, 1892
Deathday: February 03, 1972
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Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18
Pocketful of Miracles
Overview: A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-18
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Houseboat
1958-11-19
Houseboat
Overview: An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-19
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961-07-12
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Overview: The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-12
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Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
Santa Fe Trail
Overview: As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Jezebel
1938-03-26
Jezebel
Overview: In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-26
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The Return of Doctor X
1939-11-23
The Return of Doctor X
Overview: When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-23
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Triple Threat
1948-09-30
Triple Threat
Overview: An arrogant college football player turns professional, taking his bad attitude with him.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-30
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Finders Keepers
1929-12-27
Finders Keepers
Overview: This Vitaphone one-reel short, written by the author of "Show-Off", George Kelly
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-27
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Nevada Smith
1966-06-10
Nevada Smith
Overview: Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-10
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Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Overview: While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-18
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Pitfall
1948-08-11
Pitfall
Overview: An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-11
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Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
Castle on the Hudson
Overview: A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-17
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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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Sealed Lips
1942-01-02
Sealed Lips
Overview: There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
A Slight Case of Murder
Overview: Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-26
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The Guilty
1947-03-22
The Guilty
Overview: Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-22
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Invisible Agent
1942-08-07
Invisible Agent
Overview: The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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Double Jeopardy
1955-06-23
Double Jeopardy
Overview: Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-23
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The Madonna's Secret
1946-02-16
The Madonna's Secret
Overview: This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. The trouble stems when the model he has used in all his work is found floating dead in the Seine.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-16
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Black Legion
1937-01-30
Black Legion
Overview: When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-30
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Flight to Mars
1951-11-11
Flight to Mars
Overview: Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-11
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The Sundowners
1950-02-02
The Sundowners
Overview: Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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Woman in Hiding
1950-01-06
Woman in Hiding
Overview: As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-06
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Brewster's Millions
1945-04-07
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-07
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Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
Knute Rockne All American
Overview: The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-05
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The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-23
The Sons of Katie Elder
Overview: The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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It All Came True
1940-04-06
It All Came True
Overview: After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-06
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They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
They Drive by Night
Overview: Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
They Died with Their Boots On
Overview: The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Genres: Western War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-20
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Decision at Sundown
1957-11-10
Decision at Sundown
Overview: A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-10
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The Kentuckian
1955-07-22
The Kentuckian
Overview: A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-22
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I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25
I, Jane Doe
Overview: While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-25
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San Antonio
1945-12-29
San Antonio
Overview: Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the affections of a beautiful chanteuse named Jeanne Starr. When the lovely lady meets and falls in love with the charismatic Hardin, the stakes for both men become higher.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-29
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939-09-09
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Overview: Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-09
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Nancy Drew… Detective
1938-11-19
Nancy Drew… Detective
Overview: After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-19
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939-06-17
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Overview: When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-17
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Overview: A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-20
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Dodge City
1939-04-08
Dodge City
Overview: In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-08
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Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
Kid Glove Killer
Overview: Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-17
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950-08-19
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Overview: Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-19
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The Boss of Big Town
1942-12-07
The Boss of Big Town
Overview: Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a welcome harbor for character actors who aspired to occasional leading roles. In Boss of Big Town, veteran supporting player John Litel is top-billed as crusading city market official Michael Lynn. When a criminal gang muscles in on the local food distribution markets, Lynn vows to throw the rascals out. First, however, he pretends to join the villains as a paid government stooge, the better to find out the identity of the "Mister Big" behind the distribution racket. The exposure of the "mystery villain" will come as a shock to fans of the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille epic The King of Kings--but not to dyed-in-the-wool movie buffs.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-07
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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942-05-07
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Overview: A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-07
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Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
Sister Kenny
Overview: An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-10
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Two Dollar Bettor
1951-09-09
Two Dollar Bettor
Overview: An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-09
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Crime Doctor
1943-06-22
Crime Doctor
Overview: Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-22
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The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945-09-27
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Overview: A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-27
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The Beginning or the End
1947-02-19
The Beginning or the End
Overview: The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Genres: Drama Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-19
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Rusty Leads the Way
1948-10-21
Rusty Leads the Way
Overview: Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handicap. But with Rusty's help, the girl gains a new lease on life and agrees to adopt a seeing-eye dog.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-21
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Rusty Saves a Life
1949-02-03
Rusty Saves a Life
Overview: Rusty, portrayed by a very busy canine thespian named Flame, does exactly what the film's title says he does. But before this prophecy can be fulfilled, the story spends a great deal of time with young Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson), who briefly turns to juvenile delinquency when he's denied an expected inheritance
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-03
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The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
The Fuller Brush Girl
Overview: A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-15
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Christmas Eve
1947-10-31
Christmas Eve
Overview: The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-31
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Murder in the Air
1940-06-01
Murder in the Air
Overview: Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a tattoo of a circle and arrow. This is a tattoo for saboteurs for hire and Brass must impersonate the dead man to find out what his orders are. As Steve Coe, he meets with the band of enemy agents in California and everything goes well until the wife of the dead 'Hobo' shows up. Luckily, Gabby is able to save Brass and Brass learns what is his assignment. He is to board the USN airship 'Mason', which is testing the super secret Inertia Projector, and destroy the airship.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-01
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Submarine Base
1943-07-20
Submarine Base
Overview: Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an out-of-the-way island off of the coast of South America. Morgan makes his headquarters at the Halfway House run by the parents of Maria Styx as a bar and dance resort catering to the planters and traders of the island. Taggert finds himself practically a prisoner along with a group of American girls acting as entertainers at the resort. Taggert shadows Morgan in his activities in a remote cove and finds that Morgan is supplying German U-boat commanders with torpedoes, but does not know that Morgan has rigged the torpedoes with clock devices that explode when at sea and sinks the U-boats.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-20
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939-03-23
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Overview: Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-23
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My Dog Rusty
1948-04-08
My Dog Rusty
Overview: Faithful dog Rusty helps his master's father win a mayoral race.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-08
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Men of Texas
1942-07-03
Men of Texas
Overview: A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-03
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Montana Belle
1952-11-11
Montana Belle
Overview: Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Discord among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicates things, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons and horses, and as a surprisingly racy saloon entertainer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-11
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Heaven Only Knows
1947-09-12
Heaven Only Knows
Overview: Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets. To his dismay, Donlevy discovers that he has a guardian angel (Robert Cummings), who shows up in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot. The angel has been sent from Above to save Donlevy's soul, and to that end encourages the one-time villain to squire a minister's daughter (Jorja Curtwright) rather than his usual dance-hall girls. Donlevy is also given tips on winning against his enemies without resorting to gunplay. The gambler finally redeems himself with Heaven by rescuing the angel from a lynch mob (how can you lynch an angel?) Heaven Only Knows deserves an "E" for Effort for bringing a fresh twist to the venerable western genre.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-12
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Sitting Bull
1954-10-06
Sitting Bull
Overview: Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-06
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Old Glory
1939-07-01
Old Glory
Overview: Porky Pig balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.
Genres: Animation History Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-01
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Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
Lady with Red Hair
Overview: An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-30
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Flight Angels
1940-05-18
Flight Angels
Overview: Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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Lighthouse
1947-01-10
Lighthouse
Overview: Two men and a woman form a triangle confined by a lighthouse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-10
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Mary Ryan, Detective
1949-11-03
Mary Ryan, Detective
Overview: A female police detective enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.
Genres: Crime Mystery Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-03
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Murder in Times Square
1943-04-01
Murder in Times Square
Overview: An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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The Gun Hawk
1963-08-28
The Gun Hawk
Overview: When his town-drunk father is killed by the Sully brothers, gunfighter Blaine Madden exacts his revenge but has to flee, aided by a young aspiring gunslinger, when the sheriff tries to arrest him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-28
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Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06
Cass Timberlane
Overview: Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-06
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The Crimson Canary
1945-11-09
The Crimson Canary
Overview: Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
Genres: Mystery Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-09
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So Proudly We Hail
1943-09-09
So Proudly We Hail
Overview: During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-09
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940-07-16
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Overview: A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-16
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Over the Wall
1938-04-02
Over the Wall
Overview: When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-02
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Smooth as Silk
1946-02-01
Smooth as Silk
Overview: An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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The Big Boss
1941-04-28
The Big Boss
Overview: Why did the Governor want to resign?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-28
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Father Is A Prince
1940-11-18
Father Is A Prince
Overview: Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family thinks he works too hard. He feels inferior for not having gone to college, so now he doesn't want his children going, either. His daughter Connie is afraid to break the news of her engagement to Gary Lee, especially since not only is Gary a lawyer and a college grad, but his father owns a vacuum-cleaner company, too.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-18
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Murder in the Blue Room
1944-10-27
Murder in the Blue Room
Overview: A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Music Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-27
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The Hired Gun
1957-09-20
The Hired Gun
Overview: A rich Texan hires a gunman (Rory Calhoun) to bring an escaped woman (Anne Francis) back to hang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-20
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The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
The Great Mr. Nobody
Overview: A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-15
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Men Without Souls
1940-05-20
Men Without Souls
Overview: A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-20
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Night in Paradise
1946-05-03
Night in Paradise
Overview: Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-03
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The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28
The Wild Dakotas
Overview: When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers reach their destination, Baring unwisely declares war on the local Indians. When savvy frontier scout Jim Henry tries to promote cooperation between the natives and the newly arrived settlers, Baring responds by having Williams whipped.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-28
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Texas Lady
1955-11-23
Texas Lady
Overview: Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-23
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Father's Son
1941-02-12
Father's Son
Overview: A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-12
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Secret Service of the Air
1939-03-04
Secret Service of the Air
Overview: Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-04
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Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
Missing Witnesses
Overview: A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-11
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Take Care of My Little Girl
1951-07-06
Take Care of My Little Girl
Overview: A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-06
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Outpost in Morocco
1949-05-02
Outpost in Morocco
Overview: Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to her father's mountain citadel and find out what he can about the emir's activities. Gerard enjoys his work with lovely Cara, but arrives to find rebellion brewing.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-02
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Overview: Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-25
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Gambling on the High Seas
1940-06-22
Gambling on the High Seas
Overview: A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-22
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Valley of the Giants
1938-09-17
Valley of the Giants
Overview: A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-17
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The Enchanted Forest
1945-12-08
The Enchanted Forest
Overview: Pastoral fantasy about a hermit who prefers the serene company of the woods and its denizens to the world outside.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-08
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Midnight Court
1937-03-06
Midnight Court
Overview: After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-06
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On Dress Parade
1939-11-18
On Dress Parade
Overview: The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-18
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On Trial
1939-04-01
On Trial
Overview: An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
Gold Is Where You Find It
Overview: Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-12
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Where Are Your Children?
1943-11-26
Where Are Your Children?
Overview: Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants, meets and falls in love with Danny Chester (Jackie Cooper), who enlists in the Navy and is sent to San Diego for training. She accepts an invitation to go on a ride to San Diego with her friends Herb (Neyle Morrow), Opal (Evelyn Eaton)and Jerry (Jimmy Zahner) but doesn't know the car has been stolen.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-26
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Jack Slade
1953-11-08
Jack Slade
Overview: A young boy witnesses his father murdered by bandits and grows into adulthood vowing revenge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-08
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Fugitive in the Sky
1936-11-28
Fugitive in the Sky
Overview: Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Genres: Mystery Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-28
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Rusty's Birthday
1949-11-03
Rusty's Birthday
Overview: A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master in the final film of the Rusty series.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-03
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Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
Money and the Woman
Overview: An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-17
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Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
Alcatraz Island
Overview: A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-13
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Love, Honor and Behave
1938-03-12
Love, Honor and Behave
Overview: Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-12
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Easy Come, Easy Go
1947-03-07
Easy Come, Easy Go
Overview: Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-07
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942-04-23
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Overview: A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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Comet Over Broadway
1938-12-03
Comet Over Broadway
Overview: Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-03
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Northwest Trail
1945-11-30
Northwest Trail
Overview: Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-30
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Lover Come Back
1961-12-20
Lover Come Back
Overview: Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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Oh Darling!
1930-02-15
Oh Darling!
Overview: At a small hotel, Judith Barrett and Norman Peck are eloping; John Litel and Addie MacPhail are quarreling because of his constant jealousy; and Eva Thacher and Al Thompson are tracking down their eloping daughter. It's a constant barrage of slamming doors and such trapping of the stage farce.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-15
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The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
The Texas Rangers
Overview: It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-03
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Jet Job
1952-04-06
Jet Job
Overview: Joe Kovak is a test pilot for military-aircraft designer Sam Bentley, who thinks of Joe as a son. A competing plane company is seeking the same Army contract as Bentley, and offers a $500 bonus to their publicity woman Marge Stevens if she can entice Joe into quitting Bentley to join their company. When Joe takes repeated unnecessary risks in the air, Bentley fires him and Joe goes to work for the competitor. He almost loses his life when the inferior plane he is testing fails to function at a high altitude, a fault that the designer had anticipated but had let get by because of his greed in getting the contract.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-06
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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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Shamrock Hill
1949-02-01
Shamrock Hill
Overview: A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to stop it from having a television station built on it.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-01
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Comanche
1956-03-01
Comanche
Overview: Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Little Egypt
1951-10-01
Little Egypt
Overview: A belly dancer causes a scandal with her suggestive dancing at a Worlds Fair exhibition at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-01
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Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Back in Circulation
Overview: Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-27
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Scaramouche
1952-05-08
Scaramouche
Overview: In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-08
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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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My Bill
1938-07-08
My Bill
Overview: An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-08
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Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938-06-04
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Overview: A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-04
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Virginia City
1940-03-23
Virginia City
Overview: Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-23
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944-06-10
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Overview: Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-10
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943-04-30
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Overview: Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The sixth entry in the "Henry Aldrich" series of eleven films.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-30
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Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943-06-23
Henry Aldrich Swings It
Overview: Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-23
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Henry Aldrich for President
1941-10-17
Henry Aldrich for President
Overview: Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-17
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Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
1943-11-10
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Overview: Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-10
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Henry and Dizzy
1942-06-05
Henry and Dizzy
Overview: After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-05
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Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
1944-01-13
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Overview: Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-13
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Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Wings of the Navy
Overview: Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-11
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944-04-01
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Overview: High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-01
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Runaway Daughters
1956-01-20
Runaway Daughters
Overview: Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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March On, Marines
1940-12-14
March On, Marines
Overview: Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes the entrance exam. He soon finds out that his younger brother, Jimmy Lansing, just recently made sergeant as well, will also be taking the exam with him. The Lansing brothers are hard working and patriotic military men and both deserve to be accepted into the Academy, but they learn there is only one spot available. As entrance into Annapolis is dependent both on their exam results and their record, they are encouraged by the base colonel to enter into a friendly rivalry for the three weeks on the base prior to the exam. They also enter into a friendly rivalry for the affections of Penelope Hayworth, the admiral's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-14
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Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30
Faces in the Fog
Overview: Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-30
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Don't Believe It
1930-02-08
Don't Believe It
Overview: Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his wife and brother have conspired against him for revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-08
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941-02-14
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Overview: Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced by a young lawyer, the brother of the accused
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-14
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For the Common Defense!
1942-06-20
For the Common Defense!
Overview: This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works with local authorities to try to thwart an Axis plan to ship stolen ammunition.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-20
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My Buddy
1944-10-12
My Buddy
Overview: A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Unable to get a job upon his return from the war, he puts off his marriage and works for a bootlegger. He is forced to take a rap for his boss, goes to prison, and forms a gang.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-12
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Don Winslow of the Navy
1942-01-06
Don Winslow of the Navy
Overview: A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under orders from an unknown leader.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-06
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Key Largo
1948-07-16
Key Largo
Overview: A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-16
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An Angel from Texas
1940-04-27
An Angel from Texas
Overview: A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-27
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Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942-09-01
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Overview: Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-01
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Cuban Fireball
1951-03-05
Cuban Fireball
Overview: Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-05
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Slim
1937-06-24
Slim
Overview: Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-24
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Salome, Where She Danced
1945-04-17
Salome, Where She Danced
Overview: During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
Genres: Western War Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-17
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Wayward
1932-02-19
Wayward
Overview: Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-19
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The Groom Wore Spurs
1951-03-13
The Groom Wore Spurs
Overview: Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-13
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Broadway Musketeers
1938-10-08
Broadway Musketeers
Overview: Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-08
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Madame Spy
1942-12-11
Madame Spy
Overview: Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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Give Me Liberty
1936-12-19
Give Me Liberty
Overview: Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-19
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The Declaration of Independence
1938-11-26
The Declaration of Independence
Overview: This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-26
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The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09
The Life of Emile Zola
Overview: A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-09
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Swell Guy
1946-12-05
Swell Guy
Overview: Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature until a climatic redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-05
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On the Border
1930-03-14
On the Border
Overview: A Mexico/United States border patrol officer is aided by his police dog, Rinty.
Genres: Western Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-14
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Thieves Fall Out
1941-05-03
Thieves Fall Out
Overview: Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die before the broker can collect the full value of the policy and the broker's gangster partner doesn't want to wait for nature to take its course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-03
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The Gal Who Took the West
1949-09-01
The Gal Who Took the West
Overview: In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-01
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The Daltons Ride Again
1945-11-23
The Daltons Ride Again
Overview: The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-23
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Always Faithful
1929-12-29
Always Faithful
Overview: The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-29
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The Valiant Hombre
1948-12-15
The Valiant Hombre
Overview: The Cisco Kid and Pancho set off to find the missing owner of a devoted little dog in this western adventure. From the vanished man's sister, the heroes learn that her brother disappeared soon after striking a major gold vein in his mine. In the end Cisco accosts the villain, saves the kidnapped miner and reunites him with his dog.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-15
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She Wrote the Book
1946-05-31
She Wrote the Book
Overview: A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-31
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Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Breakdowns of 1938
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-31
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Soldiers in White
1942-02-07
Soldiers in White
Overview: A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. The private is inspired and promises to make a good soldier. He is even more inspired when a nurse becomes his superior officer.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-07
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The Man Without a Country
1937-11-27
The Man Without a Country
Overview: This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-27
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Smart Woman
1948-04-30
Smart Woman
Overview: A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-30
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Mississippi Gambler
1942-04-17
Mississippi Gambler
Overview: A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-17
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Marked Woman
1937-04-10
Marked Woman
Overview: In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-10
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The Bill of Rights
1939-08-19
The Bill of Rights
Overview: This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-19
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March On, America!
1942-06-20
March On, America!
Overview: The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans always working for freedom.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-20
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The Return of Rusty
1946-06-27
The Return of Rusty
Overview: A young Czechoslovak orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into the United States as a stowaway by the soldier. He is apprehended, but escapes and makes his way to the sergeant's home town. There, he is befriended by young Danny Mitchell and his dog, Rusty, a K-9 veteran of World War II. A third boy reports Loddy to the authorities, and when Loddy tries to run away, he falls into a deep ravine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-27
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The Sleeping Porch
1929-09-07
The Sleeping Porch
Overview: The doctor prescribes fresh air for a man with a bad cold. His wife is determined to comply with the doctor's orders even if it kills him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-07
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Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
Okay for Sound
Overview: This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-07
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One Hour To Live
1939-11-10
One Hour To Live
Overview: Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Rendezvous in Space
1964-09-10
Rendezvous in Space
Overview: This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-10
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