Jackie Coogan
Biography: John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. In the interim, he sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers. Coogan enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor that December, he requested a transfer to Army Air Forces as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. Graduating the Advanced Glider School with the Glider Pilot aeronautical rating and the rank of Flight Officer, he volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on March 5, 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles (160 km) behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign. After the war, Coogan returned to acting, taking mostly character roles and appearing on television. From 1952 to 1953, he played Stoney Crockett on the syndicated series Cowboy G-Men. He guest-starred on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. He appeared, too, as Corbett in two episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane, which aired from 1960–1962. In the 1960–1961 season, he guest-starred in the episode "The Damaged Dolls" of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan. In 1961, he guest-starred in an episode of The Americans, an NBC series about family divisions stemming from the Civil War. He also appeared in episode 37, titled "Barney on the Rebound", of The Andy Griffith Show, which aired October 31, 1961. He had a regular role in a 1962–63 NBC series, McKeever and the Colonel. He finally found his most famous television role as Uncle Fester in ABC's The Addams Family (1964–1966). He appeared as a police officer in the Elvis Presley comedy Girl Happy in 1965. He appeared four times on the Perry Mason series, including the role of political activist Gus Sawyer in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Witless Witness", and TV prop man Pete Desmond in the final episode, "The Case of the Final Fadeout", in 1966. He was a guest several times on The Red Skelton Show, appeared twice on The Brady Bunch ("The Fender Benders" and "Double Parked"), I Dream of Jeannie (as Jeannie's uncle, Suleiman – Maharaja of Basenji), Family Affair, Here's Lucy, and The Brian Keith Show, and continued to guest-star on television (including multiple appearances on The Partridge Family, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, and McMillan and Wife) until his retirement in the mid 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackie Coogan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: October 26, 1914
Deathday: March 01, 1984
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Marlowe
1969-09-19
Marlowe
Overview: Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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Estrellados
1930-07-07
Estrellados
Overview: A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-07
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The Kid
1921-01-21
The Kid
Overview: A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-21
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The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968-07-10
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Overview: Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-10
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Mesa of Lost Women
1953-06-17
Mesa of Lost Women
Overview: A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-17
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Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976-10-18
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Overview: An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-18
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The Beat Generation
1959-07-03
The Beat Generation
Overview: A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-03
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High School Confidential!
1958-05-30
High School Confidential!
Overview: A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-30
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Skinner's Baby
1917-08-06
Skinner's Baby
Overview: William Skinner is very pleased with the news his wife Honey is expecting their first child. He eagerly prepares for the new arrival, as he is sure it will be the next William Skinner Jr. When the bundle of joy finally arrives, much to his surprise, it's a girl. However, Honey and William are just as happy as if she were a he.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-06
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927-01-15
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Overview: An orphan is adopted by a kindly old racehorse owner. He decides to pay back his benefactor by training to ride the horse so he can win an important race.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-15
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Love in September
1936-03-06
Love in September
Overview: The story of a kindly old lady, her involvement with midget race cars and their drivers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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The Actress
1953-09-25
The Actress
Overview: The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-25
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Escape from Terror
1955-04-01
Escape from Terror
Overview: A couple who have escaped from the Baltics to Copenhagen are pursued by a KGB officer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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The Buster Keaton Story
1957-05-01
The Buster Keaton Story
Overview: An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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Clown Alley
1966-11-09
Clown Alley
Overview: An all-star cast joins Red Skelton in this lavish 60-minute salute to circus clowns.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Oliver Twist
1922-10-30
Oliver Twist
Overview: Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. Written by Snow Leopard
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-30
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Nice and Friendly
1922-01-01
Nice and Friendly
Overview: This short was made as a wedding present for Lord and Lady Mountbatten. In it, Lady Mountbatten has a valuable pearl necklace, which a very large number of crooks wants to steal.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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My Boy
1921-12-01
My Boy
Overview: An orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-01
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Human Experiments
1979-10-19
Human Experiments
Overview: A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-19
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Overview: Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
Genres: Documentary Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-05
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Overview: A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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Outlaw Women
1952-04-28
Outlaw Women
Overview: A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-28
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980-10-01
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Overview: An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-01
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Lonelyhearts
1959-03-04
Lonelyhearts
Overview: Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it's all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor William Shrike to crush the souls of his underlings. Adam feels his readers' pain, and eventually, he takes an assignment to meet with Faye Doyle, who is exasperated by her crippled husband. When Faye tries to seduce Adam, he must choose between his job and his girl.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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The Rag Man
1925-02-16
The Rag Man
Overview: Tim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in the fire, he is able to roam the streets of New York freely. He meets Max Ginsberg, an old Jewish junk dealer with rheumatism, and the two strike a partnership and a close friendship.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1925-02-16
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Peck's Bad Boy
1921-04-21
Peck's Bad Boy
Overview: This portrayal of small town life before the War is based on a small boys determination to get to see the circus, over all obstacles. Escaped lions, lightheaded blackmail of his father, and playfully planting stolen papers on his sisters boyfriend are all in a days work for little Henry Peck.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-21
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The Space Children
1958-06-01
The Space Children
Overview: A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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College Swing
1938-04-29
College Swing
Overview: Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-29
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Seeing Stars
1922-10-29
Seeing Stars
Overview: First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-29
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Rogue's Gallery
1968-01-01
Rogue's Gallery
Overview: A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Tom Sawyer
1930-12-19
Tom Sawyer
Overview: The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-19
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When the Girls Take Over
1962-04-30
When the Girls Take Over
Overview: A comic look...at Cuba after Castro regime take over.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-30
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The Big Operator
1959-08-01
The Big Operator
Overview: A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936-08-05
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Overview: Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being the desert playground for the movie stars, the women are introduced to the cavalcade of stars vacationing in Palm Springs at the time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-05
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Night of the Quarter Moon
1959-03-04
Night of the Quarter Moon
Overview: A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Overview: The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Forbidden Area
1956-10-04
Forbidden Area
Overview: Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-04
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Cahill: United States Marshal
1973-07-11
Cahill: United States Marshal
Overview: J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-11
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The Circus: Premiere
1928-01-13
The Circus: Premiere
Overview: Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-13
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The Specialists
1975-01-06
The Specialists
Overview: Inspectors for the U.S. Public Health Service try to track down the cause of a rash of mysterious ailments suddenly appearing among the general populace.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-06
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Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07
Huckleberry Finn
Overview: A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-07
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No Place to Land
1958-10-03
No Place to Land
Overview: A cropduster pilot finds himself caught between two women—one who loves him and the other, who doesn’t handle rejection well, who’s out to destroy him.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-03
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Sex Kittens Go to College
1960-08-24
Sex Kittens Go to College
Overview: Collins College needs a new department head for their science department, so Doctors Carter and Zorch consult Thinko, the campus computer, and come up with Dr. Mathilda West, who has degrees in lots of things, but turns out to be disruptively attractive as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-24
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The Joker is Wild
1957-09-26
The Joker is Wild
Overview: A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-26
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Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Free and Easy
Overview: Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-22
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Sky Patrol
1939-09-11
Sky Patrol
Overview: "Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his father insists he conquer this fear. Tommy sends him out on patrol, on orders from Washington D. C., to stop any unfamiliar aircraft. Carter challenges an unmarked amphibian plane, which opens fire on him. Carter, afraid to shoot, bails out as his plane is shot down. Carter is missing, and Tommy and Skeeter are searching for him and the mysterious airplane.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-11
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The Phantom of Hollywood
1974-02-12
The Phantom of Hollywood
Overview: The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its Hollywood backlot to property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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The Prey
1983-11-04
The Prey
Overview: Three couples go on a camping trip in the woods of southern California during the summer, where a deformed man is stalking their camp.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-04
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Million Dollar Legs
1939-07-13
Million Dollar Legs
Overview: At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-13
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French Leave
1948-04-10
French Leave
Overview: Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper Muldoon (Ralph Sanford) to remain on board and guard against theft of foodstuffs by a black market gang.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-10
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Meet Jackie Coogan
1924-01-01
Meet Jackie Coogan
Overview: Star of Chaplin's The Kid, Jackie Coogan, visits the Stoll Picture Productions studio building. He befriends a child actor named Harry Beasley, who plays a caddie in a number of golf pictures.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-01
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Halloween with the New Addams Family
1977-10-30
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Overview: The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.
Genres: Comedy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-30
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Overview: There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-13
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A Day's Pleasure
1919-12-15
A Day's Pleasure
Overview: A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-15
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Eighteen and Anxious
1957-11-15
Eighteen and Anxious
Overview: A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-15
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The Escape Artist
1982-05-28
The Escape Artist
Overview: The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951-04-30
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Overview: Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. He is at odds with western bad guy Butcher Baer.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-30
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A Boy of Flanders
1924-04-06
A Boy of Flanders
Overview: An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-06
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Character Studies
1927-11-20
Character Studies
Overview: Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or putting on a wig. When he tilts his head down during each supposed makeover, up pops the actual celebrity (Keaton, Lloyd, Arbuckle, Valentino, Fairbanks, Coogan) he appears to have been making himself up as.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-20
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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975-03-07
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Overview: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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Varieties on Parade
1951-07-20
Varieties on Parade
Overview: Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are always 'acting' while in their service-industry jobs. What follows is a cavalcade of wild and wacky performances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-20
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A Fine Madness
1966-06-29
A Fine Madness
Overview: A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-29
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Lucy Gets Lucky
1975-03-01
Lucy Gets Lucky
Overview: Lucy pulls out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high-stakes hijinks follow.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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Old Clothes
1925-11-09
Old Clothes
Overview: Timothy and Max are partners in the junk business. They take poor young Mary in as a boarder. Mary gets a job in Nathan's office and falls in love with him, but his mother feels she is beneath Nathan. Nathan faces disaster unless he can corner a particular stock, with which Timothy and Max's room happens to be entirely papered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-09
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Home on the Range
1935-02-01
Home on the Range
Overview: Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they move to greener pastures in the western United States. Business is good until a young cattleman, Tom Hatfield, falls for their trap. But Georgia falls in love with him and this causes problems for her partners.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-01
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Kilroy Was Here
1947-07-19
Kilroy Was Here
Overview: "Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-19
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The Bugle Call
1927-08-06
The Bugle Call
Overview: Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his memory.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-06
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Hello, 'Frisco
1924-09-28
Hello, 'Frisco
Overview: A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-28
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Girl Happy
1965-04-14
Girl Happy
Overview: A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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Long Live the King
1923-11-26
Long Live the King
Overview: A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-26
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Overview: During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-24
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000-10-24
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Overview: Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-24
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Trouble
1922-08-07
Trouble
Overview: Danny, a ragamuffin orphan, is adopted by a brutal plumber and his frail wife. His fear of hunger, resulting from his foster father's indifference, at one point leads him to substitute for the plumber in repairing a leak, but he causes a flood. Later, Danny is instrumental in saving a policeman's life and in sending the plumber to jail. He finds new happiness with his foster mother on her parents' farm.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-08-07
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Circus Days
1923-07-30
Circus Days
Overview: 10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-30
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Daddy
1923-03-25
Daddy
Overview: Believing her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens' farm and dies shortly afterward. The Holdens keep Jackie, but he eventually goes to the city when the elderly couple lose their farm and retire to the poorhouse. Jackie next is befriended by Cesare Gallo, a sidewalk musician who was also the teacher of Paul Savelli--now a famous violinist. A chance meeting with Savelli by Jackie reunites him with Gallo just before the old man dies. Savelli takes Jackie home with him, happily discovers the boy to be his son, and restores the farm to the Holdens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-25
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The Proud Ones
1956-05-15
The Proud Ones
Overview: Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-15
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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
2003-03-02
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
Overview: This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-02
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Buttons
1927-12-24
Buttons
Overview: Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1927-12-24
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Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24
Hollywood’s Children
Overview: A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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Little Robinson Crusoe
1924-08-25
Little Robinson Crusoe
Overview: Left an orphan by the death of his father, Mickey Hogan sails for Australia to live with relatives, but he is shipwrecked and stranded on an island inhabited by cannibals who worship him as a war god.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1924-08-25
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Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015-08-07
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Overview: Documentary taking a look at the career of Jackie Coogan who was considered the first child star.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-07
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976-07-26
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Overview: A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-26
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The Kids Who Knew Too Much
1980-04-29
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Overview: When a cryptic note is passed to young Bert Hale by a stranger, he and his three friends inadvertently hold the key to unravelling the sinister plot to assassinate a Russian premier visiting Los Angeles.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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Showbiz Kids
2020-07-14
Showbiz Kids
Overview: A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.
Genres: Documentary History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-14
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Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972-09-23
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Overview:
Genres: Animation Comedy Mystery Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-23
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