Melvyn Douglas
Biography: Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 05, 1901
Deathday: August 04, 1981
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Ninotchka
1939-11-23
Ninotchka
Overview: A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-23
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Being There
1979-12-19
Being There
Overview: A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Billy Budd
1962-11-12
Billy Budd
Overview: Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-12
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The Candidate
1972-06-29
The Candidate
Overview: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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The Tenant
1976-05-26
The Tenant
Overview: A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-26
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The Old Dark House
1932-10-20
The Old Dark House
Overview: In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-20
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Ghost Story
1981-12-18
Ghost Story
Overview: Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-18
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Hud
1963-05-28
Hud
Overview: Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-28
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Overview: An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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A Woman's Face
1941-05-09
A Woman's Face
Overview: A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-09
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The Changeling
1980-03-28
The Changeling
Overview: After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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The Americanization of Emily
1964-10-27
The Americanization of Emily
Overview: American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-27
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The Vampire Bat
1933-01-21
The Vampire Bat
Overview: A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-21
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That Uncertain Feeling
1941-04-20
That Uncertain Feeling
Overview: A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-20
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They All Kissed the Bride
1942-06-11
They All Kissed the Bride
Overview: Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. With no time for men, the effect an attractive stranger has on her at her sister's wedding is unnerving. When it turns out this is the hated writer, she starts seriously to lose her bearings. Surely it can't become Maggie and Mike?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-11
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Annie Oakley
1935-11-15
Annie Oakley
Overview: Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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That Certain Age
1938-10-06
That Certain Age
Overview: Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home to write a series of European affair articles. When Fullerton's adolescent daughter Alice develops a crush on Bullit, her suitor, boyscout Ken Warren, doesn't seem to stand a chance. Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, Ken Warren, and even Vincent Bullit himself do their best to sway young Alice's feelings away from the older man. It's a difficult task though, as she is at 'that certain age.'
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-06
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The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947-03-06
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Overview: A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-06
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Angel
1937-10-29
Angel
Overview: While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Captains Courageous
Overview: Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-25
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979-08-17
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Overview: Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Third Finger, Left Hand
Overview: Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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She Married Her Boss
1935-09-19
She Married Her Boss
Overview: A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-19
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Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12
Theodora Goes Wild
Overview: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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Counsellor at Law
1933-12-25
Counsellor at Law
Overview: A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-25
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Rapture
1965-08-23
Rapture
Overview: Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-23
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A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
A Woman's Secret
Overview: A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-13
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I Never Sang for My Father
1970-10-18
I Never Sang for My Father
Overview: Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-18
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One Is a Lonely Number
1972-06-19
One Is a Lonely Number
Overview: A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-19
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The People's Enemy
1935-04-29
The People's Enemy
Overview: Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became rich what he craved for was respectability. So why not marry a lovely society lady? And with a young daughter as a bonus Mister Falcone could show off among the creme de la creme. Of course when times got rough he felt free to desert his wife and little girl. Fortunately Taps, a lawyer working for the underworld, will console them both.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-29
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977-02-09
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Overview: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-09
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My Own True Love
1948-07-01
My Own True Love
Overview: Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-01
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Our Wife
1941-08-20
Our Wife
Overview: A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-20
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Two-Faced Woman
1941-12-31
Two-Faced Woman
Overview: A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
The Sea of Grass
Overview: On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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Tonight or Never
1931-01-04
Tonight or Never
Overview: A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-04
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Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
Tell No Tales
Overview: A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-12
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My Forbidden Past
1951-04-25
My Forbidden Past
Overview: An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-25
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Too Many Husbands
1940-04-03
Too Many Husbands
Overview: Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-03
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Overview: A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-10
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935-11-15
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Overview: A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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As You Desire Me
1932-05-28
As You Desire Me
Overview: Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-28
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The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
The Gorgeous Hussy
Overview: It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Good Girls Go to Paris
Overview: Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-20
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The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
The Shining Hour
Overview: A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-18
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Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
Arsène Lupin Returns
Overview: A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-25
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I Met Him in Paris
1937-05-28
I Met Him in Paris
Overview: Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-28
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He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
He Stayed for Breakfast
Overview: Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-31
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The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
The Great Sinner
Overview: A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-29
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Advance to the Rear
1964-06-10
Advance to the Rear
Overview: As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless Heath and Brackenbury must now lead a ragtag group on a classified mission to protect a transport for the U.S. Treasury. Complicating matters is Martha Lou Williams, a Confederate agent posing as a lady of the evening.
Genres: Comedy War Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-10
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There's Always a Woman
1938-04-20
There's Always a Woman
Overview: An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-20
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Overview: Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-22
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Prestige
1931-12-30
Prestige
Overview: A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-30
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I'll Take Romance
1937-11-17
I'll Take Romance
Overview: Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-17
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Dangerous Corner
1934-12-04
Dangerous Corner
Overview: Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-04
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The Toy Wife
1938-06-10
The Toy Wife
Overview: A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-10
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Fast Company
1938-07-05
Fast Company
Overview: Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-05
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And So They Were Married
1936-05-10
And So They Were Married
Overview: A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the "romance" never gets off the ground and do everything they can to see that they are kept apart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-10
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On the Loose
1951-09-28
On the Loose
Overview: After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, desperate teenager Jill Bradley (Joan Evans) makes a last-ditch play for attention by attempting suicide. Jill's guilt-ridden father tries at last to help her and to cheer her up but new problems
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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Tell Me a Riddle
1980-12-15
Tell Me a Riddle
Overview: Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in San Francisco. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-15
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Woman in the Dark
1934-11-08
Woman in the Dark
Overview: A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a mysterious woman arrives.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-08
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We Were Dancing
1942-04-30
We Were Dancing
Overview: A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-30
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This Thing Called Love
1940-12-20
This Thing Called Love
Overview: Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Death Takes a Holiday
1971-10-23
Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-23
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Hunters Are for Killing
1970-03-12
Hunters Are for Killing
Overview: A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his adoptive father, who holds him responsible for his biological son's death, intends to fight him for everything.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-12
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The Making of a President
1978-01-01
The Making of a President
Overview: In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak at the town’s upcoming ecumenical war bonds rally. However, the president has just quit and nobody wants the thankless job. A funny and endearing drama featuring Melvyn Douglas, Nehemiah Persoff, Paul Soles and a 15-year-old Mike Myers. Based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Order of Canada winner Morley Torgov. Collie-haired Myers, in one of his first TV roles, is more behaved than usual as a skateboard-riding young piano prodigy. Hollywood veteran Douglas does most of the heavy lifting as a Jewish elder trying the impossible — recruiting a new president who can, in Torgov’s words, handle himself “among the goyim” at an upcoming town war bond rally. The town’s new tailor (Soles) — thought of as a bit of a peacock — is seen as the perfect candidate. (CBC TV-Movie 1978)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Three Hearts for Julia
1943-05-21
Three Hearts for Julia
Overview: When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-21
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The Lone Wolf Returns
1935-12-31
The Lone Wolf Returns
Overview: Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful socialite Marcia Stewart. The trouble (?) is that he falls for the belle and he soon gets more interested in getting the girl than the jewels that adorn her. What he wants now is to return the pendant but a rival gang interfere and force him to take part in a big-time caper.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-31
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Murder or Mercy
1974-04-10
Murder or Mercy
Overview: An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the mercy killing of his wife.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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The Hot Touch
1982-12-10
The Hot Touch
Overview: A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Intimate Strangers
1977-11-11
Intimate Strangers
Overview: The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-11
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Hotel
1967-01-19
Hotel
Overview: This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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There's That Woman Again
1938-12-24
There's That Woman Again
Overview: Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-24
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The Going Up of David Lev
1973-04-25
The Going Up of David Lev
Overview: A ten-year-old Israeli boy whose father died years earlier during the Six-Day-War is determined to find out more about his father's death. He skips school and, with the help of a friendly cab driver, heads to Jerusalem to find the men who fought with his father's unit and learn the exact circumstances. During the drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the cabbie provides a history of the establishment of the Jewish state
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-25
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The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958-09-25
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Overview: In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-25
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Old Man
1958-11-20
Old Man
Overview: In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-20
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The Greer Case
1957-01-31
The Greer Case
Overview: When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967-10-17
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Overview: Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a meaning to his life in a new and uncompromising world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-17
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Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977-11-05
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Overview: The story of a gentle and loving grandfather who encourages his grandson's ambition to be a painter.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-05
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Women of Glamour
1937-03-09
Women of Glamour
Overview: A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-09
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Companions in Nightmare
1968-11-23
Companions in Nightmare
Overview: One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-23
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Inherit the Wind
1965-11-18
Inherit the Wind
Overview: A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-18
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The Wiser Sex
1932-03-14
The Wiser Sex
Overview: A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-14
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Once Upon a Tractor
1965-09-09
Once Upon a Tractor
Overview: Alan Bates and Diane Cilento play an odd couple fleeing across fictitious European countries with NYC and the UN as their destination. A short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-09
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The Broken Wing
1932-03-25
The Broken Wing
Overview: In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing showoff! Besides the fortune-teller she consults tells her her true love will get into her life after a terrible storm. This very night a violent storm does break out and an American pilot, whose plane is caught in it, is forced to make an emergency landing next to where she lives. The gringo - by the name of Phil Marvin - is both dashing and good-looking. Good news for Lolita but bad news for Innocencio who is not ready to bow that easily...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-25
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The Death Squad
1974-01-08
The Death Squad
Overview: When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-08
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The Crucible
1967-05-04
The Crucible
Overview: Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-04
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Overview: This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-31
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
That's Entertainment, Part II
Overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28
From the Ends of the Earth
Overview: An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-28
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Overview: This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-04
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Nagana
1933-02-01
Nagana
Overview: A doctor searches for the cure for nagana, the sleeping sickness caused by the tsetse fly.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-01
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939-09-22
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Overview: The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-22
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939-04-08
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Overview: Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-08
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1959-04-16
Judgment at Nuremberg
Overview: Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was a courtroom drama written by Abby Mann and directed by George Roy Hill that depicts the trial of four German judicial officials as part of the Nuremberg trials. Claude Rains starred as the presiding judge with Maximilian Schell as the defense attorney, Melvyn Douglas as the prosecutor, and Paul Lukas as the former German Minister of Justice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-16
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