Lew Ayres
Biography: Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) that was his big break. He was profoundly affected by the anti-war message of that film, and when, in 1942, the popular star of Young Dr. Kildare (1938) and subsequent Dr. Kildare films was drafted, he was a conscientious objector. America was outraged, and theaters vowed never to show his films again, but quietly he achieved the Medical Corps status he had requested, serving as a medic under fire in the South Pacific and as a chaplain's aid in New Guinea and the Phillipines. His return to film after the war was undistinguished until Johnny Belinda (1948) - his role as the sympathetic physician treating the deaf-mute Jane Wyman won him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Subsequent movie roles were scarce; an opportunity to play Dr. Kildare in television was aborted when the network refused to honor his request for no cigarette sponsorship. He continued to act, but in the 1970s put his long experience into a project to bring to the west the philosophy of the East - the resulting film, Altars of the World (1976), while not a box-office success, won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award. Lew Ayres died in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1996, just two days after his 88th birthday.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 28, 1908
Deathday: December 30, 1996
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Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-04-29
All Quiet on the Western Front
Overview: When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-29
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End of the World
1977-08-01
End of the World
Overview: After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-01
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973-06-15
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-15
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Of Mice and Men
1981-11-29
Of Mice and Men
Overview: George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled friend, and keep him out of danger, both to himself and to others. After they take a new job at a ranch, Lenny gets into far more trouble than George can talk his way out of, leaving George to decide whether to help him, or leave him to his fate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-29
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Damien – Omen II
1978-06-09
Damien – Omen II
Overview: Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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Suddenly, Love
1978-12-04
Suddenly, Love
Overview: Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-04
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The Kiss
1929-11-15
The Kiss
Overview: An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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Shakedown
1936-07-17
Shakedown
Overview: A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-17
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The Doorway to Hell
1930-10-18
The Doorway to Hell
Overview: A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-18
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Donovan's Brain
1953-09-30
Donovan's Brain
Overview: A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-30
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Johnny Belinda
1948-09-14
Johnny Belinda
Overview: A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-14
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The Capture
1950-04-08
The Capture
Overview: A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
Genres: Drama Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-08
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The Dark Mirror
1946-10-17
The Dark Mirror
Overview: A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-17
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The Questor Tapes
1974-01-23
The Questor Tapes
Overview: Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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Holiday
1938-05-26
Holiday
Overview: Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-26
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Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
Fingers at the Window
Overview: In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-22
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Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
Advise & Consent
Overview: Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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No Escape
1953-07-31
No Escape
Overview: When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-31
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Okay, America!
1932-09-08
Okay, America!
Overview: A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-08
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State Fair
1933-02-10
State Fair
Overview: The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-10
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941-08-22
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Overview: A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-22
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The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
The Unfaithful
Overview: Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-01
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Overview: A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-06
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Overview: Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-29
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Earth II
1971-11-28
Earth II
Overview: In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III?
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-28
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Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
Young Dr. Kildare
Overview: A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Overview: An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-02
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Overview: Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-24
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940-04-12
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Overview: Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-12
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Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
Calling Dr. Kildare
Overview: Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-28
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Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Overview: Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-04
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Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
Maisie Was a Lady
Overview: Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-10
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Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
Broadway Serenade
Overview: A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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New Mexico
1951-05-18
New Mexico
Overview: Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing policies that will provoke a conflict, and Chief Acoma is not willing to let himself be insulted.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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East Is West
1930-10-23
East Is West
Overview: Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-23
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The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
The Golden Fleecing
Overview: A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-16
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King of the Newsboys
1938-03-18
King of the Newsboys
Overview: A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-18
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The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
The Crime Nobody Saw
Overview: Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
The Impatient Maiden
Overview: A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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Don't Bet on Love
1933-06-30
Don't Bet on Love
Overview: A plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. His manicurist girlfriend stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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Iron Man
1931-04-29
Iron Man
Overview: Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-29
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Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Murder with Pictures
Overview: Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-24
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Panic on the Air
1936-04-10
Panic on the Air
Overview: A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune, they use the radio show to foil the plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-10
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The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
The Ice Follies of 1939
Overview: Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-10
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These Glamour Girls
1939-08-18
These Glamour Girls
Overview: A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-18
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Spring Tonic
1935-06-27
Spring Tonic
Overview: Betty Ingals walks out on her fiancé in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-27
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The Man
1972-07-19
The Man
Overview: When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-19
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938-08-12
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Overview: A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-12
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Remember?
1939-12-19
Remember?
Overview: Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. Sky uses an experimental memory loss drug to make Linda and Jeff forget their rough times (and the fact that they were married) and they fall in love all over again.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-19
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The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-11
The Last Train from Madrid
Overview: The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-11
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Spring Madness
1938-11-11
Spring Madness
Overview: Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-11
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Common Clay
1930-08-01
Common Clay
Overview: Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-01
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Don Camillo
1984-02-08
Don Camillo
Overview: A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-02-08
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Overview: Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-03
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My Weakness
1933-09-22
My Weakness
Overview: A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-22
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Up for Murder
1931-05-26
Up for Murder
Overview: Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-26
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Night World
1932-05-04
Night World
Overview: "Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-04
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Battlestar Galactica
1978-09-16
Battlestar Galactica
Overview: A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 1 and 5, with alternate footage. After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-16
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Heatwave!
1974-01-27
Heatwave!
Overview: A devastating heatwave hits the Los Angeles area and a young expecting couple try to evade it by escaping to a mountain resort town.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-27
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Cross Country Cruise
1934-01-16
Cross Country Cruise
Overview: A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-16
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Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969-03-26
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Overview: The pilot film for the long-run series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby's lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo, remaining as regulars.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-26
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Big News
1929-09-06
Big News
Overview: A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-06
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Reunion
1980-10-14
Reunion
Overview: A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter, whose boyfriend is the star player on the school's basketball team his fellow alumni are playing.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-14
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The Sophomore
1929-08-24
The Sophomore
Overview: Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-24
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The Stranger
1973-02-26
The Stranger
Overview: An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-26
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She Learned About Sailors
1934-06-28
She Learned About Sailors
Overview: Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of the opinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that he will not see her again, but two practical jokers intercept it and write another with an opposite content. Jean comes to the states, but her sailor doesn't acknowledge her, but the two don't give up trying to bring Jean and sailor back together.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-28
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The Carpetbaggers
1964-04-08
The Carpetbaggers
Overview: When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-08
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Heaven on Earth
1931-11-27
Heaven on Earth
Overview: A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-27
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Bruised Celluloid
1984-01-01
Bruised Celluloid
Overview: The 1930 Hollywood-produced anti-war film "Nothing New in the West" is one of the great works in film history. But like hardly any other cinema classic, it was ostracized, shortened, censored, altered in image and sound and banned. The documentary deals with the eventful fate and especially the censorship history of the film classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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She Waits
1972-01-28
She Waits
Overview: When a newlywed woman is taken to her husband's hometown to meet his mother, she is possessed by the vengeful spirit of his previous wife.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-28
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Servants' Entrance
1934-09-25
Servants' Entrance
Overview: Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-25
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Under Siege
1986-02-09
Under Siege
Overview: Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-09
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Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994-03-25
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
Overview: In their very last adventure, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart travel to The Big Apple, where a play she wrote in college is being produced on Broadway. But there's sabotage going on, and when a stagehand is murdered, everyone's a suspect - even Jonathan!
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-25
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Cast the First Stone
1989-11-13
Cast the First Stone
Overview: After Diane Martin is raped by a hitchhiker and becomes pregnant, she must face the pious faculty at the school where she teaches who condemn her "loose morals" and ostracize her. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-13
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The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936-02-17
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Overview: Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead "Woody" Davis infiltrates a gang of Shanghai gunrunners to bring the culprit to justice.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-17
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Hold 'Em Navy
1937-11-04
Hold 'Em Navy
Overview: Two football players fight over the same girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-04
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The Way of Peace
1947-04-23
The Way of Peace
Overview: Punctuated with stories from the Bible, the film’s purpose was to reinforce Christian values in the atomic age by condemning the consequences of human conflict with scenes of the crucifixion, lynching and Nazi fascism.
Genres: Animation Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-23
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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976-09-29
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Overview: The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-29
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Overview: This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-24
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The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931-10-13
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Overview: Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-13
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The Lottery Lover
1935-02-05
The Lottery Lover
Overview: A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-05
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Let’s Be Ritzy
1934-05-01
Let’s Be Ritzy
Overview: Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-01
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Silk Hat Kid
1935-07-19
Silk Hat Kid
Overview: Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extortion-racket. But Eddie meets and falls in love with Laura Grant, Tim's sweetheart, and complications quickly arise.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-19
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The Biscuit Eater
1972-03-22
The Biscuit Eater
Overview: Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-22
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The Story of Noah
1978-11-19
The Story of Noah
Overview: A man of God follows his faith to populate a new world in 'The Story of Noah', a powerful story of devotion, courage and triumph.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-19
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Lady Be Careful
1936-09-03
Lady Be Careful
Overview: Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-03
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Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31
Blow-Ups of 1946
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-31
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932-03-27
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Overview: The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-27
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Overview: This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-29
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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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Scandal Street
1938-02-11
Scandal Street
Overview: Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin Brown, who, unknown to his wife, is engaged in a moneymaking scheme with James Wilson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-11
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Overview: This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-28
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Letters from Frank
1979-11-22
Letters from Frank
Overview: When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes enraged and starts writing letters to his son, Richard, expressing his fury.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-22
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Cocoon
1968-09-20
Cocoon
Overview: In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-20
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Many a Slip
1931-03-02
Many a Slip
Overview: Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-02
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One Against Many
1956-03-07
One Against Many
Overview: A scientist is faced with a difficult decision. A man devoted to saving lives, he may be forced to kill in order to prevent a statewide livestock epidemic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-07
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