Sig Ruman
Biography: Sig Ruman was a German-American actor known for his portrayals of pompous and often stereotypical Teutonic officials or villains. Ruman made his film debut in Lucky Boy (1929). He became a favorite of the Marx Brothers, appearing in A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and A Night in Casablanca. His German accent and large stature kept him busy during World War II, playing sinister Nazi characters in a series of wartime thrillers. During this period, he also appeared in several films by director Ernst Lubitsch including Ninotchka and To Be or Not to Be. Ruman continued playing over-the-top German characters later in his career for Billy Wilder in The Emperor Waltz, Stalag 17, and The Fortune Cookie.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 10, 1884
Deathday: February 14, 1967
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The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966-05-25
The Last of the Secret Agents?
Overview: Marty and Steve, American tourists in France, are given a multipurpose umbrella and pitted against an international band of art thieves. Among the stolen treasures is the Statue Of Liberty.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06
To Be or Not to Be
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Genres: Comedy War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-06
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Stalag 17
1953-05-29
Stalag 17
Overview: It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-29
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House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01
House of Frankenstein
Overview: Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-01
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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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It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
It Happened Tomorrow
Overview: A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-31
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The Great Waltz
1938-11-04
The Great Waltz
Overview: Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-04
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Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Love Crazy
Overview: Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-23
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The Princess Comes Across
1936-05-22
The Princess Comes Across
Overview: A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
Genres: Comedy Romance Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-22
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A Day at the Races
1937-06-11
A Day at the Races
Overview: Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-11
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Comrade X
1940-12-13
Comrade X
Overview: An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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A Night in Casablanca
1946-05-10
A Night in Casablanca
Overview: The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-10
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Border Incident
1949-10-28
Border Incident
Overview: The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-28
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Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940-03-07
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Overview: Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-07
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Crossroads
1942-07-23
Crossroads
Overview: A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-23
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Houdini
1953-07-02
Houdini
Overview: By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-02
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Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
Nothing Sacred
Overview: When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-25
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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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Only Angels Have Wings
1939-05-15
Only Angels Have Wings
Overview: A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-15
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36 Hours
1964-11-26
36 Hours
Overview: Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-26
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A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
A Night at the Opera
Overview: The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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Thin Ice
1937-09-03
Thin Ice
Overview: A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-03
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3 Ring Circus
1954-12-22
3 Ring Circus
Overview: Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-22
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The Wings of Eagles
1957-01-31
The Wings of Eagles
Overview: The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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The Glenn Miller Story
1954-01-04
The Glenn Miller Story
Overview: A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-04
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The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
The Saint in New York
Overview: A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-25
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Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942-07-30
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Overview: Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize of industrial diamonds.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-30
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Summer Storm
1944-07-14
Summer Storm
Overview: It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-14
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Many Rivers to Cross
1955-02-04
Many Rivers to Cross
Overview: Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-04
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China Girl
1942-12-09
China Girl
Overview: Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-09
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Government Girl
1943-11-05
Government Girl
Overview: An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-05
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Tarzan Triumphs
1943-01-20
Tarzan Triumphs
Overview: Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!"
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-20
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The World in His Arms
1952-10-09
The World in His Arms
Overview: A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-09
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The Wagons Roll at Night
1941-04-25
The Wagons Roll at Night
Overview: An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-25
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937-07-23
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Overview: When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-23
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Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937-12-24
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Overview: Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn't the only one stalking the scrolls—so is a shadowy band of thieves. But when his ruthless rivals go too far, the mild-mannered detective's quest for antiquities becomes a passion for vengeance—because if he can't bring these villains to justice... he'll bring them to their knees.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-24
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Overview: True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-23
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Mother Wore Tights
1947-08-20
Mother Wore Tights
Overview: In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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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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Lancer Spy
1937-10-08
Lancer Spy
Overview: An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-08
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Four Sons
1940-06-14
Four Sons
Overview: Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-14
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Never Say Die
1939-03-08
Never Say Die
Overview: Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-08
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Carolina Cannonball
1955-01-28
Carolina Cannonball
Overview: Judy and her grandpa run a trolley between a train depot and a ghost town in Nevada, near the California border. Three spies intent of tracking down an atomic missile gone astray arrive. When the trolley breaks down, Judy and Grandpa unwittingly install the engine from the nearby crashed missile.
Genres: Music Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-28
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935-07-05
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Overview: A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-05
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Girls on Probation
1938-10-22
Girls on Probation
Overview: A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-22
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Spy Chasers
1955-07-31
Spy Chasers
Overview: Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-31
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The Bold Caballero
1936-12-01
The Bold Caballero
Overview: The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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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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Desperate Journey
1942-09-26
Desperate Journey
Overview: During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured but cleverly escape detention after learning German secret information and knocking out a Nazi major. With the angry major in hot pursuit, aided by military personnel, Gestapo agents and Hitler-loyal citizens, the five wend their way across perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the secrets they have learned.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-26
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Give My Regards to Broadway
1948-06-08
Give My Regards to Broadway
Overview: A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-08
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Paradise for Three
1938-06-04
Paradise for Three
Overview: A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-04
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Shining Victory
1941-05-30
Shining Victory
Overview: In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-30
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Honolulu
1939-02-03
Honolulu
Overview: Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-03
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Bitter Sweet
1940-11-08
Bitter Sweet
Overview: A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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She Went to the Races
1945-11-04
She Went to the Races
Overview: A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-04
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Suez
1938-10-28
Suez
Overview: Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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They Came to Blow Up America
1943-05-07
They Came to Blow Up America
Overview: Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-07
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The Girl on The Roof
1953-12-16
The Girl on The Roof
Overview: A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-12-16
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The Emperor Waltz
1948-07-02
The Emperor Waltz
Overview: At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity in Austria.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-02
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The Wedding Night
1935-03-08
The Wedding Night
Overview: While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-08
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I'll Give a Million
1938-07-27
I'll Give a Million
Overview: After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-27
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I Was an Adventuress
1940-05-10
I Was an Adventuress
Overview: Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-10
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Under Pressure
1935-02-02
Under Pressure
Overview: Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of the tunnel first, with the winning team getting more money and guaranteed future work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-02
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Midnight Taxi
1937-04-04
Midnight Taxi
Overview: A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-04
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The Hitler Gang
1944-04-26
The Hitler Gang
Overview: The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-26
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Faithful in My Fashion
1946-08-21
Faithful in My Fashion
Overview: A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-21
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The Great Hospital Mystery
1937-05-14
The Great Hospital Mystery
Overview: A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-14
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On the Avenue
1937-02-12
On the Avenue
Overview: A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-12
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The Song of Bernadette
1943-12-21
The Song of Bernadette
Overview: In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-21
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Berlin Correspondent
1942-08-17
Berlin Correspondent
Overview: Dana Andrews plays Bill Roberts, an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners of impending dangers, and does so by sending out coded messages during his broadcasts. The Gestapo begins to suspect something and assigns glamorous secret agent Karen Hauen (Virginia Gilmore) to spy on Roberts. When she discovers that her own father (Erwin Kaiser) is supplying Roberts with vital secrets, she turns her back on the Nazis and joins our hero in his efforts.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-17
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Overview: FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-06
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O. Henry's Full House
1952-08-07
O. Henry's Full House
Overview: Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Remember Pearl Harbor
1942-01-02
Remember Pearl Harbor
Overview: A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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Victory
1940-12-21
Victory
Overview: A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-21
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One, Two, Three
1961-12-15
One, Two, Three
Overview: C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-15
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The World Moves On
1934-06-27
The World Moves On
Overview: Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-27
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Father Is a Bachelor
1950-02-22
Father Is a Bachelor
Overview: Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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Love Under Fire
1937-08-20
Love Under Fire
Overview: A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Genres: War Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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This Is My Affair
1937-05-28
This Is My Affair
Overview: President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-28
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Living It Up
1954-07-15
Living It Up
Overview: Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris (Martin), diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A reporter for a New York newspaper, hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor, to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-15
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Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Breakdowns of 1941
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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If You Knew Susie
1948-02-07
If You Knew Susie
Overview: In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Marie Galante
1934-10-25
Marie Galante
Overview: On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-25
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The Dolly Sisters
1945-11-14
The Dolly Sisters
Overview: Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Genres: Romance Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-14
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952-10-27
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Overview: The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-27
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This Woman Is Mine
1941-08-22
This Woman Is Mine
Overview: Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-22
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Way... Way Out
1966-10-26
Way... Way Out
Overview: A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943-10-01
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Overview: An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometown.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-01
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So Ends Our Night
1941-02-27
So Ends Our Night
Overview: An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-27
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The Man Who Lost Himself
1941-03-21
The Man Who Lost Himself
Overview: John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-21
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Heidi
1937-10-15
Heidi
Overview: Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Genres: Drama Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-15
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Die Königsloge
1929-11-21
Die Königsloge
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-11-21
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Maytime
1937-03-26
Maytime
Overview: An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-26
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The Fortune Cookie
1966-10-19
The Fortune Cookie
Overview: A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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On the Riviera
1951-04-20
On the Riviera
Overview: In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-20
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Seventh Heaven
1937-03-25
Seventh Heaven
Overview: A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-25
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Men in Her Diary
1945-09-14
Men in Her Diary
Overview: Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-14
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The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
The Errand Boy
Overview: Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-28
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White Christmas
1954-10-14
White Christmas
Overview: Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-14
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A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26
A Royal Scandal
Overview: Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Genres: Comedy History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-03-26
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East of Java
1935-12-01
East of Java
Overview: Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-01
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Doom of Dracula
1966-01-01
Doom of Dracula
Overview: An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Night and Day
1946-07-02
Night and Day
Overview: When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-02
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Overview: Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-24
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World Premiere
1941-08-21
World Premiere
Overview: A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three men pose as spies, disrupting the opening, but things don't go quite as planned...there are actual spies also present!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-21
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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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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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Lucky Boy
1929-02-02
Lucky Boy
Overview: A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-02
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