Lucille La Verne
Biography: Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an American actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, obnoxious, vituperative, sarcastic, cunning, and vengeful roles in early sound films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered as the voices of the Old Witch in the 1932 Silly Symphony short, Babes in the Woods, and the first Disney villain, the Evil Queen, Snow White's wicked stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film as well as her final film role. Lucille La Verne died at the age of 72 in Culver City, California on March 4, 1945, after suffering from cancer. She was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. La Verne's grave was unmarked for nearly 75 years before fans took up a collection to ensure that she had a stone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucille La Verne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 06, 1872
Deathday: March 04, 1945
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938-01-14
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Overview: A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25
A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
Genres: History Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-25
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Kentucky Kernels
1934-11-02
Kentucky Kernels
Overview: The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-02
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The Unholy Garden
1931-10-06
The Unholy Garden
Overview: At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-06
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Father Noah's Ark
1933-04-08
Father Noah's Ark
Overview: Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not that anyone was particularly looking for them), but they manage to swim to it. After the rain and many lamentations by the humans, the sun returns, to the great joy of all. The ground appears, and the animals (and many new babies) disembark.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-08
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Breach of Promise
1932-10-23
Breach of Promise
Overview: A pre-Code drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-23
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Pilgrimage
1933-07-12
Pilgrimage
Overview: A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-12
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A Strange Adventure
1932-11-20
A Strange Adventure
Overview: A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-20
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Sinners' Holiday
1930-10-11
Sinners' Holiday
Overview: Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-11
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The White Rose
1923-05-21
The White Rose
Overview: A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl, Bessie. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie finds that she is pregnant with Joseph's child.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-21
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Polly of the Circus
1917-09-08
Polly of the Circus
Overview: When circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John Hartley. The two fall in love and marry secretly. But when the news leaks out, the minister loses his pastorate over disdain by the parishioners for Polly's background as a performer. Polly must decide whether to stay with the man she loves or leave him for the good of his calling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-08
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Sun-Up
1925-09-20
Sun-Up
Overview: When she hears her boy has been killed in WWI a vengeful Kentucky hills mother shelters a deserter as a protest.When the boy returns she asks him to kill the deserter who she learns is the son of a murderous revenue agent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-20
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The Great Meadow
1931-01-24
The Great Meadow
Overview: Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-24
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24 Hours
1931-10-03
24 Hours
Overview: A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-03
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Union Depot
1932-01-14
Union Depot
Overview: Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-14
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Alias the Doctor
1932-02-25
Alias the Doctor
Overview: Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and three years in prison. When he gets out, he finds Stephan is dead and a sick child needs an operation and he does brilliant surgery. This gets him noticed and his mother tells them that he is Stephan Brenner, not Karl Brenner. She tells Karl that he must cure sickness in the world. But, being that he is Stephan, he can no longer marry Lottie, as she is now his sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-25
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Abraham Lincoln
1930-11-08
Abraham Lincoln
Overview: A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-08
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Little Caesar
1931-01-25
Little Caesar
Overview: A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-25
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Orphans of the Storm
1921-12-28
Orphans of the Storm
Overview: France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-28
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The Mighty Barnum
1934-12-23
The Mighty Barnum
Overview: 20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Janet Beecher and Adolphe Menjou. Released in 1934.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-23
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Zaza
1923-10-21
Zaza
Overview: Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-21
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While Paris Sleeps
1932-05-08
While Paris Sleeps
Overview: To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-08
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The Thousand-Dollar Husband
1916-05-29
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
Overview: A now lost film directed by James Young and starring Blanche Sweet
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-29
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Babes in the Woods
1932-11-19
Babes in the Woods
Overview: Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-19
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An American Tragedy
1931-08-22
An American Tragedy
Overview: A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-22
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Wild Horse Mesa
1932-11-25
Wild Horse Mesa
Overview: Chane Weymer, an Arizona rancher, goes after a gang that is trapping wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-25
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The Last Trail
1933-08-25
The Last Trail
Overview: Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-25
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Overview: Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-10
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Hearts of Humanity
1932-08-31
Hearts of Humanity
Overview: Genial Irish NYC policeman Tom O'Hara is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and their young son, Shandy from Ireland. Several days before the ship is to dock, O'Hara gets a radiogram informing him that his wife has died at sea. That night a burglar breaks into the Antigue & Second Hand Shop ran by Sol Bloom, directly below O'Hara's flat. The burglar shoots O'Hara, who has rushed to his friend's aid, and, with his last breath he asks Sol to take care of Shandy. When Shandy arrives, Sol immediately makes him a member of the family, which also consists of a very mischievous motherless boy named Joey Bloom, whose pursuits consist of stealing oranges from fruit-dealer Tony, and playing hookey from school. Tom Varney, the young beat cop, is in love with Ruth Sneider, whose mother runs a Cleaning and Dyeling establishment. Ruth, however, is momentarily dazed with worthless Dave Haller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-31
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His Darker Self
1924-03-16
His Darker Self
Overview: A small town man takes a mail-order detective course. When a Black friend is murdered, he goes undercover in black-face to investigate at a notorious, knife-wielding bootlegger's roadhouse. Originally a 5-reel feature (50min), now only 2 reel edit exists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-16
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The Last Moment
1928-02-15
The Last Moment
Overview: A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the incidents that led to his final, fatal decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-15
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School for Girls
1934-03-22
School for Girls
Overview: After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-22
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The Blow Out
1936-04-04
The Blow Out
Overview: A crazed bomber is terrorizing the city. Meanwhile, a young Porky Pig is a few cents shy of buying an ice cream soda; he starts earning it by picking up items people drop and handing them back to them.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-04
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Disney's Halloween Treat
1982-10-30
Disney's Halloween Treat
Overview: Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-30
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Beloved
1934-01-22
Beloved
Overview: Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-22
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The Praise Agent
1919-08-11
The Praise Agent
Overview: Press agent Jack Bartling persuades a local Suffragette leader, Mrs. Eubanks, whose husband is a Senator and soap manufacturer, to hire him for publicity. He falls for her daughter Nell and through various schemes and a bit of subterfuge Jack convinces both parents he’s the right guy for their daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-11
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Disney's Greatest Villains
1977-05-15
Disney's Greatest Villains
Overview: The Slave in the Magic Mirror is the host of this show, designed to explain that all heroes need villains to balance things out. Without villains, there would be no heroes. Villains from Disney films abound here.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-15
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