Leyland Hodgson
Biography: Leyland Hodgson (5 October 1892 – 16 March 1949), also known as Leland Hodgson, was an English-born American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in London on 5 October 1892, Hodgson entered the theatre in 1898. In his early 20s Hodgson was part of a touring theatre company, spending his time in the British areas of the Far East, before entering the stage in Australia. In 1930 moved to the United States, where he made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated film, The Case of Sergeant Grischa in 1930.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 05, 1892
Deathday: March 16, 1949
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A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02
A Woman's Vengeance
Overview: A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-02
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Overview: Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-13
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Dressed to Kill
1946-05-24
Dressed to Kill
Overview: A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-24
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948-10-30
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Overview: Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-30
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947-03-04
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Overview: Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-04
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Bedlam
1946-05-10
Bedlam
Overview: London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-10
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942-09-18
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Overview: England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-18
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The Pearl of Death
1944-08-01
The Pearl of Death
Overview: The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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The Invisible Man Returns
1940-01-12
The Invisible Man Returns
Overview: The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-12
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The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Overview: A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partmer is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-09
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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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Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938-09-17
Mysterious Mr. Moto
Overview: The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-17
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Murder Over New York
1940-12-13
Murder Over New York
Overview: When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939-01-20
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Overview: A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-20
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Under Nevada Skies
1946-08-26
Under Nevada Skies
Overview: Rodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after he was accused of stealing a family crest from Helen Williams. Helen joins up with Roy and Gabby Whittaker to find the killers and the crest.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-26
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The Witness Vanishes
1939-09-22
The Witness Vanishes
Overview: In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-22
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They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27
They Met in Bombay
Overview: A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-27
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Journey for Margaret
1942-12-17
Journey for Margaret
Overview: An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-17
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Assignment in Brittany
1943-03-11
Assignment in Brittany
Overview: A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-11
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Two Tickets to London
1943-06-14
Two Tickets to London
Overview: Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-14
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Confession
1937-08-19
Confession
Overview: Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-19
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The Case of the Black Parrot
1941-01-09
The Case of the Black Parrot
Overview: Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-09
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Enter Arsène Lupin
1944-11-24
Enter Arsène Lupin
Overview: A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-24
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He Married His Wife
1940-01-19
He Married His Wife
Overview: Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-19
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The Imperfect Lady
1946-11-29
The Imperfect Lady
Overview: A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-29
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Singapore
1947-08-13
Singapore
Overview: After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
Genres: Adventure Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-13
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Escape from Hong Kong
1942-05-15
Escape from Hong Kong
Overview: Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-15
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Arise, My Love
1940-11-08
Arise, My Love
Overview: A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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The Frozen Ghost
1945-06-01
The Frozen Ghost
Overview: When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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Black Beauty
1946-08-29
Black Beauty
Overview: Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-29
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House of Mystery
1931-12-16
House of Mystery
Overview: Two hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff, he proceeds to press the wealthy owner for an explanation. At first it looks like his son has killed his unfaithful wife, but the wife's lover and the family butler are acting suspiciously enough to be followed.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-16
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Sahara
1943-09-22
Sahara
Overview: In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-22
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Susannah of the Mounties
1939-06-13
Susannah of the Mounties
Overview: This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-13
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Calcutta
1946-12-20
Calcutta
Overview: Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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The Solitaire Man
1933-09-22
The Solitaire Man
Overview: An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-22
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Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14
Love Is a Headache
Overview: A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Overview: A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-09
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Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
Beloved Enemy
Overview: In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-25
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Call It a Day
1937-04-17
Call It a Day
Overview: The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-17
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They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
They Made Me a Criminal
Overview: A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-21
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One in a Million
1935-03-21
One in a Million
Overview: A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in a romantic relationship with the boss's son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-21
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939-02-17
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Overview: Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Love Affair
1939-04-07
Love Affair
Overview: A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Overview: In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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Dark Victory
1939-04-20
Dark Victory
Overview: Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-20
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Allegheny Uprising
1939-11-10
Allegheny Uprising
Overview: South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.
Genres: Western Action Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25
We Are Not Alone
Overview: A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-25
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Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
Daughters Courageous
Overview: Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-23
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1939-07-13
The Man in the Iron Mask
Overview: Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-13
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Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Second Fiddle
Overview: Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939-07-07
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Overview: Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-07
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Raffles
1939-11-11
Raffles
Overview: Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-11
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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The Rains Came
1939-09-15
The Rains Came
Overview: Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-15
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Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
Eternally Yours
Overview: Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-07
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The Wolf Man
1941-12-12
The Wolf Man
Overview: After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Under-Cover Man
1932-12-02
Under-Cover Man
Overview: When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-02
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Pack Up Your Troubles
1939-10-24
Pack Up Your Troubles
Overview: Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-24
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The Mummy
1932-12-22
The Mummy
Overview: An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-22
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Kidnapped
1938-05-27
Kidnapped
Overview: Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-27
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Scotland Yard
1941-04-03
Scotland Yard
Overview: Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planning an enormous robbery.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-03
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The Great Dictator
1940-10-15
The Great Dictator
Overview: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-15
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The Girl from Mandalay
1936-04-19
The Girl from Mandalay
Overview: John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor, writes him that their engagement is off, he goes off to Mandalay.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-19
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The Eagle and the Hawk
1933-05-06
The Eagle and the Hawk
Overview: The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-06
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Rebecca
1940-03-23
Rebecca
Overview: Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-23
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British Intelligence
1939-11-10
British Intelligence
Overview: During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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High Stakes
1931-08-18
High Stakes
Overview: High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-18
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Buck Benny Rides Again
1940-05-31
Buck Benny Rides Again
Overview: Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-31
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My Name Is Julia Ross
1945-11-08
My Name Is Julia Ross
Overview: Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-08
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Peg o' My Heart
1933-05-26
Peg o' My Heart
Overview: Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-26
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All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05
All This, and Heaven Too
Overview: When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-05
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Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Lillian Russell
Overview: Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10
The Sea Hawk
Overview: Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-10
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The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19
The Howards of Virginia
Overview: Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-19
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The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
The Son of Monte Cristo
Overview: Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-05
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Captain Caution
1940-08-09
Captain Caution
Overview: When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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The Man I Married
1940-08-09
The Man I Married
Overview: An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
Mystery Sea Raider
Overview: June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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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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Over the Wall
1938-04-02
Over the Wall
Overview: When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-02
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The Girl on the Front Page
1936-09-26
The Girl on the Front Page
Overview: The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-26
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Swing, Sister, Swing
1938-12-16
Swing, Sister, Swing
Overview: In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-16
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Ladies of the Jury
1932-02-02
Ladies of the Jury
Overview: Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former chorus girl Yvette Gordon, who's accused of murdering her rich older husband. In court and during deliberations, Mrs. Crane proves to be a disruptive and unorthodox juror.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-02
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Terror by Night
1946-02-01
Terror by Night
Overview: Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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Singapore Woman
1941-05-17
Singapore Woman
Overview: A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-17
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Trouble for Two
1936-05-29
Trouble for Two
Overview: A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-29
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942-03-27
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Overview: Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-27
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International Lady
1941-10-16
International Lady
Overview: Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-16
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Around the World
1943-11-27
Around the World
Overview: Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-27
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The Adventurous Blonde
1937-11-13
The Adventurous Blonde
Overview: The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-13
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Romance Road
1938-01-29
Romance Road
Overview: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant must mediate a land rights dispute between an advancing railroad construction gang and French Canadian trappers in the rugged Northwest Territory of Canada.
Genres: Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-29
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Three Strangers
1946-01-28
Three Strangers
Overview: On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-28
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Repeat Performance
1947-05-22
Repeat Performance
Overview: On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-22
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A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
A Feather in Her Hat
Overview: After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
The Secret Heart
Overview: Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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The Challenge
1948-04-02
The Challenge
Overview: Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-02
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Hangover Square
1945-02-07
Hangover Square
Overview: When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-07
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The Man in Half Moon Street
1945-01-19
The Man in Half Moon Street
Overview: A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-19
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This Above All
1942-05-12
This Above All
Overview: In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-12
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Frenchman's Creek
1944-09-20
Frenchman's Creek
Overview: An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-20
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Kitty
1945-10-16
Kitty
Overview: Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-16
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930-02-23
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Overview: This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-23
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The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
The Gang's All Here
Overview: A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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Strange Confession
1945-10-05
Strange Confession
Overview: A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-05
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Parnell
1937-06-04
Parnell
Overview: Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-04
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Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Red-Headed Woman
Overview: Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-25
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