Blanche Friderici
Biography: Blanche Friderici was a noted American stage and screen actress, her film career beginning in 1920. She is probably best remembered for her roles in Night Nurse (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), and Flying Down to Rio (1933). Although today typically indicated to have been born on 21 January 1878, Friderici's actual birth date was 12 September 1873, per multiple reliable records (including her Brooklyn, New York birth record) from throughout her lifetime.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 12, 1873
Deathday: December 23, 1933
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It Happened One Night
1934-02-22
It Happened One Night
Overview: A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-22
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Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
Love Me Tonight
Overview: A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-18
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A Farewell to Arms
1932-12-08
A Farewell to Arms
Overview: A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-08
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Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22
Flying Down to Rio
Overview: A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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Sadie Thompson
1928-01-07
Sadie Thompson
Overview: A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-07
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The Awful Truth
1929-08-10
The Awful Truth
Overview: Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-10
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Night Nurse
1931-07-16
Night Nurse
Overview: Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-16
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The Trespasser
1929-11-11
The Trespasser
Overview: A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-11
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Fleetwing
1928-06-24
Fleetwing
Overview: Capturing a beautiful horse and slave girl, Thurya young Arab Jaafor’s happiness is short lived when the girl is sold to a cruel sheik. Sneaking into the encampment he attempts escape with her on horseback but is captured. The attack of an enemy tribe saves him, the sheik is slain, and the young Jaafor’s tribe celebrates his nuptials with Thurya.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1928-06-24
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The Office Wife
1930-08-23
The Office Wife
Overview: Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-23
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Ten Cents a Dance
1931-01-30
Ten Cents a Dance
Overview: A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-30
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The Thundering Herd
1933-03-01
The Thundering Herd
Overview: A buffalo hunter tries to stop a thief and his minions from stealing hides.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-01
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Billy the Kid
1930-10-16
Billy the Kid
Overview: Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-16
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Friends and Lovers
1931-10-03
Friends and Lovers
Overview: British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-03
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Miss Pinkerton
1932-05-27
Miss Pinkerton
Overview: Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-27
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The Woman Between
1931-08-08
The Woman Between
Overview: Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-08
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39 East
1920-09-30
39 East
Overview: The eldest daughter of a poor preacher, Penelope Penn leaves her country home to seek her fortune in the big city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-30
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Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933-10-18
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Overview: Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-18
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Young Bride
1932-04-08
Young Bride
Overview: A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-08
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The Night Club Lady
1932-08-27
The Night Club Lady
Overview: A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-27
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The Barbarian
1933-05-12
The Barbarian
Overview: An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-12
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Courage
1930-05-22
Courage
Overview: Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her creditors. Marion Nixon, Bennett's eldest daughter, is shocked by her mother's actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mother's obligations, even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate, played by Rex Bell. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-22
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Kismet
1930-10-30
Kismet
Overview: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-30
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Soldiers and Women
1930-04-30
Soldiers and Women
Overview: Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is having affairs with two women, Brenda Ritchie and Helen Arnold, each of whom is married to a Marine Captain. One of the husbands is murdered, and Branch, Helen and Brenda each find themselves high on the list of suspects.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-30
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Secrets
1933-03-16
Secrets
Overview: In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-16
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Numbered Men
1930-06-07
Numbered Men
Overview: Prison drama from 1930. Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded King Callahan, set events in motion to prove that love and justice will prevail.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-07
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The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
The Girl Said No
Overview: A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-15
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Thirteen Women
1932-09-16
Thirteen Women
Overview: Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-16
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Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
Hold Your Man
Overview: Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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Jazz Heaven
1929-11-03
Jazz Heaven
Overview: A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-03
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The Bad One
1930-05-03
The Bad One
Overview: In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-03
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Adorable
1933-05-18
Adorable
Overview: Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-18
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A Dangerous Affair
1931-09-29
A Dangerous Affair
Overview: Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-29
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Lady with a Past
1932-02-19
Lady with a Past
Overview: A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-19
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Personality
1930-02-14
Personality
Overview: Directed by Victor Heerman. With Sally Starr, Johnny Arthur, Blanche Friderici, Frank Hammond.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-14
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Alimony Madness
1933-03-31
Alimony Madness
Overview: A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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All of Me
1934-02-01
All of Me
Overview: A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-01
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Trifles
1930-01-30
Trifles
Overview: The Sheriff and County Prosecutor come to an isolated country farm where a woman killed her husband, attempting to gather evidence. Only their wives are able to solve the mystery, which they decide to keep to themselves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-30
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Mata Hari
1931-12-26
Mata Hari
Overview: A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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Cynara
1932-12-24
Cynara
Overview: A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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State's Attorney
1932-05-20
State's Attorney
Overview: Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-20
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Three on a Match
1932-10-29
Three on a Match
Overview: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-29
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So Big!
1932-04-30
So Big!
Overview: A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-30
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Murder by the Clock
1931-07-21
Murder by the Clock
Overview: A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-21
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Man of the Forest
1933-08-24
Man of the Forest
Overview: Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retrieve his daughter, Beasley kills him and makes the Sheriff arrest Dale for the murder.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-24
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Wicked
1931-10-04
Wicked
Overview: Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-04
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928-01-22
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Overview: Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-22
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Stolen Love
1928-12-02
Stolen Love
Overview: The story of a girl whose past casts a shadow over her future happiness with the man who loves her. How much of her past must a girl tell the man she wants to marry?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-02
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Wonder of Women
1929-07-13
Wonder of Women
Overview: A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-13
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A Notorious Affair
1930-04-26
A Notorious Affair
Overview: A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-26
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The Cat Creeps
1930-11-10
The Cat Creeps
Overview: Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-10
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Honor of the Family
1931-10-17
Honor of the Family
Overview: Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-17
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The Hatchet Man
1932-02-06
The Hatchet Man
Overview: When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-06
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If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
If I Had a Million
Overview: An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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The Way to Love
1933-10-20
The Way to Love
Overview: Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets Madeleine, who works at a circus.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-20
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Woman Hungry
1931-04-04
Woman Hungry
Overview: This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great Divide (1925) and as an early silent/sound hybrid by First National also called The Great Divide (1929). Judith Temple has come West to Arizona for some excitement. As she says goodbye to her brother and his wife, who are returning to the East, Dr. Neil Cranford, who is in love with her, is called away to tend the broken ribs of a man injured in a barroom brawl.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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