Amanda Blake
Biography: Amanda Blake (February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the television western Gunsmoke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Blake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 20, 1929
Deathday: August 16, 1989
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A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
A Star Is Born
Overview: A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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Lili
1953-03-10
Lili
Overview: Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-10
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Clown Alley
1966-11-09
Clown Alley
Overview: An all-star cast joins Red Skelton in this lavish 60-minute salute to circus clowns.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987-09-27
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Overview: Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins," is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago -- Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell.
Genres: TV Movie Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-27
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Miss Robin Crusoe
1953-11-01
Miss Robin Crusoe
Overview: This 1954 feminist version of "Robinson Crusoe" stars Amanda Blake as a woman shipwrecked on a jungle island. Also with George Nader and Rosalind Hayes.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-01
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Sabre Jet
1953-09-04
Sabre Jet
Overview: The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen Gray), a reporter for a large newspaper syndicate arrives... she's also the estranged wife of the assistant squadron commander, Colonel Gil Manton (Robert Stack.) At first, she goes at her assignment of getting a story on the pilots wives with the same ruthlessness and persistence that broke up her marriage - but a mirror isn't needed to peek around the corner to where this one is headed.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-04
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About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
About Mrs. Leslie
Overview: A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-03
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The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954-10-01
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
Overview: In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Caliph into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din, a rival prince known far and wide as mean and fickle. Her father intends for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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Stars in My Crown
1950-05-11
Stars in My Crown
Overview: Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-11
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The Glass Slipper
1955-03-24
The Glass Slipper
Overview: Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.
Genres: Music Fantasy Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-24
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High Society
1955-04-17
High Society
Overview: Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pal Slip, he arrives at the Jones mansion to review the legal papers needed for him to claim his new fortune. However, Sach and Slip discover that the rightful heir, the young Terwilliger III, is being cheated out of his inheritance by the miscreant duo of Stuyvesant Jones and Clarissa. Sach and Slip, with the help of their fellow Bowery Boys, save the day and restore the heir’s inheritance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-17
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Cattle Town
1952-09-06
Cattle Town
Overview: The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-06
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Betrayal
1974-12-03
Betrayal
Overview: Wealthy widow Helen Mercer hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, to act as her personal assistant and companion. Unfortunately, Helen is a poor judge of character, as Gretchen is part of a murderous extortionist duo with her boyfriend, Jay. However, Gretchen has second thoughts when she develops genuine affection for Helen. When Gretchen informs Jay that she wants to call off their plot, he refuses and carries on with the plan. Now both Helen and Gretchen may be in grave danger.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-03
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Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
Scarlet Angel
Overview: After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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Smuggler's Gold
1951-05-05
Smuggler's Gold
Overview: A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-05
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The Family Secret
1951-10-21
The Family Secret
Overview: When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-21
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B.O.R.N.
1989-10-26
B.O.R.N.
Overview: A speeding ambulance abducts three beautiful young women to a sinister medical center where someone is making a killing selling healthy human organs on the black market.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-26
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Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950-11-21
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
Overview: A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-21
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Duchess of Idaho
1950-07-14
Duchess of Idaho
Overview: Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in, and devises a plan. Chris follows Morrison on his trip to Sun Valley, Idaho and plays the overattentive female, hoping that he will send for Ellen (who often played his "fiancée" when he had a female he couldn't discourage otherwise.) Complications arise when Chris catches the eye of band leader Dick Layne, and finds herself caught in a triangle between the two men.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-14
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Overview: Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-28
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The Boost
1988-12-23
The Boost
Overview: Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed "boost". What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra "boost".
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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