James Gleason
Biography: James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater. For several years afterward they toured in road shows until James enlisted in the army during World War I. When he returned he appeared on the stage in "The Five Million." He then turned to writing, including "Is Zat So", which he produced for the NY stage. He also wrote and acted in "The Fall Guy" and "The Shannons on Broadway." Next he wrote The Broadway Melody (1929) for MGM. He collaborated, in 1930, on The Swellhead (1930), Dumbbells in Ermine (1930), What a Widow! (1930), Rain or Shine (1930) and His First Command (1929). He and his wife were then contracted to Pathe, Lucille to act, and James (or Jimmie as he was known) as a writer. Probably his most famous acting role was as Max Corkle, the manager of Joe Pendleton who was wrongly plucked from this life into the next, in the hit fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 22, 1882
Deathday: April 12, 1959
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01
Arsenic and Old Lace
Overview: Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-01
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The Night of the Hunter
1955-08-26
The Night of the Hunter
Overview: In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-26
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Blondie of the Follies
1932-09-01
Blondie of the Follies
Overview: New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-01
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Overview: In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-28
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Take One False Step
1949-08-14
Take One False Step
Overview: Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-14
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We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
We're Not Married!
Overview: A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-11
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Earl of Puddlestone
1940-08-31
Earl of Puddlestone
Overview: When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-31
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The Covered Trailer
1939-11-10
The Covered Trailer
Overview: The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
Meet John Doe
Overview: As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-14
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Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Tales of Manhattan
Overview: Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-05
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A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24
A Guy Named Joe
Overview: A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
Genres: Drama Romance War Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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I'll See You in My Dreams
1951-12-06
I'll See You in My Dreams
Overview: Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-06
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949-10-20
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Overview: A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-20
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Footlight Serenade
1942-08-01
Footlight Serenade
Overview: Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-01
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A Date with the Falcon
1942-01-16
A Date with the Falcon
Overview: In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-16
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The Big Gamble
1931-09-04
The Big Gamble
Overview: A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-04
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Hollywood Thrill-Makers
1954-01-15
Hollywood Thrill-Makers
Overview: Biplane action scenes highlight this story of the lives and loves of two Hollywood stuntmen.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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The Falcon Takes Over
1942-05-29
The Falcon Takes Over
Overview: While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-29
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Overview: Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-07
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Polly of the Follies
1922-01-30
Polly of the Follies
Overview: A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly. The eloping couple’s family arrive, chasing them, and persuade them to wait to get married. Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia. As Bob consoles Polly, Alysia breaks off the engagement, and Bob and Polly may now marry.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-30
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Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
Murder on a Bridle Path
Overview: When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a thrown horse, until his friend and amateur detective Hildegarde Withers locates the horse and discovers blood on the horse.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-17
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Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29
Once Upon a Time
Overview: Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Flynn meets a young boy who just might save the day. Inside a small box the boy shows Flynn his pride and joy: a caterpillar named Curly that dances to Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Word quickly spreads about the amazingly talented hoofer, and the caterpillar becomes a symbol of hope for wartime America. Soon, offers are pouring in to capitalize on this sensational insect.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-29
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Down to Earth
1947-08-21
Down to Earth
Overview: Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a part in the show and change it.
Genres: Music Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-21
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Loving You
1957-07-09
Loving You
Overview: Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-09
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The Keys of the Kingdom
1944-12-15
The Keys of the Kingdom
Overview: A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-15
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Suddenly
1954-09-17
Suddenly
Overview: The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-17
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The Bishop's Wife
1947-12-25
The Bishop's Wife
Overview: An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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A Free Soul
1931-06-02
A Free Soul
Overview: An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-02
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Oh, Yeah!
1929-10-19
Oh, Yeah!
Overview: A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the fright-yard bulls and other drifters, find romance in the persons of two waitresses at the camp restaurant. American-slang rules the dialogue to the point non-USA viewers need a slang-glossary to follow the dialogue.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-19
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What Price Glory
1952-08-22
What Price Glory
Overview: Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-22
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The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
The Hoodlum Saint
Overview: A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-04
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936-04-24
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Overview: A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-24
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The Clock
1945-05-25
The Clock
Overview: A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-25
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Crash Dive
1943-04-22
Crash Dive
Overview: A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
Genres: War Romance Drama Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-22
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Hoopla
1933-11-30
Hoopla
Overview: A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-30
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
Affectionately Yours
Overview: A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-10
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Penguin Pool Murder
1932-12-09
Penguin Pool Murder
Overview: New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-09
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Tycoon
1947-12-27
Tycoon
Overview: Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-27
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Murder on a Honeymoon
1935-02-22
Murder on a Honeymoon
Overview: A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Man or Gun
1958-05-30
Man or Gun
Overview: Gun-slinging drifter "Maybe" Smith's Colt .44 pistol and shooting skills are put to the test shortly after his arrival in the New Mexico frontier town of Dusty Flats. After outdrawing wanted outlaw Buckstorm Corley in the saloon, Smith finds himself up against the entire corrupt Corley clan -- who've been running roughshod over the fearful townsfolk for years.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-30
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Helldorado
1935-01-05
Helldorado
Overview: Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to replace the top of their convertible when it begins to rain. As they approach a bridge, Art notices a few stalled cars, and when the storm worsens, the bridge washes away, leaving Art, Glenda, Van and several others stranded in a canyon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-05
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941-09-20
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Overview: A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-20
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Puttin' on the Ritz
1930-02-19
Puttin' on the Ritz
Overview: A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-19
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This Man's Navy
1945-01-04
This Man's Navy
Overview: During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-04
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The Plot Thickens
1936-12-11
The Plot Thickens
Overview: A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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Hay Foot
1942-01-02
Hay Foot
Overview: Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gun shy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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The Yellow Cab Man
1950-03-25
The Yellow Cab Man
Overview: Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-25
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On Your Toes
1939-10-14
On Your Toes
Overview: A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-14
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The Story of Will Rogers
1952-07-17
The Story of Will Rogers
Overview: Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-17
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My Gal Sal
1942-04-30
My Gal Sal
Overview: Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-30
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West Point of the Air
1935-03-23
West Point of the Air
Overview: An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-23
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Money, Women and Guns
1958-10-01
Money, Women and Guns
Overview: Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
Genres: Mystery Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Key to the City
1950-02-02
Key to the City
Overview: At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24
Come Fill the Cup
Overview: Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-24
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Riding High
1950-04-12
Riding High
Overview: A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-12
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The Jackpot
1950-11-01
The Jackpot
Overview: Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-01
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Star in the Dust
1956-06-13
Star in the Dust
Overview: The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-13
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Smart Woman
1948-04-30
Smart Woman
Overview: A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-30
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Home Sweet Homicide
1946-10-02
Home Sweet Homicide
Overview: Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-02
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Cinema Circus
1937-01-27
Cinema Circus
Overview: Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open air big tent. There is as much action in the audience as Tracy identifies a number of movie stars watching the proceedings incognito, having their own fun in the stands, and sometimes interacting with the circus acts.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-27
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Swellhead
1930-03-20
Swellhead
Overview: A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And then he loses his friends, loses his girl-friend, loses his confidence and is all set-up to lose his title.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-20
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Her Man
1930-09-21
Her Man
Overview: A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-21
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The Crooked Circle
1932-09-25
The Crooked Circle
Overview: A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-25
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Forever Female
1953-11-28
Forever Female
Overview: An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-28
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Forty Naughty Girls
1937-09-24
Forty Naughty Girls
Overview: Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
Genres: Mystery Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-24
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938-07-29
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Overview: A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't Take it With You', director Frank Capra and stars James Stewart and Jean Arthur celebrate Lionel Barrymore's sixtieth birthday; a ski meet is held at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-29
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The Girl Rush
1955-09-16
The Girl Rush
Overview: When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Clear All Wires!
Overview: Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-24
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When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948-11-10
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Overview: Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on Broadway while Bonny gets left behind on the road. Things get worse with Skid's increasing drinking problem and the fact that the press has reported him to be spending a lot of time with his pretty co-star.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-10
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Murder on the Blackboard
1934-06-15
Murder on the Blackboard
Overview: There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-15
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Lady and Gent
1932-07-10
Lady and Gent
Overview: Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his father, Stag's manager, is killed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-10
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Spring Reunion
1957-03-01
Spring Reunion
Overview: A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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Army Girl
1938-08-11
Army Girl
Overview: A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to modern changes, is killed.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-11
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Sweepstakes
1931-07-10
Sweepstakes
Overview: A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-10
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The Return of October
1948-10-26
The Return of October
Overview: A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-26
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Suicide Fleet
1931-11-20
Suicide Fleet
Overview: Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-20
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High Hats and Low Brows
1932-07-10
High Hats and Low Brows
Overview: Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-10
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Meet the Missus
1929-03-30
Meet the Missus
Overview: When the story begins, James is confronted by his wife for his roving eyes! Soon after this, he goes to a speakeasy and begins chatting up women. One in particular catches his eye and so he brings her home to meet the wife. And here's where it gets weird. Apparently the Gleasons have an agreement that if either meets another person and falls for them, the marriage will be amicably dissolved and they'll each go their separate ways! Of course, things don't work out the way the hubby expects...and it certainly will come as a surprise to you as well!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-30
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937-11-26
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Overview: In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-26
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Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936-09-18
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Overview: A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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We're Only Human
1935-12-27
We're Only Human
Overview: A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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The Big Game
1936-10-09
The Big Game
Overview: A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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The Homestretch
1947-05-04
The Homestretch
Overview: A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-04
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Off His Base
1932-09-18
Off His Base
Overview: It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports reporter insists that his nephew, Minor, can really play ball and will help the team win.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-18
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The Life of Riley
1949-04-16
The Life of Riley
Overview: Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-16
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The Female Animal
1958-01-22
The Female Animal
Overview: Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-22
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Lady Luck
1946-10-30
Lady Luck
Overview: A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-30
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Dumb-bells in Ermine
1930-05-10
Dumb-bells in Ermine
Overview: In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though her straitlaced mother wants her to marry Siegfried, a spellbinding "missionary reformer." Though Grandma Corey promotes the romance with the prizefighter, Mike, the fighter's hardboiled, wisecracking manager, tries to keep them apart; following a quarrel, Faith reconciles herself to marrying Siegfried, but when he invites a group of "weak sisters" to a revival meeting, he is disgraced when one accuses him of her downfall. Finally, with Mike's advice, Jerry wins back Faith and they are united with the family's blessings.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-10
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The Meanest Gal in Town
1934-01-12
The Meanest Gal in Town
Overview: A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-12
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Bad Boy
1949-02-22
Bad Boy
Overview: A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-22
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The Devil Is Driving
1932-12-09
The Devil Is Driving
Overview: Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-09
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Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958-07-23
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Overview: An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-23
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The Matrimonial Bed
1930-08-01
The Matrimonial Bed
Overview: Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-01
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Search for Beauty
1934-02-02
Search for Beauty
Overview: Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-02
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The Dude Goes West
1948-05-30
The Dude Goes West
Overview: Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and becomes the foe of the notorious Pecos Kid, the captive of Paiutes, the target in a saloon showdown, and the lone source of the whereabouts of a fabulous gold strike.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-30
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Beyond Victory
1931-04-03
Beyond Victory
Overview: Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-03
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Manila Calling
1942-10-16
Manila Calling
Overview: During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-16
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Two Gals and a Guy
1951-07-01
Two Gals and a Guy
Overview: A singing couple gets their own television show, and the strains of putting on a TV show every week starts to jeopardize their relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-01
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The Well Groomed Bride
1946-05-17
The Well Groomed Bride
Overview: A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it for a wedding, and he wants to use it to christen a ship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-17
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Yours for the Asking
1936-07-23
Yours for the Asking
Overview: Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-23
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Man in the Shadow
1957-12-12
Man in the Shadow
Overview: In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.
Genres: Thriller Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-12
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Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Change of Heart
Overview: Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-18
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Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
2002-08-15
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Overview: An assembled compilation of footage from rushes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes moments featuring Charles Laughton directing The Night of the Hunter, the seminal 1955 work considered one of the greatest movies of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-15
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No Time at All
1958-02-13
No Time at All
Overview: An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-13
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Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
1950-11-04
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Overview: Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-04
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Should Husbands Work?
1939-07-26
Should Husbands Work?
Overview: Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-26
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Don't Believe It
1930-02-08
Don't Believe It
Overview: Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his wife and brother have conspired against him for revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-08
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The Higgins Family
1938-03-28
The Higgins Family
Overview: Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-28
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My Wife's Relatives
1939-05-20
My Wife's Relatives
Overview: It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romance between Ellis' son Bill and Joe's daughter Jean. Refusing, Joe quits his job and sets up his own candy company. It's a money-losing enterprise until Joe's wife Lil loses her diamond ring in a batch of candy and offers a $5000 reward to anyone who can retrieve the ring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-20
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It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10
It's a Wise Child
Overview: In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-10
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Money To Burn
1939-12-31
Money To Burn
Overview: In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-31
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Rule 'Em and Weep
1932-05-02
Rule 'Em and Weep
Overview: King Bool returns to Bulvania to claim his throne and his girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-02
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Grandpa Goes To Town
1940-04-13
Grandpa Goes To Town
Overview: Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the middle of a ghost town that hasn't seen a human face in years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-13
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Tanks a Million
1941-09-12
Tanks a Million
Overview: Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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Babes on Broadway
1941-12-31
Babes on Broadway
Overview: Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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Captain Eddie
1945-06-18
Captain Eddie
Overview: WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-18
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Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Breakdowns of 1941
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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Hot Tip
1935-08-20
Hot Tip
Overview: An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-20
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Yoo-Hoo
1932-10-04
Yoo-Hoo
Overview: James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-04
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The Broadway Melody
1929-02-08
The Broadway Melody
Overview: The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-08
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Fast Companions
1932-06-22
Fast Companions
Overview: A crooked jockey tries to reform.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-22
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The All-American
1932-10-01
The All-American
Overview: The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-01
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Fairways and Foul
1929-10-19
Fairways and Foul
Overview: Two couples meet on the fairway for a golfing competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-19
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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
1951-09-16
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
Overview: Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-16
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Orders Is Orders
1933-07-18
Orders Is Orders
Overview: A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into letting him use the base and its men. Their plan succeeds, but things don't turn out quite the way they were expecting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-18
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933-01-06
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Overview: An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-06
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Hollywood Hobbies
1935-07-05
Hollywood Hobbies
Overview: This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big names such as Boris Karloff, Buster Crabbe, and Clark Gable make appearances, enjoying games of golf, field hockey, swimming, and many other fun hobbies.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-05
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Big Money
1930-10-28
Big Money
Overview: A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-28
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Once Upon a Horse...
1958-09-01
Once Upon a Horse...
Overview: Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-01
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