J. Carrol Naish
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City, New York. Naish did many film roles, but they were eclipsed when he found fame in the title role of radio's Life with Luigi (1948–1953), which surpassed Bob Hope in the 1950 ratings. Naish appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He began as a member of Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe of child performers. In Paris after World War I, Naish formed his own song and dance act. He was traveling the globe from Europe to Egypt to Asia, when his China-bound ship developed engine problems, leaving him in California in 1926. His uncredited bit role in What Price Glory (1926) launched his career in more than two hundred films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role in the 1943 film Sahara, then for his performance in the 1945 film A Medal for Benny, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture. He notably played Boris Karloff's hunchback assistant in The House of Frankenstein in 1944. He was of Irish descent, but never used his dialect skills to play Irishmen, explaining, "When the part of an Irishman comes along, nobody ever thinks of me." Instead, he portrayed myriad other ethnic groups on screen: Latino, Native American, East Asian, Polynesian, Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, Eastern European, and Mediterranean. Besides his film roles, he often appeared on television later in his career. He spent many of his later years in San Diego studying philosophy and theology. Naish was married (1929–1973) to actress Gladys Heaney (1907–1987). They had one daughter. For his contributions to television and film, J. Carrol Naish has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Birthday: January 20, 1896
Deathday: January 24, 1973
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Known For
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971-09-20
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Overview: Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-20
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The Beast of the City
1932-02-13
The Beast of the City
Overview: Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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Clash by Night
1952-05-30
Clash by Night
Overview: An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-30
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Rio Grande
1950-11-15
Rio Grande
Overview: Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-15
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953-12-02
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Overview: Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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Annie Get Your Gun
1950-05-17
Annie Get Your Gun
Overview: Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-17
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The Whirlwind
1933-04-13
The Whirlwind
Overview: After years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find the Sheriff Tate Hurley who was his chief accuser. The hatred between the two men was not extinguished, and they first compete in a wrestling match.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-13
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Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936-03-27
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Overview: While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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Humoresque
1947-01-25
Humoresque
Overview: A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-25
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Two Seconds
1932-05-28
Two Seconds
Overview: A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-28
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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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Across the Wide Missouri
1951-10-12
Across the Wide Missouri
Overview: In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.
Genres: Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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The Whistler
1944-03-30
The Whistler
Overview: A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-30
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The Beast with Five Fingers
1947-02-08
The Beast with Five Fingers
Overview: Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-08
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Black Hand
1950-03-12
Black Hand
Overview: In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-12
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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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New York Confidential
1955-02-15
New York Confidential
Overview: Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-15
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Voice in the Wind
1944-03-03
Voice in the Wind
Overview: Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-03
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Beau Geste
1939-07-24
Beau Geste
Overview: When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-24
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Tonight or Never
1931-01-04
Tonight or Never
Overview: A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-04
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The Fugitive
1947-11-11
The Fugitive
Overview: Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-11
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Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
Joan of Arc
Overview: In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-22
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Waterfront
1944-06-10
Waterfront
Overview: A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-10
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The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
The Corsican Brothers
Overview: Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Down Argentine Way
Overview: The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
Ann Vickers
Overview: After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-26
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Blood and Sand
1941-05-30
Blood and Sand
Overview: Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-30
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview: In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-20
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Overview: In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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Good Intentions
1930-06-29
Good Intentions
Overview: When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)
Genres: Drama Crime Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-29
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Elmer, the Great
1933-04-29
Elmer, the Great
Overview: Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-29
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Calling Dr. Death
1943-12-17
Calling Dr. Death
Overview: Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-17
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Return of the Terror
1934-07-07
Return of the Terror
Overview: "The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-07
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The Southerner
1945-04-30
The Southerner
Overview: Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-30
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937-09-24
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Overview: Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-24
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Canadian Pacific
1949-05-19
Canadian Pacific
Overview: A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Genres: Western Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Captain Blood
Overview: Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Genres: Adventure Action History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-26
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One Is Guilty
1934-05-03
One Is Guilty
Overview: Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the Radford Arms, a high-rise apartment building that has been taken over by a bank and its apartments now-unoccupied.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-03
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Violent Saturday
1955-04-01
Violent Saturday
Overview: Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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Gung Ho!
1943-12-20
Gung Ho!
Overview: A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-20
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Dr. Renault's Secret
1942-10-19
Dr. Renault's Secret
Overview: A remake of the 1927 horror film "The Wizard". Dr. Larry Forbes arrives in a remote French village to visit his fiancée who lives with her scientist father Dr. Renault and his Ape-like manservant Noel. Several Murders coincide with Dr. Forbes arrival, with clues pointing in multiple directions.
Genres: Horror Mystery Romance Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-19
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Mr. Dynamite
1941-03-01
Mr. Dynamite
Overview: A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-01
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The Toast of New Orleans
1950-08-24
The Toast of New Orleans
Overview: Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-24
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Special Agent
1935-09-14
Special Agent
Overview: Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-14
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The Pied Piper
1942-08-21
The Pied Piper
Overview: Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-21
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Black Fury
1935-05-18
Black Fury
Overview: A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-18
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That Midnight Kiss
1949-09-22
That Midnight Kiss
Overview: Opera singer Prudence Budell, overhears truck driver Johnny Donnetti singing opera, and persuades her opera company to give him a chance in her new opera. They fall in love, but on meeting his colleague Mary while visiting Johnny's work, Prudence becomes convinced Johnny is in love with her.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-22
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Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
Please Believe Me
Overview: A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboard both plan on winning her hand before she reaches America. One is a gambler interested in her money, and the other, a rich man looking for a wife. The rich man's friend, meanwhile, believes the heiress is actually a gold-digger.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-12
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937-07-23
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Overview: When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-23
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Birth of the Blues
1941-11-07
Birth of the Blues
Overview: Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-07
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This Could Be the Night
1957-05-14
This Could Be the Night
Overview: To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Overview: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Genres: Action History Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-17
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The Hanged Man
1964-11-18
The Hanged Man
Overview: A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one after his money.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-18
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Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
Daughter of Shanghai
Overview: A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-17
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Jackass Mail
1942-07-01
Jackass Mail
Overview: An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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Rebel in Town
1956-07-30
Rebel in Town
Overview: Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing with a cap pistol. The Mason clan then flees but Gray Mason, feeling remorse, decides to return to the town. He winds up at the home of John and Nora Willoughby who, unknown to him, are parents of the dead boy. Nora recognizes him as one of the Confederates but keeps quiet, wishing to avoid more violence. However, when John learns of Gray's true identity, he determines to avenge his son's death
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-30
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Sitting Bull
1954-10-06
Sitting Bull
Overview: Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-06
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Special Investigator
1936-05-08
Special Investigator
Overview: A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-08
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King of Alcatraz
1938-09-30
King of Alcatraz
Overview: A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-30
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Little Big Shot
1935-09-07
Little Big Shot
Overview: A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-07
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Homicide Squad
1931-08-01
Homicide Squad
Overview: The police use a gangster's son to get to him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Confidential
1935-10-16
Confidential
Overview: A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-16
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Batman
1943-07-16
Batman
Overview: Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-16
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Behind the Green Lights
1935-03-11
Behind the Green Lights
Overview: A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-11
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Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Dragon Seed
Overview: The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-20
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938-08-05
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Overview: Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-05
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Tiger Shark
1932-09-24
Tiger Shark
Overview: A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-24
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Dr. Broadway
1942-05-09
Dr. Broadway
Overview: A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-09
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The World Gone Mad
1933-04-15
The World Gone Mad
Overview: A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-15
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The Mouthpiece
1932-03-21
The Mouthpiece
Overview: A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-21
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Know For Sure
1941-01-01
Know For Sure
Overview: A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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Golden Gloves
1940-08-02
Golden Gloves
Overview: An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-02
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The Kid from Spain
1932-11-17
The Kid from Spain
Overview: Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-17
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A Medal for Benny
1945-04-16
A Medal for Benny
Overview: Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-16
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Hit the Deck
1955-02-24
Hit the Deck
Overview: Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-24
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The Kissing Bandit
1948-11-14
The Kissing Bandit
Overview: Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".
Genres: Western Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-14
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It May Happen to You
1937-06-05
It May Happen to You
Overview: From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-05
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Queen of the Mob
1940-06-28
Queen of the Mob
Overview: Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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Ramona
1936-09-25
Ramona
Overview: Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-25
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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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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01
The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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The Young Don't Cry
1957-07-26
The Young Don't Cry
Overview: An orphaned teen gets involved with some chain-gang convicts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-26
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British Agent
1934-09-15
British Agent
Overview: In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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Saskatchewan
1954-03-30
Saskatchewan
Overview: Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-30
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Front Page Woman
1935-07-11
Front Page Woman
Overview: Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-11
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The Mystery Squadron
1933-12-21
The Mystery Squadron
Overview: Hank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a sinister figure known as The Black Ace leads his Mystery Squadron of masked pilots in an attempt to destroy the dam.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-21
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Denver and Rio Grande
1952-05-16
Denver and Rio Grande
Overview: Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotages the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-16
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Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
Exclusive Story
Overview: A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-17
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Crooner
1932-08-20
Crooner
Overview: Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-20
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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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Harrigan's Kid
1943-03-01
Harrigan's Kid
Overview: A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-01
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Two in the Dark
1936-01-10
Two in the Dark
Overview: Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-10
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Island of Lost Men
1939-08-16
Island of Lost Men
Overview: A Chinese general's daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's jungle empire.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-16
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Under the Pampas Moon
1935-06-01
Under the Pampas Moon
Overview: Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos Aires cabaret. THe plane she is flying in is forced to land on the Pampas. Campo and his riders take the passengers to a hotel. Yvonne and Campo quickly fall in love, but she had to leave to make her singing engagement in Buenos Aires. Campo follows her and discovers that his horse that was the favorite to win the Big Race has been stolen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-01
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Border Cafe
1937-06-04
Border Cafe
Overview: The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny western town, and is rehabilitated through the friendship and wisdom of a kind and patient rancher.
Genres: Western Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-04
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Captured!
1933-08-19
Captured!
Overview: While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-19
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Typhoon
1940-05-16
Typhoon
Overview: Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on the island in her childhood. They must fight angry natives and a typhoon in order to survive.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-16
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Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
Absolute Quiet
Overview: Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-24
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Desert Sands
1955-11-18
Desert Sands
Overview: The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-18
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Overview: Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-25
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Accent on Love
1941-07-11
Accent on Love
Overview: A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his spoiled wife, and joins the working classes, leading to his romance with a European immigrant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-11
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Behind the Rising Sun
1943-08-01
Behind the Rising Sun
Overview: A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-01
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Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27
Moonlight Murder
Overview: An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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No Other Woman
1933-01-06
No Other Woman
Overview: A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-06
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Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26
Bad Bascomb
Overview: A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-26
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Bannerline
1951-10-12
Bannerline
Overview: A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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Sea Racketeers
1937-08-20
Sea Racketeers
Overview: J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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Carnival in Costa Rica
1947-03-28
Carnival in Costa Rica
Overview: Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-28
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Fighter Attack
1953-11-29
Fighter Attack
Overview: World War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy territory during a raid against a German supply depot. He receives from Italian partisans in laying the groundwork for a new attack by his squadron.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-29
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Her Jungle Love
1938-04-15
Her Jungle Love
Overview: While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught in a typhoon and crack up on an island, escaping unharmed with the aid of Tura, a beautiful jungle girl who is the only inhabitant of the island and is believed a goddess by the natives of the adjoining islands. The three are about to leave the island on a make-shift raft when a gang of savage tribesman land, headed by Kuasa, a half-mad potentate who informs them that all whites are his mortal enemies because an Englishwoman once spurned his love and he got his revenge by stealing her daughter, who is Tura.
Genres: Action Adventure Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-15
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King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
King of Chinatown
Overview: A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11
Hotel Imperial
Overview: It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of World War I, to be occupied one day by the Russians, the next by the Austrians, and the inhabitants soon acquire a complacent view of the changing allegiances. To the town comes Ann Warschaska, intent on avenging the suicide of her sister, who has killed herself after being betrayed by an Austrian officer. She knows no more about his identity than the number of his room at the "Hotel Imperial".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-11
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The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
The Devil's in Love
Overview: The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-21
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Tip-Off Girls
1938-04-01
Tip-Off Girls
Overview: A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-01
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Cheer Up and Smile
1930-06-22
Cheer Up and Smile
Overview: When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-22
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That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
That Night in Rio
Overview: An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-11
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Crack-Up
1936-12-14
Crack-Up
Overview: Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-14
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Two-Man Submarine
1944-03-16
Two-Man Submarine
Overview: Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work at a secret laboratory on a remote South Pacific Island in order to produce penicillium, the mold from which the magic drug penicillin is derived.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-16
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The Mad Game
1933-10-27
The Mad Game
Overview: Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-27
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The Monster Maker
1944-04-15
The Monster Maker
Overview: Mad scientist injects his enemies with acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-15
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The Mark of the Renegade
1951-07-24
The Mark of the Renegade
Overview: An agent of Mexico poses as a pirate to foil a would-be emperor in 1820s California.
Genres: Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-24
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Scotland Yard
1930-10-19
Scotland Yard
Overview: A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a locket with both their pictures in it as a remembrance of the wife's stunning beauty. After enlisting for WWI to escape prosecution, his face is disfigured in combat, and plastic surgeons mistakenly give him the banker's face. As the banker is conveniently MIA, it gives the criminal the opportunity to plan a bank heist from the inside and also to get closer to the banker's wife.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-19
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Upperworld
1934-04-28
Upperworld
Overview: A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-28
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Notorious But Nice
1933-08-04
Notorious But Nice
Overview: A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-04
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Jungle Woman
1944-06-01
Jungle Woman
Overview: Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-01
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The Hell Cat
1934-06-16
The Hell Cat
Overview: Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-16
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Hideaway
1937-08-13
Hideaway
Overview: A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-13
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Hunted Men
1938-05-27
Hunted Men
Overview: Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a taxi, but when he gets nervous at the sound of sirens, he jumps out. Hardware salesman Peter Harris accidentally hits Joe with his car, and unharmed, Joe seizes this opportunity to hide in Peter's car. Peter is so drunk that Joe is able to con him into believing that he is Charles Edwards, a fellow hardware man who was with him at a convention, and in the guise of friendship, accompanies Peter to his suburban home. The next morning, Joe gets antsy and wants to leave, but Peter's family, his wife Mary, young son Robert and daughter Jane all entreat him to stay.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-27
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Illegal Traffic
1938-11-02
Illegal Traffic
Overview: G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the lion's share of their loot. Through an old friend, whom he once barnstormed in an air circus, Martin joins the gang as a pilot. He becomes interested in Carol Butler, a beautiful girl involved with the gang through the activities of her ne'er-do-well father.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-02
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What Price Glory
1926-11-23
What Price Glory
Overview: U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-23
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Song of the City
1937-04-02
Song of the City
Overview: A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an Italian fisherman with a wise and earthy family.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-02
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We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
We Who Are About to Die
Overview: John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-08
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The Grand Bounce
1937-05-22
The Grand Bounce
Overview: A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check was written on Friday afternoon, but cannot be cashed before the following Tuesday. The check is used to pay several debts until...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-22
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Havana Widows
1933-11-18
Havana Widows
Overview: Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-18
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Prison Farm
1938-06-17
Prison Farm
Overview: Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-17
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Arizona to Broadway
1933-07-22
Arizona to Broadway
Overview: A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-22
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The President Vanishes
1934-11-17
The President Vanishes
Overview: The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-17
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The Finger Points
1931-04-11
The Finger Points
Overview: Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-11
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The Defense Rests
1934-07-15
The Defense Rests
Overview: A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-15
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Rage at Dawn
1955-03-26
Rage at Dawn
Overview: In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A sister, Laura, who has inherited the family home, serves the outlaw brothers as a housekeeper and cook. One brother is killed when they go after a bank, the men of the town appear to have been waiting for them…
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-26
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Undercover Doctor
1939-06-09
Undercover Doctor
Overview: Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-09
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That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
That's Entertainment!
Overview: Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Genres: Documentary Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-21
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The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
The Famous Ferguson Case
Overview: A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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Forced Landing
1941-07-11
Forced Landing
Overview: On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-11
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Ride the Man Down
1952-11-25
Ride the Man Down
Overview: After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-25
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939-03-29
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Overview: Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01
House of Frankenstein
Overview: Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-01
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Yaqui Drums
1956-10-13
Yaqui Drums
Overview: In this western, a Mexican bandit and an angry rancher team up and take on a crooked saloon keeper.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-13
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1945-11-27
Getting Gertie's Garter
Overview: Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-27
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Persons in Hiding
1939-02-10
Persons in Hiding
Overview: During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-10
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Silent Men
1933-03-03
Silent Men
Overview: In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He is after the Wilder brothers who he thinks are rustling cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-03
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Night Club Scandal
1937-11-11
Night Club Scandal
Overview: When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-11
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The Last Command
1955-08-03
The Last Command
Overview: During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't heed his advice since he's a Mexican citizen, married to the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor of the province and a friend to General Santa Anna since the days they had fought together for Mexico's independence. After serving as president for 22 years, Santa Anna has become too powerful and arrogant. He rules Mexico with an iron fist and he would not allow Texas to self-govern. Bowie sides with the Texans in their bid for independence and urges a cautious strategy, given Santa Anna's power and cunning. Despite the disagreement between the Texicans and Bowie regarding the right strategy they ask Bowie to lead them in a last-ditch stand, at Alamo, against General Santa Anna's numerically superior forces.
Genres: History Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-03
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The Conquerors
1932-11-18
The Conquerors
Overview: A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
Genres: Western Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Star in the Night
1945-10-13
Star in the Night
Overview: Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests are only concerned for themselves until a poor man and his wife drive up to the motel, unable to go any further. Out of rooms, Nick's wife prepares a place for them in a shed under a neon star Nick had just finished hanging. Their plight brings out the generosity in everyone, including Nick, who remembers another family almost two thousand years earlier that also found a makeshift room at an inn under another kind of star.
Genres: Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-13
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Thunder Trail
1937-10-21
Thunder Trail
Overview: A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-21
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A Gentleman at Heart
1942-01-16
A Gentleman at Heart
Overview: After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ray McCarey's 1942 comedy also stars Carole Landis, J. Carrol Naish, Steven Geray, Richard Derr, Rose Hobart, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Francis Pierlot and Jerome Cowan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-16
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The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936-02-17
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Overview: Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead "Woody" Davis infiltrates a gang of Shanghai gunrunners to bring the culprit to justice.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-17
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Sunday Punch
1942-05-08
Sunday Punch
Overview: Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-08
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The Man in the Trunk
1942-09-19
The Man in the Trunk
Overview: The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-19
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Good Morning, Judge
1943-05-07
Good Morning, Judge
Overview: A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-07
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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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Surrender
1931-12-06
Surrender
Overview: Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-06
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Ladies of the Big House
1931-12-26
Ladies of the Big House
Overview: A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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Marie Galante
1934-10-25
Marie Galante
Overview: On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-25
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Big City Blues
1932-09-18
Big City Blues
Overview: An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-18
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Central Airport
1933-04-15
Central Airport
Overview: Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-15
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Girl in Danger
1934-09-11
Girl in Danger
Overview: Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.
Genres: Mystery Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-11
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Woman of the North Country
1952-07-23
Woman of the North Country
Overview: In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a young geological engineer, Kyle Ramlo. The latter reaches an impasse when he needs money to continue his experimentation with open-pit mining and goes to Miss Powell for financing. She displays great interest in both his inventive mining method and in him personally but secretly plots to destroy him and take over his Masabi rights. The gullible Ramlo falls into clutches while the girl he really loves, Cathy Norlund, tries desperately to open his eyes to Christine's scheme.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-23
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We're in the Movies, Now!
1939-03-18
We're in the Movies, Now!
Overview: Promotion reel/souvenir of a 1939-40 meeting of the Paramount Studios sales people.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-18
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Infernal Machine
1933-04-08
Infernal Machine
Overview: This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. After their first encounter, Holden's attempt to return Green's thought-to-be stolen purse ends up rendering him a stowaway on board a ship bound for America. Also aboard is a collection of characters, including Green's banker fiancé, a famed scientist, and an opera singer. Romance begins to blossom between Holden and Green, just as a radiogram claims that an “infernal machine,” or bomb, is aboard the ship. Quickly each passenger accuses the others of planting the bomb until eventually Holden, jealous of Green's attention to her undeserving fiancé, falsely admits to being the culprit. In his role as assumed perpetrator, Holden tests the group further.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-08
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Gun Smoke
1931-04-10
Gun Smoke
Overview: Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back in Chi or NYC, or wherever they lammed from.They are welcomed with open arms by the citizens under the impression they are there as capital investors with money to spend. Before long, Darvas figures the town is ripe for the taking and sends word for reinforcements, and each arriving train unloads a few suits and snappy-brim hats.Then they get rough, kill Sheriff Posey Meed and rile up the citizens, led by cowhand Brad Farley, who had Darvas spotted for a wrong number just by the way he made moves on Sue Vancey.
Genres: Western Action Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-10
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The Last Trail
1933-08-25
The Last Trail
Overview: Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-25
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Murder in Trinidad
1934-05-16
Murder in Trinidad
Overview: Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for the League of Nations. He is Trinidad's Port o' Spain trying to track down the leader of a gang of diamond smugglers. A trail, littered with murders, leads him to a crocodile-infested swamp.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-16
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Sleepers East
1934-01-01
Sleepers East
Overview: No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Force of Impulse
1961-11-01
Force of Impulse
Overview: A high-school football player is in love with a beautiful blonde classmate from a very wealthy family. He doesn't have the money to take her out, so in his desperation he robs his own father's grocery store. Things go downhill from there.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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The Past of Mary Holmes
1933-01-20
The Past of Mary Holmes
Overview: Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-20
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No Living Witness
1932-09-13
No Living Witness
Overview: An assistant district attorney tries to stop his girlfriend's father from being swindled out of his money by a crooked lawyer in a racetrack scam.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-13
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That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Entertainment! III
Overview: Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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The Royal Bed
1931-01-15
The Royal Bed
Overview: The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-15
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The Avenger
1933-08-10
The Avenger
Overview: A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-10
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Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
Anthony Adverse
Overview: Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-26
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Hell in the Heavens
1934-12-12
Hell in the Heavens
Overview: During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-12
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Doom of Dracula
1966-01-01
Doom of Dracula
Overview: An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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It's Your America
1946-07-25
It's Your America
Overview: This short--long rumored to have been directed by John Ford--was produced by the US government specifically for veterans returning home from World War II, showing them what their responsibilities as citizens were now that they were returning to civilian life.
Genres: Drama War Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-25
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Disneyland '59
1959-06-15
Disneyland '59
Overview: Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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Man on a Bus
1955-05-01
Man on a Bus
Overview: Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded overnight in the bus. To pass the time, each begins to tell the story behind their emigration to Israel.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-01
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Cutter's Trail
1970-02-10
Cutter's Trail
Overview: The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-10
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989-01-01
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Overview: This is the fully documented story of Batman—his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight, this action-filled documentary will satisfy every fan who has ever delighted in Batmania.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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