Robert Kellard
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 23, 1915
Deathday: January 13, 1981
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Drums of Fu Manchu
1940-03-15
Drums of Fu Manchu
Overview: The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-15
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Drums of Fu Manchu
1943-11-27
Drums of Fu Manchu
Overview: Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-27
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Blondie's Big Moment
1947-01-09
Blondie's Big Moment
Overview: Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-09
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Night Editor
1946-03-29
Night Editor
Overview: A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-29
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Framed
1947-05-25
Framed
Overview: Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-25
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The Unknown
1946-07-04
The Unknown
Overview: "The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-04
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While New York Sleeps
1938-12-16
While New York Sleeps
Overview: Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-16
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They Stooge to Conga
1943-01-01
They Stooge to Conga
Overview: The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Three Little Pirates
1946-12-05
Three Little Pirates
Overview: The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission to journey to their own country to fetch presents. The governor is fooled, but the boys run into more trouble in the den of Black Louie the pirate where Curly is forced into a knife throwing contest with Larry as the target. Things look bad until a mis-thrown knife cuts the rope that holds the chandelier and it crashes down on Black Louie's men. With the pirates defeated, Moe decides to take over as ruler of the island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-05
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Time Out for Murder
1938-09-25
Time Out for Murder
Overview: A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-25
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Island in the Sky
1938-04-01
Island in the Sky
Overview: A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-01
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Escort Girl
1941-11-04
Escort Girl
Overview: A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-04
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Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948-04-01
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Overview: Tex Granger heads toward Three Buttes when he comes across a young boy guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-01
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Man From Headquarters
1942-01-23
Man From Headquarters
Overview: A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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Perils of the Royal Mounted
1942-05-29
Perils of the Royal Mounted
Overview: Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers.
Genres: Action Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-29
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Always in Trouble
1938-10-28
Always in Trouble
Overview: Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Battle of Broadway
1938-04-22
Battle of Broadway
Overview: The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell, Andrew Tombes, Esther Muir and Frank Moran.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-22
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Here I Am a Stranger
1939-09-29
Here I Am a Stranger
Overview: The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-29
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My Lucky Star
1938-09-09
My Lucky Star
Overview: George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-09
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Josette
1938-06-03
Josette
Overview: Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-03
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Too Late for Tears
1949-07-17
Too Late for Tears
Overview: Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-17
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Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03
Wife, Husband and Friend
Overview: Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-03
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Gilda
1946-04-25
Gilda
Overview: A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-25
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King of the Royal Mounted
1940-09-19
King of the Royal Mounted
Overview: The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-19
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Stop, Look and Love
1939-09-22
Stop, Look and Love
Overview: Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-22
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Smith of Minnesota
1942-10-15
Smith of Minnesota
Overview: This biopic takes an in-depth look into the life of Minnesota All-American football player Bruce Smith. The story is framed by a screenwriter's interview with the famed halfback. In order to garner information, the scenarist is assigned to live with Smith. During the film, Smith shares his thoughts on football and anecdotes from his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-15
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Prairie Pioneers
1941-02-16
Prairie Pioneers
Overview: It is 1853 and settlers are pouring into California which means trouble for the old Spanish landowners. The El Dorado Mine Co. wants the land of Don Ortega for the minerals and is using the settlers and his friend Don Carlos to take the land over. But Tucson is on the side of Roberto and see's that something is not right with all the trouble they have been having. But the situation turns ugly for Don Ortega when Roberto is set up for a murder he did not commit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-16
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Gateway
1938-08-05
Gateway
Overview: Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-05
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Phantom of Chinatown
1940-11-18
Phantom of Chinatown
Overview: In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-18
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Red, Hot and Blue
1949-09-05
Red, Hot and Blue
Overview: In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-05
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Hello, Annapolis
1942-04-23
Hello, Annapolis
Overview: Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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Down in San Diego
1941-08-01
Down in San Diego
Overview: A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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Lone Star Moonlight
1946-12-12
Lone Star Moonlight
Overview: Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments in war-surplus material. Eddie Jackson (Robert Kellard), who owns the rival station, is also attracted to Curt's sweetheart Jean White (Joan Barton). When Curt and the Hoosier Hotshots successfully stage an auction to raise money, Eddie hires Mimi Carston (Claudia Drake) to claim that Curt married her in France.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-12
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Pardon My Gun
1942-12-01
Pardon My Gun
Overview: In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through his money pouch in the bushes without opening it. Later a woman happens upon the cash and finds herself a prime suspect in the killing. Fortunately, a survey engineer proves her innocence, and they begin looking for the real villains.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-01
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Gentleman from Dixie
1941-09-02
Gentleman from Dixie
Overview: A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.
Genres: Music Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-02
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Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11
Walking Down Broadway
Overview: Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-11
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Parachute Nurse
1942-08-06
Parachute Nurse
Overview: Nurses parachuting.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-06
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Sing While You Dance
1946-07-25
Sing While You Dance
Overview: Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song becomes a hit. While pursuing her objective, she falls in love with Johnny, and lands in jail, but she acquires the song, the job, and Johnny.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-25
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The Argyle Secrets
1948-05-07
The Argyle Secrets
Overview: A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-07
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Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith, American
Overview: Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-01
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Boy Friend
1939-05-19
Boy Friend
Overview: A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-19
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