Donald MacBride
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in Room Service. He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955. His year of birth is given variously as 1889 or 1893 in the standard reference books, but the latter seems to be the correct one as his New York Times obituary records his age as 63. MacBride was best known for his portrayal of detectives in crime films. One such role was as Sgt. Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns, starring Roland Young. He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers. He had the role of Milton J. Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Survivors included his wife and a stepson.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 22, 1889
Deathday: June 21, 1957
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The Seven Year Itch
1955-06-03
The Seven Year Itch
Overview: With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-03
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Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939-07-20
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Overview: Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-20
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Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Love Crazy
Overview: Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-23
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My Sister Eileen
1942-09-24
My Sister Eileen
Overview: Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-24
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That Goes Double
1933-07-29
That Goes Double
Overview: Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical short film.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-29
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939-08-31
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Overview: Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-31
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Buck Privates Come Home
Overview: Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Genres: Comedy Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-04
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High Sierra
1941-01-23
High Sierra
Overview: Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-23
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The Invisible Woman
1940-12-28
The Invisible Woman
Overview: Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-28
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Peaceful Relations
1936-06-19
Peaceful Relations
Overview: An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-19
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Little Giant
1946-02-22
Little Giant
Overview: Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-22
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The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
The Thin Man Goes Home
Overview: On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-24
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The Killers
1946-08-30
The Killers
Overview: Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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The Story of Seabiscuit
1949-11-12
The Story of Seabiscuit
Overview: Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-12
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Blonde Alibi
1946-03-01
Blonde Alibi
Overview: Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-01
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Room Service
1938-09-21
Room Service
Overview: Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-21
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Murder Over New York
1940-12-13
Murder Over New York
Overview: When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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The Saint's Double Trouble
1940-01-26
The Saint's Double Trouble
Overview: Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Overview: Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-07
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The Glass Key
1942-09-08
The Glass Key
Overview: A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-08
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Overview: In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939-06-02
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Overview: The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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The Stooge
1951-11-15
The Stooge
Overview: Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-15
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The Chemist
1936-10-09
The Chemist
Overview: Buster plays Elmer "Happy" Triple, a scientist who is expected to develop the next big thing. That big thing ends up to be a powder when combined with water, produces major blasts that make no sound, which catches the eyes of three robbers who want Elmer's secret powder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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Jinx Money
1948-06-27
Jinx Money
Overview: A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-27
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The Brute Man
1946-10-01
The Brute Man
Overview: A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-01
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The Doughgirls
1944-11-25
The Doughgirls
Overview: Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-25
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Juke Girl
1942-05-30
Juke Girl
Overview: During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-30
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The Daring of Diana
1916-07-24
The Daring of Diana
Overview: To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during which time Briscoe's estranged son Jason has taken charge of his dad's newspaper. When Jason refuses to support crooked politician Stange in an upcoming election, he receives a cablegram from Briscoe Sr., who overrides his son's decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-24
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Twelve Crowded Hours
1939-02-23
Twelve Crowded Hours
Overview: An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-23
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Sailor Beware
1952-02-08
Sailor Beware
Overview: Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-08
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940-12-19
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Overview: Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-19
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Jane's Bashful Hero
1916-01-31
Jane's Bashful Hero
Overview: Husbandless Jane has her eye set on Willie but he is too bashful to take the initiative. To make him jealous, she creates a scarecrowl who happens to resemble the notorious bank robber Banker Bill. The constable, sure she is harboring the fugitive, is out to make an arrest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-31
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Doll Face
1945-12-31
Doll Face
Overview: Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-31
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The Good Old Plumbertime
1936-08-08
The Good Old Plumbertime
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-08
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Meet Danny Wilson
1952-02-08
Meet Danny Wilson
Overview: A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-08
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Curtain Call
1940-04-18
Curtain Call
Overview: Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-18
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Footlight Fever
1941-03-21
Footlight Fever
Overview: Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-21
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Girl on the Spot
1946-01-11
Girl on the Spot
Overview: Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-11
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A Stranger in Town
1943-04-01
A Stranger in Town
Overview: In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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Bowery Battalion
1951-01-24
Bowery Battalion
Overview: Slip, Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-24
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The Acid Test
1932-11-27
The Acid Test
Overview: George Shelton asks Tom Howard to help him impress his girl as a he-man. Howard is to insult him, and then Shelton comes up and punches out Howard. The gag works, so Howard tries to use the same gag, recruiting Donald MacBride as his foil.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-27
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Here Comes Flossie!
1933-12-09
Here Comes Flossie!
Overview: A clumsy handyman mixes up a mail-order bride and a prize cow, both named "Flossie," with humorous results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-09
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Gall and Golf
1917-09-03
Gall and Golf
Overview: Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can hit Larry Semon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-03
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The Wrong, Wrong Trail
1934-02-13
The Wrong, Wrong Trail
Overview: A freshly minted private eye is sent to a sanitarium as a gag.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-13
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Topper Returns
1941-03-21
Topper Returns
Overview: Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-21
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The Girl and the Gambler
1939-06-15
The Girl and the Gambler
Overview: An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
The Flying Irishman
Overview: This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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Who's Crazy
1937-08-20
Who's Crazy
Overview: Harry (Harry Gribbon) and Beulah are married when the story begins. However, Harry has plenty of evidence that Beulah might be cheating on him...but he's VERY slow to notice the signs. However, when Harry tries to catch his wife in the act with another man, police catch him climbing the fire escape and assume he's some kissing bandit. This leads to a visit with the police psychologist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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His Woman
1931-11-20
His Woman
Overview: Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-20
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The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01
The Girl from Mexico
Overview: Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Genres: Comedy Action Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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Good News
1947-12-04
Good News
Overview: At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-04
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The Great Man Votes
1939-01-13
The Great Man Votes
Overview: In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-13
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Annabel Takes a Tour
1938-11-10
Annabel Takes a Tour
Overview: Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-10
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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942-06-26
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Overview: Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-26
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Beat the Band
1947-02-19
Beat the Band
Overview: Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-19
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Aces Wild
1933-07-09
Aces Wild
Overview: Tom Howard gets into a poker game on the train with some guys who make up their own rules.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-09
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By Might of His Right
1915-12-31
By Might of His Right
Overview: By Might of His Right premiered in December 1915. The comedy shows what happens when a boorish houseguest overstays his welcome. Henry’s brother-in-law takes to stealing his chair and cigarettes but the last straw comes when, in a display of boxing prowess, he knocks his host out cold.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-31
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Out of This World
1945-07-13
Out of This World
Overview: An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-13
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Overview: Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-22
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Overview: When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-05
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Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
Northwest Passage
Overview: Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Genres: Adventure History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-23
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Hold That Blonde!
1945-11-23
Hold That Blonde!
Overview: Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-23
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Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08
Best Foot Forward
Overview: Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-08
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Gobs and Gals
1952-05-01
Gobs and Gals
Overview: Two sailors (Robert Hutton) mail love letters from a remote weather station, enclosing photos of their chief (Cathy Downs).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Newlyweds' House Guest
1952-03-12
Newlyweds' House Guest
Overview: Newlyweds Bob and Suzi have landlord troubles when Suzi's mother arrives on a visit and brings her dog and dogs are forbidden in their apartment house and they face eviction. Mother leaves and all is well. Bob's boss (Donald MacBride) tells Bob he will promote him to sales manager if Bob takes care of his unruly police dog while he is out of town. Nothing ventured, nothing gained thinks Bob until the irate landlord shows up again. But Bob's boss takes care of that problem by buying the property and saying Bob and Suzi can keep all the dogs they want.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-12
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His Pest Girl
1937-04-30
His Pest Girl
Overview: Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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Ghost Buster
1952-03-07
Ghost Buster
Overview: Gil Lamb, window washer at the "Daily Record" has aspirations of becoming a reporter and marrying Carol Hughes, the city editor's secretary. When he hears of the disappearance of a town millionaire's nephew, he sets out, disguised as a nurse, for the millionaire's mansion to solve the case
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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A Safe Investment
1915-10-21
A Safe Investment
Overview: A husband scolds his wife for not being able to manage her finances better. Unbeknown to her, he's getting rich from a crooked stock scam he's started, and is making so much money that he brings it home by the basketful. Unbeknown to him, his wife, determined to prove that she's more capable than he thinks she is, takes the money and decides to invest it--in a new stock opportunity she's heard about.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-21
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Northward, Ho!
1940-02-10
Northward, Ho!
Overview: Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-10
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Wyoming
1940-09-13
Wyoming
Overview: With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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They Got Me Covered
1943-03-04
They Got Me Covered
Overview: Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-04
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The Dark Horse
1946-07-19
The Dark Horse
Overview: This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald MacBride to run for alderman. Ann Savage plays the "honest government functionary" with whom the hero falls in love. Terry finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to push through some shady legislation, so he renounces these hacks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-19
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Cuban Fireball
1951-03-05
Cuban Fireball
Overview: Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-05
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Texas Carnival
1951-10-05
Texas Carnival
Overview: A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-05
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Wayward
1932-02-19
Wayward
Overview: Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-19
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My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17
My Favorite Wife
Overview: Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-17
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Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Overview: The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-26
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Artistic Temper
1932-04-17
Artistic Temper
Overview: Ruth Etting shows how she make a perfect three minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-17
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You're in the Army Now
1941-12-25
You're in the Army Now
Overview: Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-25
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The Misleading Lady
1932-04-15
The Misleading Lady
Overview: A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-15
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Buzzin' Around
1933-02-04
Buzzin' Around
Overview: Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck . . .
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-04
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Campus Sleuth
1948-05-04
Campus Sleuth
Overview: A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict.
Genres: Comedy Music Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-04
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Howd' Ya Like That?
1934-01-13
Howd' Ya Like That?
Overview: Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-13
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His First Flame
1935-03-08
His First Flame
Overview: After fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-08
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A Peach of a Pair
1934-12-29
A Peach of a Pair
Overview: Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-29
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My Mummy's Arms
1934-06-28
My Mummy's Arms
Overview: Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-28
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Smoked Hams
1934-10-20
Smoked Hams
Overview: A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-20
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Serves You Right
1935-06-15
Serves You Right
Overview: Johnny (Shemp Howard) is promised the chief process server's job if he can serve a summons on Musclebound Pete, a local hood. Like the servers before him, he's not only unsuccessful, but beat up for his efforts. Pete's only weakness is women, so Johnny switches clothes with girlfriend Helen, and goes after Pete in drag.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-15
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So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934-11-01
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Overview: A hen-pecked husband takes his shrewish wife, and her obnoxious little brother, on a weekend camping trip. Along for the ride are the boorish downstairs neighbors (Shemp Howard and Ruth Gillette). A pleasant getaway turns into a nightmare thanks to the antics of Junior, an uncooperative tent, a lazy and oblivious Henry, and a skunk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Lady Bodyguard
1943-01-02
Lady Bodyguard
Overview: A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-02
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Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rhubarb
Overview: Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-29
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Holiday Rhythm
1950-10-30
Holiday Rhythm
Overview: A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goes off on him, and as he backs away from her he hits his head on a fire extinguisher and knocks himself out. While unconscious he dreams his own version of the show he's trying so hard to sell.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-30
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You'll Never Get Rich
1941-09-25
You'll Never Get Rich
Overview: A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-25
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She Gets Her Man
1945-01-12
She Gets Her Man
Overview: The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-12
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The Egg and I
1947-05-01
The Egg and I
Overview: World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-01
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Rise and Shine
1941-11-21
Rise and Shine
Overview: The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-21
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Two Tickets to Broadway
1951-11-20
Two Tickets to Broadway
Overview: A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-20
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Penthouse Rhythm
1945-06-22
Penthouse Rhythm
Overview: Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-22
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A Night to Remember
1942-12-10
A Night to Remember
Overview: A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-10
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The Time of Their Lives
1946-08-13
The Time of Their Lives
Overview: Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-13
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Nut Guilty
1936-11-21
Nut Guilty
Overview: In this short film, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-21
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947-09-20
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Overview: The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-20
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Louisiana Purchase
1941-12-31
Louisiana Purchase
Overview: A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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Animal Crackers
1930-08-08
Animal Crackers
Overview: The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-08
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950-02-05
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Overview: Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-05
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The Fabulous Joe
1947-08-28
The Fabulous Joe
Overview: Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-28
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The Capitol
1919-12-01
The Capitol
Overview: Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that James is a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army, and places Agnes in a convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake. James is now a lobbyist trying to prevent Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her husband, Agnes sets out to prove that James is a scoundrel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-01
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The Dark Corner
1946-04-09
The Dark Corner
Overview: Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-09
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Smart Politics
1948-01-03
Smart Politics
Overview: The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-03
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The Shell Game
1918-03-04
The Shell Game
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-04
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Count 'Em
1915-11-17
Count 'Em
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-17
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