Stuart Erwin
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stuart Erwin (14 February 1903, Squaw Valley, California — 21 December 1967, Beverly Hills, California) was an American actor. Erwin began acting in college in the 1920s, first appearing on the stage, then breaking into films in 1928 in Mother Knows Best. He was cast as amiable oafs in several films such as The Sophomore, The Big Broadcast, Hollywood Cavalcade, Our Town, International House and Viva Villa!. In 1934 he was cast as Joe Palooka in the film Palooka, and in 1935 he had a supporting role in After Office Hours (starring Clark Gable). He co-starred in the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade (1930). In 1936, he was cast in Pigskin Parade, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In Walt Disney's Bambi, he did the voice of a tree squirrel. In 1950, Erwin made the transition to television, where he starred in Trouble with Father, which was eventually retitled The Stu Erwin Show. He co-starred with his wife, actress June Collyer. He later appeared in the Disney films Son of Flubber and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones. He also appeared with Jack Palance in the ABC series The Greatest Show on Earth during the 1963-1964 television season. Erwin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Blvd. He is buried in Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stuart Erwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: February 14, 1903
Deathday: December 21, 1967
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Known For
Blondie for Victory
1942-08-06
Blondie for Victory
Overview: Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-06
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International House
1933-05-27
International House
Overview: Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Our Town
1940-05-24
Our Town
Overview: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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Palooka
1934-01-26
Palooka
Overview: Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-26
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Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12
Main Street to Broadway
Overview: In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Going Hollywood
1933-12-22
Going Hollywood
Overview: The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lay ahead when Lili gets in the way.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941-07-12
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Overview: A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-12
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Viva Villa!
1934-04-27
Viva Villa!
Overview: In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-27
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Back Door to Heaven
1939-04-19
Back Door to Heaven
Overview: The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-19
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New Year's Eve
1929-02-24
New Year's Eve
Overview: Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishes at home. She runs into rich gambler Larry Harmon and rejects his overtures. She later finds a wallet with 10 $100 bills belonging to Edward Warren.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-24
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964-03-25
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Overview: Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
Genres: Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-25
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Chained
1934-08-31
Chained
Overview: Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-31
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After Office Hours
1935-02-22
After Office Hours
Overview: A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Hollywood Handicap
1938-05-28
Hollywood Handicap
Overview: A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-28
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Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Hollywood Cavalcade
Overview: Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-13
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932-09-22
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Overview: "Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner sings a number. The rest of the short is devoted to Olsen and Johnson, the comedy headliners, who do some nutty stuff on the beach with the support of a bunch of bathing beauties".
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-22
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Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
Hold Your Man
Overview: Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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Pigskin Parade
1936-10-23
Pigskin Parade
Overview: Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. The hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-23
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Ceiling Zero
1936-01-16
Ceiling Zero
Overview: War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-16
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Bachelor Bait
1934-07-27
Bachelor Bait
Overview: After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-27
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Heaven Only Knows
1947-09-12
Heaven Only Knows
Overview: Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets. To his dismay, Donlevy discovers that he has a guardian angel (Robert Cummings), who shows up in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot. The angel has been sent from Above to save Donlevy's soul, and to that end encourages the one-time villain to squire a minister's daughter (Jorja Curtwright) rather than his usual dance-hall girls. Donlevy is also given tips on winning against his enemies without resorting to gunplay. The gambler finally redeems himself with Heaven by rescuing the angel from a lynch mob (how can you lynch an angel?) Heaven Only Knows deserves an "E" for Effort for bringing a fresh twist to the venerable western genre.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-12
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The Crime of the Century
1933-02-18
The Crime of the Century
Overview: Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-18
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Pillow to Post
1945-06-09
Pillow to Post
Overview: With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the shortage of housing due to the war, Jean needs a military husband to get a place to stay in Clayfield, which is next to Camp Clay. She gets Lt. Mallory to act as her husband just to register. Then things go wrong as his commanding officer is there and believes them to be married. It gets worse as Don's mother shows up and then Jean's father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-09
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The Stranger's Return
1933-07-28
The Stranger's Return
Overview: A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-28
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This Thing Called Love
1929-12-13
This Thing Called Love
Overview: A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-13
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When the Daltons Rode
1940-08-23
When the Daltons Rode
Overview: Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-23
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Before Dawn
1933-08-04
Before Dawn
Overview: After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-04
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It Could Happen to You
1939-06-08
It Could Happen to You
Overview: In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious coworkers. His boss doesn't even seem to see him. The ad man's wife pushes her husband into confronting his boss during a party. Unfortunately, the timid fellow finds himself accused of murder after a corpse is found in the trunk of his car. He is quickly incarcerated for the crime. Meanwhile his wife begins investigating in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-08
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Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
Make Me a Star
Overview: A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-01
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Strangers in Love
1932-03-05
Strangers in Love
Overview: Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-05
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Drums of the Congo
1942-07-17
Drums of the Congo
Overview: A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-17
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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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I'll Take Romance
1937-11-17
I'll Take Romance
Overview: Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-17
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Dance Charlie Dance
1937-07-06
Dance Charlie Dance
Overview: A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-06
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Dangerous Nan McGrew
1930-06-22
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Overview: Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen slushing in pursuit behind the gangster? Could Be.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-22
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Love Among the Millionaires
1930-07-05
Love Among the Millionaires
Overview: A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with he and his family in Palm Springs.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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Day of Reckoning
1933-10-26
Day of Reckoning
Overview: In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-26
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Only Saps Work
1930-12-05
Only Saps Work
Overview: Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-05
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Happy Days
1929-09-16
Happy Days
Overview: Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-16
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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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Second Honeymoon
1937-11-13
Second Honeymoon
Overview: Raoul McLish stops over in Miami Beach where he runs into his ex-wife, Vicky Benton, and her new husband Bob, a belt manufacturer. At first Bob enjoys Raoul's presence - in part because Vicky is his not Raoul's and in part because Raoul is a lot of fun. The fun wears thin for Bob as his seriousness and possessiveness take over. When Bob leaves for a few days to settle a labor dispute at his factory, Vicky and Raoul spend time together, Winchell's column implies untoward behavior, Bob barks at Vicky, and that gets her back up. Can things be sorted out? Help comes from Raoul's upright valet, McTavish, and a principled cigarette girl, Joy, whom Raoul picks up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-13
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Father Is a Bachelor
1950-02-22
Father Is a Bachelor
Overview: Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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Slim
1937-06-24
Slim
Overview: Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-24
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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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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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Heading for Heaven
1947-12-06
Heading for Heaven
Overview: A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-06
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938-02-18
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Overview: A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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The Big Broadcast
1932-10-14
The Big Broadcast
Overview: The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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Small Town Boy
1937-09-24
Small Town Boy
Overview: Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies. And, then, he finds a thousand dollar bill. His honesty makes him advertise the find, but no one claims the money. When he is convinced that the owner will not turn up and that the money is his to keep, he becomes a changed, more aggressive and self-confident person. He begins to make sales as fast as he can make the pitch and he insists that he and Molly be married at once. While getting dressed for the ceremony, he places the $1000 bill in one of his father's old suits, and Pa Armstrong, trying to raise money to buy his son a wedding present, sells the suit to a passing junk man.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-24
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Have a Heart
1934-09-07
Have a Heart
Overview: Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined when an accident cripples her and her betrothed magnanimously offers to not back out of the marriage. After rejecting his offer she starts a doll shop and tries to save for an operation. From her doll shop window she watches children and talks to Jimmie (James Dunn) the ice cream man. She wants to know Jimmie better, but is terrified of rejection.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-07
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The Magnificent Lie
1931-07-25
The Magnificent Lie
Overview: A nightclub singer, taking pity on a blind soldier, pretends that she is the woman he once loved before he was wounded.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-25
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Three Blind Mice
1938-06-18
Three Blind Mice
Overview: Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her staff.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-18
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Face in the Sky
1933-01-15
Face in the Sky
Overview: Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her father who plans to marry her off to someone she despises.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-15
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No Limit
1931-01-15
No Limit
Overview: Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-15
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Working Girls
1931-12-12
Working Girls
Overview: Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-12
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Playboy of Paris
1930-10-18
Playboy of Paris
Overview: Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-18
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Two Kinds of Women
1932-01-16
Two Kinds of Women
Overview: The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-16
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Women Are Trouble
1936-07-31
Women Are Trouble
Overview: A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-31
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A Pair of Tights
1929-02-03
A Pair of Tights
Overview: Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get the ice cream even close to the car where the rest are waiting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-03
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The Bands Plays On
1934-12-21
The Bands Plays On
Overview: A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-21
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Men Without Women
1930-02-08
Men Without Women
Overview: Made during the early days of sound cinema, this tense submarine adventure is an intriguing example of a hybrid silent-talkie. A disgraced English sub commander changes his name to Burke and joins the American Navy. When the U.S. submarine on which he is serving as a torpedo launcher begins to sink, Burke must make the ultimate sacrifice to save as many crew men as possible..
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-08
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Passport Husband
1938-07-15
Passport Husband
Overview: At the Club Habana, Henry Cabot, a bumbling busboy, is infatuated with the club's dancer, Conchita Montez. As Tiger Martin, the leader of a gang of thieves, gives Conchita a diamond bracelet, he is arrested. After Tiger is deported, Duke Selton, of Tiger's gang, pays a visit to Conchita and tells her he believes that Blackie Bennet, the leader of a rival gang, is responsible for tipping off the police about Tiger's citizenship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-15
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Young Eagles
1930-03-20
Young Eagles
Overview: Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-20
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A Little Bit of Heaven
1940-10-10
A Little Bit of Heaven
Overview: A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to move into a posh apartment, with all the usual problems that accompany sudden wealth.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Cracked Nuts
1941-07-02
Cracked Nuts
Overview: A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-02
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The Sophomore
1929-08-24
The Sophomore
Overview: Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-24
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Hollywood on Parade
1932-06-05
Hollywood on Parade
Overview: A short featuring many stars
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-05
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Up Pops the Devil
1931-05-19
Up Pops the Devil
Overview: The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-19
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Dude Ranch
1931-05-15
Dude Ranch
Overview: Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's guests are bored and about to leave. He is in despair when a caravan carrying a broke-down-and-out troupe of actors---Jennifer, Judd, Mrs. Merridew and her daughter, Alice---crashes down the hill and wrecks the hotel sign.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-15
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The Cock-Eyed World
1929-10-19
The Cock-Eyed World
Overview: Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-19
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The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942-02-26
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Overview: Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-26
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Sweetie
1929-10-25
Sweetie
Overview: Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-25
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Under the Tonto Rim
1933-04-07
Under the Tonto Rim
Overview: Western comedy.
Genres: Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-07
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All American Chump
1936-10-16
All American Chump
Overview: A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-16
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Killer Dill
1947-08-02
Killer Dill
Overview: Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-02
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Mother Knows Best
1928-10-28
Mother Knows Best
Overview: A stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don't do that, daughter" story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-28
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He Hired the Boss
1943-04-02
He Hired the Boss
Overview: A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-02
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Strike It Rich
1948-12-01
Strike It Rich
Overview: When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of them grows dissatisfied with their lifestyle and quits so he can be with his new wife. Unfortunately for him, soon after he leaves, the other two find their gusher and become filthy rich. The impoverished quitter is envious and begins looking for an obscure law that will force his pals to share.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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He Learned About Women
1933-03-02
He Learned About Women
Overview: He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Harris and Harlan Thompson. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Susan Fleming, Alison Skipworth, Gordon Westcott, Grant Mitchell and Sidney Toler. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by Paramount Pictures
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-02
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The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
The Stolen Jools
Overview: Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Dangerous Curves
1929-07-12
Dangerous Curves
Overview: A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-12
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Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
Paramount on Parade
Overview: This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-22
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Son of Flubber
1963-01-16
Son of Flubber
Overview: Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-16
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For the Love of Mike
1960-08-28
For the Love of Mike
Overview: An orphan trains a racehorse so he can win the money to build a new church.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-28
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The Trespasser
1929-11-11
The Trespasser
Overview: A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-11
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The Hollywood Gad-About
1934-10-04
The Hollywood Gad-About
Overview: A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-04
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The Great Mike
1944-11-15
The Great Mike
Overview: Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, together they have a paper route, on which they deliver papers to customers via a wagon pulled by Mike. Recently a horse track has been built in the area and attracts horse breeder and racer Colonel Whiteny. He takes out a subscription for delivery and meets Mike and Speck & Jimmy. Clever Jimmy talks both the Colonel and Speck into taking on the Colonel's pure bred race horses at the track with comedic results.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-15
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Shadow Over Elveron
1968-03-05
Shadow Over Elveron
Overview: A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-05
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Checkers
1937-12-08
Checkers
Overview: A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-08
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Sandy Gets Her Man
1940-11-08
Sandy Gets Her Man
Overview: A young widow lets her baby be the deciding factor as to which eligible bachelor she should marry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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The Party's Over
1934-08-30
The Party's Over
Overview: Bruce Blakely, a meek, mild-mannered certified public accountant, finally gets fed up with his money-grubbing family sponging off of him, and decides to partake of a different side and slice of life. A blonde secretary helps guide him.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-30
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Doctor Jim
1947-01-01
Doctor Jim
Overview: Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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Speakeasy
1929-03-08
Speakeasy
Overview: Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-08
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70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09
70,000 Witnesses
Overview: College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-09
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Along Came Youth
1930-12-20
Along Came Youth
Overview: Broke and stranded in England, American sportsman Larry Brooks and his pal Ambrose take increasingly odd jobs to remain in proximity to the aristocratic lady that Larry would woo.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-20
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014-12-02
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Overview: Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trachtenberg, this film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a personality far more complex than the image the public had only thought they'd known.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-02
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Moochie of the Little League
1959-10-02
Moochie of the Little League
Overview: A young newspaper boy who is on a Little League team works hard to persuade an elderly Englishman, with whom he had a previous run-in, to donate land for a baseball diamond.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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