Mischa Auer
Biography: Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 17, 1905
Deathday: March 05, 1967
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And Then There Were None
1945-10-31
And Then There Were None
Overview: Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-31
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Fame and the Devil
1949-11-18
Fame and the Devil
Overview: Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-11-18
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The Princess Comes Across
1936-05-22
The Princess Comes Across
Overview: A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
Genres: Comedy Romance Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-22
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You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
You Can't Take It with You
Overview: Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-01
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King of the Wild
1931-03-01
King of the Wild
Overview: Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.
Genres: Adventure Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-01
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My Man Godfrey
1936-09-02
My Man Godfrey
Overview: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-02
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Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
Seven Sinners
Overview: Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-25
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Hold That Ghost
1941-08-08
Hold That Ghost
Overview: Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-08
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The Flame of New Orleans
1941-07-07
The Flame of New Orleans
Overview: In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-07
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Around the World
1943-11-27
Around the World
Overview: Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-27
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Brewster's Millions
1945-04-07
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-07
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East Side of Heaven
1939-04-07
East Side of Heaven
Overview: A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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Destry Rides Again
1939-11-30
Destry Rides Again
Overview: Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-30
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The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09
The Rage of Paris
Overview: Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-09
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937-09-05
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Overview: The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-05
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Mr. Arkadin
1955-08-09
Mr. Arkadin
Overview: Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-09
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Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13
Stamboul Quest
Overview: In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route, she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
Genres: Romance Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-13
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Dangerously Yours
1933-02-24
Dangerously Yours
Overview: A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-24
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For You I Die
1947-12-17
For You I Die
Overview: A convict is forced to participate in a prison break even though he only has a year left on his sentence.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-17
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That Naughty Girl
1956-04-10
That Naughty Girl
Overview: Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-10
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What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964-08-21
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Overview: A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft, they discover that the stolen suitcase they got from an apparent sweet old lady actually contains a corpse.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-21
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Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
Hellzapoppin'
Overview: Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-25
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The Unwritten Law
1932-11-26
The Unwritten Law
Overview: A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-26
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Mannequins of Paris
1956-09-19
Mannequins of Paris
Overview: Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-09-19
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Tarzan the Fearless
1964-01-01
Tarzan the Fearless
Overview: Re-edited, feature film version of the 1933 serial, Tarzan the Fearless, sold to television in the mid-1960's.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Tarzan the Fearless
1933-08-11
Tarzan the Fearless
Overview: Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-11
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The Unholy Garden
1931-10-06
The Unholy Garden
Overview: At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-06
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A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26
A Royal Scandal
Overview: Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Genres: Comedy History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-03-26
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Marquis Preferred
1929-01-27
Marquis Preferred
Overview: Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-27
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Lady in the Dark
1944-02-10
Lady in the Dark
Overview: A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-10
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The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
The Yellow Ticket
Overview: A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-30
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955-06-26
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Overview: A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-06-26
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The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955-12-05
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Overview: In a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-12-05
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Pick a Star
1937-05-21
Pick a Star
Overview: A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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Vogues of 1938
1937-08-18
Vogues of 1938
Overview: An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-18
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The Monte Carlo Story
1956-12-19
The Monte Carlo Story
Overview: Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-19
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Legends of the West
1992-09-08
Legends of the West
Overview: Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-08
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
1958-09-09
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
Overview: A French animal lover protects a dog and a mouse wanted by Soviet scientists for their space program.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-09
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Murder at Dawn
1932-02-15
Murder at Dawn
Overview: Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-15
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Snow White and the Seven Thieves
1949-01-01
Snow White and the Seven Thieves
Overview: A bizarre mechanic tells a traveler the story of a bank employee, Peppino Biancaneve, who with the help of a disc is trying to put together the words he would like to use to ask for the hand of the daughter of the jeweler Carlo Casertoni, but while he mulls over the sentences he should pronounce to his future father-in-law he comes across a strange individual who could be a bringer of bad luck: a jettatore.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Clear All Wires!
Overview: Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-24
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Up in Mabel's Room
1944-09-12
Up in Mabel's Room
Overview: Newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-12
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Sucker Money
1933-02-28
Sucker Money
Overview: A phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-28
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Nathalie
1957-12-04
Nathalie
Overview: Haute Couture model in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-12-04
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Trail of the Vigilantes
1940-12-13
Trail of the Vigilantes
Overview: A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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One Rainy Afternoon
1936-05-13
One Rainy Afternoon
Overview: Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-13
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935-08-30
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Overview: A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo pony. He escapes, meets Rinty and with the help of Frank Bradley is returned to Sujan. The natives have been persuaded to turn against their God-Horse, however he is rescued just in time before he is burned as a sacrifice.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-30
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School for Love
1955-04-25
School for Love
Overview: At the Conservatory of Vienna the students only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-25
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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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Tough Guy
1936-01-24
Tough Guy
Overview: An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-24
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The Intruder
1933-03-13
The Intruder
Overview: A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-13
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The Woman Condemned
1934-04-03
The Woman Condemned
Overview: When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter Jerry Beall, who sets out to prove her innocence.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-03
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Mystery Woman
1935-01-08
Mystery Woman
Overview: A French military officer is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. His wife takes it upon herself to obtain the stolen document and prove his innocence.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-08
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Marry the Girl
1937-07-13
Marry the Girl
Overview: Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-13
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The Flaming Signal
1933-07-24
The Flaming Signal
Overview: A pilot and his dog crash-land on an island run by a psycho who owns a motel--and most of the locals.
Genres: Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-24
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Service de Luxe
1938-10-12
Service de Luxe
Overview: Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-12
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Spring Parade
1940-09-27
Spring Parade
Overview: In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31
That Girl from Paris
Overview: Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-31
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Merry Go Round of 1938
1937-11-14
Merry Go Round of 1938
Overview: Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-14
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Sentimental Journey
1946-03-06
Sentimental Journey
Overview: An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-06
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We Have Our Moments
1937-03-28
We Have Our Moments
Overview: A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-28
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It's All Yours
1937-09-01
It's All Yours
Overview: Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San Francisco. Linda Gray is a mouse-like secretary to the elder Barnes who has fallen in love with Jimmy, but he favors actress Constance "Connie" Marlowe. Mr. Barnes dies and leaves everything to Linda but he has urged his partner, Alexander Duncan, to plan things so that Jimmy and Linda will get married. Coached by Duncan, Linda accepts the inheritance and announces that she is departing for New York on a wild spending spree. He tells Jimmy that the will can be broken but only after many months and he suggests that Jimmy follow Linda and curb her spending or there won't be any money left. In New York, Linda hires Jimmy as her private secretary. Connie also arrives in New York, as does the ingenious Baron Rene de Montigny with the intention of marrying the wealthy Miss Gray.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-01
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Song of Paris
1952-02-10
Song of Paris
Overview: An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwball duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-10
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Drifting Souls
1932-08-07
Drifting Souls
Overview: A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-07
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Wharf Angel
1934-03-15
Wharf Angel
Overview: On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-15
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Le Tombeur !!!
1958-07-02
Le Tombeur !!!
Overview: Yes, Doudou (or, more respectfully, Edouard Doucin) is both heir to a big sugar refinery and its managing director but he is also an incorrigibly bashful bachelor, which just exasperates his aunt Agatha. Summoned to marry as soon as possible, Doudou is fortunate enough to meet Babette , an elegant young lady who wishes to introduce him to her parents. When he comes to visit them, he mistakes the floor out of nervousness. In fact,he finds himself at the Lautiers' not the Olivaros'. Now, chance has it that this couple of shopkeepers also have a marriageable daughter. And as Poupette is romantic, passionate and adorable, Doudou can't find the nerve to disappoint her. As a result the young man gets engaged...twice ! How the devil will he cope ?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-07-02
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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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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Drums of Jeopardy
1931-03-01
The Drums of Jeopardy
Overview: A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-01
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
1966-11-23
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
Overview: Sam Whipple, an attorney in once-upon-a-time-land, is startled to receive a visit from Santa Claus shortly before Christmas. It seems that when he was a child, Sam wrote a letter thanking Santa for the presents he'd received, and offering to return the favor someday. That day is now - a mean old soul named Phineas Prune, who holds the deed to the North Pole, is demanding back rent. Otherwise, he's going to evict Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves and take all the Christmas toys. It's up to Sam and Santa to find a way to pay off Prune and prevent Christmas from being canceled.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-23
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Inside the Lines
1930-07-05
Inside the Lines
Overview: During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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La Polka des menottes
1957-09-04
La Polka des menottes
Overview: Elisabeth is persuaded to have killed her noisy upstairs neighbor, scientist Charles Magne. To save her, Mr. Matheu, Elisabeth's father, accuses himself while Pierrot, Elisabeth's fiancé gets rid of the body in order to save father and daughter. For his part, a gangster also believes he has killed the scientist but he gets shot down by a taxidermist, who runs for life. The girl, her daddy and her boyfriend also run away. But Magne is not dead. A bum is mistaken for him and a police inspector makes everyone believe that he is the one who shot the gangster. At the end of this crazy chain of events all the protagonists are reunited at the station house and everybody dances to express their relief.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-09-04
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We're Only Human
1935-12-27
We're Only Human
Overview: A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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Shooting Straight
1930-07-20
Shooting Straight
Overview: A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-20
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I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
I Dream Too Much
Overview: Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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After Tonight
1933-11-10
After Tonight
Overview: When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-10
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Beauty Parlor
1932-06-15
Beauty Parlor
Overview: Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd by a true gentleman of means, the other of whom lets herself become a pawn of operators of a call-girl ring.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-15
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The Lady from Nowhere
1931-08-01
The Lady from Nowhere
Overview: A young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Condemned to Live
1935-09-15
Condemned to Live
Overview: After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-15
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I due mafiosi
1964-01-15
I due mafiosi
Overview: Two clumsy mobsters on a mission in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-15
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Girl Without a Room
1933-12-08
Girl Without a Room
Overview: A Tennessee art school student wins a scholarship to paint in Paris. He is thrilled until he arrives and discovers that his style is hopelessly passe and is considered trashy. The enterprising artist immediately changes style and begins painting highly-abstract moderns.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-08
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Overview: Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
Genres: Action Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-15
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Clive of India
1935-01-25
Clive of India
Overview: Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-25
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Sandy Is a Lady
1940-05-21
Sandy Is a Lady
Overview: Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endangered by the antics of their two-year-old, Sandy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-21
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Command Performance
1931-01-19
Command Performance
Overview: Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor Peter Fedor conveniently bears a striking resemblance to the prince. The King and Queen hatch a plan to force the prince to do his duty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-19
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Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
Public Deb No. 1
Overview: When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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The Last of the Mohicans
1932-05-17
The Last of the Mohicans
Overview: Natty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his Indian friends Chingachgook and Uncas, he fights battles against nefarious white soldiers as well as the vicious Indian Magua and his cohorts.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-17
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I Loved You Wednesday
1933-06-15
I Loved You Wednesday
Overview: Vicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paree, and they set up some light housekeeping together until she learns that Randall has forgotten to mention that he has a wife back in the USA. This miffs Vicki to the point where she ups and heads for South America where she meets and falls in love with Philip Fletcher, a construction engineer from America. But he hustles off to build Boulder Dam. They meet again in New York City and discover their separation has made their love even stronger. Then, Randall and his wife show up and sophistication rears its ugly head.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-15
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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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Top of the Town
1937-04-17
Top of the Town
Overview: In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-17
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Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Change of Heart
Overview: Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-18
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College Holiday
1936-12-19
College Holiday
Overview: College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-19
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Sinister Hands
1932-02-21
Sinister Hands
Overview: During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-21
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Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Storm at Daybreak
Overview: Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-14
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Alias the Deacon
1940-05-13
Alias the Deacon
Overview: A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-13
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The Crusades
1935-08-21
The Crusades
Overview: King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
Genres: Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-21
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Three Smart Girls
1936-12-20
Three Smart Girls
Overview: The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-20
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Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
Murder in the Fleet
Overview: A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-24
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Little Tough Guys in Society
1938-11-01
Little Tough Guys in Society
Overview: A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-01
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Arrivederci, Baby!
1966-12-28
Arrivederci, Baby!
Overview: Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-28
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Winterset
1936-12-03
Winterset
Overview: A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-03
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Why Be Good?
1929-02-28
Why Be Good?
Overview: A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-28
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Beyond the Law
1934-07-31
Beyond the Law
Overview: Beyond the Law is a 1934 American film of crime, directed by D. Ross Lederman, starring Tim McCoy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-31
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Vivere a sbafo
1950-04-01
Vivere a sbafo
Overview: Italian comedy starring Peppino De Filippo, Mischa Auer, Dolores Palumbo and Virginia Belmont. Rosa Auricchio (Dolores Palumbo) and her daughter (Virginia Belmont) inherit a large fortune which they use to purchase a luxury hotel, then learning the hotel has never been successful. They meet a knight (Mischa Auer) who specializes in relaunching businesses. He fills the hotel with fake guests in order to attract real ones, and hires a broke baron (Peppino De Filippo) to relaunch the hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-04-01
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Here Comes Trouble
1936-02-21
Here Comes Trouble
Overview: Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-21
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Call Her Savage
1932-11-24
Call Her Savage
Overview: A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-24
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The House of a Thousand Candles
1936-04-02
The House of a Thousand Candles
Overview: The story of diplomatic courier Tony Carleton, who's been entrusted with a secret message vital to the cause of International peace. En route to Geneva by train, Tony is drugged by sexy cabaret dancer Raquel, who promptly steals the message -- only to be murdered by sinister master spy Sebastian, owner of a posh gambling casino known as The House of a Thousand Candles.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-02
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Prescription for Romance
1937-12-12
Prescription for Romance
Overview: In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-12
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Margie
1940-09-01
Margie
Overview: Newlyweds Bret (Tom Brown) and Margie (Nan Grey) both aspire to show-biz careers: he wants to be a songwriter, while she is desirous of becoming a radio scripter. Inevitably, Bret and Margie quarrel and break up, only to be reunited by their efforts to snag "banana king" Gomez (Mischa Auer) for a lucrative radio contract. The old 1920s tune "Margie" is heard throughout the proceedings, frequently fitted out with ludicrous new lyrics ("Bananas! We're Always Thikin' of Bananas!" etc.) by a zany songwriting team (Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-01
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Unexpected Father
1939-06-14
Unexpected Father
Overview: Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-14
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Moonlight in Hawaii
1941-10-09
Moonlight in Hawaii
Overview: Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-09
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Sing Another Chorus
1941-09-19
Sing Another Chorus
Overview: In this musical, an idealistic college graduate is bitten by the show business bug after he finds success writing and producing the campus variety show. Wanting to launch his career, he convinces his father to allow him to create a production using the workers at the old man's clothing factory. Unfortunately, the young man is naive and an unscrupulous producer bilks his father's advance money from him.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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My Grandfather's Clock
1934-10-27
My Grandfather's Clock
Overview: At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. It seems as though there was a second will and changes have been made as to who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.
Genres: Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-27
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Sweethearts
1938-12-30
Sweethearts
Overview: The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-30
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Sofia
1948-09-03
Sofia
Overview: A former OSS agent is assigned to rescue two atomic scientists from the dastardly Russians and spirit them away from behind the Iron Curtain.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-03
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The Studio Murder Mystery
1929-06-01
The Studio Murder Mystery
Overview: Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-01
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943-02-10
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Overview: A man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-10
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Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
Scarlet Dawn
Overview: During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-12
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Don't Get Personal
1942-01-02
Don't Get Personal
Overview: Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules Kinsey and J.M. Snow cross him up by substituting Susan Blair, an office secretary, for Mary and Elmer thinks the show's writer Paul Stevens is John.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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Women of All Nations
1931-05-31
Women of All Nations
Overview: Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-31
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Student Tour
1934-10-05
Student Tour
Overview: A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-05
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Delicious
1931-12-27
Delicious
Overview: A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-27
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Cleopazza
1964-01-01
Cleopazza
Overview: When Cleopatra starts filming in Rome, a producer starts a search for a "local' Cleopatra look-a-like. A young actress is chosen for the role but it complicates here entire life.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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The Benson Murder Case
1930-04-13
The Benson Murder Case
Overview: A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-13
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The Mighty
1929-11-16
The Mighty
Overview: In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
Genres: Action Drama Crime War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-16
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Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
Gabriel Over the White House
Overview: A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
Arsène Lupin
Overview: A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-26
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Sons o' Guns
1936-05-13
Sons o' Guns
Overview: Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-13
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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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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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Just Imagine
1930-11-23
Just Imagine
Overview: New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
Genres: Comedy Music Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-23
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The Western Code
1932-09-15
The Western Code
Overview: When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-09-15
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Corruption
1933-06-18
Corruption
Overview: A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-18
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Three of the Canebière
1955-12-21
Three of the Canebière
Overview: Toinet, Girelle and Pénible fish for sardines in Marseille. To dazzle their conquests, they present themselves as rich can manufacturers, while the little flower girls play movie stars. A ridiculous suitor wants to discuss a business deal, a potential sponsor appears and the whole tohu-bohu reclaims the songs of Vincent Scotto.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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Infernal Machine
1933-04-08
Infernal Machine
Overview: This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. After their first encounter, Holden's attempt to return Green's thought-to-be stolen purse ends up rendering him a stowaway on board a ship bound for America. Also aboard is a collection of characters, including Green's banker fiancé, a famed scientist, and an opera singer. Romance begins to blossom between Holden and Green, just as a radiogram claims that an “infernal machine,” or bomb, is aboard the ship. Quickly each passenger accuses the others of planting the bomb until eventually Holden, jealous of Green's attention to her undeserving fiancé, falsely admits to being the culprit. In his role as assumed perpetrator, Holden tests the group further.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-08
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The Monster Walks
1932-02-07
The Monster Walks
Overview: Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-07
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Sacred Youth
1958-08-05
Sacred Youth
Overview: Mr. Longué, aged 79, is offered a life annuity on his provincial estate by his nephew. He receives the same, but more advantageous, offer from his insurer, but Mr. Longué has decided to undergo a rejuvenation treatment in Switzerland, at Dr. Koranoff's establishment. The effect was striking, and he was given a new lease on life, leaving his heirs and insurer in complete disarray. His wife, witnessing her husband's metamorphosis, also undergoes the treatment, and off they go on a second honeymoon to Italy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-08-05
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Twin Beds
1942-04-30
Twin Beds
Overview: Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-30
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She Wrote the Book
1946-05-31
She Wrote the Book
Overview: A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-31
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935-01-04
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Overview: Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-04
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Queste pazze, pazze donne
1964-05-22
Queste pazze, pazze donne
Overview: Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-05-22
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Mata Hari
1931-12-26
Mata Hari
Overview: A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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The Gay Desperado
1936-10-02
The Gay Desperado
Overview: Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-02
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Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
Rasputin and the Empress
Overview: The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-23
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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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Per amore... per magia...
1967-04-03
Per amore... per magia...
Overview: There was once upon a time the Grand Duchy of Forilalì where Aladdin lived. After taking part in many robberies, he decided to turn honest for the love of the beautiful Princess Esmeralda. But his intention lasted only a few days. Afterward he found himself in jail with his old companions. They were freed by the magician Magrebì and in a night of lunar eclipse, Aladdin found a magic lamp. He succeeded in cleaning his sister Adalgisa's house with the help of the genie and then, with no help at all, to marry Esmeralda. But evil powers were in action.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-04-03
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Cradle Song
1933-11-19
Cradle Song
Overview: In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-19
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We Joined the Navy
1963-05-17
We Joined the Navy
Overview: Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-17
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Ladies First
1963-04-12
Ladies First
Overview: An FBI agent works to arrest David Griffin, a murderous drug trafficker, and protect Juliette, the beautiful widow of Griffin's late partner.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-04-12
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The King's Breakfast
1963-01-01
The King's Breakfast
Overview: A king misses the butter on his slice of bread.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Frou-Frou
1955-06-19
Frou-Frou
Overview: A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-06-19
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Almost Married
1932-07-17
Almost Married
Overview: Russian beauty Anita Mellikovna, traveling by train with a forged passport and carrying jewels, finds the police on her tail.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-17
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The Spy
1931-04-26
The Spy
Overview: Sweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic struggle to escape the clutch and claw of the 'Tcheka,' Russia's sinister spy system.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-26
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Overview: In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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Tabarin
1958-05-21
Tabarin
Overview: Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-05-21
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The Midnight Patrol
1932-04-10
The Midnight Patrol
Overview: A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-10
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Something Always Happens
1928-03-28
Something Always Happens
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Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-28
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