Will Geer
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Will Geer (March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor and social activist. His original name was William Aughe Ghere. He is remembered for his portrayal of Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton in the 1970s TV series, The Waltons. Geer made his Broadway debut as Pistol in a 1928 production of Much Ado About Nothing, created the role of Mr. Mister in Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, played Candy in John Steinbeck's theatrical adaptation of his novella Of Mice and Men, and appeared in numerous plays and revues throughout the 1940s. From 1948 to 1951, he appeared in more than a dozen movies, including Winchester '73 (as Wyatt Earp), Broken Arrow, Comanche Territory (all 1950) and Bright Victory (1951). Geer became a member of the Communist Party of the United States in 1934. Geer was also influential in introducing Harry Hay to organizing in the Communist Party. In 1934, Geer and Hay gave support to a labor strike of the port of San Francisco; the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike which lasted 83 days. Though marred by violence, it was an organizing triumph, one that became a model for future union strikes Geer became a reader of the West Coast Communist newspaper People's World. Geer became a dedicated activist, touring government work camps in the 1930s with folk singers like Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie (whom he introduced to the People's World and the Daily Worker; Guthrie would go on to write a column for the latter paper). In 1956, the duo released an album together on Folkways Records, titled Bound for Glory: Songs and Stories of Woody Guthrie. In his biography, fellow organizer and homosexual rights pioneer Harry Hay described Geer's activism and outlined their activities while organizing for the strike. Geer is credited with introducing Guthrie to Pete Seeger at the 'Grapes of Wrath' benefit Geer organized in 1940 for migrant farm workers. Geer acted with the Group Theatre (New York) studying under Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. Geer also acted in radio, appearing as Mephistopheles (the Devil) in the 1938 and 1944 productions of Norman Corwin's The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He also acted in the radio soap opera Bright Horizon. Geer was blacklisted in the early 1950s for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. As a result, Geer appeared in very few films over the next decade. Among them was Salt of the Earth (1954) which was produced, directed, written, and starring blacklisted Hollywood personnel and told the story of a miners' strike in New Mexico from a pro-union standpoint. The film was denounced as "subversive" and faced difficulties in its production and distribution as a consequence. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Geer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: March 09, 1902
Deathday: April 22, 1978
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Seconds
1966-10-05
Seconds
Overview: An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity – one that comes with its own price.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-05
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Salt of the Earth
1954-03-14
Salt of the Earth
Overview: At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-14
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Jeremiah Johnson
1972-09-10
Jeremiah Johnson
Overview: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-10
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The Tall Target
1951-08-17
The Tall Target
Overview: A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Genres: Thriller History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-17
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Executive Action
1973-11-07
Executive Action
Overview: Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-07
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Convicted
1950-08-01
Convicted
Overview: A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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Deep Waters
1948-07-22
Deep Waters
Overview: A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-22
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Winchester '73
1950-07-12
Winchester '73
Overview: Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-12
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Napoleon and Samantha
1972-07-05
Napoleon and Samantha
Overview: Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-05
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Broken Arrow
1950-08-01
Broken Arrow
Overview: Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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Johnny Allegro
1949-05-26
Johnny Allegro
Overview: Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-26
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The Kid from Texas
1950-03-01
The Kid from Texas
Overview: Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take rap. Kid takes to the hills with friends until caught. Escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer's young wife with whom he's infatuated
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-01
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Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
Advise & Consent
Overview: Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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In Cold Blood
1967-12-15
In Cold Blood
Overview: After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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Becky Sharp
1935-06-28
Becky Sharp
Overview: The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-28
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Wild Gold
1934-06-08
Wild Gold
Overview: A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the Nevada gold country, and he takes the carburetor off her car and throws it in the river, stranding them there. They wind up staying at the cabin of a crusty old prospector, and soon the manager of a nightclub act shows up with his bevy of beautiful showgirls.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-08
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Certain Honorable Men
1968-09-12
Certain Honorable Men
Overview: The protégé of a powerful congressman discovers his boss's corruption.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-12
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Of Mice and Men
1968-01-31
Of Mice and Men
Overview: Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depression, but luck is not in their cards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-31
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Intruder in the Dust
1949-11-22
Intruder in the Dust
Overview: Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-22
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It's a Small World
1950-06-24
It's a Small World
Overview: Harry Musk is one in a million. That means that he's the one out of a million children who is perfectly proportioned but will never grow larger than a typical six-year-old. Adult, pint-sized Harry longs to be part of the big world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-24
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Double Crossbones
1951-04-26
Double Crossbones
Overview: Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.
Genres: Comedy History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-26
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Lust for Gold
1949-06-10
Lust for Gold
Overview: A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.
Genres: Action Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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Pieces of Dreams
1970-09-23
Pieces of Dreams
Overview: A young priest questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-23
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Comanche Territory
1950-05-01
Comanche Territory
Overview: Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-01
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The Hanged Man
1974-03-13
The Hanged Man
Overview: A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.
Genres: Action Western TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-13
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The Man Who Loved Bears
1979-06-17
The Man Who Loved Bears
Overview: The Man Who Loved Bears (1979) True-story documentary detailing the struggle of a man trying to raise a helpless grizzly bear cub named "Griz" in order to return him to the natural Colorado wild.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-17
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Brother John
1971-08-15
Brother John
Overview: An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-15
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Bright Victory
1951-08-01
Bright Victory
Overview: A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-01
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Savage
1973-03-31
Savage
Overview: A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-31
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Dear Dead Delilah
1972-05-05
Dear Dead Delilah
Overview: The stern matriarch of a family that lives in a creepy mansion finds that a killer is hiding in the house, searching for a $500,000 fortune rumored to be hidden there and chopping off the heads of anyone who gets in the way.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-05
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To Please a Lady
1950-10-13
To Please a Lady
Overview: Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-13
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Rip Van Winkle
1978-11-20
Rip Van Winkle
Overview: Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-20
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Hurricane
1974-09-10
Hurricane
Overview: Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-10
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Anna Lucasta
1949-07-11
Anna Lucasta
Overview: A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-11
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Isn't It Shocking?
1973-10-02
Isn't It Shocking?
Overview: A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-02
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The Fight for Life
1940-03-07
The Fight for Life
Overview: The Fight for Life was documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz' first "dramatic" film, utilizing the talents of several top New York stage actors. A tribute to the Chicago Maternity Center and its efforts to provide the best possible care for destitute mothers, the film is based on the book of the same name by Paul de Kruif. Myron McCormick plays the largest role as a dedicated intern, while others in the cast include such theatrical heavywrights as Will Geer, Dudley Digges and Dorothy Adams. The film's many vignettes range from the tragic (a mother dying in childbirth in the opening scene) to the exultant (another mother rescued from the brink of death in a disease-ridden tenement). Filmed in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, Fight for Life is a worthwhile effort, though Lorentz seems more comfortable with the "actuality" scenes than with the dramatized passages.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-07
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Bandolero!
1968-06-01
Bandolero!
Overview: Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-01
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The Mafu Cage
1978-03-19
The Mafu Cage
Overview: Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-19
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Moving Violation
1976-07-16
Moving Violation
Overview: A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for the murder and pursued by the sheriff, they run for their life to try and stay alive.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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The Billion Dollar Hobo
1977-11-01
The Billion Dollar Hobo
Overview: Vernon Praiseworthy is a clumsy but lovable dope who stands to inherit his uncle's fortune. The condition is that he travel the rails as a penniless hobo just as his uncle did in the dark days of the depression. That seems simple enough until he gets involved in a dog-napping plot. Written by Jerry Roberts
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-01
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Spitfire
1934-03-08
Spitfire
Overview: Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a dam, who protects her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-08
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Union Pacific
1939-05-05
Union Pacific
Overview: One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-05
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Men and Dust
1940-11-08
Men and Dust
Overview: This labor advocacy film is about diseases plaguing miners in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, "Men and Dust" is a stylistically innovative documentary and a valuable ecological record of landscapes radically transformed by extractive industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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Scarecrow
1972-01-10
Scarecrow
Overview: Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-10
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In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s
2017-02-15
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s
Overview: Filmmakers (and canyon residents) Alexander and Anne Christine Von Wetter filmed this documentary for German Television in the early 1970s as a revealing close-up of an extraordinary period in America. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone VHS copy had been made, which spent the next 30 years on the studio shelf. The VHS was found heavily damaged, but a restoration team managed to salvage a fair grade of quality, which has since been remastered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-15
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Brock's Last Case
1973-03-05
Brock's Last Case
Overview: A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-05
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Black Like Me
1964-01-01
Black Like Me
Overview: Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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The Barefoot Mailman
1951-12-03
The Barefoot Mailman
Overview: Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-03
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The Rowdyman
1972-05-18
The Rowdyman
Overview: Will Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad choices. He lives and behaves as if he was still 18, womanizing and drinking and rejecting responsibility because he sees no reason to take life seriously. Surprisingly enough, despite his devil-may-care attitude, he has several important people in his life. He maintains a special relationship with Stan, an old mentor who lives in a nursing home, and Ruth, the only woman he truly cares about. Andrew is his best friend but grows tired of Will's antics, and he is soon to be married and moving on. Will constantly has something up his sleeve but his pranks inevitably bring pain and tragedy to those closest to him, forcing him to reevaluate his life and make some difficult decisions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-18
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Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973-11-03
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Overview: David Janssen plays Harry Orwell, a retired L.A. cop who was shot during a robbery and whose partner was killed in the incident. Harry is in constant pain due to the bullet lodged near his spine, but he works off and on as a private detective to supplement his pension. Late one night, Harry is approached in his home by one of the men who shot him (Martin Sheen) to help find the other man (Sal Mineo) involved in the robbery, who he says is trying to kill him. Is it a setup? This was the first pilot for the ABC detective series *Harry O*, which (after a second pilot, *Smile Jenny, You're Dead*, was picked up) aired from September 1974 to April 1976.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-03
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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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Silence
1974-04-15
Silence
Overview: Barbara and Al adopt Eric, who is deaf and mute, and take him camping in Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Eric becomes lost and is found by a hermit named Crazy Jack, who teaches him how to survive in the woods.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1974-04-15
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The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970-09-17
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Overview: A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-17
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The Moonshine War
1970-06-30
The Moonshine War
Overview: A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-30
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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975-03-07
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Overview: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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Unknown Powers
1978-01-01
Unknown Powers
Overview: A documentary –actually three episodes of a canceled TV series edited together– examining various phenomena, including ESP, psychic surgery and past-life hypnosis.
Genres: Mystery Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Crucible
1967-05-04
The Crucible
Overview: Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-04
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The Blue Bird
1976-04-30
The Blue Bird
Overview: Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-30
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Memory of Us
1974-05-01
Memory of Us
Overview: A young housewife and mother of two tries to cope with growing children and an unfaithful husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Bunco
1977-01-01
Bunco
Overview: Tom Selleck is a member of the "Bunco" squad the squad in charge of nabbing con men, cheats, and swindlers. Most of their time is spent dealing with penny-ante street-corner crooks. But their investigations start to reveal a larger con game in progress.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019-03-01
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Overview: In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians gathered at Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood Bowl to pay homage to iconic folk songwriter Woody Guthrie. Although the concert was a one-night-only event , four-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Brown filmed the historic Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970, which included performances by Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Earl Robinson, and The Band, along with narration by actors Will Geer and Peter Fonda.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Overview: Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971-02-01
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Overview: An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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The Reivers
1969-12-20
The Reivers
Overview: In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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Will Geer: America's Grandpa
2019-05-02
Will Geer: America's Grandpa
Overview: Blacklisted gay communist 1940’s character actor Will Geer became Grandpa Walton in the hit series “The Waltons”. How so?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-02
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Law and Order
1976-05-06
Law and Order
Overview: Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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The New Deal for Artists
1981-07-06
The New Deal for Artists
Overview: The Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration (1935-1942) was a USA government agency established to support writers, theater people, painters, sculptors, and photographers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-06
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Honky Tonk
1974-04-01
Honky Tonk
Overview: In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and teams up with Lucy Cotton, a young woman he meets there. This failed television pilot film is loosely based on Honky Tonk (1941), which starred Clark Gable.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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The President's Analyst
1967-12-21
The President's Analyst
Overview: At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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The Night That Panicked America
1975-10-31
The Night That Panicked America
Overview: A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-31
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Mobs, Inc.
1956-03-21
Mobs, Inc.
Overview: Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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A Gift of Terror
1973-04-05
A Gift of Terror
Overview: Young woman starts having premonitions of her friends dying. Once her friends begin to die, she starts having premonitions of her own death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-05
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Mobs Incorporated
1956-03-21
Mobs Incorporated
Overview: Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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Tall Tales
1940-01-01
Tall Tales
Overview: The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White, Burl Ives, and Will Geer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-01
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