Frank Albertson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Healey Albertson (February 2, 1909 – February 29, 1964) was an American character actor who made his debut in a minor part in Hollywood at age thirteen. He had supporting roles in films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Psycho (1960). Albertson made well over 100 appearances (1923–1964) in movies and television. In his early career he often sang and danced in such films as Just Imagine (1930) and A Connecticut Yankee (1931). He was featured in Alice Adams (1935) as the title character's brother, and in Room Service (1938) he played opposite the Marx Brothers. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit making training films during World War II. As he aged he moved from featured roles to supporting and character parts—in his later career he can be seen as Sam Wainwright, the businessman fond of saying "Hee-Haw" in the movie It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Albertson portrayed future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the 1956 episode "Rough Rider" of the CBS western television series My Friend Flicka. He guest starred in the early NBC western series The Californians and twice in the David Janssen crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective. He was cast in 1959 and 1962 in different roles on Walter Brennan's sitcom The Real McCoys. In 1960, he appeared as General Devery in the episode "Strange Encounter" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45. In 1960, he played the wealthy rancher Tom Cassidy at the beginning of Psycho (1960) who provides the $40,000 in cash that Janet Leigh's character later steals. In the 1960-61 television season, he played the character Mr. Cooper in five episodes of the CBS sitcom Bringing Up Buddy, starring Frank Aletter. In 1964, Albertson was cast as Jim O'Neal in the episode "The Death of a Teacher" of the NBC education drama Mr. Novak. One of his final screen appearances was as "Sam," the bewildered mayor of Sweet Apple, Ohio, in the 1963 film musical Bye Bye Birdie. His last appearance was on The Andy Griffith Show, in which he played a Marine commander completing an inspection. The episode aired on May 19, 1964, three months after Albertson died.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 02, 1909
Deathday: February 29, 1964
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Known For
Psycho
1960-06-22
Psycho
Overview: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-22
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Don't Knock the Twist
1962-04-13
Don't Knock the Twist
Overview: A TV executive tries to create a musical special to save his network.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-13
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Bye Bye Birdie
1963-04-04
Bye Bye Birdie
Overview: A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-04
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Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12
Main Street to Broadway
Overview: In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Nightfall
1956-11-09
Nightfall
Overview: An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-09
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Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
Bachelor Mother
Overview: Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Fury
1936-06-05
Fury
Overview: Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-05
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They Made Me a Killer
1946-05-03
They Made Me a Killer
Overview: A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-03
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The Enemy Below
1957-12-25
The Enemy Below
Overview: The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-25
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Alice Adams
1935-08-23
Alice Adams
Overview: In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-23
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Room Service
1938-09-21
Room Service
Overview: Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-21
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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941-03-24
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Overview: Chinese ventriloquist Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen asks his son Ellery to help out.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-24
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24 Hour Psycho
1993-01-01
24 Hour Psycho
Overview: 24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Psycho slowed down to approximately two frames a second, rather than the usual 24. As a result it lasts for exactly 24 hours, rather than the original 109 minutes. The film was an important work in Gordon's early career, and is said to introduce themes common to his work, such as "recognition and repetition, time and memory, complicity and duplicity, authorship and authenticity, darkness and light."
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Shed No Tears
1948-06-09
Shed No Tears
Overview: A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-09
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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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Johnny Cool
1963-10-02
Johnny Cool
Overview: A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-02
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Man-Trap
1961-09-20
Man-Trap
Overview: Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from a Central American dictator. After Vince is wounded in a gun battle as they're making off with the loot, the duo holes up at Matt's house -- where his boozy, promiscuous wife puts the moves on Vince.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-20
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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The Plumber and the Lady
1933-03-31
The Plumber and the Lady
Overview: A Mack Sennett talking comedy, released through Paramount Pictures, starring Frank Albertson, Marjorie Beebe, Joyce Compton, Herman Bing, Gertrude Astor and Matt McHugh.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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Dead End Kids Go To War
1942-10-02
Dead End Kids Go To War
Overview: The Dead End Kids join the war effort in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men of the Air. The fiendish Black Dragon Society, led by the sinister Baron (perennial B-movie villain Lionel Atwill) plots to pave the way for an Axis invasion of the U.S.A. by destroying America's defenses. When their plans are discovered by the Dead End Kids, the gang is too suspicious of "the coppers" to ask for help. The FBI send in their Junior G-Men to stop the spies, but when one of the Dead Enders is kidnapped, the two groups must work together to smash the Black Dragons once and for all!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Born Reckless
1930-05-11
Born Reckless
Overview: In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-11
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Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
Ah, Wilderness!
Overview: At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-25
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Prep and Pep
1928-11-18
Prep and Pep
Overview: A boy finds it difficult to live up to his father's reputation at his school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-18
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Girl on the Run
1953-12-15
Girl on the Run
Overview: A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show!
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-15
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Framed
1940-02-23
Framed
Overview: A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-23
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Big Business Girl
1931-06-12
Big Business Girl
Overview: A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-12
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A Connecticut Yankee
1931-04-06
A Connecticut Yankee
Overview: Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon awakening, Hank finds himself in the time of King Arthur. At Camelot Castle, Hank uses a cigarette lighter and his skill with a lasso to save himself from being executed as a demon. Hank so impresses Arthur that the king orders him to joust with one of his knights to save the life of Princess Alisande.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-06
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The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
The Shining Hour
Overview: A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-18
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Salute
1929-09-01
Salute
Overview: A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-01
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Air Mail
1932-11-03
Air Mail
Overview: A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-03
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When the Daltons Rode
1940-08-23
When the Daltons Rode
Overview: Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-23
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Mystery Broadcast
1943-11-23
Mystery Broadcast
Overview: A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people involved in the case, but shortly afterwards the main suspects turn up dead.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-23
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Ever in My Heart
1933-10-28
Ever in My Heart
Overview: World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-28
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The Last Gentleman
1934-04-27
The Last Gentleman
Overview: In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr taunts each one, claiming their only interest in him is his money, and sends them away when the report about the niece proves to be false. Only niece Marjorie, who has ridiculed one of his pet eccentricities, seems to be the object of any sentimental affection.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-27
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Way Back Home
1931-11-13
Way Back Home
Overview: A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-13
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Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
Waterfront Lady
Overview: When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Hollywood Mystery
1934-06-20
Hollywood Mystery
Overview: A PR man for a low-budget movie studio comes up with what he believes is the perfect gimmick--to make a gangster picture with a real mobster in the lead role.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-20
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The Life of Vergie Winters
1934-06-14
The Life of Vergie Winters
Overview: A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-14
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Huddle
1932-05-14
Huddle
Overview: Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-14
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Doubting Thomas
1935-07-10
Doubting Thomas
Overview: A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-10
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Fugitives for a Night
1938-09-23
Fugitives for a Night
Overview: A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-23
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Rainbow Over Broadway
1933-12-01
Rainbow Over Broadway
Overview: Ex-vaudeville performer Trixie makes a come-back, and threatens to thwart the ambitions of her song-writing step-children, Bob and Judy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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Behind the News
1940-12-20
Behind the News
Overview: As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Mother Carey's Chickens
1938-07-29
Mother Carey's Chickens
Overview: A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-29
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Spring Is Here
1930-04-13
Spring Is Here
Overview: Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-13
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Ann Carver's Profession
1933-06-09
Ann Carver's Profession
Overview: Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-09
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Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13
Hold That Kiss
Overview: Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-13
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Man From Headquarters
1942-01-23
Man From Headquarters
Overview: A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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I Love a Soldier
1944-07-12
I Love a Soldier
Overview: During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and sailors shipping out that night. Eve is determined to avoid any romantic entanglements until the war is over she refuses to spend her days and nights worrying about getting bad news about a man she has fallen for. But she doesn't count on meeting a soldier who is determined to change her mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-12
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And the Angels Sing
1944-04-25
And the Angels Sing
Overview: The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-25
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Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15
Traveling Husbands
Overview: A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-15
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The Hucksters
1947-07-17
The Hucksters
Overview: A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-17
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Men Without Women
1930-02-08
Men Without Women
Overview: Made during the early days of sound cinema, this tense submarine adventure is an intriguing example of a hybrid silent-talkie. A disgraced English sub commander changes his name to Burke and joins the American Navy. When the U.S. submarine on which he is serving as a torpedo launcher begins to sink, Burke must make the ultimate sacrifice to save as many crew men as possible..
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-08
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Son of the Gods
1930-03-09
Son of the Gods
Overview: The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-09
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Kind Lady
1935-12-06
Kind Lady
Overview: Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-06
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Love Detectives
1934-02-28
Love Detectives
Overview: Two young men compete for the affections of a beautiful blonde.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-28
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Words and Music
1929-08-18
Words and Music
Overview: Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-18
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The Lost Special
1932-11-25
The Lost Special
Overview: A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-25
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Wild Company
1930-07-05
Wild Company
Overview: The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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The Plainsman
1936-11-16
The Plainsman
Overview: Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Genres: Western War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-16
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The Brat
1931-08-23
The Brat
Overview: A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-23
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Man-Made Monster
1941-03-28
Man-Made Monster
Overview: Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-28
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The Covered Wagon
1923-03-15
The Covered Wagon
Overview: Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?
Genres: Adventure Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-15
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Personal Maid's Secret
1935-10-26
Personal Maid's Secret
Overview: A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-26
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Rosie the Riveter
1944-04-08
Rosie the Riveter
Overview: In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on the up and up as the men and women work different shifts and they are only making do because there is a housing shortage. Unfortunately, they soon begin to fight about who gets the house during certain hours. Romance ensues.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-08
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Spring Madness
1938-11-11
Spring Madness
Overview: Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-11
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King for a Night
1933-12-09
King for a Night
Overview: A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-09
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Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940-08-05
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Overview: A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and save a fragile young girl's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-05
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Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
Navy Blue and Gold
Overview: Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-19
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Midshipman Jack
1933-09-22
Midshipman Jack
Overview: Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-22
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Citadel of Crime
1941-07-23
Citadel of Crime
Overview: A gang of mobsters try to take over the various moonshine operations in the hills of West Virginia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-23
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I'll Tell the World
1939-03-09
I'll Tell the World
Overview: This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty Magazine," a MacFadden publication.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-09
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The Farmer in the Dell
1936-03-27
The Farmer in the Dell
Overview: An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956-05-16
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Burma Convoy
1941-10-16
Burma Convoy
Overview: A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-16
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O, My Darling Clementine
1943-12-31
O, My Darling Clementine
Overview: "Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the thumb of his sister Abigail Uppington. One look at "Pappy's" daughter Clementine, and Dan decides to stay in Harmony...Blue Laws or no.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-31
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Father Steps Out
1941-07-19
Father Steps Out
Overview: Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his private train-car and landing in a hobo jungle occupied by Faylen and Hall, and being cured of all his ills, while reporter Jimmy Dugan (Frank Albertson) poses as a doctor in order to get an exclusive story about the railroad takeover.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-19
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Killer Dill
1947-08-02
Killer Dill
Overview: Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-02
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Here Comes Elmer
1943-11-15
Here Comes Elmer
Overview: This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, the leader of a small-town band that struggles toward stardom in the big city. Their journey begins when Elmer decides to eject their female singer because she isn't really right. Unfortunately, her angry father is their sponsor and when he finds out, he withdraws all support.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-15
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Underground Agent
1942-12-03
Underground Agent
Overview: In this espionage caper, a government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier by his newest invention, a word scrambler which makes it difficult for the enemy agent.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-03
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Arson Squad
1945-09-11
Arson Squad
Overview: Tom Mitchell is an insurance investigator and Fire Capt. Joe Dugan is chief of the police department's arson troubleshooters. Tom and Joe team up to solve a particularly vicious series of deliberate fires. A man has been killed in one conflagration, so the villains have a murder rap hanging over them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-11
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City of Silent Men
1942-10-12
City of Silent Men
Overview: The plot revolves around a group of ex-convicts who try to start life anew by relocating in a small town under assumed names. The mayor of the town welcomes the former cons with open arms, helping them re-open a dormant canning factory and encouraging them to hire other reformed criminals.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-12
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Gay Blades
1946-01-25
Gay Blades
Overview: New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she quit her job and become his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-25
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Junior G-Men of the Air
1942-06-30
Junior G-Men of the Air
Overview: A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-30
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Happy Days
1929-09-16
Happy Days
Overview: Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-16
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Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939-09-02
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Overview: Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-02
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The Big Party
1930-02-23
The Big Party
Overview: Kitty Collins and Flo Jenkins, a couple of jazz-age cuties with bobbed-hair and rolled-stockings, go in search of good-times and whoopee-making. The party they find also includes some out-of-town, butter-and-egg millionaires whose definition of whoopee is not the same as the one Kitty and Flo have. The wives of the millionaires also have a different-and-dim view on the matter.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-23
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Silent Witness
1943-01-15
Silent Witness
Overview: District Attorney Holden and his special investigator Betty Higgins are trying to convict brothers Joe and Lou Manson, silk-racket hoods, after they are indicted for murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-15
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Keep 'Em Slugging
1943-03-01
Keep 'Em Slugging
Overview: A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-01
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Shepherd of the Ozarks
1942-03-26
Shepherd of the Ozarks
Overview: Aluminum magnate James J. Maloney, Sr. meets with government officials to discuss the war effort and the need to end price-fixing. After the meeting, Maloney receives word that his son Jimmy, a playboy turned Army flight instructor, is lost with his navigator, Scully, somewhere in the Ozarks. While Maloney rushes to find his son, Jimmy and Scully crash land in the small town of Weaverville, where the mayor and his wife, Abner and Elviry Weaver, are trying to impress upon the citizens that they are better off in the mountains than in the big city
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-26
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Enter Madame
1935-01-04
Enter Madame
Overview: Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-04
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How DOooo You Do
1945-12-24
How DOooo You Do
Overview: Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-24
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Tripping Through the Tropics
1934-07-27
Tripping Through the Tropics
Overview: Frank Albertson's father wants his son to marry Lois January, but they really are only friends. Frank watches Lois doing a hooch dance at a secret tropical ritual, and he quickly changes his mind and falls for her fleshy charms.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-27
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The Magician's Daughter
1938-07-16
The Magician's Daughter
Overview: A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter for a magazine. When the magazine publishes a story that exposes her father's methods, she dumps the reporter. He now must convince her that he had nothing to do with the magazine's exposé.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-16
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So This Is London
1930-05-23
So This Is London
Overview: Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man with a profound distaste for everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When Junior falls in love with an aristocratic girl, whose father despises Americans with equal intensity, fireworks are just about to start.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-23
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Blue Skies
1929-03-16
Blue Skies
Overview: Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-16
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Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944-03-13
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Overview: U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, explaining the changes in this new model and taking the plane through its paces with full description of its flight characteristics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-13
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Boys Will Be Boys
1932-11-30
Boys Will Be Boys
Overview: Frank Albertson's parents are worried about his seeing a showgirl instead of an "upstanding" young lady of class. But then Frank's father learns that the showgirl in question is the same one he himself has been flirting with. Eventually the whole family ends up at the nightclub, where the showgirl has a number of surprises in store for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-30
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Racing Youth
1932-01-26
Racing Youth
Overview: A young man is mistaken for his boss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-26
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East of Java
1935-12-01
East of Java
Overview: Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-01
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933-01-06
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Overview: An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-06
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Ginger
1947-01-04
Ginger
Overview: The adventures of a boy and his dog in a small town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-04
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Louisiana Purchase
1941-12-31
Louisiana Purchase
Overview: A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
The Ghost Comes Home
Overview: Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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Flying Cadets
1941-10-24
Flying Cadets
Overview: Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-24
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Wake Island
1942-08-11
Wake Island
Overview: In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-11
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The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933-04-15
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
Overview: Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-15
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No Place like Rome
1936-10-26
No Place like Rome
Overview: This ancient history musical comedy predates A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by a few decades. Frank Albertson plays a happy Roman bachelor who falls for a lovely slave girl, in a silly tale that uses stock footage from MGM's silent Ben Hur.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-26
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Smart Boy
1945-11-06
Smart Boy
Overview: The U.S. Navy film “Smart Boy” encouraged World War II sailors to be just that — especially when it comes to enjoying shore leave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-06
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