Ann Sothern
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character, based on the Maisie short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series (Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie, Up Goes Maisie, etc.) and a network radio series (The Adventures of Maisie). In 1953, Sothern moved into television as the star of her own sitcom Private Secretary. The series aired for five seasons on CBS and earned Sothern three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1958, she starred in another sitcom for CBS, The Ann Sothern Show, which aired for three seasons. From 1965 to 1966, Sothern provided the voice of Gladys Crabtree, the title character in the sitcom My Mother the Car. She continued her career throughout the late 1960s with stage and film appearances and guest-starring roles on television. Due to health issues, she worked sporadically during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1987, Sothern appeared in her final film The Whales of August, starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish. Sothern earned her first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. After filming concluded, she retired to Ketchum, Idaho, where she spent her remaining years before her death from heart failure in March 2001. Lucille Ball called Sothern "the best comedian in the business, bar none."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1909
Deathday: March 15, 2001
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The Blue Gardenia
1953-03-20
The Blue Gardenia
Overview: Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-20
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Shadow on the Wall
1950-05-19
Shadow on the Wall
Overview: Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-19
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Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
Brother Orchid
Overview: When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-07
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The Manitou
1978-04-28
The Manitou
Overview: A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-28
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Lady in a Cage
1964-06-10
Lady in a Cage
Overview: A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-10
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The Best Man
1964-04-05
The Best Man
Overview: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-05
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Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Thousands Cheer
Overview: Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-13
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Lady Be Good
1941-09-18
Lady Be Good
Overview: Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-18
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A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20
A Letter to Three Wives
Overview: A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-20
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The Killing Kind
1974-03-20
The Killing Kind
Overview: Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women pop up dead.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-20
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The Whales of August
1987-10-14
The Whales of August
Overview: Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-14
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Maisie
1939-06-22
Maisie
Overview: Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-22
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Congo Maisie
1940-01-19
Congo Maisie
Overview: Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-19
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Grand Exit
1935-10-25
Grand Exit
Overview: A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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Cry 'Havoc'
1943-11-23
Cry 'Havoc'
Overview: The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-23
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Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01
Swing Shift Maisie
Overview: Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-01
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Sylvia
1965-02-10
Sylvia
Overview: Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-10
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Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Maisie Gets Her Man
Overview: Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-01
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Crazy Mama
1975-06-01
Crazy Mama
Overview: Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-01
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Panama Hattie
1942-09-30
Panama Hattie
Overview: Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-30
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Fol-de-Rol
1972-02-27
Fol-de-Rol
Overview: A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-27
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Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
Maisie Was a Lady
Overview: Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-10
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Gold Rush Maisie
1940-07-26
Gold Rush Maisie
Overview: Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
Ringside Maisie
Overview: Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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The March of Time
1930-09-01
The March of Time
Overview: Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers. Musical excerpts were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933), and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). "The Lock Step" was later used in That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-01
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Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
Nancy Goes to Rio
Overview: Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-10
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Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30
Danger – Love at Work
Overview: A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-30
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April Showers
1948-03-27
April Showers
Overview: A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-27
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Dulcy
1940-10-04
Dulcy
Overview: A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-04
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Super-Sleuth
1937-07-16
Super-Sleuth
Overview: A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-16
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Fast and Furious
1939-10-06
Fast and Furious
Overview: Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-06
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The Girl Friend
1935-09-27
The Girl Friend
Overview: An actor and two songwriters become rural con men.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-27
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You May Be Next!
1936-02-05
You May Be Next!
Overview: Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-05
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Trade Winds
1938-12-28
Trade Winds
Overview: After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-28
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My American Wife
1936-08-06
My American Wife
Overview: Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian fighter Lafe Cantillon (Fred Stone). Lafe's social-climbing sister-in-law (Billie Burke) insists that her daughter Mary wed a titled European, Count Ferdinand (Francis Lederer). Much to Lafe's delight, Mary isn't assimilated into Continental high society; instead, she instructs Count Ferdinand in the virtues of good, old-fashioned American democracy. And, of, course, the Count and Lafe become great chums when the "furriner" proves that he can ride a bucking bronco with the best of 'em.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-06
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Folies Bergère
1935-02-22
Folies Bergère
Overview: An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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She's Got Everything
1937-12-31
She's Got Everything
Overview: The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-31
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Hotel for Women
1939-08-03
Hotel for Women
Overview: Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-03
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Undercover Maisie
1947-03-01
Undercover Maisie
Overview: Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-01
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Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
Up Goes Maisie
Overview: A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
Maisie Goes to Reno
Overview: A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-15
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You, John Jones!
1943-01-14
You, John Jones!
Overview: John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-14
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Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971-09-21
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Overview: A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-21
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Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27
Smartest Girl in Town
Overview: A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-27
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The Little Dragons
1980-07-18
The Little Dragons
Overview: Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.
Genres: Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-18
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The Weekend Nun
1972-12-21
The Weekend Nun
Overview: Drama based on the life of Joyce Duco, with Joanna Pettet as a young nun torn between the reality of her secular job as a daytime juvenile probation officer and the vows she has taken with the church.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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There Goes the Groom
1937-10-29
There Goes the Groom
Overview: After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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Let's Fall in Love
1933-12-26
Let's Fall in Love
Overview: A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-26
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Chubasco
1968-04-14
Chubasco
Overview: A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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Song of the West
1930-03-15
Song of the West
Overview: Captain Stanton, who because of a misunderstanding over a woman with Major Davolo, has been cited for a court martial. As a scout, he is sent to escort a wagon train which is under military escort. It turns out that this escort is his own former regiment. When he meet Davolo, there is another fight and between Stanton and Davolo in which Davolo is killed.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-15
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The Hell Cat
1934-06-16
The Hell Cat
Overview: Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-16
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Blind Date
1934-07-20
Blind Date
Overview: A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-20
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There Goes My Girl
1937-05-21
There Goes My Girl
Overview: Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.
Genres: Action Romance Mystery Crime Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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Walking on Air
1936-09-11
Walking on Air
Overview: A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Kid Millions
1934-11-10
Kid Millions
Overview: A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-10
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Three Hearts for Julia
1943-05-21
Three Hearts for Julia
Overview: When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-21
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Words and Music
1948-12-31
Words and Music
Overview: Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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Good News
1930-08-22
Good News
Overview: A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-22
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Hooray for Love
1935-06-14
Hooray for Love
Overview: A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter's new show. Comedy with music.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-14
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Dangerous Number
1937-01-22
Dangerous Number
Overview: Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-22
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The Judge Steps Out
1947-12-15
The Judge Steps Out
Overview: A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-15
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Eight Bells
1935-04-10
Eight Bells
Overview: A trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-10
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Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Overview: Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Genres: Romance Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-02
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A Letter to Three Wives
1985-12-16
A Letter to Three Wives
Overview: Three women are going on a trip that leaves them incommunicado with the rest of the world, but before they leave, a woman who either has a history or relationship with each of their husbands leaves them a letter that says that she is leaving with one of them. As they wait to return so they can find out who it is, they each remember an important moment in their lives that involves all of the players in this sordid affair.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-16
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Whoopee!
1930-09-26
Whoopee!
Overview: Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Genres: Music Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Overview: Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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The Outsider
1967-11-21
The Outsider
Overview: Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-21
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Overview: This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-24
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Show of Shows
1929-11-21
Show of Shows
Overview: Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-21
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That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Entertainment! III
Overview: Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Don't Gamble with Love
1936-02-28
Don't Gamble with Love
Overview: Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-28
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Golden Needles
1974-07-17
Golden Needles
Overview: An ancient Asian statue with the power to grant health and long life via secret acupuncture points is being pursued by a wealthy criminal, but his plans are put in peril when a slovenly detective is tasked with protecting the relic.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-17
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Madam Satan
1930-09-20
Madam Satan
Overview: A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-20
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Broadway Nights
1927-05-15
Broadway Nights
Overview: Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-15
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Melody in Spring
1934-04-07
Melody in Spring
Overview: It's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is seeking a radio job with the "Blodgett Dog Biscuit Hour," and John learns that the sponsor is Jane's father, Warren Blodgett, an avid souvenir and antiques collector. John gets himself in bad with Blodgett when he accidentally ruins a deal in which Blodgett was attempting to acquire a bedpost for his collection. To break up the romance, Blodgett and his wife take Jane to Switzerland, where Blodgett has his heart set on obtaining a jealously-guarded cowbell.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-07
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Overview: This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-29
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Lady in the Dark
1954-09-25
Lady in the Dark
Overview: The unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine is undergoing psychoanalysis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-25
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
That's Entertainment, Part II
Overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
Twenty Years After
Overview: This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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The Party's Over
1934-08-30
The Party's Over
Overview: Bruce Blakely, a meek, mild-mannered certified public accountant, finally gets fed up with his money-grubbing family sponging off of him, and decides to partake of a different side and slice of life. A blonde secretary helps guide him.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-30
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Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03
Fifty Roads to Town
Overview: A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-03
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A Death of Innocence
1971-11-26
A Death of Innocence
Overview: A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-26
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Hell-Ship Morgan
1936-02-08
Hell-Ship Morgan
Overview: A fishing-boat captain's bride eyes his first mate at sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-08
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The Great Man's Whiskers
1972-05-02
The Great Man's Whiskers
Overview: A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
Genres: Comedy History TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-02
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The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969-12-31
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Overview: Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Overview: While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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