Nana Bryant
Biography: Nana Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 22, 1888
Deathday: December 24, 1955
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One Way Ticket
1935-11-25
One Way Ticket
Overview: A convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to finish his sentence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-25
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Overview: Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-11
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Hangmen Also Die!
1943-04-15
Hangmen Also Die!
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-15
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The Reluctant Dragon
1941-06-19
The Reluctant Dragon
Overview: Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-19
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Big Town
1946-08-23
Big Town
Overview: A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-23
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The Unsuspected
1947-10-11
The Unsuspected
Overview: The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-11
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The Lady Gambles
1949-05-20
The Lady Gambles
Overview: When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-20
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Brewster's Millions
1945-04-07
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-07
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Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
Bathing Beauty
Overview: After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-27
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Unknown Woman
1935-06-21
Unknown Woman
Overview: A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in a raid on a gambling house and befriends her. She talks him into taking her to the nightclub of the man he is working for and, while there and unobserved by anyone by Larry, he sees her going through the files and desk of the owner. Who is this mystery woman he just got released from jail, and what is she up to?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-21
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Inner Sanctum
1948-10-15
Inner Sanctum
Overview: A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-15
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Hideout
1949-03-08
Hideout
Overview: Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Collins). Unfortunately, his investigation is hampered by his girlfriend and ex-secretary (Lorna Gray), who could very well be in cahoots with the bad guys.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-08
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Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
Week-End at the Waldorf
Overview: Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-04
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The Man Who Lived Twice
1936-09-25
The Man Who Lived Twice
Overview: A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-25
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About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
About Mrs. Leslie
Overview: A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-03
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Stage Struck
1948-06-13
Stage Struck
Overview: A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-13
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The Private War of Major Benson
1955-08-02
The Private War of Major Benson
Overview: A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. At Sheridan he encounters three hundred pre-teen cadets who range from rascally to adorable, and a female doctor who has just the right prescription for him.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-02
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The Runaround
1946-06-04
The Runaround
Overview: Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-04
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Lady at Midnight
1948-08-15
Lady at Midnight
Overview: A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-15
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I Was a Shoplifter
1950-05-13
I Was a Shoplifter
Overview: A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-13
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The League of Frightened Men
1937-05-25
The League of Frightened Men
Overview: Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-25
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Father Is A Prince
1940-11-18
Father Is A Prince
Overview: Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family thinks he works too hard. He feels inferior for not having gone to college, so now he doesn't want his children going, either. His daughter Connie is afraid to break the news of her engagement to Gary Lee, especially since not only is Gary a lawyer and a college grad, but his father owns a vacuum-cleaner company, too.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-18
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Counsel for Crime
1937-10-14
Counsel for Crime
Overview: Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-14
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Give Me a Sailor
1938-08-19
Give Me a Sailor
Overview: Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-19
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Sinners in Paradise
1938-05-19
Sinners in Paradise
Overview: The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr. Taylor and his servant, Ping. The mismatched group must learn to get along and work together if they are to convince Taylor to let them borrow his boat and return to the main land.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-19
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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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The King Steps Out
1936-05-27
The King Steps Out
Overview: Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-27
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Meet Nero Wolfe
1936-07-16
Meet Nero Wolfe
Overview: Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-16
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Pennies from Heaven
1936-11-25
Pennies from Heaven
Overview: Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-25
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The Return of October
1948-10-26
The Return of October
Overview: A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-26
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Man-Proof
1938-01-07
Man-Proof
Overview: A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-07
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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938-12-02
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Overview: Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-02
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Atlantic Adventure
1935-08-25
Atlantic Adventure
Overview: When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-25
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Follow the Sun
1951-05-22
Follow the Sun
Overview: A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-22
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A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
A Feather in Her Hat
Overview: After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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Always in Trouble
1938-10-28
Always in Trouble
Overview: Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Midnight Intruder
1938-02-06
Midnight Intruder
Overview: A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Genres: Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-06
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Black Market Babies
1945-12-15
Black Market Babies
Overview: Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-15
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Guard That Girl
1935-11-02
Guard That Girl
Overview: Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a client of his who is to inherit three-million dollars the next Thursday. He tells them he has reason to believe the girl is in danger from five relatives who stand to benefit from her death.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-02
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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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Alice in Movieland
1940-03-03
Alice in Movieland
Overview: In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-03
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Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
Espionage Agent
Overview: When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Genres: Drama War Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-30
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The Lone Wolf Returns
1935-12-31
The Lone Wolf Returns
Overview: Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful socialite Marcia Stewart. The trouble (?) is that he falls for the belle and he soon gets more interested in getting the girl than the jewels that adorn her. What he wants now is to return the pendant but a rival gang interfere and force him to take part in a big-time caper.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-31
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The Devil Is Driving
1937-06-25
The Devil Is Driving
Overview: In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodramatic fashion. In his first true portrayal of a "little creep," Elisha Cook Jr. stars as Tony, the spoiled-rotten son of the wealthy and influential Mr. Stevens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-25
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Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12
Theodora Goes Wild
Overview: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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A Little Bit of Heaven
1940-10-10
A Little Bit of Heaven
Overview: A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to move into a posh apartment, with all the usual problems that accompany sudden wealth.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Jungle Woman
1944-06-01
Jungle Woman
Overview: Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-01
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Harvey
1950-12-04
Harvey
Overview: The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-04
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Dangerous Years
1947-12-07
Dangerous Years
Overview: Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve works. When Jeff tries to stop a robbery planned by Danny, he is killed and Danny goes on trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-07
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Old Hickory
1939-12-23
Old Hickory
Overview: Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-23
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Lincoln in the White House
1939-02-11
Lincoln in the White House
Overview: This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-11
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Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08
Best Foot Forward
Overview: Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-08
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Thunder Birds
1942-10-28
Thunder Birds
Overview: On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-28
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Gangs Of The City
1941-10-30
Gangs Of The City
Overview: Heiress Bonnie Parker, tired of newspaper stories about her society high-life, gives a false story to energetic reporter Bill Raymond, who has frequently pestered her for a scoop. When Bill is dismissed for the phony item, Bonnie realizes that she carried the prank too far.....
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-30
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The Virginian
1946-05-05
The Virginian
Overview: Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-05
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Brother Rat and a Baby
1940-01-13
Brother Rat and a Baby
Overview: Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-13
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Her Husband's Affairs
1947-11-12
Her Husband's Affairs
Overview: Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. Things get really strange when Bill creates advertising for a wacky inventor's embalming fluid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-12
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The Outcast
1954-08-15
The Outcast
Overview: Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear his name. The two women in Jet's life are Judy Polsen, who chases him for so long that he finally catches her, and Alice Austin, Major Cosgrave's fianee.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-15
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Reaching from Heaven
1948-02-01
Reaching from Heaven
Overview: Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-01
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A Dangerous Adventure
1937-07-21
A Dangerous Adventure
Overview: This drama chronicles the education of a naive, rich young woman who inherits a steel mill. To help her keep it running she unites with a man. Meanwhile two crooks try to destroy her production in order to force her to sell it to them for very little money. They are thwarted at the last moment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-21
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Street of Missing Men
1939-04-24
Street of Missing Men
Overview: An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring the paper down..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-24
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Parents on Trial
1939-09-21
Parents on Trial
Overview: According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-21
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The West Side Kid
1943-08-23
The West Side Kid
Overview: Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and chasing women. Sam hires gangster Johnny April to bump him off but Johnny, liking the old man, defers the killing and sets about making the family appreciate Sam.
Genres: Drama Action Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-23
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The Flag of Humanity
1940-10-19
The Flag of Humanity
Overview: The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-19
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Madame Spy
1942-12-11
Madame Spy
Overview: Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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Ladies of the Chorus
1948-12-30
Ladies of the Chorus
Overview: Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-30
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Eyes of Texas
1948-06-15
Eyes of Texas
Overview: A ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer covets the ranch and uses a gang of local toughs, a pack of killer dogs, and a phoney rancher's beneficiary to get it. U.S. Marshal Rogers opens an investigation when the rancher is killed.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-15
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Nice Girl?
1941-02-21
Nice Girl?
Overview: Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-21
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Thieves Fall Out
1941-05-03
Thieves Fall Out
Overview: Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die before the broker can collect the full value of the policy and the broker's gangster partner doesn't want to wait for nature to take its course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-03
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Swing, Sister, Swing
1938-12-16
Swing, Sister, Swing
Overview: In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-16
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Only the Valiant
1951-04-13
Only the Valiant
Overview: Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-13
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The Blonde Bandit
1949-12-22
The Blonde Bandit
Overview: A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-22
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Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942-08-01
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Overview: Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-01
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Goodbye, Miss Turlock
1948-01-24
Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Overview: Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a school and how his teacher, Miss Turlock, influenced so many students. Many of them reunite at the school on Miss Turlock's last day, when the school was closed in 1940.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-24
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The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
The Corsican Brothers
Overview: Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Get Hep to Love
Overview: Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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The Perfect Marriage
1947-01-24
The Perfect Marriage
Overview: A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-24
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944-08-23
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Overview: Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-23
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Three Secrets
1950-10-20
Three Secrets
Overview: A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-20
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Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
Take It or Leave It
Overview: A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-17
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If I Had My Way
1940-05-05
If I Had My Way
Overview: Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-05
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Out West with the Hardys
1938-11-25
Out West with the Hardys
Overview: Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Princess O'Rourke
1943-10-23
Princess O'Rourke
Overview: A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-23
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The Big Fix
1947-04-19
The Big Fix
Overview: Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-19
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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004-05-31
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Overview: Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a docile dragon the art of being a force to be reckoned with. In 'Mickey and the Beanstalk' (1947), Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck confront the fearsome Willie the Giant to try to retrieve the magical singing harp to Happy Valley.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-31
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944-07-20
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Overview: A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-20
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Blackmailer
1936-07-23
Blackmailer
Overview: Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-23
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State Department: File 649
1949-02-11
State Department: File 649
Overview: Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and when escape is clearly impossible, Seeley blows up the outlaw's headquarters, losing his own life in doing so.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-11
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Lady of Secrets
1936-02-21
Lady of Secrets
Overview: Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-21
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Let's Get Married
1937-04-14
Let's Get Married
Overview: Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. From Wikipedia
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-14
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Millie's Daughter
1947-03-20
Millie's Daughter
Overview: An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-20
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The Fabulous Joe
1947-08-28
The Fabulous Joe
Overview: Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-28
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One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
One Foot in Heaven
Overview: Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-01
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Mad About Music
1938-02-27
Mad About Music
Overview: A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she has to produce him. Interesting things happen as she talks a visiting Englishman into helping her out.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-27
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