Eugene Jackson
Biography: Eugene Jackson gained fame as Farina's older brother, Pineapple, in six of Hal Roach's "Our Gang" serials - "The Mysterious Mystery", "The Big Town", "Circus Fever", "Dog Days", "The Love Bug" and "Shootin Injuns". Besides films he sang and danced on the vaudeville circuit - billed as "Hollywood's most famous colored kid star". Most of his film roles were bit parts, most uncredited. He did appear as Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on TV's "Julia" and Redd Foxx's friend on "Sanford and Son". In later years he taught dance at studios he started in Compton and Pasadena. He trained several performers in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess. His work was featured in a dance retrospective for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 25, 1916
Deathday: October 26, 2001
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Black Gunn
1972-12-20
Black Gunn
Overview: A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-20
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Cleopatra Jones
1973-07-13
Cleopatra Jones
Overview: After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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Sporting Chance
1931-10-25
Sporting Chance
Overview: A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career and his life.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-25
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Reform School
1939-04-27
Reform School
Overview: A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-27
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The Mysterious Mystery!
1924-12-12
The Mysterious Mystery!
Overview: Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids who has gone missing. While trying to find the kid the gang must also try and avoid a dumb detective also working the case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-12
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Circus Fever
1925-02-07
Circus Fever
Overview: The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the festivities.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-07
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The Big Town
1925-01-10
The Big Town
Overview: The gang play inside a railroad box car which suddenly closes, trapping them inside. The next morning they find themselves in New York City. After seeing some of the sites on foot, they steal a 5th Avenue Bus, and are caught by the police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-10
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The Love Bug
1925-04-24
The Love Bug
Overview: Farina, Joe and Mickey are all struck by the love bug. After several problems, they go to the beauty salon, where Pineapple works and proceed to make shambles of it. The police arrive and arrest them, but Grandma comes to their rescue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-24
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Looking for Love
1964-08-05
Looking for Love
Overview: An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-05
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Overview: A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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Guns and Guitars
1936-06-22
Guns and Guitars
Overview: A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-22
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The Lonely Trail
1936-05-25
The Lonely Trail
Overview: Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is plundering the local folk.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-25
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The Apartment
1960-06-21
The Apartment
Overview: Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-21
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Chandler
1971-12-01
Chandler
Overview: A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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Secret Service
1931-11-14
Secret Service
Overview: In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Genres: Western Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-14
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Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
Sporting Blood
Overview: A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-08
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Hearts in Dixie
1929-01-02
Hearts in Dixie
Overview: Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-02
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40 Carats
1973-06-28
40 Carats
Overview: After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party. Despite her yearning for Peter and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him when he pursues her, but slowly she yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Overview: Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-24
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Wine, Women and Horses
1937-09-11
Wine, Women and Horses
Overview: An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-11
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Cimarron
1931-01-26
Cimarron
Overview: When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
Genres: Drama Western History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-26
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Red River Valley
1936-03-02
Red River Valley
Overview: Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
Genres: Action Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-02
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938-11-25
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Overview: The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
Genres: Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Kentucky
1938-12-30
Kentucky
Overview: Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-30
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All the President's Men
1976-04-09
All the President's Men
Overview: During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Genres: Drama History Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-09
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Midnight Court
1937-03-06
Midnight Court
Overview: After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-06
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North by Northwest
1959-07-08
North by Northwest
Overview: Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Genres: Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-08
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American Gigolo
1980-02-01
American Gigolo
Overview: Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-01
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Little Annie Rooney
1925-10-18
Little Annie Rooney
Overview: A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, in 2014.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-18
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Take My Life
1942-07-03
Take My Life
Overview: A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang, they begin to suspect they're up to nefarious deeds.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-03
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924-03-18
The Thief of Bagdad
Overview: A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Genres: Romance Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-18
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Scott Joplin
1977-02-11
Scott Joplin
Overview: The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
Genres: Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-11
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The World's Greatest Athlete
1973-02-14
The World's Greatest Athlete
Overview: Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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Escape from Alcatraz
1979-06-22
Escape from Alcatraz
Overview: San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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Rhythm Rodeo
1938-06-01
Rhythm Rodeo
Overview: An All-Black comedy musical.
Genres: Comedy Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-01
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Sporting Blood
1940-07-11
Sporting Blood
Overview: Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-11
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Overview: An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-25
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Dog Days
1925-03-07
Dog Days
Overview: The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-07
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Off the Wall
1983-07-01
Off the Wall
Overview: Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-01
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Reveille with Beverly
1943-02-04
Reveille with Beverly
Overview: Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-04
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Coffy
1973-06-13
Coffy
Overview: After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-13
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Golden Hoofs
1941-02-14
Golden Hoofs
Overview: A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-14
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The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
The Buccaneer
Overview: French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-04
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Shootin' Injuns
1925-05-02
Shootin' Injuns
Overview: Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance - planning their next game, which will be a Wild West shootout. They run into some obstacles in playing the game, including objections from parents, and as such they decide to postpone it until the wee hours of the next morning and play it in the streets of the neighborhood. As it begins to rain during the middle of their shootout that morning, they decide to take refuge in a neighborhood house. What they are unaware of is that the house belongs to inventor W.R. Jones, who rigged it to be a "magnetic house", a demonstration for a possible amusement park attraction. Not knowing about the house's rigged contraptions leads to a lot of misadventures for the gang not related to shooting Indians as they try to figure out what's happening around them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-02
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Penrod and Sam
1923-06-18
Penrod and Sam
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-18
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The Addams Family
1991-11-22
The Addams Family
Overview: When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-22
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The Killer That Stalked New York
1950-10-06
The Killer That Stalked New York
Overview: In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-06
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Anaesthesia
1938-07-09
Anaesthesia
Overview: An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-09
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The Lady's from Kentucky
1939-04-27
The Lady's from Kentucky
Overview: Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to be a young woman from an old horse racing family who wants to protect her colt almost as much as Marty wants to rush him into big races for a fast buck. While they clash, Marty soon comes to understand the human bond with the horses and what it means to be a thoroughbred.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-27
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935-09-05
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Overview: Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and the Sheriff after him for murdering his father. Gene also sees that Craven and his gang are looking for Brooks. Finding clues that Craven was behind the murder, Gene has a plan utilizing the medicine show wagon that will trap the gang.
Genres: Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-05
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Swing Shift
1984-04-13
Swing Shift
Overview: In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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