John Miljan
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958. He was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four decades, beginning in 1923. Miljan made his first sound film in 1927 in the promotional trailer for The Jazz Singer, inviting audiences to see the upcoming landmark film. In later years he played imposing, authoritative parts such as high-ranking executives and military officers. He is best remembered as General Custer in Cecil B. De Mille's film The Plainsman. Miljan died from cancer in Hollywood in 1960, aged 67. He was married to Victoire Lowe and adopted her two sons from her first marriage to actor Creighton Hale.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 08, 1892
Deathday: January 24, 1960
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Estrellados
1930-07-07
Estrellados
Overview: A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-07
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The Beast of the City
1932-02-13
The Beast of the City
Overview: Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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I Accuse My Parents
1944-10-27
I Accuse My Parents
Overview: Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. The judge cites parental neglect in the case of a teenager (John Miljan) charged with murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-27
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Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942-10-01
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Overview: Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-01
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Overview: Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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The Fallen Sparrow
1943-08-19
The Fallen Sparrow
Overview: Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-19
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Devil's Island
1926-07-20
Devil's Island
Overview: A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-20
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Charlie Chan in Paris
1935-01-21
Charlie Chan in Paris
Overview: Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-21
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The Sin of Nora Moran
1933-12-13
The Sin of Nora Moran
Overview: Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-13
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The Secret Six
1931-04-18
The Secret Six
Overview: Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-18
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Queen of the Night Clubs
1929-03-23
Queen of the Night Clubs
Overview: Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, and frame her for a murder in the bargain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-23
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Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Free and Easy
Overview: Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-22
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Sinbad the Sailor
1947-01-13
Sinbad the Sailor
Overview: Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-13
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New Moon
1940-06-28
New Moon
Overview: A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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Brooding Eyes
1926-03-15
Brooding Eyes
Overview: Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his daughter is the rightful heir to the family estate. When "Slim Jim"'s gang finds out about this, they conspire to cheat her out of her inheritance by passing off one of the gangster's girlfriends as the real daughter. Unbeknownst to the gang, however, their leader isn't dead and finds out what they're up to. Complications ensue.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-15
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The Flame
1947-11-24
The Flame
Overview: George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him. George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval, a job as Barry's nurse, with the idea being to marry him, kill him, and inherit his money—and marrying George.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-24
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A Man's Man
1929-05-25
A Man's Man
Overview: An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-25
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The Boss of Big Town
1942-12-07
The Boss of Big Town
Overview: Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a welcome harbor for character actors who aspired to occasional leading roles. In Boss of Big Town, veteran supporting player John Litel is top-billed as crusading city market official Michael Lynn. When a criminal gang muscles in on the local food distribution markets, Lynn vows to throw the rascals out. First, however, he pretends to join the villains as a paid government stooge, the better to find out the identity of the "Mister Big" behind the distribution racket. The exposure of the "mystery villain" will come as a shock to fans of the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille epic The King of Kings--but not to dyed-in-the-wool movie buffs.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-07
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Submarine Alert
1943-06-28
Submarine Alert
Overview: Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-28
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The Last Crooked Mile
1946-08-09
The Last Crooked Mile
Overview: A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-09
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Possessed
1931-11-21
Possessed
Overview: Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer can make her dreams come true, but there is only one problem, he will give her everything but a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-21
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Sailor Izzy Murphy
1927-10-08
Sailor Izzy Murphy
Overview: Izzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey Ferris) whose picture adorns the perfume bottle he sells. After resourcefully tracing the beauty (whose father(Warner Oland) manufactures the perfume to a luxury yacht, he finds himself in the company of an escaped lunatic John Miljan) who has vowed to murder the perfume manufacturer in retaliation for all the flowers that have been lost in the making of the perfume.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-08
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Stark Mad
1929-02-02
Stark Mad
Overview: An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient Mayan temple that houses a giant ape.
Genres: Crime Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-02
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Belle of the Nineties
1934-09-21
Belle of the Nineties
Overview: Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-21
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Bonzo Goes to College
1952-09-01
Bonzo Goes to College
Overview: When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-01
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Emma
1932-01-02
Emma
Overview: After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-02
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The Rich Are Always with Us
1932-05-19
The Rich Are Always with Us
Overview: A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-19
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If I Were King
1938-09-28
If I Were King
Overview: King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-28
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Flesh
1932-12-08
Flesh
Overview: Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-08
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931-10-10
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Overview: A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-10
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The Kid from Spain
1932-11-17
The Kid from Spain
Overview: Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-17
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Silent Sanderson
1925-04-13
Silent Sanderson
Overview: When Silent Sanderson's brother kills himself over the rejection of a woman, Silent blames Judith Benson and leaves the family homestead to begin a new life in Alaska. He is later reunited with Judith Benson, only to discover that his brother didn't commit suicide at all but was murdered by the woman's jealous husband.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-13
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The Nuisance
1933-06-03
The Nuisance
Overview: Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-03
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Miracle Money
1938-03-26
Miracle Money
Overview: In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-26
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Double Cross
1941-06-27
Double Cross
Overview: A disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-27
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Johnny Moccasin
1956-06-06
Johnny Moccasin
Overview: Johnny Moccasin a white teenage boy is raised by an Indian tribe after his parents are killed in a wagon train massacre.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-06
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Twin Husbands
1933-11-29
Twin Husbands
Overview: The wife of a businessman and his secretary attempt to trick her husband's double into impersonating him so they can get their hands on what remains of his wealth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-29
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The Ghost Walks
1934-12-01
The Ghost Walks
Overview: A ghostly and deadly dinner party, which at first turns out to be an elaborate staging of a new play for the benefit of a Broadway producer, becomes a true mystery when the players start to go missing.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-01
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Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
Arsène Lupin
Overview: A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-26
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Are You Listening?
1932-03-21
Are You Listening?
Overview: WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-21
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Young and Beautiful
1934-09-16
Young and Beautiful
Overview: Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make this fiancée June Dale the most famous movie star in the world. But in doing so, he forgets that women want to be attended to for themselves, not as objects of fame.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-16
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Criminal Investigator
1942-10-23
Criminal Investigator
Overview: A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging in to the mysterious murder of a showgirl (Vivian Wilcox), intrepid reporter Bob Martin (Robert Lowery) uncovers a connection between that case and another one he's been working on. An inmate (Lawrence Creighton) holds the key to the crime, but there's one problem: He's deaf and mute. Meanwhile, the murderers (Jan Wiley and Charlie Hall) appear to be working for a very powerful person.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-23
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Tomorrow's Youth
1934-10-14
Tomorrow's Youth
Overview: A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-14
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Blind Adventure
1933-08-18
Blind Adventure
Overview: Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939-05-13
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Overview: Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-13
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Glorious Betsy
1928-04-25
Glorious Betsy
Overview: Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin - to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-25
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Politics
1931-02-26
Politics
Overview: A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-26
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The Unchastened Woman
1925-11-15
The Unchastened Woman
Overview: When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him in the arms of another woman. Caroline leaves him and, not telling him of her pregnancy, runs off to Europe where she has her child and becomes the toast of European society. Then she returns to settle with her husband once and for all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-15
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Pirates of Tripoli
1955-02-10
Pirates of Tripoli
Overview: A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-10
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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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Untamed
1929-11-23
Untamed
Overview: In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-23
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West of Broadway
1931-11-28
West of Broadway
Overview: A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-28
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Murder at Glen Athol
1936-02-27
Murder at Glen Athol
Overview: A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-27
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Whistling in the Dark
1933-01-21
Whistling in the Dark
Overview: A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-21
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Under the Pampas Moon
1935-06-01
Under the Pampas Moon
Overview: Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos Aires cabaret. THe plane she is flying in is forced to land on the Pampas. Campo and his riders take the passengers to a hotel. Yvonne and Campo quickly fall in love, but she had to leave to make her singing engagement in Buenos Aires. Campo follows her and discovers that his horse that was the favorite to win the Big Race has been stolen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-01
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Hell Divers
1932-01-16
Hell Divers
Overview: The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-16
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Almost a Lady
1926-09-27
Almost a Lady
Overview: Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She resists his advances, despite his giving her expensive gifts. One day Mrs. Reilly, a prominent society woman and a customer of the shop, invites Marcia to a party she's throwing. Marcia winds up impersonating a famous writer in order to impress a "duke" for Mrs. Reilly, who doesn't know the "duke" isn't really a duke. Complications ensue.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-27
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The Sea Bat
1930-07-05
The Sea Bat
Overview: The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07
Gentleman's Fate
Overview: A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-07
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Riot Squad
1941-12-12
Riot Squad
Overview: Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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The Poor Rich
1934-02-25
The Poor Rich
Overview: Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family manor, each unaware that the other is going to be there, and since both have become penniless, they are forced to move into the dilapidated house. When Albert receives a letter from old acquaintances Lord and Lady Fetherstone advising the Spottiswoods of their impending visit to the manor, the cousins are at wit's end as to how to exercise non-existent skills required to make the old house acceptable for guest reception.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-25
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Lost City of the Jungle
1946-04-23
Lost City of the Jungle
Overview: A movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defence against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang. Obstructing his sinister plan to rule the world are Rod Stanton, United Peace Foundation investigator, Tal Shan , Pendrang native, and Marjorie Elmore, daughter of scientist Dr. Elmore, unwilling assistant to Sir Eric.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-23
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Devil-May-Care
1929-12-27
Devil-May-Care
Overview: A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-27
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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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The Merry Monahans
1944-09-15
The Merry Monahans
Overview: The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-15
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Flaming Waters
1925-12-13
Flaming Waters
Overview: After several years' absence, the young sailor Dan O'Neill returns to his hometown. He quickly discovers that his mother has been cheated out of her life savings by slick oil speculator Jasper Thorne and is now working as a charwoman. Dan tries to avenge his mother's loss by swindling the swindler.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-13
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Adventure in Baltimore
1949-04-19
Adventure in Baltimore
Overview: Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-19
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The Final Extra
1927-02-07
The Final Extra
Overview: The alert atmosphere of a large-city newspaper office and its giant presses combines with the back-stage atmosphere of the theatre, set against the sinister shadow of a bootleg gang and the glitter of a big musical comedy "first night" in a whirlwind of dramatic action. A hot-shot newspaper reporter and a Broadway show-girl provide the romance.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-07
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Unashamed
1932-07-02
Unashamed
Overview: A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-02
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Overview: With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Women Without Names
1940-03-14
Women Without Names
Overview: Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-14
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Bride by Mistake
1944-07-26
Bride by Mistake
Overview: The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-26
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M
1951-03-01
M
Overview: Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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The Desert Song
1929-04-08
The Desert Song
Overview: French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-08
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Quarantined Rivals
1927-02-28
Quarantined Rivals
Overview: Elsie Peyton’s parents favor two different men for her. Dad likes Bruce Farney, as does Elsie while Mom prefers Bob Howard. The domineering Mrs. Peyton sees to it that football player Bruce is discouraged from taking Elsie to the game. Bruce stops in a barbershop where Minette, the manicurist flirts with him to make barber Ed jealous. Disappointed when he sees Elsie with Bob at the game Bruce follows them in his car. Meanwhile, Mrs. Peyton calls Minette to the house for a manicure. When the trio arrive from the game the house is suddenly placed under a 2-week quarantine for smallpox. Hilarious complications ensue as Bruce is obliged to room with his rival, but by a clever trick Bruce marries Elsie despite the quarantine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-28
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Private Number
1936-06-05
Private Number
Overview: Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-05
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Whirlpool
1934-04-10
Whirlpool
Overview: An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-10
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Remote Control
1930-11-15
Remote Control
Overview: A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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The Mad Game
1933-10-27
The Mad Game
Overview: Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-27
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The Woman Racket
1930-01-24
The Woman Racket
Overview: During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-24
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The Voice of the City
1929-04-13
The Voice of the City
Overview: An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-13
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Love Letters
1924-02-10
Love Letters
Overview: Two sisters, Julia Crossland and Evelyn Jefferson, happy lives are thrown into turmoil when a man from their past, Thomas Chadwick reappears unexpectedly. Both had at one time been smitten with Thomas writing indiscreet letters to him. When Chadwick is killed, they fear their secret will be revealed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-10
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Prosperity
1932-11-18
Prosperity
Overview: Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Stranded
1927-08-15
Stranded
Overview: When a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could get Stranded!
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-15
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In Gay Madrid
1930-05-17
In Gay Madrid
Overview: Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-17
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The Yankee Clipper
1927-05-07
The Yankee Clipper
Overview: A race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the right to transport Chinese tea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-07
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Son of India
1931-08-01
Son of India
Overview: An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Show Girl in Hollywood
1930-04-20
Show Girl in Hollywood
Overview: Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
Obliging Young Lady
Overview: A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-01
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Paying the Price
1927-04-05
Paying the Price
Overview: Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-05
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The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941-05-16
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Overview: A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and spoiled leading lady proves difficult to tame.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-16
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Paid
1930-12-30
Paid
Overview: Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-30
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The Desired Woman
1927-08-27
The Desired Woman
Overview: The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote post becomes one trial after another for Diana. Then Larry Trent, a young lieutenant, arrives to provide a pleasant reminder of days past, but Maxwell, in a jealous rage over their innocent companionship, sends Trent to a distant village.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-27
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Wildfire
1945-07-18
Wildfire
Overview: Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men. When Alkali is shot, Happy catches the outlaws but the Judge not only releases them, he discharges the Sheriff and tries to arrest Happy for rustling. Happy escapes and he and the Sheriff then set out to prove who the real rustlers are.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-18
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Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
Samson and Delilah
Overview: When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-21
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The Plainsman
1936-11-16
The Plainsman
Overview: Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Genres: Western War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-16
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Speedway
1929-10-07
Speedway
Overview: Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-07
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Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01
Sutter's Gold
Overview: Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-01
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Innocents of Paris
1929-01-02
Innocents of Paris
Overview: A Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-02
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The Oklahoma Kid
1939-03-11
The Oklahoma Kid
Overview: McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
Genres: Western History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-11
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The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936-08-14
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Overview: In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-14
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What! No Beer?
1933-02-10
What! No Beer?
Overview: When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-10
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Apache Warrior
1957-07-01
Apache Warrior
Overview: An Apache brave vows revenge when he feels betrayed by the U.S. Army.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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King for a Night
1933-12-09
King for a Night
Overview: A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-09
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The Unholy Three
1930-07-12
The Unholy Three
Overview: A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-12
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Juarez
1939-06-10
Juarez
Overview: The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-10
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That's My Man
1947-06-01
That's My Man
Overview: A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-01
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Arizona Mahoney
1936-12-04
Arizona Mahoney
Overview: When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-04
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Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19
Our Blushing Brides
Overview: Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Jerry is determined to remain practical. As she mothers her wounded, heartbroken friends, she stalwartly but foolishly resists the advances of the good-hearted and affluent Tony Jardine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-19
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Night Court
1932-06-04
Night Court
Overview: A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-04
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Forced Landing
1941-07-11
Forced Landing
Overview: On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-11
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Border G-Man
1938-06-24
Border G-Man
Overview: A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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The Devil's Circus
1926-02-14
The Devil's Circus
Overview: In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circumstance, Carl rejects God and resumes his fast life of crime. Before long, his fate intersects with that of Mary, a devout orphan, prompting a romance and a reevaluation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-14
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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958-06-04
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Overview: Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medallion, which were sections cut off from a large silver plaque which served as a treasure map to a secret location where a large amount of gold is reputedly stashed. Two more medallions are unaccounted for, and the The Lone Ranger and his friend Tonto must use all their resources to intercept the gang, prevent further carnage and save the owners of the medallions.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-04
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Emergency Squad
1940-01-05
Emergency Squad
Overview: Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-05
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Ride a Crooked Mile
1938-12-09
Ride a Crooked Mile
Overview: The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and helping his father escape from prison.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-09
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Perilous Waters
1948-02-14
Perilous Waters
Overview: Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by the Mob, and Willie Hunter is the hit man who's been hired to do the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-14
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North of Nome
1936-11-14
North of Nome
Overview: John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island in the Bering Sea that is owned by a corporation. During a fierce sea-storm, Raglan rescues the passengers of a floundering ship, which includes the owner of the island, his daughter and her fiancée. The owner threatens to charge Ragland with poaching on private property, and then a gang of seal-skin thieves make an entrance.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-14
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Pardon Our Nerve
1939-02-24
Pardon Our Nerve
Overview: Big Town Girls have dating service jobs long enough to learn that a society matron needs a boxer to perform at a party. They talk a waiter into playing the part and a series of accidents and tricks sends him on a boxing career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-24
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The Killers
1946-08-30
The Killers
Overview: Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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The Clown
1927-09-12
The Clown
Overview: Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-12
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Morals for Men
1925-12-01
Morals for Men
Overview: Joe (Tearle) and Bessie (Ayres), living in sin and just scraping by. Bessie thinks Joe has stolen their meagre savings, so she leaves him and becomes a manicurist eventually marrying a wealthy man who turns out to be stingy and cruel. Joe saves heiress Marion (Mills) from drowning, makes good as a civil engineer and eventually marries her. Joe and Bessie meet again by chance and Joe, in helping her to keep her secret, incurs Marion's jealousy. Bessie, extorted by a former acquaintance in desperation, decides to tell everything to her husband. However, to aid Joe she accuses Wallace (Miljan), with whom Marion is preparing to go away. Finally, Joe and Marion are reconciled, but Bessie learns that the world never forgives a woman who sins even when she has reformed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-01
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Husbands for Rent
1927-12-31
Husbands for Rent
Overview: A newlywed couple, after six months of marriage, decides that they've made a mistake and plan to divorce. Her father, however, has other ideas and hatches a plot to make them realize that they really do love each other and should stay married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-31
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The Little Snob
1928-02-11
The Little Snob
Overview: May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her father, Colonel Banks (Aleck B. Francis), a Coney Island employee, save enough money to send her to an expensive, snobby all-girl finishing school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-11
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Young Bill Hickok
1940-10-21
Young Bill Hickok
Overview: Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-21
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Run for Cover
1955-04-29
Run for Cover
Overview: An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-29
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Footloose Widows
1926-06-19
Footloose Widows
Overview: Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith. Through a misunderstanding, they pick on the wrong J. A. Smith, a fortune hunter himself who assumes that Marian is a wealthy widow. Meanwhile, Marian falls for the real Smith, never dreaming that he's the millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-19
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Iron Man
1931-04-29
Iron Man
Overview: Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-29
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Madame Spy
1934-02-10
Madame Spy
Overview: Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-10
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Stampede
1949-05-01
Stampede
Overview: In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-love with the same settler girl while crooked businessmen try to swindle both sides.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-01
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On the Stroke of Three
1924-10-30
On the Stroke of Three
Overview: Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Harlan), who wants to be an inventor. Mary Jordan (Bellamy), daughter of the financier, is hurt and spends a night at his home. Learning of his attitude toward her father, she poses as a domestic at the Jordan home. Later, in New York, Judson looks her up. He is trying to sell his invention and, to get funds, he mortgages his home. The village banker, in league with Jordan, sells the financier the mortgage, and a foreclosure threatens when Jordan's business agent Henry Mogridge (Miljan) double-crosses Judson. The youth thinks Mary working against him. Friends come to Judson's aid and he pays off the mortgage in the nick of time. He learns that Jordan knew nothing of the methods employed by his agent and that Mary loves him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-30
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Not So Dumb
1930-02-02
Not So Dumb
Overview: Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-02
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The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The Wet Parade
Overview: The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-26
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War Nurse
1930-11-22
War Nurse
Overview: Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-22
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Bombardier
1943-05-14
Bombardier
Overview: A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-14
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Fashions in Love
1929-07-01
Fashions in Love
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Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-01
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Unknown Blonde
1934-04-23
Unknown Blonde
Overview: An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-23
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Mrs. Mike
1949-12-23
Mrs. Mike
Overview: This film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan. A Boston teenager is sent to live with her uncle in frontier Canada because of her fragile health. She eventually falls in love with one of the few young, white males in the region. They marry and depart for the northern wilderness to set up house and home. The rest of the movie is about her struggles and joys of living and travelling in this rugged country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-23
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The Deadly Game
1941-08-08
The Deadly Game
Overview: A pre-World War II saber-rattler that finds a munitions inventor kidnapped, a federal agent killed and a beautiful refugee mysteriously missing as Washington's deadly game of espionage and intrigue thunders on...as the FBI hunts the nation's invisble foes! They may have been invisible but their accents and billing names von Morhart, William Vaughn (William von Brincken already hiding under another name before hostilities were formally declared), Frederick Gierman and Walter Bonn---provide clues aplenty as to their country of origin and paymaster.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-08
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The Satin Woman
1927-07-24
The Satin Woman
Overview: Dorothy Reid -- who before her marriage to ill-fated screen idol Wallace Reid was better known as Dorothy Davenport -- was both producer and star of Satin Woman. After the death of her husband from drug abuse in 1923, Davenport dedicated herself to helping others avoid the pitfalls of modern life by turning out a series of cautionary film fables. In Satin Woman, she endeavored to warn society women not to neglect their families for the sake of fads, foibles, and handsome younger men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-24
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North of the Rockies
1942-04-02
North of the Rockies
Overview: Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with furs, Mountie Bill arrests him. But he lets him go hoping he will lead him to the gang and eventually the two join forces.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-02
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The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
The Ten Commandments
Overview: Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-05
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The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28
The Wild Dakotas
Overview: When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers reach their destination, Baring unwisely declares war on the local Indians. When savvy frontier scout Jim Henry tries to promote cooperation between the natives and the newly arrived settlers, Baring responds by having Williams whipped.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-28
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Gossip
1929-04-29
Gossip
Overview: A husband and wife arguing about which sex gossips more. Just then a friend they both know comes to visit but he isn't aware that they are now married. Soon this friend is gossiping to each of them about the other and sure enough problems start.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-29
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Women They Talk About
1928-08-10
Women They Talk About
Overview: Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-10
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Walk Softly, Stranger
1950-10-14
Walk Softly, Stranger
Overview: A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-14
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Hardboiled Rose
1929-03-30
Hardboiled Rose
Overview: A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-30
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The Home Towners
1928-11-03
The Home Towners
Overview: Man from small town comes to New York to be best man at an old friend's wedding. He mistakenly supposes that the girl and her family are after his friend's money, and almost wrecks their romance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-03
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The Terror
1928-09-06
The Terror
Overview: Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-06
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Inspiration
1931-01-31
Inspiration
Overview: The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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Camera Sleuth
1951-04-28
Camera Sleuth
Overview: In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and disprove a fraudulent insurance claim.
Genres: Crime Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-28
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The Devil with Hitler
1942-10-18
The Devil with Hitler
Overview: Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-18
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The Amateur Gentleman
1926-08-14
The Amateur Gentleman
Overview: Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Meredith, and this does not set well with Sir Mortiner Carnaby, who has eyes on the fair lady himself. Barnaby becomes friend with Viscount Devehon, buys a horse from him and enters it in the big steeplechase. Sir Mortimer takes steps to rid society of the presence of this non-gentleman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-14
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Queen of the Amazons
1947-01-15
Queen of the Amazons
Overview: Jean Preston is determined to find her fiancée, Greg Jones, who went on a safari and didn’t come back when expected. She travels to Akbar, India with Greg’s father, Colonel Jones, Wayne Monroe and the Professor. She asks about Jones at the front desk of the hotel where she stays.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-15
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What Happened To Father
1927-06-25
What Happened To Father
Overview: Film was released in 1927
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-25
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Sackcloth and Scarlet
1925-03-22
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Overview: Silent Drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-22
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My Official Wife
1926-10-16
My Official Wife
Overview: A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women and spectacular settings.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-16
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The Way to Love
1933-10-20
The Way to Love
Overview: Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets Madeleine, who works at a circus.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-20
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The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
The Unholy Night
Overview: When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-13
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Lady Be Good
1928-05-06
Lady Be Good
Overview: Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-06
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Lucky Fool
1927-01-01
Lucky Fool
Overview: Scion of a distinguished family J. Anthony Bowden is considered unworthy by his father, a feeling he discovers is shared by his fiancée Elma. His father sets up an elaborate ruse involving Anthony’s arrest and Elma’s kidnapping to make him prove his worth which he eventually does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-01
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3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
3 Kids and a Queen
Overview: An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-21
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Empty Hearts
1924-09-15
Empty Hearts
Overview: Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and engaging Clara Bow), doesn't care -- she turns down the fancy jewelry offered by oily Frank Gorman for a wedding ring from Kimberlin. Even though his finances never improve, Rosalie sticks by her husband only to sicken and die in a garret. Kimberlin's luck changes almost overnight and he becomes incredibly wealthy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-15
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Times Square
1929-09-01
Times Square
Overview: Vivid tale of love in Tin Pan Alley.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-01
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The Crimson City
1928-04-07
The Crimson City
Overview: Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-07
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A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927-09-24
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Overview: Cynthia Botts is the headmistress of a girls' school who has left a fortune on the condition that no scandal could ever be associated with her name. But scandal, in the form of Sandy McTavish, a romantic sailor and Charlotte Ralston is just around the corner.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-24
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The Phantom of the Opera
1925-09-22
The Phantom of the Opera
Overview: The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-22
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Back to Bataan
1945-05-30
Back to Bataan
Overview: An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-30
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It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21
It's in the Bag!
Overview: The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-21
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White Tie and Tails
1946-08-30
White Tie and Tails
Overview: When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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The Jazz Singer
1927-10-06
The Jazz Singer
Overview: A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-06
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The Silver Slave
1927-11-12
The Silver Slave
Overview: Bernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth, turns down Richards' proposal after the death of her husband, and she is denounced by him as a slave to silver. Lavishing the greater part of her fortune on her daughter, Janet, Bernice determines to give her the advantages she herself lacked. Despite her mother's disapproval, Janet scorns the affection of Larry Martin, a life-long friend, after meeting Philip Caldwell, a wealthy sophisticate. Worried over Janet's growing attachment to Philip, Bernice determines to win Caldwell from her daughter, and in a confrontation involving the girl and Richards, now a millionaire, Janet is disillusioned in her mother and Caldwell. Learning of her mother's sacrifice, Janet forgives her and finds happiness with Larry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-12
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Land of the Silver Fox
1928-10-18
Land of the Silver Fox
Overview: Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the far north.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-18
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Mississippi
1935-03-22
Mississippi
Overview: A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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Queen of the Mob
1940-06-28
Queen of the Mob
Overview: Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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The Big Street
1942-08-13
The Big Street
Overview: Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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The Eternal Woman
1929-03-18
The Eternal Woman
Overview: Olive Borden returns home to Buenos Aires and discovers her father has been murdered and her sister has been attacked by an American.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-18
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Mule Train
1950-02-22
Mule Train
Overview: A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the last thing the badmen of Trail End want, as they have a monopoly of the wagons needed to haul rocks to the site. A pretty sheriff notwithstanding, it's a job for a singing marshal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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The Painted Lady
1924-09-28
The Painted Lady
Overview: After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to become a woman of easy virtue, and on an excursion to a South Sea isle she meets Luther Smith, a sailor seeking vengeance for the death of his sister. She feels unworthy of his love, but their paths cross again when he rescues her from Captain Sutton, the man responsible for the other girl's tragedy. This film is lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-28
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