Virginia Bruce
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1928, she moved with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California, Los Angeles when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. She got it as an extra in Why Bring That Up?. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the musical Smiles, followed by America's Sweetheart in 1931. She returned to Hollywood in 1932, where on August 10, 1932, she married John Gilbert, her co-star in the film Downstairs. She retired briefly after the birth of their daughter Susan Ann Gilbert. The couple divorced in 1934, and Virginia returned to a hectic schedule of film appearances. Gilbert died two years later in 1936. Bruce introduced the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin" in the film Born to Dance and co-starred in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical The Great Ziegfeld. One of her final film appearances was in Strangers When We Meet. In 1949, Bruce starred in a daily 30-minute radio drama. Make Believe Town was an afternoon program on CBS. Bruce married her second husband, film director J. Walter Ruben, in 1937, making the Wallace Beery western The Bad Man of Brimstone with him that year. Together they had a son named Christopher (b. 1941), before Ruben's death in 1942. In 1946, Bruce married Ali Ipar. They divorced in 1951 in order for him to receive a commission in the Turkish Military (which forbade promotions of men married to foreigners), but remarried in 1952 before divorcing again in 1964. Bruce died of cancer on February 24, 1982, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 71.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 29, 1910
Deathday: February 24, 1982
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948-08-20
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Overview: When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-20
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The Murder Man
1935-07-12
The Murder Man
Overview: Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-12
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The Invisible Woman
1940-12-28
The Invisible Woman
Overview: Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-28
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The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08
The Great Ziegfeld
Overview: At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-08
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Born to Dance
1936-11-27
Born to Dance
Overview: On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-27
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There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
There Goes My Heart
Overview: An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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Winner Take All
1932-07-16
Winner Take All
Overview: Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-16
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Kongo
1932-10-01
Kongo
Overview: The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
Genres: Drama Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-01
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Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29
Strangers When We Meet
Overview: A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-29
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Action in Arabia
1944-02-18
Action in Arabia
Overview: Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-18
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Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Hired Wife
Overview: Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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Raffles
1930-07-11
Raffles
Overview: A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.
Genres: Adventure Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-11
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The Mighty Barnum
1934-12-23
The Mighty Barnum
Overview: 20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Janet Beecher and Adolphe Menjou. Released in 1934.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-23
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Flight Angels
1940-05-18
Flight Angels
Overview: Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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State Department: File 649
1949-02-11
State Department: File 649
Overview: Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and when escape is clearly impossible, Seeley blows up the outlaw's headquarters, losing his own life in doing so.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-11
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Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
Arsène Lupin Returns
Overview: A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-25
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The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
The Garden Murder Case
Overview: Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-21
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940-07-16
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Overview: A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-16
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Downstairs
1932-08-06
Downstairs
Overview: In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-06
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Society Doctor
1935-01-25
Society Doctor
Overview: Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-25
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Yellow Jack
1938-05-19
Yellow Jack
Overview: A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Genres: Drama History Mystery Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-19
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Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15
Let 'em Have It
Overview: Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces. An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-15
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Dangerous Corner
1934-12-04
Dangerous Corner
Overview: Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-04
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Escapade
1935-07-05
Escapade
Overview: A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-05
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Jane Eyre
1934-08-15
Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-15
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Let Freedom Ring
1939-02-24
Let Freedom Ring
Overview: A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-24
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Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
Stronger Than Desire
Overview: An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Society Lawyer
1939-03-21
Society Lawyer
Overview: Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-21
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Shadow of Doubt
1935-02-15
Shadow of Doubt
Overview: When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-15
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Woman Trap
1929-09-28
Woman Trap
Overview: In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans, the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-28
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Careful, Soft Shoulders
1942-09-18
Careful, Soft Shoulders
Overview: In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has become a dress model. She is approached by an American counter-espionage agent who offers her a chance to serve her country. The carefree son of a naval official receives a similar offer. He is asked to secure secret Naval plans. Unbeknownst to them, the man they work for is actually a Nazi spy. The two dupes finally figure it out, and the spy kidnaps them. Somehow they escape and break up the spy ring.
Genres: Comedy Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-18
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Between Two Women
1937-07-09
Between Two Women
Overview: Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and she with him, but, she is married to Tom a physically abusive husband.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-09
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Brazil
1944-11-30
Brazil
Overview: Brazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by Brazilian singing sensation Tito Guizar. In typical screwball-comedy fashion, the plot is set in motion by authoress Nicky Henderson, who has hit the best-seller charts with her latest tome, Why Marry a Latin? While researching her next book in Rio De Janeiro, she finds out "why" when she meets handsome songwriter Miguel Soares. Upon learning about Nicky's book, Miguel decides to teach her a few lessons in the affairs of the heart. Edward Everett Horton is also on hand, twittering his way through the role of a well-meaning buttinsky. Thanks to the "Good Neighbor" policy of the 1940s, South American musicals were a glut on the market, but Brazil was good enough on its own merits to pay its way at the box office.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-30
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Metropolitan
1935-10-17
Metropolitan
Overview: Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-17
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The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12
The First Hundred Years
Overview: David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-12
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Adventure in Washington
1941-05-29
Adventure in Washington
Overview: A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-29
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Hollywood Hobbies
1939-05-03
Hollywood Hobbies
Overview: In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-03
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The Plague
1954-01-01
The Plague
Overview: A nurse in the Red Crescent (the Turkish equivalent of the Red Cross) fights to save the populace during a plague.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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The Social Lion
1930-06-21
The Social Lion
Overview: Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-21
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937-12-31
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Overview: A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-31
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The Miracle Man
1932-04-01
The Miracle Man
Overview: A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-01
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Young Eagles
1930-03-20
Young Eagles
Overview: Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-20
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Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
Land of Liberty
Overview: This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-15
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937-09-17
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Overview: Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-17
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Follow Thru
1930-09-26
Follow Thru
Overview: Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24
Woman Against Woman
Overview: A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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Safety in Numbers
1930-05-30
Safety in Numbers
Overview: Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-30
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Times Square Lady
1935-03-08
Times Square Lady
Overview: A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir and seize control.
Genres: Music Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-08
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The River of Romance
1929-06-28
The River of Romance
Overview: Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-28
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There's That Woman Again
1938-12-24
There's That Woman Again
Overview: Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-24
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Here Comes the Band
1935-08-30
Here Comes the Band
Overview: In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-30
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That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
That's Entertainment!
Overview: Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Genres: Documentary Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-21
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Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945-09-15
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Overview: A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-15
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Women of Glamour
1937-03-09
Women of Glamour
Overview: A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-09
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Butch Minds the Baby
1942-03-20
Butch Minds the Baby
Overview: Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe crackers when he has to also look after the baby of one of the criminals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-20
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When Love Is Young
1937-03-26
When Love Is Young
Overview: In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a mentor turns her into a successful Broadway entertainer. She returns to her former college to get sweet revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-26
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Hard to Get
1929-08-04
Hard to Get
Overview: A dress shop employee falls in love with a millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-04
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Let's Go Native
1930-08-15
Let's Go Native
Overview: The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-15
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Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07
Pardon My Sarong
Overview: A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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The Reluctant Bride
1955-08-01
The Reluctant Bride
Overview: A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-01
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Only the Brave
1930-03-07
Only the Brave
Overview: Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on what could be a suicide mission. He volunteers to go behind enemy lines disguised in Confederate gray as a staff officer to Robert E. Lee. He's to ride to a certain plantation which is a local brigade headquarters and deliberately let himself be caught with maps showing false Union troop positions. Of course, the penalty, then as now, is execution.
Genres: War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-07
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Whoopee!
1930-09-26
Whoopee!
Overview: Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Genres: Music Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Pointed Heels
1929-12-20
Pointed Heels
Overview: Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influences to take any advantages.... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman. Pointed Heels was supposed to have been a vehicle for "boop-boop-a-doop" girl Helen Kane, but by the time the film was released, Kane's role was reduced to a supporting part.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-20
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Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
Paramount on Parade
Overview: This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-22
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Sky Bride
1932-04-19
Sky Bride
Overview: Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals. But when Speed's rambunctious flying results in tragedy, he gives up flying in despair and guilt. Alec tracks him down and hopes to get him back on his feet and back in the air.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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The Love Parade
1930-01-18
The Love Parade
Overview: The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-18
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Slightly Scarlet
1930-02-22
Slightly Scarlet
Overview: Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-22
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A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31
A Dream Comes True
Overview: A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-31
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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935-11-20
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Overview: Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-20
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Overview: This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-31
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Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Complicated Women
Overview: Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-06
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1938-07-07
Hollywood Goes to Town
Overview: This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-07
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Overview: Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Fugitives
1929-01-27
Fugitives
Overview: Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on the floor. Alice has been overheard threatening to kill Barrow rather than give in to his advances. She protests her innocence, but the District Attorney doesn't believe her and charges her with Barrow's murder. However, things aren't quite as cut-and-dried as the D.A. believes them to be.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-27
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Lilies of the Field
1930-01-05
Lilies of the Field
Overview: Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged gold-digger, she enjoys the favors of backstage johnnies and elderly sugar daddies, but finally finds true love in the form of Park Avenue socialite Ted Willing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-05
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