Marcia Mae Jones
Biography: Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, to an acting family. Her mother, Freda Jones, was an actress, and all three of her siblings - Margaret Jones, Macon Jones, and Marvin Jones - were child actors. But Marcia Mae had the most successful career, and she was the only one of her siblings to become a child star. She made her acting debut when just six months old, when director James Cruze saw her in her baby carriage and immediately cast her as the baby in his film Mannequin (1926). Her first major role was in Night Nurse (1931), in which she played a sick child that a sinister hospital staff was trying to murder. By age 10, Marcia Mae had appeared in several dramatic films. In 1936, she played a terrified victim of school bullying in These Three (1936), a role that brought her much attention. In 1937, she played the crippled Klara in Heidi (1937). The film starred two other child actors, Delmar Watson and Shirley Temple. Despite a four-year age difference, Marcia Mae and Shirley acted well with each other, and they appeared together again in The Little Princess (1939). Besides Shirley Temple and Delmar Watson, Marcia Mae worked with several other child stars of the 1930s, including Jane Withers, Bonita Granville, Jackie Moran, Sybil Jason, and her favorite, Jackie Cooper. Marcia Mae's film career began to slow down in the early 1950s, after which she largely appeared in television roles. Her adult life was marred by the suicide of her second husband, Bill Davenport, and problems with alcohol. She eventually conquered her alcohol dependency and became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marcia Mae Jones died on 2 September 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 01, 1924
Deathday: September 02, 2007
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The Way We Were
1973-10-17
The Way We Were
Overview: Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-17
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The Little Princess
1939-03-17
The Little Princess
Overview: A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
1974-07-29
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Overview: Poe's fiance, Lenore, falls into a coma and is taken for dead. She is rescued at the last possible moment from being buried alive, but the experience has driven her insane. On the advice of his friend, Dr. Forrest, Poe commits Lenore to the asylum run by Dr. Grimaldi. On a visit to the asylum, Poe and Forrest sense that something strange is going on, and decide to sneak back in after dark and investigate.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-29
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Live a Little, Love a Little
1968-10-23
Live a Little, Love a Little
Overview: Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-23
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Chicago Calling
1951-12-31
Chicago Calling
Overview: Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been injured in a car accident outside Chicago. His wife will call later with news, but Bill’s short the $53 he needs to keep his phone from being disconnected. Filled with anguish, he heads out onto the Los Angeles streets to find some way to come up with the cash. As his character encounters expected cruelty and unexpected kindness, Duryea takes what might have been mere melodrama and turns it into a perceptive examination of one shattered soul. The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous, lunch-bucket L.A. rarely captured on film.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-31
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The Old Swimmin' Hole
1940-10-21
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Overview: Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-21
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First Love
1939-11-10
First Love
Overview: In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Mad About Music
1938-02-27
Mad About Music
Overview: A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she has to produce him. Interesting things happen as she talks a visiting Englishman into helping her out.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-27
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Barefoot Boy
1938-08-03
Barefoot Boy
Overview: A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-03
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Lady in the Death House
1944-03-15
Lady in the Death House
Overview: As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-15
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Arson, Inc.
1949-06-24
Arson, Inc.
Overview: An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-24
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These Three
1936-03-18
These Three
Overview: Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students enroll, one of whom is a trouble-maker who tells a scandalous lie that threatens to destroy the trio's lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-18
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Street Corner
1948-12-03
Street Corner
Overview: Naive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local abortionist. Depending on the release presentation, the movie includes an animation of conception, filmed vaginal and caesarian section births, and a filmed presentation on how syphilis and gonorrhea present themselves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-03
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Hi-Jacked
1950-07-07
Hi-Jacked
Overview: A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-07
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The Youngest Profession
1943-02-26
The Youngest Profession
Overview: Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on misinformation from a meddling old-maid governess, Miss Featherstone, Joan also devotes some time to working on the no-problem marriage of her parents to the extent of hiring Dr. Hercules, the strong man from a side show to pay attention to her mother in order to make her father jealous, despite the good advice received from Walter Pidgeon.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-26
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Anne of Windy Poplars
1940-06-28
Anne of Windy Poplars
Overview: Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vice-principal. Based on one of L M Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables' sequels.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950-04-29
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Overview: An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-29
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Mush and Milk
1933-05-27
Mush and Milk
Overview: When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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The Fabulous Fraud
1948-08-28
The Fabulous Fraud
Overview: In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-28
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Tomboy
1940-04-20
Tomboy
Overview: Family drama about a father raising his motherless teenage daughter in a small town.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-20
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Mannequin
1926-01-11
Mannequin
Overview: Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick, kidnapped in infancy from her wealthy parents and raised by a slatternly slum woman. The film is still extant.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-11
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The Gang's All Here
1941-06-11
The Gang's All Here
Overview: Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-11
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Lady Behave!
1937-12-22
Lady Behave!
Overview: It's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from celebrating Mardi Gras and drunkenly mentions that she got married during the festivities. What's worse is the fact that Paula knows that Clarice is still married to an equally irresponsible gigolo. Paula learns that the man Clarice married, Stephen Cormack, is on his yacht and his lawyer, thinking that Paula is Clarice, offers the older woman $5000 to annul the marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-22
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A Great American Tragedy
1972-10-18
A Great American Tragedy
Overview: A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up, his wife forced to go back to work and his marriage start to break up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-18
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Mountain Justice
1937-04-24
Mountain Justice
Overview: Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-24
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Night Nurse
1931-07-16
Night Nurse
Overview: Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-16
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The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
The Flying Irishman
Overview: This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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Let's Go Collegiate
1941-09-12
Let's Go Collegiate
Overview: Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafted into the army before he's able to join the team. Two of the team's members get the bright idea of passing off a burly truck driver as the "athlete". Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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Heidi
1937-10-15
Heidi
Overview: Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Genres: Drama Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-15
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Snafu
1945-11-22
Snafu
Overview: A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-22
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Haunted House
1940-07-21
Haunted House
Overview: Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-21
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The Bishop Murder Case
1929-12-31
The Bishop Murder Case
Overview: The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-31
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Meet Dr. Christian
1939-11-17
Meet Dr. Christian
Overview: The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve funds for a new hospital.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-17
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A Dog of Flanders
1935-03-22
A Dog of Flanders
Overview: Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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King of Jazz
1930-04-20
King of Jazz
Overview: Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers—all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson.
Genres: Animation Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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Employees' Entrance
1933-02-11
Employees' Entrance
Overview: Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-11
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This Is the Life
1935-10-07
This Is the Life
Overview: A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-07
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993-08-31
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Overview: There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-31
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Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942-10-26
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Overview: An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-26
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Nobody's Darling
1943-08-27
Nobody's Darling
Overview: Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on Charles Grant, Jr., who is the writer and producer of the upcoming school play. But Chuck thinks that she is too untalented and unglamorous to have a part in his production....
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-27
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Life with Buster Keaton
1951-02-10
Life with Buster Keaton
Overview: Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-10
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Tucson
1949-04-27
Tucson
Overview: The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-27
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Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15
Two Wise Maids
Overview: The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-15
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The Yellow Haired Kid
1952-11-02
The Yellow Haired Kid
Overview: Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-11-02
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The Champ
1931-11-21
The Champ
Overview: A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-21
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The Star
1952-12-11
The Star
Overview: Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-11
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Doctor Bull
1933-09-22
Doctor Bull
Overview: In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-22
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Overview: Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-11
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Birthday Blues
1932-11-12
Birthday Blues
Overview: Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-12
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Nice Girl?
1941-02-21
Nice Girl?
Overview: Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-21
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Nine Girls
1944-02-17
Nine Girls
Overview: One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-17
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Top Man
1943-09-17
Top Man
Overview: In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of local factory workers, the plucky lad, his siblings and his schoolmates put on a lively little show. With a little work, he even convinces Count Basie to come with his band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-17
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Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
Imitation of Life
Overview: A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-23
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The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09
The Life of Emile Zola
Overview: A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-09
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Street Scene
1931-09-05
Street Scene
Overview: The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-05
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Trouble Preferred
1948-12-31
Trouble Preferred
Overview: A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24
What Price Hollywood?
Overview: Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-24
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