Dolores Moran
Biography: Dolores Moran (January 27, 1924 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model. Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy. By 1943 she had become a popular pin-up girl and appeared on the cover of such magazines as Yank. She was given supporting roles in films such as Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis and Warner Bros. attempted to increase interest in her, promoting her along with Lauren Bacall as a new screen personality when they co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944). The film made a star of Bacall, but Moran languished and her subsequent films did little to further her career, this probably had something to do with Howard Hawk's decision to marginalise Moran in order to boost the screen presence of Bacall, excising some of Moran's scenes. The Horn Blows at Midnight gave her a leading role with Jack Benny and Alexis Smith but her film appearances after this were sporadic, and she suffered ill health that reduced her ability to work. Her film career ended in 1954 with a featured role in the John Payne and Lizabeth Scott western film Silver Lode. She was married to the film producer Benedict E. Bogeaus in Salome, Arizona, in 1946. Their son, Brett Benedict, born August 30, 1948, in Hollywood, later became a successful businessman. They divorced in 1962, he died of a heart attack in 1968. Moran had an affair with director Howard Hawks while filming To Have and Have Not, which Hawks undertook mainly as revenge for his rejection by Bacall in favour of Bogart. In 1982, Dolores Moran died of cancer. She was survived by her son, sister, and mother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolores Moran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 27, 1924
Deathday: February 05, 1982
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To Have and Have Not
1945-01-20
To Have and Have Not
Overview: A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Genres: Adventure Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-20
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The Man I Love
1946-12-26
The Man I Love
Overview: Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-26
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Count the Hours!
1953-04-01
Count the Hours!
Overview: A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Silver Lode
1954-07-23
Silver Lode
Overview: Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-23
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Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15
Hollywood Canteen
Overview: Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-15
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Overview: A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-28
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Johnny One-Eye
1950-05-05
Johnny One-Eye
Overview: Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-05
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Old Acquaintance
1943-11-27
Old Acquaintance
Overview: Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-27
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Christmas Eve
1947-10-31
Christmas Eve
Overview: The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-31
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The Hard Way
1943-01-13
The Hard Way
Overview: Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-13
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Mr. Noisy
1946-03-22
Mr. Noisy
Overview: This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-22
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The Ghost Breakers
1940-06-21
The Ghost Breakers
Overview: After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-21
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Too Young to Know
1945-12-01
Too Young to Know
Overview: A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-01
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Three Cheers for the Girls
1943-05-08
Three Cheers for the Girls
Overview: This short film showcases six production numbers from various Warner Bros. musicals.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-08
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942-05-29
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Overview: A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-29
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Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Without Reservations
Overview: Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-13
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