Charles Trowbridge
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in 233 films between 1915 and 1958. Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States. He ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii before venturing into acting. Trowbridge's Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Ladies of Creation (1931), Congai (1928), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1927), We Never Learn (1927), Craig's Wife (1925), It All Depends (1925), The Backslapper (1924), The Locked Door (1924), Sweet Seventeen (1923), The Lullaby (1923), The Last Warning (1922), The Night Call (1921), Just Because (1921), The Broken Wing (1920), Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914). Trowbridge died in Los Angeles, California.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 09, 1882
Deathday: October 30, 1967
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The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20
The Mummy's Hand
Overview: A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.
Genres: Horror Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-20
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Our Town
1940-05-24
Our Town
Overview: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
Libeled Lady
Overview: When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15
Hoodlum Empire
Overview: It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-15
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Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Hollow Triumph
Overview: Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-18
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The Man They Could Not Hang
1939-08-17
The Man They Could Not Hang
Overview: Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-17
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Overview: Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-01
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The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
The House of the Seven Gables
Overview: In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-12
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Shock
1946-02-01
Shock
Overview: In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940-12-13
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Overview: A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Undercover Doctor
1939-06-09
Undercover Doctor
Overview: Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-09
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Silence
1931-08-29
Silence
Overview: A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Overview: Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-05
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The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
The Mummy's Tomb
Overview: A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-23
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Undercurrent
Overview: After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-11
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The Red Dragon
1945-08-01
The Red Dragon
Overview: Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-01
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Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Sergeant York
Overview: Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-27
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Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946-06-22
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Overview: Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-22
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Great Guns
1941-10-10
Great Guns
Overview: Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-10
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Nancy Drew… Detective
1938-11-19
Nancy Drew… Detective
Overview: After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-19
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Key Witness
1947-10-09
Key Witness
Overview: A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-09
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The Paleface
1948-12-17
The Paleface
Overview: Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-17
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Overview: Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-04
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Overview: A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-19
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Mr. Soft Touch
1949-07-28
Mr. Soft Touch
Overview: When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-28
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Tarzan and the Huntress
1947-04-05
Tarzan and the Huntress
Overview: A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-05
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Summer Storm
1944-07-14
Summer Storm
Overview: It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-14
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Strange Alibi
1941-04-19
Strange Alibi
Overview: An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-19
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Shoot to Kill
1947-03-15
Shoot to Kill
Overview: A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-15
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Belle Starr
1941-09-12
Belle Starr
Overview: After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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The Fatal Hour
1940-01-15
The Fatal Hour
Overview: When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-15
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Overview: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Genres: Action History Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-17
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Crime School
1938-05-10
Crime School
Overview: In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden arrives determined to change things, but despite the help of Frankie's sister, Mark's reform plans -- and Frankie's future -- may be sabotaged from within.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-10
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That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
That Certain Woman
Overview: A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-30
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Gang Bullets
1938-11-10
Gang Bullets
Overview: A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-10
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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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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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Full Confession
1939-09-08
Full Confession
Overview: A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-08
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Valley of the Zombies
1946-05-26
Valley of the Zombies
Overview: A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-26
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Stage Struck
1948-06-13
Stage Struck
Overview: A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-13
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They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
They Gave Him a Gun
Overview: With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Genres: War Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-07
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The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
The Gorgeous Hussy
Overview: It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Smooth as Silk
1946-02-01
Smooth as Silk
Overview: An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
Exclusive Story
Overview: A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-17
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The Thirteenth Chair
1937-05-07
The Thirteenth Chair
Overview: A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-07
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Mad Holiday
1936-11-13
Mad Holiday
Overview: A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-13
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Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
Sergeant Madden
Overview: A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
My Love Came Back
Overview: Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-13
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King of the Texas Rangers
1941-10-03
King of the Texas Rangers
Overview: Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
Genres: Action Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-03
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Sea Racketeers
1937-08-20
Sea Racketeers
Overview: J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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Fit for a King
1937-09-01
Fit for a King
Overview: Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-01
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947-04-25
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Overview: A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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Boy Trouble
1939-01-27
Boy Trouble
Overview: A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-27
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We Go Fast
1941-09-19
We Go Fast
Overview: A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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Exiled to Shanghai
1937-12-20
Exiled to Shanghai
Overview: A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-20
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Gangs of New York
1938-05-23
Gangs of New York
Overview: An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-23
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We Went to College
1936-06-19
We Went to College
Overview: Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-19
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Speed
1936-05-08
Speed
Overview: Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-08
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Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Crime Ring
Overview: Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-08
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That Other Woman
1942-11-13
That Other Woman
Overview: A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-13
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King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
King of Chinatown
Overview: A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27
Moonlight Murder
Overview: An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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Risky Business
1939-03-03
Risky Business
Overview: Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-03
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The Patient in Room 18
1938-01-08
The Patient in Room 18
Overview: Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-08
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Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
Submarine Patrol
Overview: A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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The Man with Nine Lives
1940-04-18
The Man with Nine Lives
Overview: Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-18
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Sex Hygiene
1942-02-01
Sex Hygiene
Overview: Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal disease. A graphic and frank presentation of the types and treatment of venereal disease follows. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2007.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-01
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The Invisible Menace
1938-01-11
The Invisible Menace
Overview: Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-11
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Man Of The People
1937-01-27
Man Of The People
Overview: An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-27
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Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Smashing the Rackets
Overview: Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-08
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Racket Busters
1938-07-16
Racket Busters
Overview: A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-16
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Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Woman Wanted
Overview: Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-02
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Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
Angels Wash Their Faces
Overview: A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-26
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The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
The Devil Is a Sissy
Overview: A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
The Texas Rangers
Overview: It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-03
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Homicide Bureau
1939-01-05
Homicide Bureau
Overview: After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-05
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Smashing the Money Ring
1939-10-21
Smashing the Money Ring
Overview: T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-21
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Men with Wings
1938-07-16
Men with Wings
Overview: Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-16
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The Nurse's Secret
1941-05-24
The Nurse's Secret
Overview: An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-24
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Mama Steps Out
1937-02-05
Mama Steps Out
Overview: A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-05
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King of the Underworld
1939-01-14
King of the Underworld
Overview: Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-14
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Let Us Live
1939-03-29
Let Us Live
Overview: When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Overview: FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-06
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Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
Each Dawn I Die
Overview: A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-19
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Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939-07-31
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Overview: Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard a slave ship on the high seas, the bartering of natives for slavery in a tropical paradise, and battle scenes between enraged California settlers and the Mexican Army.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-31
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Lady of the Tropics
1939-08-11
Lady of the Tropics
Overview: Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-11
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Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River
Overview: Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Genres: Drama Music Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-29
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Kentucky
1938-12-30
Kentucky
Overview: Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-30
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Let's Make Music
1941-01-17
Let's Make Music
Overview: An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-17
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Overview: A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-11
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Overview: When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-17
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Prohibition
1915-01-01
Prohibition
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-01
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Wake Island
1942-08-11
Wake Island
Overview: In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-11
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Espionage
1937-02-26
Espionage
Overview: Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-26
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
The Magnificent Dope
Overview: Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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Blue, White, and Perfect
1942-01-06
Blue, White, and Perfect
Overview: In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-06
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Dressed to Kill
1941-08-08
Dressed to Kill
Overview: A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-08
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Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
Mildred Pierce
Overview: A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-20
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The Great Lie
1941-04-05
The Great Lie
Overview: After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-05
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The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
The Great Mr. Nobody
Overview: A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-15
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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940-09-06
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Overview: A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-06
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I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
I Take This Woman
Overview: On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-02
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Unmasked
1950-01-30
Unmasked
Overview: The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-30
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Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
Edison, the Man
Overview: In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-10
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Pride of the Navy
1939-01-23
Pride of the Navy
Overview: A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-23
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Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
Alcatraz Island
Overview: A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-13
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Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Johnny Apollo
Overview: Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-19
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Cherokee Strip
1940-10-10
Cherokee Strip
Overview: Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon arrival, Morrell finds himself at odds with banker Coy Barrett (Victor Jory), who is actually the leader of all local criminal activities.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Captains Courageous
Overview: Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-25
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Trail of the Vigilantes
1940-12-13
Trail of the Vigilantes
Overview: A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Virginia City
1940-03-23
Virginia City
Overview: Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-23
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Last of the Pagans
1935-12-20
Last of the Pagans
Overview: Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-20
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The Bushwhackers
1951-12-07
The Bushwhackers
Overview: Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.
Genres: Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
The Hoodlum Saint
Overview: A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-04
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Hotel for Women
1939-08-03
Hotel for Women
Overview: Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-03
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The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
The Son of Monte Cristo
Overview: Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-05
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Before I Hang
1940-09-17
Before I Hang
Overview: Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Genres: Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-17
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It's in the Air
1935-10-10
It's in the Air
Overview: Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-10
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Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
Knute Rockne All American
Overview: The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-05
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Overview: A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-06
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This Thing Called Love
1940-12-20
This Thing Called Love
Overview: Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Don't You Believe It
1943-07-03
Don't You Believe It
Overview: This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-03
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Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
Meet John Doe
Overview: As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-14
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Black Gold
1947-09-16
Black Gold
Overview: A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-16
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Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30
Faces in the Fog
Overview: Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-30
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The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
The Fighting Seabees
Overview: Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-27
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I Live My Life
1935-10-04
I Live My Life
Overview: A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
Sinner Take All
Overview: A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-18
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Cafe Society
1939-03-03
Cafe Society
Overview: A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-03
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Peggy
1950-07-01
Peggy
Overview: Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-01
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I Take This Woman
1931-06-26
I Take This Woman
Overview: A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits her, and after trying to make a go of it as a cowboy's wife, they agree to divorce and she returns back east to her family. However, she soon changes her mind and determines to get her husband back.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-26
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Hurricane Smith
1941-07-20
Hurricane Smith
Overview: Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new life, but one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot which he believes Smith has.
Genres: Action Western Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-20
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Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four Mothers
Overview: Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-04
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The Secret Call
1931-07-24
The Secret Call
Overview: The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-24
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Overview: This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-26
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Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943-09-07
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Overview: Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-07
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Important News
1936-02-29
Important News
Overview: In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-29
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Dangerous Number
1937-01-22
Dangerous Number
Overview: Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-22
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Over My Dead Body
1942-01-15
Over My Dead Body
Overview: Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-15
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Design for Scandal
1941-12-01
Design for Scandal
Overview: A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-01
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Damaged Love
1931-01-24
Damaged Love
Overview: Determined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him. This film is lost.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1931-01-24
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Rendezvous
1935-10-25
Rendezvous
Overview: A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Overview: A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-17
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Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
Absolute Quiet
Overview: Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-24
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On Trial
1939-04-01
On Trial
Overview: An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
They Were Expendable
Overview: After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-07
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They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27
They Met in Bombay
Overview: A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-27
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Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Action in the North Atlantic
Overview: Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-12
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Bad Boy
1949-02-22
Bad Boy
Overview: A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-22
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Honor Among Lovers
1931-02-28
Honor Among Lovers
Overview: Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-28
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Madame Curie
1943-12-16
Madame Curie
Overview: Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-16
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Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Mission to Moscow
Overview: Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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Torture Money
1937-01-02
Torture Money
Overview: In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-02
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Overview: Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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The Falcon in Danger
1943-07-17
The Falcon in Danger
Overview: Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.
Genres: Crime Mystery War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-17
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Song of My Heart
1948-01-31
Song of My Heart
Overview: The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-31
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The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
The Fountainhead
Overview: An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-25
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Tycoon
1947-12-27
Tycoon
Overview: Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-27
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Buck Privates Come Home
Overview: Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Genres: Comedy Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-04
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The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
The Mad Miss Manton
Overview: When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-21
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Michigan Kid
1947-08-11
Michigan Kid
Overview: A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-11
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Cadet Girl
1941-11-28
Cadet Girl
Overview: A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
Tennessee Johnson
Overview: The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-01
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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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Mad Love
1935-07-12
Mad Love
Overview: An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-12
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Tropic Fury
1939-09-01
Tropic Fury
Overview: An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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Captain America
1944-02-05
Captain America
Overview: Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-05
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
The Sea of Grass
Overview: On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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Meet the Stewarts
1942-05-21
Meet the Stewarts
Overview: A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-21
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Hey, Rookie
1944-04-06
Hey, Rookie
Overview: Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him his help. He thinks, she does it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about this, till he finds out, that she has no such intentions.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-06
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Calm Yourself
1935-06-28
Calm Yourself
Overview: A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help clients solve their unusual and problematic situations.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-28
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The Secret of the Whistler
1946-11-07
The Secret of the Whistler
Overview: A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-07
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