Lew Fields
Also Known As: Moses Schoenfeld
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: January 01, 1867
Deathday: July 20, 1941
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Two Flaming Youths
Overview: Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle. Neither suitor gets Malarkey but manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) for a bundle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-17
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Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Overview: Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-15
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Weber and Fields Pool Hall
Overview: Vaudeville stars Weber and Fields perform their famous pool hall routine in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-15
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The Delicatessen Shop
Overview: Mike and Meyer are co-owners of a delicatessen shop which is successful and runs smoothly for many years until they begin mistrusting each other.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-31
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Friendly Enemies
Overview: As youths, Carl Pfeiffer and Henry Block came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer became a wholesale shoe dealer, while Block became a banker. In spite of their lines of work, they apparently save most of their energy for their unending arguments with each other. The latest dispute involves the Great War (the film takes place in the days just before America became involved).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-16
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Overview: In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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Blossoms On Broadway
Overview: A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-19
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23 -- Skidoo
Overview: Otto Ott owns and operates a summer garden, which is successful if only because they serve the largest beers in town for only 5¢ apiece. The problem is Otto's manager wife. Although they have been married only a year, to him it feels like an eternity. Mrs. Ott is the bane of all the waiters' existences, all of whom she fires. This situation causes a staffing problem for Otto. Otto's solution may lead to another problem for him at home, while Mrs. Ott's solution causes further problems for Otto, one which may not be entirely her fault.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-06
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Broadway to Hollywood
Overview: In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-15
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Lillian Russell
Overview: Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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Actors' Fund Field Day
Overview: It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-10-11
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The Corner Grocer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-01
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