Dan Wolheim
Also Known As: Morris Jack Wolheim, Morris Wolheim
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
Birthday: February 08, 1890
Deathday: July 11, 1968
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Gender: Other
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Tell Your Children
Overview: High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-15
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West of Zanzibar
Overview: A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-24
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Across to Singapore
Overview: While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-07
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The Far Call
Overview: A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls for the governor's daughter who learns that the poacher is the estranged son of a prominent citizen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-28
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Won by a Neck
Overview: Won by a Neck is a 1930 Comedy short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-05
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Sal of Singapore
Overview: SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, nearly disappared from view. However, a preservation print does exist at UCLA, although it is unavailable for public viewing, awaiting restoration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-04
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East Side, West Side
Overview: Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that fully exploits star George O’Brien’s championship boxing prowess.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-09
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Overview: A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-08
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Trail Dust
Overview: Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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The Oklahoma Kid
Overview: McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
Genres: Western History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-11
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The Office Scandal
Overview: Haver, a newspaper reporter persuades a judge to release the suspected killer of a wealthy racetrack owner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-03
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Speedy
Overview: Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-07
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Hey, Pop!
Overview: Roscoe Arbuckle loses his job to protect a young boy from the orphanage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-12
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Hollywood Cowboy
Overview: Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson finishes a picture and goes camping. Attracted to Joyce Butler, he hires on at her ranch and quickly gets caught up in Butler's conflict with Kramer. When the Butlers refuse to buy his service, he has their cattle stampeded.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-28
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Tenderloin
Overview: Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout. Chuck's interest in her is only just as another toy to play with. Rose is unknowingly placed in a position in which she is implicated in a crime which she knows nothing about.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-14
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Side Street
Overview: Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-14
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Juvenile Court
Overview: Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-10
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The Flying Fool
Overview: A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advantage of him. Unfortunately, he winds up falling in love with her himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-10
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The Fleet's In
Overview: A girl who works in a dance hall falls in love with a sailor, but he has the wrong idea of what it is she does and doesn't want anything to do with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-15
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The Racket
Overview: A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-01
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