Veda Buckland
Also Known As: Veda McEvers, Vera Buckland
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birthday: August 24, 1882
Deathday: May 20, 1941
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Little Miss Marker
Overview: Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-01
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This Mad World
Overview: Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is billeted in the Parisot home while waiting to see her husband. Victoria discovers that Paul is a spy and, although fascinated by him, plans to reveal his identity to her husband. When the latter is unable to visit her, she attempts to go to the German army headquarters.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-11
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The Miracle Man
Overview: A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-01
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Follow Thru
Overview: Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Rockabye
Overview: A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-25
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Sinners in the Sun
Overview: A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-13
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The Women
Overview: A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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Girls About Town
Overview: A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-07
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The Philadelphia Story
Overview: When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-05
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Doctor Bull
Overview: In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-22
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What Price Hollywood?
Overview: Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-24
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The Texan
Overview: Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-10
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The Right to Love
Overview: A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-27
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No More Ladies
Overview: A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-14
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The Greene Murder Case
Overview: Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-11
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Overview: A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-04
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