Moroni Olsen
Also Known As: Maroni Olsen, Moroni Olson, John Willard
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moroni Olsen (June 27, 1889 – November 22, 1954) was an American actor. Olsen was born in Ogden, Utah, to Mormon parents Edward Arenholt Olsen and Martha Hoverholst, who named him after the Moroni found in the Book of Mormon. Some sources have claimed that Olsen's birth name was John Willard Clawson, but there appears to be no support for this claim. Olsen studied at Weber Stake Academy, the predecessor of Weber State University. He then went to study at the University of Utah, where one of his teachers was Maud May Babcock. During World War I, he sold war bonds for the United States Navy. He also studied and performed in the Eastern United States around this time. In 1923, Olsen organized the "Moroni Olsen Players" out of Ogden. They performed at both Ogden's Orpheum Theatre and at various other locations spread from Salt Lake City to Seattle. After having worked on Broadway, he made his film debut in a 1935 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. He later played a different role in a 1939 comedy version of the story, starring Don Ameche as D'Artagnan and the Ritz Brothers as three dimwitted lackeys who are forced to substitute for the musketeers, who have drunk themselves into a stupor. His most famous role was the voice of the Slave in The Magic Mirror in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Olsen also provided the voice of the senior angel in It's a Wonderful Life. Olsen was an active member of the LDS Church, being a teacher of youth in the Hoolwood Ward. He also was director of the Pilgramage Play of Hollywood for several years.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 26, 1889
Age: 135 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 22, 1954
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Notorious
Overview: In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
Genres: Thriller Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-21
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Overview: A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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Santa Fe Trail
Overview: As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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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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Possessed
Overview: After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-29
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Father of the Bride
Overview: Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-18
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Father's Little Dividend
Overview: Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-05
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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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The Long, Long Trailer
Overview: A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-19
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What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Overview: An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-11
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Dust Be My Destiny
Overview: Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-16
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Call Northside 777
Overview: In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-13
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The Strange Woman
Overview: In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-25
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High Wall
Overview: Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-17
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Life with Father
Overview: A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-13
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Buffalo Bill
Overview: Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator's daughter (Maureen O'Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-02
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Allegheny Uprising
Overview: South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.
Genres: Western Action Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Rose of Washington Square
Overview: Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-05
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-14
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Annie Oakley
Overview: Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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The Long Night
Overview: City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-28
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Nazi Agent
Overview: Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-01
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The Glass Key
Overview: A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-08
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Dive Bomber
Overview: A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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The Last Gangster
Overview: A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and make him disclose the location of the loot he hid before going to the slammer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-12
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Dangerously They Live
Overview: A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
Genres: Romance War Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-24
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Pride of the Marines
Overview: Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-24
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No Questions Asked
Overview: With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobsters so much that they invite him to work for them on a regular basis. But when Police Inspector Matt Duggan realizes that Steve is working as a middleman for the mob, the young lawyer finds himself in a life-threatening situation. In order to clear his name, he must betray the deadly crooks he's been working for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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Brigham Young
Overview: Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Genres: History Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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One Foot in Heaven
Overview: Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-01
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Overview: Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-04
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Marry Me Again
Overview: Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a home and babies, with himself as the sole source of income on his $65 a week. Doris has to find a way to make him change his mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-22
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Overview: A PI investigates a priest's murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-07
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Overview: In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-15
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The Three Musketeers
Overview: The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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Roger Touhy, Gangster
Overview: Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-03
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At Sword's Point
Overview: France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-22
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East of the River
Overview: Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-09
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Washington Story
Overview: A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is all a facade and sets out to uncover the truth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-01
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Overview: A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-13
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Grand Jury
Overview: When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-07
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Boys' Ranch
Overview: A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-18
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Code of the Secret Service
Overview: Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-27
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Barricade
Overview: In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-08
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That Hagen Girl
Overview: Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-01
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So This Is Love
Overview: Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-15
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Life with Henry
Overview: Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-23
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Up in Central Park
Overview: A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-09
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Overview: In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-01
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We're Only Human
Overview: A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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M'Liss
Overview: The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-27
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Samson and Delilah
Overview: When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-21
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Yellow Dust
Overview: After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-12
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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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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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Susannah of the Mounties
Overview: This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-13
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Mary of Scotland
Overview: The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-28
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Lone Star
Overview: Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-24
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There Goes My Heart
Overview: An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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That's Right – You're Wrong
Overview: J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-24
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Command Decision
Overview: High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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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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Two in Revolt
Overview: A dog and a horse become unlikely allies when they attempt to thwart a crooked gambler from rigging a race.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-03
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Mummy's Boys
Overview: Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-02
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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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The Three Musketeers
Overview: A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Three Sons o' Guns
Overview: Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-02
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The Witness Chair
Overview: Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-23
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Don't Fence Me In
Overview: Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-20
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Adventure's End
Overview: Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-05
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Kidnapped
Overview: Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-27
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It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Air Force
Overview: The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Genres: Action Drama War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-20
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Task Force
Overview: After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-30
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Brother Rat and a Baby
Overview: Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-13
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The Farmer in the Dell
Overview: An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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Submarine Command
Overview: Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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The Plough and the Stars
Overview: A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-26
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Gold Is Where You Find It
Overview: Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-12
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That Certain Age
Overview: Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home to write a series of European affair articles. When Fullerton's adolescent daughter Alice develops a crush on Bullit, her suitor, boyscout Ken Warren, doesn't seem to stand a chance. Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, Ken Warren, and even Vincent Bullit himself do their best to sway young Alice's feelings away from the older man. It's a difficult task though, as she is at 'that certain age.'
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-06
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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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My Favorite Spy
Overview: The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-12
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Respect the Law
Overview: Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-04
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Sundown Jim
Overview: US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a peaceful end. This requires him to clean out the local criminal element, which he does with determination.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-27
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Payment on Demand
Overview: David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-03
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The Soldier and the Lady
Overview: In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
Genres: Adventure History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-09
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Sign of the Pagan
Overview: Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-24
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Off the Record
Overview: After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-21
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If I Had My Way
Overview: Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-05
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The Bill of Rights
Overview: This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-19
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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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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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We've Never Been Licked
Overview: Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-29
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From This Day Forward
Overview: A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-02
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Cobra Woman
Overview: A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-12
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Reunion in France
Overview: Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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Invisible Stripes
Overview: A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-30
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Marie Antoinette
Overview: The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-26
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Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-30
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