David Manners
Also Known As: David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, Rauff Acklom
Biography: David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Todd Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula. The following year he portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures, The Mummy. Manners abandoned his film career in 1936, and his theatrical career seventeen years later.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Adult: No
Deathday: December 23, 1998
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Dracula
Overview: British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-12
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The Black Cat
Overview: After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-07
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Overview: A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-03
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Roman Scandals
Overview: A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-27
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The Mummy
Overview: An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-22
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Journey's End
Overview: In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-09
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The Miracle Woman
Overview: After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-17
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Torch Singer
Overview: When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-08
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A Bill of Divorcement
Overview: A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-28
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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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Man Wanted
Overview: A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-23
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The Death Kiss
Overview: When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-05
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They Call It Sin
Overview: A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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Lady with a Past
Overview: A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-19
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The Last Flight
Overview: Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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Hearts in Bondage
Overview: Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-26
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Beauty and the Boss
Overview: An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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The Girl in 419
Overview: A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-26
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The Moonstone
Overview: A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-20
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From Hell to Heaven
Overview: The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-24
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Crooner
Overview: Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-20
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The Perfect Clue
Overview: Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-13
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The Truth About Youth
Overview: A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-03
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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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The Ruling Voice
Overview: A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-10
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Stranger in Town
Overview: Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-06
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The Millionaire
Overview: A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-01
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The Devil's in Love
Overview: The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-21
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Kismet
Overview: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-30
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The Warrior's Husband
Overview: The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-28
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Overview: Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
Genres: History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-01
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A Woman Rebels
Overview: A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-06
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Dracula Unearthed
Overview: Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-31
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He Knew Women
Overview: A novelist has to choose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-21
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Mothers Cry
Overview: Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-04
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Jalna
Overview: A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-09
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Dracula
Overview: 8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Luck of a Sailor
Overview: In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-26
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Sweet Mama
Overview: A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she loves.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-06
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The Great Flirtation
Overview: An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-15
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Overview: A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-01
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Lucky Fugitives
Overview: Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an attractive lady. Wycoff escapes custody and flees across the country with the law in hot pursuit, refusing to establish either his true identity or his innocence until the lady unwillingly trapped at his side agrees to marry him.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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