Fred Howard
Also Known As: Freddie Howard, Frederick Howard, Frederic Howard
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 03, 1899
Age: 126 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 21, 1960
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D-Day on Mars
Overview: This is a shortened version of the 1945 Republic serial "The Purple Monster Strikes," which was released to television in 1966.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Hitchhike to Happiness
Overview: An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-16
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Rain
Overview: Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-12
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Code of the Prairie
Overview: Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper man arrives to town to civilize it. He brings along Frog, a photographer and Sunset Carson as muscle. The seedy element in the territory doesn't want law and order and they plot against them and try to stop Sunset Carson being sheriff.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-06
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Numbered Men
Overview: Prison drama from 1930. Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded King Callahan, set events in motion to prove that love and justice will prevail.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-07
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Crime of the Century
Overview: Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved with a group of people trying to conceal the death of the president of a large corporation so they can profit financially. With the aid of the dead man's daughter, Audrey Brandon, Hank exposes the crooks.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-28
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Sunset in El Dorado
Overview: The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like Roy. Roy, of course, also exists in the present for Dale.
Genres: Action Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-29
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The Hucksters
Overview: A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-17
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The Last Crooked Mile
Overview: A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-09
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Passkey to Danger
Overview: An advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious characters.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-11
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The Vampire's Ghost
Overview: In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-13
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Thanksgiving Day
Overview: Business is bad for doctors and undertakers, but it's Thanksgiving Day and luck might change.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-17
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Slightly French
Overview: A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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The Front Page
Overview: Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Armored Car Robbery
Overview: While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-08
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Millie
Overview: After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-06
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Goodbye, My Fancy
Overview: Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-19
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One Mysterious Night
Overview: After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-21
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A Successful Calamity
Overview: Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-17
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The Guilty Generation
Overview: The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-19
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