Roy Atwell
Also Known As: John Leroy Atwell, Рой Этвелл
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 02, 1878
Age: 147 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 06, 1962
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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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People Are Funny
Overview: A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-11
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The Heart Specialist
Overview: Because he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the lovelorn" column. Rosalie Beckwith, the column's author, naturally disagrees with him. The editor suggests that she prove him wrong by seeing if she can find romance within a 40-mile radius of the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-04-09
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Red Hot Romance
Overview: After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-13
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Where There's Life
Overview: In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-21
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Varsity Show
Overview: Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-04
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The Harvester
Overview: In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-18
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The Fleet's In
Overview: Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-24
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Souls for Sale
Overview: A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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Abie's Irish Rose
Overview: Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-27
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Honolulu
Overview: Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-03
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Bridal Suite
Overview: A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-26
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
Overview: Four musical numbers plus a short comedy sketch. Harriet Lee sings "Sitting on a Log", multi-instrumentalist Frank Novak Jr. plays the accordion, clarinet, saxophone, and xylophone, Baby Rose Marie sings "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal", and Morton Downey sings "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" at the piano. Roy Atwell plays a radio announcer who keeps tripping over his words.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-16
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Grand Larceny
Overview: Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-26
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Echo Mountain
Overview: Echo Mountain (1936) is a color musical short where they sing their songs in a mountains setting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Behind the Mike
Overview: Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-26
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The Outsider
Overview: Leontine Sturdee and her dancing partner Basil Owen tour Hungry. They meet Anton Ragatzy, a mystic faith healer who falls in love with the young woman. When she is injured during an acrobatic dance move, she is taken to London where the doctors pronounce her an incurable cripple. Anton follows her to London where he offers her aid but is denounced by the doctors. Finally he obtains admission to see Leontine. After several failures she is able to rise and walk at his command. Leontine realizes that it was not his healing abilities but their mutual love that wrought the cure. A lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-17
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Gentleman Joe Palooka
Overview: In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize=fighting profession. But, his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name and discredit the crooked politicians.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-05
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Disney's Greatest Villains
Overview: The Slave in the Magic Mirror is the host of this show, designed to explain that all heroes need villains to balance things out. Without villains, there would be no heroes. Villains from Disney films abound here.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-15
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South of Suva
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Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-16
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