Joan Bennett
Also Known As: Joan Geraldine Bennett, Joanie, Джоан Беннетт, جوآن بنت
Biography: Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies well into the sound era. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies such as The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945). Bennett had three distinct phases to her long and successful career, first as a winsome blonde ingenue, then as a sensuous brunette femme fatale (with looks that movie magazines often compared to those of Hedy Lamarr), and finally as a warmhearted wife/mother figure. In 1951, Bennett's screen career was marred by scandal after her third husband, film producer Walter Wanger, shot and injured her agent Jennings Lang. Wanger suspected that Lang and Bennett were having an affair, a charge which she adamantly denied. In the 1960s, she achieved success for her portrayal of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on TV's Dark Shadows, for which she received an Emmy nomination. For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: February 27, 1910
Deathday: December 07, 1990
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Secret Beyond the Door
Overview: After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-24
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Suddenly, Love
Overview: Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-04
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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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We're No Angels
Overview: Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-07
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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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Man Hunt
Overview: Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-13
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Hollow Triumph
Overview: Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-18
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The Reckless Moment
Overview: After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-09
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The Macomber Affair
Overview: A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-20
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Margin for Error
Overview: When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-10
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The Woman on the Beach
Overview: A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-07
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There's Always Tomorrow
Overview: When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-08
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Overview: Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-13
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The House Across the Bay
Overview: Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-01
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Highway Dragnet
Overview: An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-20
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Scarlet Street
Overview: Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-25
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The Woman in the Window
Overview: A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-25
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Little Women
Overview: Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations, joy, and kindness from their wealthy neighbor and his high-spirited grandson.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-24
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The Son of Monte Cristo
Overview: Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-05
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Bulldog Drummond
Overview: Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-02
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Wedding Present
Overview: Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-09
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Big Brown Eyes
Overview: Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-03
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House of Dark Shadows
Overview: The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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Disraeli
Overview: Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-01
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Me and My Gal
Overview: Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-04
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Gidget Gets Married
Overview: Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-04
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Confirm or Deny
Overview: Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Puttin' on the Ritz
Overview: A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-19
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For Heaven's Sake
Overview: An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-15
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Private Worlds
Overview: At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-19
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The Texans
Overview: After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-12
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Vogues of 1938
Overview: An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-18
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Mississippi
Overview: A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Overview: A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-24
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Maybe It's Love
Overview: A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-04
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Wild Girl
Overview: Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-09
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Green Hell
Overview: A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Overview: Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Genres: Comedy History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-27
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Overview: A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him to honor the tradition of returning to the tables.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-14
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Arizona to Broadway
Overview: A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-22
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Trade Winds
Overview: After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-28
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Moby Dick
Overview: Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-20
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The Man I Married
Overview: An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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I Met My Love Again
Overview: In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows infatuated with handsome writer Michael Shaw, and they marry and move to Paris. Years later, after Michael's accidental death, Julie and her daughter move back to Vermont to live with her aunt and Julie finds Ives, now a professor, disinterested in resuming their romantic relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Overview: A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-26
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Three Live Ghosts
Overview: An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-15
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Two for Tonight
Overview: A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-12
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Hollywood Party
Overview: Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-03
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Nob Hill
Overview: A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-13
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Artists and Models Abroad
Overview: Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-20
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13 Hours by Air
Overview: Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves on the run from the law.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-30
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She Couldn't Take It
Overview: The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-08
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Scotland Yard
Overview: A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a locket with both their pictures in it as a remembrance of the wife's stunning beauty. After enlisting for WWI to escape prosecution, his face is disfigured in combat, and plastic surgeons mistakenly give him the banker's face. As the banker is conveniently MIA, it gives the criminal the opportunity to plan a bank heist from the inside and also to get closer to the banker's wife.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-19
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Overview: Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-01
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She Wanted a Millionaire
Overview: Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau where she risks terrible cruelty and even death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-21
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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This House Possessed
Overview: A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, that the house is alive and determined to keep her prisoner.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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The Guy Who Came Back
Overview: Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-16
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
Overview: Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
Genres: War Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-28
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The Eternal City
Overview: War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-17
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Two in a Crowd
Overview: When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-03
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The Divine Lady
Overview: Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-26
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Wild Geese Calling
Overview: In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-15
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Doctors' Wives
Overview: The trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Their troubles begin when the doctor makes a housecall to a seductive woman with designs upon him. His suspicious wife follows him and spies on him. She thinks they are getting romantic when he is actually trying to extricate himself from his predatory patient. She decides to get revenge with his best friend, but nothing happens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-14
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Careless Lady
Overview: Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-02
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Girl Trouble
Overview: A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-09
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Overview: Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-01
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Desire in the Dust
Overview: Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand........
Genres: Crime Romance Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-10
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She Knew All the Answers
Overview: Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-13
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Week Ends Only
Overview: A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-19
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Navy Wife
Overview: Japanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives, demand the same from their husbands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-20
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Overview: Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-04
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The Mississippi Gambler
Overview: He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beautiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gambler. How? Why? See the answer in this utterly charming, smashingly dramatic and colorful romance of river days fraught with adventure.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-03
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
Overview: The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-24
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Twin Beds
Overview: Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-30
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Show Folks
Overview: Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault of stage managers, agents, musicians...everybody but himself. Eddie likes to tell others how good he is, but seldom shows them. Kitty Mayo, an old-time burlesque queen, who is with the McNary Vaudeville Company, advises Eddie to get himself a partner, as his solo abilities can only be stretched so far. He decides to follow her advice and, while in a theatrical supply shop, he sees Rita Carey rehearsing her dancing act that includes a trained duck. Eddie tells Rita he is a good friend of McNary's, and, with him as her partner, her future in show business will be secured. She agrees to join him and Eddie promptly names the act "Eddie Kehoe and Partner". Despite his conceit, Rita likes Eddie, as do others in the troupe, including Cleo a little gold-digger.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Overview: Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-05
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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Overview: This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic TV drama "Dark Shadows" reveals the love triangle behind Barnabas Collins' tragic transformation to an immortal creature of the night.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-15
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Overview: In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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Hush Money
Overview: Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-05
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Overview: Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes from which have been edited together to form a three hour feature. It focuses on Quentin Collins' possession of David Collins & Amy Jennings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-15
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Power
Overview: Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-23
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Overview: Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-11
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Overview: Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Overview: Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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The Valley of Decision
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-04
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Suspiria
Overview: An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-01
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The Eyes of Charles Sand
Overview: A young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-29
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Screen Actors
Overview: This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-13
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Many a Slip
Overview: Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-02
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Crazy That Way
Overview: Young heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant appearance of Robert Metcalf, who follows her or them everywhere. This continues into their time at the country club, even interfering with tennis games. The two boys are constantly arguing, and Ann grows weary of them both, and after a knock down, drag out fight that destroys the Jordan garden, they realize she has fallen for an older man, Jack Gardner, an engineering friend of her father.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-20
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Casting Shadows
Overview: A documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC, intended to serve as an introduction to their 1987 re-broadcast of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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