Fred Stone
Also Known As: Fred Andrew Stone
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, went on to act on vaudeville, and became a star on Broadway and in feature films, which earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Stone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Longmont, Colorado, USA
Birthday: August 18, 1873
Deathday: March 06, 1959
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Johnny Get Your Gun
Overview: While Bill Burnham is jailed for drunkenly shooting up the town, he receives a letter saying that his father has died, his sister Janet is about to marry a worthless count, and the family fortune is in danger. Unable to leave, he convinces his friend, Johnny Wiggins, a motion picture cowboy, to go to his home in Palm Beach, which Bill left as a boy, and impersonate him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-09
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The Westerner
Overview: Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-18
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Alice Adams
Overview: In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-23
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Overview: A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-13
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My American Wife
Overview: Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian fighter Lafe Cantillon (Fred Stone). Lafe's social-climbing sister-in-law (Billie Burke) insists that her daughter Mary wed a titled European, Count Ferdinand (Francis Lederer). Much to Lafe's delight, Mary isn't assimilated into Continental high society; instead, she instructs Count Ferdinand in the virtues of good, old-fashioned American democracy. And, of, course, the Count and Lafe become great chums when the "furriner" proves that he can ride a bucking bronco with the best of 'em.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-06
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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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No Place to Go
Overview: An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-23
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Life Begins in College
Overview: When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Quick Money
Overview: Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-10
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Hideaway
Overview: A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-13
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Under the Top
Overview: Jimmie, a small-town boy, visits a traveling circus passing through town. he falls in love with Pansy, the daughter of the circus' tightrope walker, after he saves her from a gang of thugs...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-04
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Konga, the Wild Stallion
Overview: A long-standing feud between a rancher and a neighboring wheat farmer only intensifies after the rancher's wild stallion causes damage to the farmer's property. Western drama.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-30
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Overview: After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-24
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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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The Duke of Chimney Butte
Overview: Lambert, a young man out to make his fortune, is out west trying to sell a gadget that can peel potatoes, open cans, pull out nails and perform other handy tasks. He comes to a cattle ranch and runs into a group of cowboys eating supper. He impresses the cowboys so much that they make him their leader, and it's not long before he's hired by pretty young ranch manager Vesta Philbrook as her aide and bodyguard. "The Duke", as he's now called, falls in love with her and sets out to help her get rid of a gang of vicious cattle rustlers that are constantly raiding her ranch.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-04
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Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-06
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Billy Jim
Overview: Billy Jim is a rich cowboy who tries to seduce a young girl whose father exploits a mine.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-29
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