Marjorie Rambeau
Also Known As: Marjorie Burnet Rambeau, Марджори Рэмбо
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress. She began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, Her Man (1930). She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Primrose Path (1940) and Torch Song (1953), and received the 1955 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in A Man Called Peter and The View from Pompey's Head.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: July 15, 1889
Deathday: July 06, 1970
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Inspiration
Overview: The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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Palooka
Overview: Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-26
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Abandoned
Overview: A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-26
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The Secret Six
Overview: Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-18
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In Old Oklahoma
Overview: Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-06
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Man of a Thousand Faces
Overview: The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-15
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A Man Called Peter
Overview: Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-31
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Tobacco Road
Overview: Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-20
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Primrose Path
Overview: Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Santa Fe Marshal
Overview: U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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Bad for Each Other
Overview: A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-24
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Min and Bill
Overview: Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-29
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Slander
Overview: A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer's career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-18
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Laughing Sinners
Overview: Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-30
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Broadway
Overview: Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-08
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Any Number Can Play
Overview: When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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Man's Castle
Overview: Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-20
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First Lady
Overview: A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-04
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The Walls of Jericho
Overview: In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-22
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The Easiest Way
Overview: Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura Murdock decides not to marry the boy next door and instead accepts wealthy, older William Brockton's invitation to move in with him. After falling in love with young up-and-coming newsman Jack Madison she leaves Will to wait for Jack's return from a long assignment. She runs out of money and becomes desperate, returning to Will who, upon learning of Jack's sudden arrival, tells Laura she must inform Jack of her living situation or he will.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-07
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Her Man
Overview: A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-21
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Torch Song
Overview: Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-01
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Forever Female
Overview: An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-28
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East of the River
Overview: Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-09
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The Lucky Stiff
Overview: A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-26
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National Red Cross Pageant
Overview: The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-01
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Son of India
Overview: An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Overview: New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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20 Mule Team
Overview: It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-03
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Hell Divers
Overview: The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-16
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A Modern Hero
Overview: A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-21
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Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Overview: Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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Sudden Money
Overview: Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-31
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The View from Pompey's Head
Overview: Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-04
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Merrily We Live
Overview: Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-04
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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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Army Wives
Overview: When Jerry Van Dyke, a young debutante, decides to marry Barney, an Army corporal, whom she met at a USO dance, her family objects and consequently, the couple are unable to obtain a marriage license because Jerry doesn't come of age for four days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-12
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Strangers May Kiss
Overview: After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advice of her happily married aunt Celia -- who encourages her to demand a serious commitment -- Lisbeth continues to see Alan, even after she hears he may have a wife in France. When Alan's work sends him abroad, a lovesick Lisbeth struggles to understand her feelings.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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The Greater Woman
Overview: Farmer Leo Bannister is obsessed with his neighbor Auriole Praed, but she finds him too strong. She travels to Paris and marries a young painter, but Bannister plots to use an actress to win her back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-26
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Motherhood
Overview: European peasants Albert & Louise are separated by war with Albert only able to return once during the conflict. While he is away the enemy’s captain seizes their home as his headquarters and forces himself on Louise. When the war ends shortly afterwards Albert is overjoyed at the news of a birth of a son but begins to question when he finds that Louise has rejected the child. Forcing a confession from her about her molestation he reacts with vengeance towards the child but Louise realizing the boy is blameless acts to protect him and the three form a family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-26
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Under Pressure
Overview: Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of the tunnel first, with the winning team getting more money and guaranteed future work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-02
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The Rains Came
Overview: Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-15
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Woman Against Woman
Overview: A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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Strictly Personal
Overview: Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-17
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Three Sons o' Guns
Overview: Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-02
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Ready for Love
Overview: In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her boarding school to stay with her retired aunt, a former actress, who try as she might, has never been welcomed into the snobbish community in which she resides. The young woman too, is shunned and ends up being victimized in witchcraft trial and ducked into a pool of water.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-30
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Salome, Where She Danced
Overview: During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
Genres: Western War Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-17
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Laugh It Off
Overview: Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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Grand Canary
Overview: Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-20
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A Tailor-Made Man
Overview: John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-28
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Breakdowns of 1938
Overview: Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-31
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Left Over Ladies
Overview: Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-30
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It's Murder She Says...
Overview: A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-15
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Syncopating Sue
Overview: Susan Adams, who works as a pianist in a Broadway music store, has ambitions for a stage career. Arthur Bennett, famous theater producer and successful star-maker, calls her into his office to complain about her loud piano under him, and she haughty replies that if he gives her a chance on stage, she will do it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-31
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Dizzy Dames
Overview: A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-29
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Oh, What a Night!
Overview: An international jewel thief tries to keep his secret from his neice.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-02
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The Debt
Overview: A reception in their small village in celebration of the Count’s daughter Ann’s engagement to Baron Moreno is disrupted by the news that a mine in which the whole village has invested is worthless. Having persuaded the townspeople to invest their savings in the venture, the Count commits suicide, and the baron jilts the now-destitute Ann. Bereft Ann marries American promoter Slater, moving to the United States in hopes of earning enough to pay off her father's debts and the couple have a child. However, the baron follows Ann, raping her. Slater's jealous mother uses this opportunity to break up their marriage. Ordered from the house Ann has no option but to turn to the baron for sanctuary. Slater attempting a reconciliation for their child’s sake tracks her to the baron house where a fight occurs with both men being mortally wounded. Ann returns to her child; finds her mother-in-law repentant, and the three return to France to repay the debt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-23
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The Common Cause
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-05
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