Claire Carleton
Also Known As: Claire Carlton, Clara Carlton
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: September 28, 1913
Deathday: December 11, 1979
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Born Yesterday
Overview: Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-26
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It's a Great Feeling
Overview: A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-01
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The Black Sleep
Overview: In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-15
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A Double Life
Overview: A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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Cast a Long Shadow
Overview: A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-24
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Accused of Murder
Overview: A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-21
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Witness to Murder
Overview: A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-15
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Ruthless
Overview: Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-16
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On the Town
Overview: Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-08
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The Buster Keaton Story
Overview: An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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Westward the Women
Overview: There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-16
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Overview: Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-24
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Gildersleeve on Broadway
Overview: On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-28
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Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Overview: A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-24
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Fort Massacre
Overview: New Mexico Territory, August 1879. The few surviving members of a cavalry column, which has been relentlessly decimated by the Apaches, attempt to reach Fort Crain. On their way through a hostile land, the obsessive and ruthless Sergeant Vinson takes to the limit the battered will of the troopers under his command.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-14
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Devil's Partner
Overview: An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-19
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Fright Night
Overview: The Stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on his next fight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-06
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This Property Is Condemned
Overview: Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-03
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By Love Possessed
Overview: An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-19
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Fling in the Ring
Overview: The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike", their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose their lives, the boys try to soften up Chopper so he'll lose. The fight gets canceled and the stooges have to contend with an angry Big Mike and his goons.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-06
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Cutie on Duty
Overview: Leon Errol buys his wife a gift.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-29
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Maid Trouble
Overview: Leon Errol wants to retain his maid; complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-02
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The Careless Years
Overview: A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-02
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Shockproof
Overview: Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
Genres: Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-25
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Sex and the Single Girl
Overview: A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-25
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A Night of Adventure
Overview: A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-02
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My Pal, Wolf
Overview: A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she's unaware the animal is a military dog being trained for service in WW2.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-25
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My Gun Is Quick
Overview: Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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The Time of Your Life
Overview: Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-03
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Rookies in Burma
Overview: In the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles, and Mike Strager, are still spending most of their time on KP duty. However they are captured by the Japanese and taken to a prison camp and discover that their long-suffering Sergeant Burke has also been captured. They manage to escape and find their way to a Burmese village in which two American showgirls, Janie and Connie who have escaped from Shanghai, are stranded. They all borrow an elephant and head for India.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-20
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Too Many Winners
Overview: Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-24
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Shadow Over Elveron
Overview: A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-05
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The Fighter
Overview: A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-23
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Key Witness
Overview: A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-09
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Seasoned Greetings
Overview: The owner of an unsuccessful greeting cards store decides to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the form of records.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-23
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Ride the Man Down
Overview: After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-25
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That Texas Jamboree
Overview: With the backing of the Mayor, Brady is running a crooked gambling operation. When Sheriff Curt shuts him down, he reopens when the Mayor charters his place as a private club. When Curt decides to run for Mayor, he is made to shut down the popular Warren medicine show. With Curt now out of favor the Warrens decide to run their daughter for Mayor and Brady has a plan to stop her also.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-16
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Reform School Girl
Overview: A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the jealous tempers fly.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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Her Accidental Hero
Overview: Harry Gribbon is a masseur. He's sent out on a couple of jobs. After the first one goes poorly, it's on to the next. Before he can get there, he's mistaken for a fall guy in a fake accident racket ring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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Bal Tabarin
Overview: Story of a girl who witnesses murder of notorious international jewel thief. Afraid that the gang will attack her, she flees to Paris.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-31
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The Crooked Road
Overview: A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-10
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Death in Small Doses
Overview: A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-15
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Grand Ole Opry
Overview: Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-25
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The Great Train Robbery
Overview: Tom Logan is a railroad detective who takes it upon himself to halt the activities of his crooked brother Duke. Duke and his henchman have stolen an entire gold train, including the passengers......
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-28
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Millionaire Playboy
Overview: A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-14
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Girl from Havana
Overview: Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-11
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Linda, Be Good
Overview: A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-07
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I Was a Burlesque Queen
Overview: 1947 film "Linda, Be Good" with added 3-D scenes with chorus girls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-13
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Mildred Pierce
Overview: A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-20
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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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If You Knew Susie
Overview: In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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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 Star
Overview: Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-11
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
Overview: A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-31
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Gun Town
Overview: Indian Agent Kip Lewis arrives in Gun Town where Buckskin Sawyer is having her payroll shipments robbed by Indians. Kip and his men are ready the next time and learn the robbers are white men dressed as Indians. Kip finds Davy Sawyer's case at the scene and confronts him. When Davy accuses Talbot whom he lent it to, Talbot shoots him. But Davy names Talbot before he dies and Kip goes after him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-18
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Satan's Cradle
Overview: Satan's Cradle was the fourth of producer Phil Krasne's "Cisco Kid" programmers for United Artists. This time, Cisco takes on a frontier megalomaniac, shyster lawyer Steve Gentry, who has taken over a mining town. Gentry's confederate is dancehall girl Lil who is as deadly as she is beautiful. When itinerant preacher Henry Lane is beaten to a pulp by Gentry's goons, Cisco and Pancho move in for the kill.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-06
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Bodyguard
Overview: A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-04
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Red Light
Overview: Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-30
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Lust to Kill
Overview: A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by lawmen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-28
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The Miracle of the Hills
Overview: A minister arrives at a run-down mining town to take over the church there. He finds he has his work cut out for him, especially when an earthquake causes a flood in the mineshaft and traps some of the local children.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-29
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Unwed Mother
Overview: A young, sweet girl from the country moves to Los Angeles with her mother and meets a young man who she thinks is just perfect. That is until she gets pregnant and he's on his way to jail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-23
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Vacation in Reno
Overview: A hapless husband searches for buried treasure at a dude ranch; meanwhile, his wife wants a divorce and bank robbers want him dead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-10
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Script Girl
Overview: A movie director needs a script girl . A strip girl, misunderstanding the job title, shows up.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-15
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Lady of Burlesque
Overview: After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Music Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-01
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Death of a Salesman
Overview: Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to make amends with his family, but his biggest struggle is to make peace with himself over a failed dream of financial success.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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Around the World
Overview: Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-27
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Wedtime Stories
Overview: Two Leon Errols, father and son, both get married without telling the other and end up at the same Niagara Falls hotel on their respective honeymoons.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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Honeychile
Overview: A music publishing company tries to swindle a song from a country girl that they inadvertently recorded without her permission.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-20
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I'll Take Milk
Overview: Rita informs Leon that, as a lark, he stole a valuable necklace at a dinner party the night before and she will return it, but Leon remembers nothing about it. Just then, as Leon is taking the necklace out of his pocket, Mrs. Errol arrives with Barbara, her cousin and Barbara's fiancee. Mrs. Errol decides to give the necklace to Barbara as a wedding present. Leon tells Rita he will retrieve the necklace and return it to her that night. That Leon ends up getting chased by a guard dog and accused by Dorothy of philandering and Rita is a crook is a foregone conclusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-19
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Fun on a Weekend
Overview: Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-15
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
Overview: Errol is mistakenly involved in the raid of a burlesque show where he had innocently gone in order to hire some talent, including a fan dancer, for his lodge show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-09
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Say Uncle
Overview: Suffering from a hangover, Errol finds himself with a hobo and a fan dancer left over as guests of the previous night's party, when his wife returns from a trip. His solution to pass them off as his uncle and niece from Alaska doesn't work out very well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-08
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Melody and Moonlight
Overview: Jane Frazee made her starring film debut in the Republic B-plus musical Melody and Moonlight. The plot is motivated by the show-biz aspirations of bellboy Danny O'Brien (Johnny Downs). With the help of a wealthy chiropodist (Jerry Colonna), O'Brien not only gets to star on a big-time radio show, but also sprinkles stardust upon his sweetheart Kay Barnett (Jane Frazee)-who, unbeknownst to everyone but the audience, is the daughter of the show's sponsor.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Bride by Mistake
Overview: The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-26
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Sorrowful Jones
Overview: A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-04
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The Barkleys of Broadway
Overview: Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-04
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The Missing Lady
Overview: While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow (Kane Richmond) finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-17
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By Love Possessed
Overview: An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-19
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Triple Trouble
Overview: Leon Errol wants to retain his secretary; complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-01
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Youth Runs Wild
Overview: The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-01
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Overview: The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
Genres: Crime Horror Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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Two of a Kind
Overview: A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-01
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Lost in a Turkish Bath
Overview: Slim Harris is proud of his new job as a canary salesman, and visits his fiancée, Peggy, at her office. While there , one of the birds flies into the office of a lawyer, A. J. Corbett, across the hall and, while attempting to catch the bird, Corbett hies Slim as a process server. His first assignment is to serve papers on Bertram Fairweather, owner of a Turkish-bath. Fairweather does not wish to be served, so there is a chase all around the salon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-30
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