Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

Born: November 19, 1891
Died: June 16, 1967
in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Reginald Denny (born Reginald Leigh Dugmore) was an English stage, screen, and television actor, as well as an aviator and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pioneer.

Movies for Reginald Denny...

Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Commodore Schmidlapp
Released: July 30, 1966
Type: Movie
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
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Assault on a Queen
Title: Assault on a Queen
Character: Master-at-Arms
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.
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Title: Batman
Character: King Boris
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: TV
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
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Title: Mister Roberts
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the 1955 film of the same name, the series stars Roger Smith in the title role and Richard X. Slattery as the ship's captain.
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Cat Ballou
Title: Cat Ballou
Character: Sir Harry Percival
Released: June 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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The Phantom
Title: The Phantom
Character: Commissioner R.G. Mallory
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The Phantom, along with canine companion Devil, investigate wicked doings at the plantation of Mrs. Harris. An unsold TV pilot based on the popular superhero.
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Title: Adventures in Paradise
Character: Winston Harrow
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: TV
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
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The Helen Morgan Story
Title: The Helen Morgan Story
Character: George White
Released: May 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her own club. Also seen is her poor choices, such as her affair with a married man, her short marriage to a much younger man, a court fight over an adopted baby and her fatal descent into booze addiction.
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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Dean
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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Title: Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Released: October 21, 1956
Type: TV
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season. In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers could best be described as an "Eastern". It consisted of the adventures of a fictional regiment of the famed real-life cavalry of the British Indian Army. The leading characters were the 77th's officers: the commander, Colonel Standish and two of his lieutenants, William Storm and Michael Rhodes. Rhodes was portrayed as a Canadian, purportedly because the actor portraying him, a native of New Jersey, could not be coached to produce a credible British accent.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Police Chief
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Title: Telephone Time
Released: April 8, 1956
Type: TV
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
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Escape to Burma
Title: Escape to Burma
Character: Commissioner
Released: April 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
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Sabaka
Title: Sabaka
Character: Sir Cedric
Released: February 2, 1955
Type: Movie
A fire worshipping cult of Indian is disbanded by a man, his elephant and tiger.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Ronnie Pond
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: The Whistler
Released: July 13, 1954
Type: TV
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World for Ransom
Title: World for Ransom
Character: Major Ian Bone
Released: January 31, 1954
Type: Movie
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Inspector
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Fort Vengeance
Title: Fort Vengeance
Character: Inspector Trevett
Released: March 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Two brothers flee America and join the Canadian North West Mounted Police. One brother is good, the other bad, both men on a collision course just as trouble starts to brew with the Indians.
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Title: Cavalcade of America
Character: Col. Patterson
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.
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Title: Cavalcade of America
Character: Gen. Prescott
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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The Iroquois Trail
Title: The Iroquois Trail
Character: Capt. Edward Brownell
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
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Screen Actors
Title: Screen Actors
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1950
Type: Movie
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors.
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Title: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Character: Henry L. Simms
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
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Escape Me Never
Title: Escape Me Never
Character: Mr. MacLean
Released: November 7, 1947
Type: Movie
A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.
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Christmas Eve
Title: Christmas Eve
Character: Phillip Hastings
Released: October 31, 1947
Type: Movie
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Character: Colonel
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
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The Macomber Affair
Title: The Macomber Affair
Character: Police Inspector
Released: April 20, 1947
Type: Movie
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".
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My Favorite Brunette
Title: My Favorite Brunette
Character: James Collins
Released: March 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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The Locket
Title: The Locket
Character: Mr. Wendall
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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Tangier
Title: Tangier
Character: Fernandez
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle a Nazi diamond smuggler.
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Jungle Terror
Title: Jungle Terror
Character: Ralph Marshall
Released: June 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Re-edited feature film version of the 1937 serial, Jungle Menace.
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Love Letters
Title: Love Letters
Character: Defense Counsel Phillips
Released: October 26, 1945
Type: Movie
When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always complications. The man with no talent for writing marries the girl, confesses one night he didn't write the letters and ends up with a knife in his back. The writer of the letters fell in love with the woman he wrote to and wants to become her second husband even if she did murder husband number one. Singleton doesn't remember the murder or anything about the first 22 years of her life as Victoria Remington. Then at her second wedding she wonders why she said "I take you, Roger," instead of "I take you, Allen."
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Song of the Open Road
Title: Song of the Open Road
Character: Director Curtis
Released: June 21, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."
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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Title: The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Character: Paul Ashley
Released: December 9, 1943
Type: Movie
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
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Thunder Birds
Title: Thunder Birds
Character: Barrett
Released: October 28, 1942
Type: Movie
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
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Eyes in the Night
Title: Eyes in the Night
Character: Stephen Lawry
Released: October 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Title: Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Character: Himself
Released: October 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Character: Sir Evan Barham
Released: September 18, 1942
Type: Movie
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
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Captains of the Clouds
Title: Captains of the Clouds
Character: Commanding officer
Released: February 12, 1942
Type: Movie
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Over My Dead Body
Title: Over My Dead Body
Character: Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Released: January 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
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Appointment for Love
Title: Appointment for Love
Character: Michael Dailey
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
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International Squadron
Title: International Squadron
Character: Wing Commander Severn
Released: August 13, 1941
Type: Movie
The true story of the exploits of the RAF's (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's Air Force) during the early months of 1941 during WWII before America officially entered the war at the end of the year when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and Hitler declared war on the United States. The United States then drafted all of their airmen and fighter pilot aces into the United States Air Force for their own combat missions against the Luftwaffe
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One Night In Lisbon
Title: One Night In Lisbon
Character: Erich Strasser
Released: June 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Captain Church
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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Spring Parade
Title: Spring Parade
Character: The Major
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
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Rebecca
Title: Rebecca
Character: Frank Crawley
Released: March 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: July 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before they reach the altar.
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Hollywood Hobbies
Title: Hollywood Hobbies
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1939
Type: Movie
In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Character: 'Algy' Longworth
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
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Everybody's Baby
Title: Everybody's Baby
Character: Dr. Pilcoff
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Title: Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Title: Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Character: Algernon 'Algy' Longworth
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
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Blockade
Title: Blockade
Character: Edward Grant
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.
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Four Men and a Prayer
Title: Four Men and a Prayer
Character: Douglas Loveland
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
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Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: December 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
Title: Beg, Borrow or Steal
Character: Clifton Summitt
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
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Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Title: Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: October 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment.
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Title: Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
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Jungle Menace
Title: Jungle Menace
Character: Ralph Marshall
Released: September 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Mystery and adventure, surrounding a stolen rubber harvest.
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The Great Gambini
Title: The Great Gambini
Character: William Randall
Released: June 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
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Let's Get Married
Title: Let's Get Married
Character: George Willoughby
Released: April 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. From Wikipedia
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Women of Glamour
Title: Women of Glamour
Character: Fritz 'Frederick' Eagan
Released: March 9, 1937
Type: Movie
A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.
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Join the Marines
Title: Join the Marines
Character: Steve Lodge
Released: January 25, 1937
Type: Movie
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the team. Joining the Marines to win the Colonel's approval many adventures follow.
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Character: Algy Longworth
Released: January 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
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We're in the Legion Now
Title: We're in the Legion Now
Character: Dan Linton
Released: December 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Two petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion.
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More Than a Secretary
Title: More Than a Secretary
Character: Bill Houston
Released: December 10, 1936
Type: Movie
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
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Two in a Crowd
Title: Two in a Crowd
Character: James Stewart Anthony
Released: October 3, 1936
Type: Movie
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.
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Romeo and Juliet
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Character: Benvolio
Released: September 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
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It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Title: It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Character: Greg Stone
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Title: The Preview Murder Mystery
Character: Johnny Morgan
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
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Midnight Phantom
Title: Midnight Phantom
Character: Prof. David Graham
Released: November 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops.
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Remember Last Night?
Title: Remember Last Night?
Character: Jake Whitridge
Released: October 28, 1935
Type: Movie
After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.
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The Lady in Scarlet
Title: The Lady in Scarlet
Character: Oliver Keith
Released: October 20, 1935
Type: Movie
When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.
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Here's to Romance
Title: Here's to Romance
Character: Emery Gerard
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
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Starlit Days at the Lido
Title: Starlit Days at the Lido
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Yashvin
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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No More Ladies
Title: No More Ladies
Character: Oliver Allen
Released: June 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Vagabond Lady
Title: Vagabond Lady
Character: John 'Johnny' Spear
Released: May 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
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Without Children
Title: Without Children
Character: Phil Graham
Released: April 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...
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The Lottery Lover
Title: The Lottery Lover
Character: Captain Payne
Released: February 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.
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The Little Minister
Title: The Little Minister
Character: Captain Halliwell
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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The Richest Girl in the World
Title: The Richest Girl in the World
Character: Phillip Lockwood
Released: September 21, 1934
Type: Movie
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
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One More River
Title: One More River
Character: David Dornford
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
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Of Human Bondage
Title: Of Human Bondage
Character: Harry Griffiths
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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We're Rich Again
Title: We're Rich Again
Character: Bookington 'Bookie' Wells
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
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The World Moves On
Title: The World Moves On
Character: Erik von Gerhardt
Released: June 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
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Dancing Man
Title: Dancing Man
Character: Paul Drexel
Released: February 24, 1934
Type: Movie
A dancing gigolo gets involved with a wealthy lady and her young step-daughter, and murder is the result.
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The Lost Patrol
Title: The Lost Patrol
Character: Brown
Released: February 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
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The Big Bluff
Title: The Big Bluff
Released: December 2, 1933
Type: Movie
In order to show up a rival, a snobbish woman throws a party and hires an actor to pretend to be from British royalty who is an "old friend".
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Fog
Title: Fog
Character: Dr. Winstay
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
The murders are committed in swift succession on board a liner crossing the Atlantic in a dense fog, and many of the passengers come under suspicion before the actual killer is bought to justice with the aid of a very substantial "ghost."
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: Bob
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
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The Barbarian
Title: The Barbarian
Character: Gerald Hume
Released: May 12, 1933
Type: Movie
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
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Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Title: Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Character: Horatio
Released: April 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A 1933 screen test for a proposed, but never filmed, movie version of "Hamlet" in Technicolor, starring John Barrymore - this is the Ghost Scene.
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The Iron Master
Title: The Iron Master
Character: Steve Mason
Released: February 4, 1933
Type: Movie
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the foreman of his foundry.
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Strange Justice
Title: Strange Justice
Character: Henry I. Judson
Released: October 7, 1932
Type: Movie
Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to being found out, the two devise a scheme which sends Wally, the ex-con boyfriend of pretty hat check girl Rose Abbott, to death row.
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The Christmas Party
Title: The Christmas Party
Character: Himself
Released: December 17, 1931
Type: Movie
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.
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Private Lives
Title: Private Lives
Character: Victor Prynne
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive at a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.
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Stepping Out
Title: Stepping Out
Character: Tom Martin
Released: April 11, 1931
Type: Movie
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
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Kiki
Title: Kiki
Character: Victor Randall
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then she's determined to win a recently divorced man's heart... again, no matter what.
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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Title: Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Character: Jeffrey Haywood
Released: February 28, 1931
Type: Movie
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she knows too dull and predictable, and for this reason prefers to stay single. Jeff then tries to make Angelica interested in the mild-mannered and timid Reggie Irving passing him off as a notorious playboy to intrigue her. He asks his friend Polly to teach Reggie "how to treat a woman right", but he turns to be a disastrous learner.
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Oh, for a Man!
Title: Oh, for a Man!
Character: Barney McGann
Released: November 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her career to marry him. But Barney grows disenchanted himself at being known as the husband of a diva and itches to get back to his life of crime and manliness.
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A Lady's Morals
Title: A Lady's Morals
Character: Paul Brandt
Released: November 8, 1930
Type: Movie
Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.
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Those Three French Girls
Title: Those Three French Girls
Character: Larry
Released: October 10, 1930
Type: Movie
An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and leads to other adventures and mischief.
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Madam Satan
Title: Madam Satan
Character: Bob Brooks
Released: September 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
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What a Man
Title: What a Man
Character: Wade Rawlins
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Wade Rawlings, a former Captain in the Gold Stream Guards, has lost his fortune and has become a wanderer in the United States. He is hired as the Kilbourne-family chauffeur after Mrs. Kilbourne, whose hobby is reforming tramps, takes note of his skill as an auto-mechanic. The rest of the family objects strongly, especially 22-year-old Eileen who takes an immediate dislike to him, but Mr. Kilbourne allows him to stay on. Shortly afterward, Mr. Kilbourne is surprised to learn that Eileen has eloped and he has a new son-in-law, and even more surprised to learn this his son-in-law is the family chauffeur.
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 3
Title: The Voice of Hollywood No. 3
Character: Himself
Released: January 31, 1930
Type: Movie
Reginald Denny hosts. Reginald Denny presents a performance by a famed female impersonator Julian Eltinage. Anita Page and Julia Faye discuss the latest fashions for women. Bobby Vernon attempts to provide musical entertainment.
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Embarrassing Moments
Title: Embarrassing Moments
Character: Thaddeus Cruikshank
Released: January 17, 1930
Type: Movie
A couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.
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One Hysterical Night
Title: One Hysterical Night
Character: William 'Napoleon' Judd
Released: October 5, 1929
Type: Movie
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Since all the other inmates/attendees think they are historical figures such as Robin Hood, the Duke of Wellington, Paul Revere, William Tell, Salome, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes and others, it takes a while for Judd to separate the wheat from the chaff and prove he is not deranged. His quest becomes more urgent when he falls in love with a nurse named Josephine, who does not think she is Napoleon's "Josephine" but is convinced Judd thinks he is Napoleaon.
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His Lucky Day
Title: His Lucky Day
Character: Charles Blaydon
Released: June 2, 1929
Type: Movie
When a young man acts foolish, he's either insane, in debt or in love, and there's not much difference! Real estate agent Charles Blaydon is in love and in order to get the father of his sweetheart Kay Weaver to purchase a nearby property he is must fill the vacant house next door. So he does something foolish when he offers a few months rent free to the first group of prospective buyer he finds. However in his eagerness he doesn't suspect that this peculiar group isn't a family looking for a home but actually a gang of robbers on the lam!
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Clear the Decks
Title: Clear the Decks
Character: Jack Armitage
Released: March 3, 1929
Type: Movie
This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of his friend who was supposed to take the cruise for health reasons. The friend was told that if he did not board the boat, he would not receive his inheritance. Unfortunately for the hero, a male nurse believes that he is the sick friend and forces him to stay in the cabin and subsist upon a diet of goat's milk.
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Red Hot Speed
Title: Red Hot Speed
Character: Darrow
Released: January 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A newspaper publisher's daughter is arrested for speeding. In order to avoid embarrassing her father, since his newspaper is in the midst of an anti-speeding campaign, she uses an assumed name. She is paroled into the custody of an assistant district attorney, who doesn't know who she really is.
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The Night Bird
Title: The Night Bird
Character: Kid Davis
Released: September 16, 1928
Type: Movie
A boxer falls in love with a girl he meets in the park.
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Good Morning, Judge
Title: Good Morning, Judge
Character: Freddie Grey
Released: April 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Freddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a haven for reformed criminals. By telling her he is a hardened criminal, he is allowed to stay at the mission.
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That's My Daddy
Title: That's My Daddy
Character: James 'Jimmy' Norton
Released: December 19, 1927
Type: Movie
A wealthy bachelor lies his way out of a speeding ticket by telling the cops he's on his way to visit his baby girl in hospital - ever helpful, they accompany him whereupon a little girl attaches herself to him, with hilarious results.
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On Your Toes!
Title: On Your Toes!
Character: Elliott Beresford
Released: November 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent boxing sports comedy about a boxer whose grandmother wants him to be a ballet dancer, so he has the boxers at his training camp pose as ballet dancers to fool granny, with predictable results
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Out All Night
Title: Out All Night
Character: John Graham
Released: September 4, 1927
Type: Movie
A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.
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Life in Hollywood No. 3
Title: Life in Hollywood No. 3
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 1927
Type: Movie
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
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Fast and Furious
Title: Fast and Furious
Character: Tom Brown
Released: June 12, 1927
Type: Movie
When Tom Brown, a wealthy young bachelor with a reckless penchant for speed, wrecks his car in an accident, he is assisted by Mr. Smithfield… When he meets Ethel, Mr. Smithfield's beautiful daughter, Tom falls in love with her at first sight…
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The Cheerful Fraud
Title: The Cheerful Fraud
Character: Sir Michael Fairlie
Released: December 27, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
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Take It from Me
Title: Take It from Me
Character: Tom Eggett
Released: October 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Tom Eggett, with the help of his pals, Dick and Van, loses the last cent of his inheritance, is evicted from his apartment, and is rejected by Gwen, his fiancée. A codicil to his uncle's will, however, stipulates that he shall inherit the Eggett department store provided that he operate it for 3 months at a profit. Cyrus Crabb, manager of the store, is determined to gain possession of the business and arranges for the company's credit to be canceled during Tom's management, though Grace Gordon, a stenographer, has evidence of his perfidy.
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Rolling Home
Title: Rolling Home
Character: Nat Alden
Released: June 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.
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Skinner's Dress Suit
Title: Skinner's Dress Suit
Character: Skinner
Released: April 18, 1926
Type: Movie
Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing his contract. He doesn't get the raise, but he's too embarrassed to tell his wife the truth. She starts making plans to spend that extra $10 a week; the first thing is a new dress suit for him and a new outfit for her so they can fit in at a swanky party. They're the hit of the party, and Honey is embraced by the 'smart set.' Meanwhile, business is bad and Skinner loses his job. The tailor is after him for payment on the suit, and Honey is still spending the salary he doesn't have.
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What Happened to Jones
Title: What Happened to Jones
Character: Tom Jones
Released: February 8, 1926
Type: Movie
On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies night, ending up disguised in drag and with difficult explanations to make.
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California Straight Ahead
Title: California Straight Ahead
Character: Tom Hayden
Released: September 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.
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Where Was I?
Title: Where Was I?
Character: Thomas S. Berford
Released: August 24, 1925
Type: Movie
A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.
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I'll Show You the Town
Title: I'll Show You the Town
Character: Alec Dupree
Released: June 7, 1925
Type: Movie
British comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs to make a choice.
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Oh, Doctor!
Title: Oh, Doctor!
Character: Rufus Billings Jr.
Released: February 23, 1925
Type: Movie
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
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The Fast Worker
Title: The Fast Worker
Character: Terry Brock
Released: October 25, 1924
Type: Movie
Roxbury asks his friend Terry to assume his identity and go on vacation with his wife, Edith, and their daughter. When Terry falls in love with Edith's sister, a scandal erupts at the resort.
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The Reckless Age
Title: The Reckless Age
Character: Dick Minot
Released: August 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
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The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
Title: The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
Released: March 21, 1924
Type: Movie
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal's advertising manager. The sceneic resources of the studio are showcased throughout, with a "See America First" wagon visible in one scene, and a scattering of panoramic shots of Universal City and the Universal zoo.
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Sporting Youth
Title: Sporting Youth
Character: Jimmy Wood
Released: February 4, 1924
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is deeply in debt, he enters a race on the advice of Betty Rockford, daughter of a wealthy automobile manufacturer.
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The Thrill Chaser
Title: The Thrill Chaser
Character: Himself - Cameo
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills and is engaged to go to Arabia, where he becomes involved in warring and falls in love with a beautiful princess.
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Barnaby's Grudge
Title: Barnaby's Grudge
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: August 6, 1923
Type: Movie
18th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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Columbia, the Gem, and the Ocean
Title: Columbia, the Gem, and the Ocean
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: July 23, 1923
Type: Movie
Fifth entry in the 2-reel New Leather Pushers third series.
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Something for Nothing
Title: Something for Nothing
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: July 9, 1923
Type: Movie
16th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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Don Coyote
Title: Don Coyote
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: June 25, 1923
Type: Movie
Fifteenth entry in the Leather Pushers series of two-reel shorts.
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The Widower's Mite
Title: The Widower's Mite
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: June 11, 1923
Type: Movie
14th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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The Wandering Two
Title: The Wandering Two
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: May 28, 1923
Type: Movie
13th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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Abysmal Brute
Title: Abysmal Brute
Character: Pat Glendon, Jr
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great strength and athletic skill, he is completely out of his league when it comes to women. He becomes a successful boxer in San Francisco and is given the name "The Abysmal Brute". When he rescues a drowning man, he meets a beautiful socialite named Maude Sangster and falls in love. His lack of social skills proves a hindrance when a rival suitor competes with him for Maude's affections.
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Joan of Newark
Title: Joan of Newark
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: February 12, 1923
Type: Movie
Twelfth episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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Strike Father, Strike Son
Title: Strike Father, Strike Son
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: January 29, 1923
Type: Movie
Eleventh episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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When Kane Met Abel
Title: When Kane Met Abel
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: January 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Tenth episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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The Chickasha Bone Crusher
Title: The Chickasha Bone Crusher
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Ninth episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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He Raised Kane
Title: He Raised Kane
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: December 18, 1922
Type: Movie
Eighth episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
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The Kentucky Derby
Title: The Kentucky Derby
Character: Donald Gordon
Released: December 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
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Young King Cole
Title: Young King Cole
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: December 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Seventh entry in the Leather Pushers series of two-reel shorts.
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The Jaws of Steel
Title: The Jaws of Steel
Character: Cpl. Haldene, N.W.M.P.
Released: June 10, 1922
Type: Movie
The Jaws of Steel is a 1922 Silent Western.
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Never Let Go
Title: Never Let Go
Character: Campbell - the Mountie
Released: May 27, 1922
Type: Movie
Never Let Go is a 1922 Western short.
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Whipsawed
Title: Whipsawed
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: April 24, 1922
Type: Movie
A film short as part of The Leather Pushers film series
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The Taming of the Shrewd
Title: The Taming of the Shrewd
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: April 10, 1922
Type: Movie
Part of The Leather Pushers boxing film series.
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A Fool and His Money
Title: A Fool and His Money
Character: Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts
Released: March 27, 1922
Type: Movie
A Fool and His Money part of the Leather Pushers film series. May be actually titled A Fool and Honey
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Payment Through the Nose
Title: Payment Through the Nose
Character: Kane Halliday/Kid Roberts
Released: March 27, 1922
Type: Movie
"The Leather Pushers" were a charming series of comedies based upon the story of a prize-fighter from the Colliers articles by H.C. Witwer. Each episode was self-contained and complete in itself. Formerly wealthy Kane Halliday ( Reginald Denny), fighting as the elegant "Masked Mystery", pays more attention to his flirtation with a chorus girl, Estelle, than his boxing career - frustrating his manager at every turn. Estelle, not realizing her new beau is is actually a prize fighter, is under the mistaken impression that he's a rich playboy, a belief that Halliday does nothing to correct. The manager sets out enlighten her in spectacular fashion!This entry from the series includes some terrific night scenes of New York's Times Square as it appeared in 1922. Titles from other Universal productions are prominently displayed on the theater marquees!
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Round Two
Title: Round Two
Character: Kane Halliday/Kid Roberts
Released: March 27, 1922
Type: Movie
"The Leather Pushers" were a charming series of comedies based upon the story of a prize-fighter from the Colliers articles by H.C. Witwer. Each episode was self-contained and complete in itself. Formerly wealthy Kane Halliday, finds he must support himself with his fists in the ring after his father goes suddenly broke. A great mix of comedy and action set against the gritty world of the old New York boxing scene.
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Sherlock Holmes
Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Prince Alexis
Released: March 7, 1922
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty.
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Let's Go
Title: Let's Go
Character: Kane Halliday / 'Kid' Roberts
Released: February 13, 1922
Type: Movie
The first film in the first "Leather Pushers" series from Universal.
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The Iron Trail
Title: The Iron Trail
Character: Dan Appleton
Released: October 29, 1921
Type: Movie
Alaskan railroad magnate Curtis Gordon hires engineer Dan Appleton to design a railroad route up the Salmon River to the rich gold country. Gordon turns down the engineer's proposed route in favor of his own, and Appleton quits. Murray O'Neil, a rival builder, hires him and falls in love with his sister Eliza, while Appleton courts Natalie, Gordon's stepdaughter. Following Appleton's plan, O'Neil lays the trail with a bridge crossing the river in face of Gordon's opposition.
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Tropical Love
Title: Tropical Love
Character: The Drifter
Released: October 23, 1921
Type: Movie
Tropical Love is a 1921 Romance film
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Footlights
Title: Footlights
Character: Brett Page
Released: October 2, 1921
Type: Movie
Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and returns, under her actual identity as Lizzie Parsons, to her small New England hometown. But she is pursued by a young man who is in love with the famed Russian alter ego.
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The Beggar Maid
Title: The Beggar Maid
Character: The Earl of Winston / King Cophetua
Released: September 25, 1921
Type: Movie
The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The artist shows that love can thrive between members of different classes by depicting on canvas a picture from Tennyson's poem about the love of King Cophetua for a beggar maid. As he relates the story of the poem in words and through his painting, the young earl sees the application to his own situation.
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Disraeli
Title: Disraeli
Character: Charles, Viscount Deeford
Released: August 21, 1921
Type: Movie
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.
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Experience
Title: Experience
Released: August 7, 1921
Type: Movie
Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure and hangs out at the Primrose Path with the likes of Temptation and Intoxication. Back home, Youth's mother dies, and Love tries unsuccessfully to reach him. When Youth's money runs out his newfound friends all leave him and he sinks into a life of drug addiction, aided by Habit.
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The Price of Possession
Title: The Price of Possession
Character: Robert Dawnay
Released: February 27, 1921
Type: Movie
After Jim Barston is mysteriously killed in Australia, his wife, Helen, lays claim to the estate of Gerald Mortimer Barston in England, asserting that her husband was the missing son and heir. In reality, Jim was the cousin of the true heir, who is also named Jim Barston. Despite having no legal proof, Helen convinces the trustees to accept her claim and is installed as mistress of the manor. Jim Barston appears and proves his identity, although Helen initially believes him to be an impostor.
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Paying the Piper
Title: Paying the Piper
Character: Keith Larne
Released: January 16, 1921
Type: Movie
Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
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39 East
Title: 39 East
Character: Napolean Gibbs Jr.
Released: September 30, 1920
Type: Movie
The eldest daughter of a poor preacher, Penelope Penn leaves her country home to seek her fortune in the big city.
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A Dark Lantern
Title: A Dark Lantern
Character: Prince Anton of Argovinia
Released: July 16, 1920
Type: Movie
Although loved by a respectable doctor, a society-girl is fascinated by a prince and follows him to Rome. When he reveals himself in his true colours, she has a nervous breakdown and her faithful doctor restores her to health - and to himself.
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The Oakdale Affair
Title: The Oakdale Affair
Character: Arthur Stockbridge
Released: October 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Refusing to marry her stepmother's choice, Gail Prim leaves her life of luxury, after cutting her hair, dressing in her butler's clothes and stealing money and jewels from her father's safe. Spending the night in a barn, she introduces herself to the thieves already there as the Oskaloosa Kid, a wanted criminal, and barely escapes their struggle to get her loot. Meanwhile, the real Oskaloosa Kid kills Reginald Paynter and throws Nettie Penning, whom Reginald was trying to seduce, onto the highway.
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Bringing Up Betty
Title: Bringing Up Betty
Character: Tom Waring
Released: July 28, 1919
Type: Movie
During a lawn party at his New York home, steel magnate Theodore Morton claims he is bankrupt as a deterrent to Lord Dormer and the Duke of Medonia, two fortune hunters competing for his niece, Betty. After the suitors depart, unscrupulous Carl Gates is informed by his fiancée, banker's secretary Adele Shelby, that Theodore was lying. Carl pursues Betty, who accepts his proposal with the belief that the marriage will benefit her uncle. During a yachting expedition with Carl, Betty falls overboard and is rescued by architect Tom Waring, who is competing in a race. Tom wins with Betty on board, and a romance develops.
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The Melting Pot
Title: The Melting Pot
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1915
Type: Movie
The wide-ranging storyline of The Melting Pot takes its characters from the Jewish ghettoes of Russia to the Lower East Side of New York.
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Niobe
Title: Niobe
Character: Cornelius Griffin (as Leigh Denny)
Released: April 4, 1915
Type: Movie
The statue of Niobe comes to life through the dream of a hen-pecked old man.