Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Born: August 19, 1884
Died: September 2, 1961
in Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Movies for Fred Kelsey...

Westbound
Title: Westbound
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1959
Type: Movie
As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him at any cost.
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The Opposite Sex
Title: The Opposite Sex
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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Serenade
Title: Serenade
Character: Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1956
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
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Illegal
Title: Illegal
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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To Catch a Thief
Title: To Catch a Thief
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
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Tall Man Riding
Title: Tall Man Riding
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1955
Type: Movie
Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.
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Outlaw's Son
Title: Outlaw's Son
Released: December 26, 1954
Type: Movie
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
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The Silver Chalice
Title: The Silver Chalice
Character: Silversmith (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1954
Type: Movie
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Title: So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Character: Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Lucky Me
Title: Lucky Me
Character: Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promising them stardom if it comes to fruition.
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Crime Wave
Title: Crime Wave
Character: Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Title: Hans Christian Andersen
Character: First Gendarme
Released: December 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
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Springfield Rifle
Title: Springfield Rifle
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.
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O. Henry's Full House
Title: O. Henry's Full House
Character: Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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So You Want to Enjoy Life
Title: So You Want to Enjoy Life
Character: Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1952
Type: Movie
Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left.
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My Six Convicts
Title: My Six Convicts
Character: Store Detective
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: Movie
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.
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Room for One More
Title: Room for One More
Released: January 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
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Goodbye, My Fancy
Title: Goodbye, My Fancy
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1951
Type: Movie
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
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Title: The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Character: Doc Jones (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
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The Enforcer
Title: The Enforcer
Released: February 24, 1951
Type: Movie
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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Storm Warning
Title: Storm Warning
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1951
Type: Movie
A fashion model (Rogers) witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister (Day).
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Revenue Agent
Title: Revenue Agent
Character: Sgt. Wallace
Released: December 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Accountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam Bellows. He telephones Internal Revenue Bureau that he can give evidence of a large tax-evasion racket. Before IRS-agent Steve Daniels arrives, King is murdered by a henchman of Bellows and his partner, Ernie Medford. Daniels discovers that Bellows and Medford are smuggling gold bullion from their mine in Mexico, and sell and bank the money under assumed names. they hide the bullion in a compartment welded to the bottom of a car.
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So You Want a Raise
Title: So You Want a Raise
Released: September 23, 1950
Type: Movie
Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise.
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The Flame and the Arrow
Title: The Flame and the Arrow
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
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So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Title: So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Character: Lamb - Curry's Partner
Released: July 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.
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So You Think You're Not Guilty
Title: So You Think You're Not Guilty
Character: Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
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Backfire
Title: Backfire
Character: Fight Fan (uncredited)
Released: January 26, 1950
Type: Movie
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
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The Inspector General
Title: The Inspector General
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1949
Type: Movie
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Deputy
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
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The Fountainhead
Title: The Fountainhead
Character: Old Watchman (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1949
Type: Movie
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
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Colorado Territory
Title: Colorado Territory
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1949
Type: Movie
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.
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Flamingo Road
Title: Flamingo Road
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
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Homicide
Title: Homicide
Character: Officer O'Brien
Released: April 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
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The Noose Hangs High
Title: The Noose Hangs High
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
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So You Want an Apartment
Title: So You Want an Apartment
Character: Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Released: January 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
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The Unfaithful
Title: The Unfaithful
Character: Courtroom Spectator
Released: July 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Title: So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Character: Fred
Released: December 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.
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Andy Plays Hookey
Title: Andy Plays Hookey
Character: Policeman
Released: December 19, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy makes elaborate plans to attend a prizefight, and they all backfire.
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Never Say Goodbye
Title: Never Say Goodbye
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1946
Type: Movie
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.
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So You Want to Play the Horses
Title: So You Want to Play the Horses
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1946
Type: Movie
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
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A Stolen Life
Title: A Stolen Life
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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Hiss and Yell
Title: Hiss and Yell
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1946
Type: Movie
Vera thinks she's witnessed a man decapitating his wife. Actually, she's only seen magician Bluebeard the Great rehearsing his act. Still convinced that the magician is a killer, Vera goes through all sorts of comic agony when she is forced to share the same train compartment with Bluebeard (who doesn't help matters when he offers her a sandwich consisting of "scrambled brains and tongue").
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Three Strangers
Title: Three Strangers
Character: Man on the Street / Man in Pub
Released: January 28, 1946
Type: Movie
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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Detour to Danger
Title: Detour to Danger
Character: Det. Kelsey
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Two young men set out on a fishing trip. They run into a gang of criminals who are menacing two young women.
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How DOooo You Do
Title: How DOooo You Do
Character: Detective
Released: December 24, 1945
Type: Movie
Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.
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Frontier Days
Title: Frontier Days
Character: Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Released: December 8, 1945
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.
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Saratoga Trunk
Title: Saratoga Trunk
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1945
Type: Movie
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
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Mildred Pierce
Title: Mildred Pierce
Character: Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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Come Out Fighting
Title: Come Out Fighting
Character: Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Released: September 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.
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If a Body Meets a Body
Title: If a Body Meets a Body
Character: Detective
Released: August 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. They arrive on a dark and stormy night only to find that the lawyer has been murdered and the will and the body have disappeared. All the relatives must stay in the spooky house while the police investigate and the stooges are given the bedroom where the uncle was murdered. After a series of misadventures with a walking skull and the uncle's body, which keeps turning up in strange places, the stooges unmask the butler and maid as the killers and recover the will. Then they learn that Curly has only been left sixty seven cents.
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Christmas in Connecticut
Title: Christmas in Connecticut
Character: Harper (uncredited)
Released: July 27, 1945
Type: Movie
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
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Snooper Service
Title: Snooper Service
Released: February 3, 1945
Type: Movie
Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
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The Strange Mr. Gregory
Title: The Strange Mr. Gregory
Character: Lefert
Released: January 12, 1945
Type: Movie
The title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then reappears as his nonexistent twin brother. It's all part of Gregory's master scheme to pin his "murder" on innocent John Randall, the husband of Ellen, the woman Gregory loves.
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Crime by Night
Title: Crime by Night
Character: Dad Martin (uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
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Make Your Own Bed
Title: Make Your Own Bed
Character: Turnkey
Released: June 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
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Trial by Trigger
Title: Trial by Trigger
Character: Jerry (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1944
Type: Movie
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
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Mr. Skeffington
Title: Mr. Skeffington
Character: Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Roaring Guns
Title: Roaring Guns
Released: February 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.
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A Gem of a Jam
Title: A Gem of a Jam
Character: Police Chief
Released: December 30, 1943
Type: Movie
The stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the cops. Mistaken for doctors, the boys are forced to operate on the wounded crook, but instead they accidentally dump him out the window into a passing police car. The rest of the gang chases them into a store room filled with dummies where the cops finally catch the bad guys.
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True to Life
Title: True to Life
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
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Old Acquaintance
Title: Old Acquaintance
Character: Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
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Food and Magic
Title: Food and Magic
Released: November 18, 1943
Type: Movie
A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America's advantage if conserved properly in winning the then current World War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.
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Northern Pursuit
Title: Northern Pursuit
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.
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Murder on the Waterfront
Title: Murder on the Waterfront
Character: Capt. Beal
Released: September 18, 1943
Type: Movie
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
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Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Title: Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Character: Policeman
Released: July 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Harry, a famous scientist, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Title: Action in the North Atlantic
Character: Joe (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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One Dangerous Night
Title: One Dangerous Night
Character: Detective Dickens
Released: January 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Sutro (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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X Marks the Spot
Title: X Marks the Spot
Character: Police Officer Martin
Released: November 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.
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Dear! Deer!
Title: Dear! Deer!
Character: Policeman
Released: October 23, 1942
Type: Movie
Errol goes to a convention with his pal, but upon his return tells his wife he was on a deer hunting trip, and then lapses into amnesia.
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Counter-Espionage
Title: Counter-Espionage
Character: Dickens
Released: September 3, 1942
Type: Movie
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Title: The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Story of a rich man who backs a show for an old man and his granddaughter from the East Side who has brought joy to the money bag's crippled son.
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Spy Ship
Title: Spy Ship
Character: Night Watchman
Released: June 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
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In This Our Life
Title: In This Our Life
Character: Jailer (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1942
Type: Movie
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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Larceny, Inc.
Title: Larceny, Inc.
Character: Bronson
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: "Screw"
Released: April 11, 1942
Type: Movie
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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I Was Framed
Title: I Was Framed
Character: Drunk
Released: April 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
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My Favorite Blonde
Title: My Favorite Blonde
Character: Sam - Policeman
Released: April 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
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Lady Gangster
Title: Lady Gangster
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
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Bullet Scars
Title: Bullet Scars
Character: Police Chief Hansen
Released: March 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Title: Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Character: Jailer
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Pacific Blackout
Title: Pacific Blackout
Character: Cop
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Title: The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1941
Type: Movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1941
Type: Movie
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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At the Stroke of Twelve
Title: At the Stroke of Twelve
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: November 15, 1941
Type: Movie
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Title: Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Character: Wesley Dickens
Released: November 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
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One Foot in Heaven
Title: One Foot in Heaven
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Invisible Ghost
Title: Invisible Ghost
Character: Detective Ryan
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Officer McCloskey
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Title: The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Character: Detective Dickens
Released: March 6, 1941
Type: Movie
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
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Misbehaving Husbands
Title: Misbehaving Husbands
Character: Sgt. Murphy
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Marital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Title: The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Character: Dickens
Released: November 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
Title: Mexican Spitfire Out West
Character: Jim - Detective
Released: October 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: Capt. Thompson
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
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The Golden Fleecing
Title: The Golden Fleecing
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1940
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Deadwood Dick
Title: Deadwood Dick
Character: Bottles
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Title: The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Character: Dickens
Released: May 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.
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Mutiny in the County
Title: Mutiny in the County
Character: Policeman
Released: May 3, 1940
Type: Movie
53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
Title: The Lone Wolf Strikes
Character: Dickens
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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High School
Title: High School
Character: Junk Man
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high-school.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Title: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character: Bailiff
Released: January 11, 1940
Type: Movie
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
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Too Busy to Work
Title: Too Busy to Work
Character: Hank Fidler
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Title: Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Character: Pete - Railroad Detective
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Title: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Character: Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Released: August 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
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Chicken Wagon Family
Title: Chicken Wagon Family
Character: Policeman
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
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Charlie Chan in Reno
Title: Charlie Chan in Reno
Character: Reno Desk Sergeant
Released: June 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Policeman at School (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Moving Vanities
Title: Moving Vanities
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
Leon Errol moves because of a rent increase.
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Clock Wise
Title: Clock Wise
Character: Landlord
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
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Rough Riders' Round-up
Title: Rough Riders' Round-up
Character: Agitator
Released: March 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.
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Tiny Troubles
Title: Tiny Troubles
Character: Police Chief
Released: February 18, 1939
Type: Movie
Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.
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Down on the Farm
Title: Down on the Farm
Character: Bit Role
Released: October 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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Straight, Place and Show
Title: Straight, Place and Show
Character: Cop at Racetrack
Released: September 30, 1938
Type: Movie
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
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Many Sappy Returns
Title: Many Sappy Returns
Character: Finnegan
Released: August 19, 1938
Type: Movie
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.
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Josette
Title: Josette
Character: Hotel Detective
Released: June 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
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Safety in Numbers
Title: Safety in Numbers
Character: Cop
Released: May 30, 1938
Type: Movie
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
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Berth Quakes
Title: Berth Quakes
Character: Train Conductor
Released: May 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Noted child psychologist Errol marries a widow with a nasty brat, and finds none of his theories seem to work when trapped in a pullman car on the way to his honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
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Night Spot
Title: Night Spot
Character: Police Band Leader
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
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Everybody's Doing It
Title: Everybody's Doing It
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: January 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.
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Love and Hisses
Title: Love and Hisses
Character: Officer
Released: December 21, 1937
Type: Movie
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
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Borrowing Trouble
Title: Borrowing Trouble
Character: Policeman
Released: December 10, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
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That I May Live
Title: That I May Live
Character: Abner Jenkins
Released: September 13, 1937
Type: Movie
Crooks use a man's safe-cracking skills then involve him in more crime after he spends three years in jail. He falls in love with a waitress and they go to work for a traveling salesman.
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One Mile from Heaven
Title: One Mile from Heaven
Character: Smitty - Policeman
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
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The Lady Escapes
Title: The Lady Escapes
Character: Man on telephone (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.
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Wild and Woolly
Title: Wild and Woolly
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
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Super-Sleuth
Title: Super-Sleuth
Character: Jailer
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
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She Had to Eat
Title: She Had to Eat
Character: Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Oil Man at Well
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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Slave Ship
Title: Slave Ship
Character: Seaman at Auction
Released: June 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
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Angel's Holiday
Title: Angel's Holiday
Character: Conductor
Released: June 7, 1937
Type: Movie
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline Kaye and her companion Stivers. Reporter Nick Moore, once sweet on Pauline, is convinced that her sudden disappearance is a publicity stunt, which is true -- until gangster Bat Regan decides to get involved.
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Love Is News
Title: Love Is News
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
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Time Out for Romance
Title: Time Out for Romance
Character: Policeman
Released: February 10, 1937
Type: Movie
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
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High Tension
Title: High Tension
Character: Desk Sergeant
Released: July 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
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Private Number
Title: Private Number
Character: Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
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The Witness Chair
Title: The Witness Chair
Character: Detective Costigan
Released: April 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.
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At Sea Ashore
Title: At Sea Ashore
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to pick his niece who's arriving from the old country, so he gives Patsy cab fare and sends her. She forgets her purse, so when she arrives at the immigration office, she can't pay the cabbie, who tells her he'll wait while the meter runs. Inside, Patsy finally finds the high-spirited Lyda, but by then, Patsy has sneaked into the holding area and may need a passport to get out. She hides in Lyda's trunk, but with the cabbie, a suspicious immigration officer, and a traffic cop buzzing around will uncle and niece ever connect?
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The Little Red Schoolhouse
Title: The Little Red Schoolhouse
Character: First Detective
Released: March 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.
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The Garden Murder Case
Title: The Garden Murder Case
Character: Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
Title: The Sagebrush Troubadour
Character: Hank Polk
Released: December 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them to it. When under-cover Texas Ranger Autry arrives to investigate, he is accused of the murder and finds the Sheriff after him.
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Hot Money
Title: Hot Money
Character: Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Released: November 16, 1935
Type: Movie
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
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The Public Menace
Title: The Public Menace
Character: Mike - Cop
Released: September 30, 1935
Type: Movie
1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Horsley's Secretary
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Atlantic Adventure
Title: Atlantic Adventure
Character: Police Officer Riley
Released: August 25, 1935
Type: Movie
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
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Danger Ahead
Title: Danger Ahead
Character: Detective O'Brien
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretence and robbed by Conrad's henchmen. Newspaper reporter Jerry Mason witnesses the robbery and steals the cash from Conrad.
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One Frightened Night
Title: One Frightened Night
Character: Sheriff Jenks
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before the stroke of midnight. When his long-lost granddaughter suddenly arrives, Whyte changes his mind and proclaims that she will receive his entire fortune. A second lady appears at the estate, claiming that she is actually Whyte's granddaughter, Doris Waverly, and the first woman is found murdered in her room! With each guest possessing a motive, the mystery of the killer's identity briskly unfolds through a stirring series of surprises.
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Death Flies East
Title: Death Flies East
Character: Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Released: February 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
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Carnival
Title: Carnival
Character: Bit Part
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
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A Notorious Gentleman
Title: A Notorious Gentleman
Released: January 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
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Horses' Collars
Title: Horses' Collars
Character: Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Released: January 10, 1935
Type: Movie
The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villain's wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Title: Lightning Strikes Twice
Character: Dugan
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.
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Among the Missing
Title: Among the Missing
Character: Police Sgt. Murphy
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
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I'll Be Suing You
Title: I'll Be Suing You
Character: Insurance Adjustor
Released: June 23, 1934
Type: Movie
Patsy is coerced into faking a broken leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.
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Twentieth Century
Title: Twentieth Century
Character: Train Detective (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1934
Type: Movie
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
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Rough Necking
Title: Rough Necking
Character: Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Released: April 24, 1934
Type: Movie
The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falls in love with the mysterious young "woman".
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I'll Tell the World
Title: I'll Tell the World
Character: Sergeant at Border
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
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Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Title: Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Character: Policeman
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
After spending the night out drinking, a man tries to find his way home, but can't quite get there.
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School for Girls
Title: School for Girls
Character: Detective
Released: March 22, 1934
Type: Movie
After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.
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The Crime Doctor
Title: The Crime Doctor
Character: Bloodgood
Released: March 14, 1934
Type: Movie
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well that the man is convicted of the murder.
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Beloved
Title: Beloved
Character: Mulvaney
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
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The Moth
Title: The Moth
Character: Detective Blake
Released: January 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Wealthy young socialite Diane Wyman squanders her fortune and becomes involved in a scandalous raid at a wild party. Her legal guardian, a lecherous old man who has the hots for her, hires a private detective to spy on her. He tails her to a train headed for New Orleans, but she catches on to him. She befriends a young woman aboard the train and they both give the private eye the slip. What Diane doesn't know, however, is that that her newfound friend is actually a notorious criminal known as The Moth, and she has her own reasons for helping Diane escape--she, too, is being tailed by a detective, who's after a cache of jewels she's stolen.
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Quiet Please!
Title: Quiet Please!
Character: Train Conductor
Released: August 10, 1933
Type: Movie
In this comedy of frustration, the fates conspire against gun salesman Edgar Kennedy, and he cannot find peace on the Pullman train he is traveling on.
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Sailor's Luck
Title: Sailor's Luck
Character: Cop
Released: March 17, 1933
Type: Movie
U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.
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King of the Jungle
Title: King of the Jungle
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1933
Type: Movie
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
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The Crime of the Century
Title: The Crime of the Century
Released: February 18, 1933
Type: Movie
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet – although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the “mystery”.
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Boys Will Be Boys
Title: Boys Will Be Boys
Character: Doorman
Released: November 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Frank Albertson's parents are worried about his seeing a showgirl instead of an "upstanding" young lady of class. But then Frank's father learns that the showgirl in question is the same one he himself has been flirting with. Eventually the whole family ends up at the nightclub, where the showgirl has a number of surprises in store for them.
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If I Had a Million
Title: If I Had a Million
Character: Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1932
Type: Movie
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
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Red Haired Alibi
Title: Red Haired Alibi
Character: Corcoran
Released: October 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
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Yoo-Hoo
Title: Yoo-Hoo
Character: Detective
Released: October 4, 1932
Type: Movie
James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.
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The Iceman's Ball
Title: The Iceman's Ball
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: August 12, 1932
Type: Movie
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.
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Guilty as Hell
Title: Guilty as Hell
Character: Detective Duffy
Released: August 5, 1932
Type: Movie
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.
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Huddle
Title: Huddle
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.
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Love in High Gear
Title: Love in High Gear
Character: Detective Duffy
Released: May 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.
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Shopping with Wifie
Title: Shopping with Wifie
Character: Det. Dugan
Released: February 7, 1932
Type: Movie
A comedy short.
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Discarded Lovers
Title: Discarded Lovers
Character: Delaney
Released: January 3, 1932
Type: Movie
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous due to her free and easy lifestyle and messy romantic affairs. Among them are Grace Sibley the jealous wife of her director, Warren Sibley, her drunken actor husband, Andre Leighton, her screenwriter boyfriend, Rex Forsythe, and her first husband, Robert Worth. Also on hand to help solve the mystery are visiting reporter Bob Adair, Irma's secretary, Valerie Christine, and policemen Captain Sommers and Sergeant Delaney.
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Side Show
Title: Side Show
Character: Sheriff Hornsby
Released: September 19, 1931
Type: Movie
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
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Young Donovan's Kid
Title: Young Donovan's Kid
Character: Collins
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
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Subway Express
Title: Subway Express
Character: Detective Kearney
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual-and-unusual suspects climb on and off at each stop.
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Scandal Sheet
Title: Scandal Sheet
Character: Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Released: January 31, 1931
Type: Movie
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
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Going Wild
Title: Going Wild
Character: The Conductor
Released: December 21, 1930
Type: Movie
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks like. So they get free room and meals at the Palm Inn and everything is going well until they want Story to fly in the race on Saturday. Rollo has never even be up in a plane, never mind fly one, so he must figure a way out. But the girls have everything bet on his winning the race. Written by Tony Fontana
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The Naughty Flirt
Title: The Naughty Flirt
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1930
Type: Movie
A coquettish socialite falls for a straight-laced associate in her father's law firm. But she must also fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter and his sister.
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Only Saps Work
Title: Only Saps Work
Character: Murphy
Released: December 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.
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She Got What She Wanted
Title: She Got What She Wanted
Released: November 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Mahyna, a dissatisfied Russian peasant girl, marries Boris and comes to New York in search of "the soul of love," only to become a drudge in their cheap flat. Meanwhile, Boris, a bookshop keeper, dreams of a prosperous future from the book he is writing. Their boarder, Dave, a partner in a gambling establishment, makes a play for Mahyna; she is tempted to leave with him when Eddie, a former admirer, arrives on the scene, and the two get into constant arguments over her.
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Men Without Law
Title: Men Without Law
Character: Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Released: October 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Returning from the war, Buck finds his younger brother in trouble.
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Scarlet Pages
Title: Scarlet Pages
Character: Murphy
Released: September 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Title: The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Character: Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1930
Type: Movie
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
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Road to Paradise
Title: Road to Paradise
Character: Police Officer Casey
Released: July 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Loretta Young plays dual roles in this 1930 crime drama about a young thief planning to steal jewels from a wealthy socialite.
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The Girl Said No
Title: The Girl Said No
Character: Policeman
Released: March 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
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Wide Open
Title: Wide Open
Character: Detective
Released: February 1, 1930
Type: Movie
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.
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The Woman Racket
Title: The Woman Racket
Character: Police Captain
Released: January 24, 1930
Type: Movie
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
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The Donovan Affair
Title: The Donovan Affair
Character: Carney
Released: April 11, 1929
Type: Movie
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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Wrong Again
Title: Wrong Again
Released: February 23, 1929
Type: Movie
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
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The Faker
Title: The Faker
Character: Police Detective
Released: January 2, 1929
Type: Movie
Rita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and astonish the rubes, gets work as private secretary to John Clayton, a wealthy man who has just disinherited his worthless son, Frank, and left his entire fortune to his upright stepson, Bob Williams. At Frank's request, the spiritualist later performs for the elder Clayton a seance during which Rita impersonates the late Mrs. Clayton and arranges for a reconciliation between Frank and his father. Rita falls in love with Bob, however, and, in order to protect Bob's interests against Frank's, exposes the spiritualist as a faker. Frank is disgraced in his father's eyes, and Bob quickly forgives Rita for her past complicity in Frank's schemes.
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The Last Warning
Title: The Last Warning
Character: Inspector
Released: December 25, 1928
Type: Movie
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
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Naughty Baby
Title: Naughty Baby
Character: Dugan
Released: December 16, 1928
Type: Movie
A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.
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A Woman of Affairs
Title: A Woman of Affairs
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?
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On Trial
Title: On Trial
Character: Clerk
Released: December 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.
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The Wright Idea
Title: The Wright Idea
Released: August 5, 1928
Type: Movie
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Harold Teen
Title: Harold Teen
Character: Mr. Lovewell
Released: April 28, 1928
Type: Movie
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Title: Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Character: Detective
Released: March 31, 1928
Type: Movie
Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's salesmanship), and move 'uptown' to live the life of the idle rich on the proceeds.
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Tenderloin
Title: Tenderloin
Character: Detective Simpson
Released: March 14, 1928
Type: Movie
Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout. Chuck's interest in her is only just as another toy to play with. Rose is unknowingly placed in a position in which she is implicated in a crime which she knows nothing about.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Detective in Shadow Box
Released: February 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
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The Gorilla
Title: The Gorilla
Character: Mulligan
Released: November 13, 1927
Type: Movie
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
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The 13th Juror
Title: The 13th Juror
Character: The Detective
Released: November 13, 1927
Type: Movie
A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge. Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.
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The Thirteenth Hour
Title: The Thirteenth Hour
Character: Det. Shaw
Released: October 17, 1927
Type: Movie
A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.
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Soft Cushions
Title: Soft Cushions
Character: The Police
Released: August 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
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Jewish Prudence
Title: Jewish Prudence
Character: Rent Collector
Released: May 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.
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The Third Degree
Title: The Third Degree
Character: Assistant Chief of Detectives
Released: December 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.
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Bromo and Juliet
Title: Bromo and Juliet
Character: The Detective (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
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Crazy Like a Fox
Title: Crazy Like a Fox
Character: Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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Say It with Babies
Title: Say It with Babies
Character: Policeman
Released: May 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a picnic with the neighbors and hoe comes home on his day of rest with three traffic tickets and numerous stings from the hornets he failed to amuse.
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That's My Baby
Title: That's My Baby
Character: Murphy
Released: April 19, 1926
Type: Movie
On the eve of his wedding, businessman Alan Boyd gets a telegram notifying him that his "bride" has fallen in love with another man and eloped with him. Announcing that he is through with women, an hour he meets pretty Helen Raynor, who takes to him (and is also his business rival's daughter). Helen's mother, though, doesn't take to Alan at all. In addition, Schuyler Van Loon, who is also after Helen, comes up with a scheme to embarrass Alan in Helen's eyes and ruin his reputation in the bargain--he comes up with a "baby" he claims is Alan's illegitimate son.
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Dog Shy
Title: Dog Shy
Character: Cop
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid getting married.
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The Uneasy Three
Title: The Uneasy Three
Released: November 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwitted trio of thieves who plan on stealing a priceless jewel.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Policeman
Released: November 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Six burglars separately break into the Vickers mansion on Long Island to loot the safe but catch each other in the act. They all pretend to be members of the household when locked in by a well meaning police officer.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Title: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Released: October 19, 1925
Type: Movie
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
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Little Annie Rooney
Title: Little Annie Rooney
Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1925
Type: Movie
A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.
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The Lawful Cheater
Title: The Lawful Cheater
Character: Tom Horan
Released: July 17, 1925
Type: Movie
Disguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow path.
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Paths to Paradise
Title: Paths to Paradise
Character: Confederate
Released: June 28, 1925
Type: Movie
Two thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are thrown together by circumstance.
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Friendly Enemies
Title: Friendly Enemies
Released: May 16, 1925
Type: Movie
As youths, Carl Pfeiffer and Henry Block came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer became a wholesale shoe dealer, while Block became a banker. In spite of their lines of work, they apparently save most of their energy for their unending arguments with each other. The latest dispute involves the Great War (the film takes place in the days just before America became involved).
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Excuse Me
Title: Excuse Me
Character: George Ketchem
Released: January 19, 1925
Type: Movie
A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
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The Yankee Consul
Title: The Yankee Consul
Character: Agent John J. Doyle
Released: February 24, 1924
Type: Movie
A whale of a comedy thriller. It's a Niagra of roaring laughter Faster Than the Wind!
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The Night Hawk
Title: The Night Hawk
Released: February 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.
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Lights Out
Title: Lights Out
Character: Decker
Released: November 12, 1923
Type: Movie
Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is filled with scenarios. Its owner, Egbert Winslow, agrees to write a screenplay about the underworld with Sea Bass's help. Sea Bass, seeing a chance to expose a pal who has double-crossed him, describes "High-Shine" Joe and some of his underworld activities. Joe sees the film in a South American theater and recognizes himself. He goes to the motion picture studio determined to kill Egbert Winslow, but bank president Peyton, who has been robbed by Joe, appears simultaneously with the police and saves Winslow.
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The Eleventh Hour
Title: The Eleventh Hour
Character: The Submarine Commander
Released: July 19, 1923
Type: Movie
An evil prince plans to use a super-explosive to take over the world.
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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Lovebound
Title: Lovebound
Character: Detective Hahn
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Besse Belwin works as a stenographer for district attorney John Mobley. It doesn't take long for Mobley to fall in love with his cute little employee and he proposes. Besse doesn't reveal that her father has a criminal past which he has since renounced.
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Captain Fly-by-Night
Title: Captain Fly-by-Night
Character: Gomez
Released: December 24, 1922
Type: Movie
First one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each claiming to have been robbed by the notorious Captain Fly-by-Night and his highwaymen. The soldiers and Señorita Anita believe the first to be Fly-by-Night and the second to be Señor Rocha, Anita's fiancée and emissary of the governor. But the first stranger, to whom Anita is drawn, proves to be on a government mission and exposes the second stranger as Captain Fly-by-Night.
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Deserted at the Altar
Title: Deserted at the Altar
Character: The Other Man
Released: December 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
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Manslaughter
Title: Manslaughter
Character: Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1922
Type: Movie
Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.
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Don't Shoot
Title: Don't Shoot
Character: Police Officer
Released: August 21, 1922
Type: Movie
Court, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her clandestine suitor.
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One Clear Call
Title: One Clear Call
Character: Starnes
Released: May 20, 1922
Type: Movie
An outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only friend, a doctor, falls for a married woman.
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The Song of Life
Title: The Song of Life
Character: Police Inspector
Released: February 2, 1922
Type: Movie
A woman abandons her husband and baby to look for a better life in the big city. Years later, as an elderly woman, she finds her son living in the big city and tries to make amends by moving in with him without revealing her secret identity.
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There Are No Villains
Title: There Are No Villains
Character: Dugall
Released: November 14, 1921
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence against suspected opium smuggler George Sala. She then advises Detective Flint of her plan to develop a relationship with John King, an impoverished, disabled ex-soldier who Rosa met in George's office. After claiming to have lost her home in a fire, Rosa is invited to stay in John's modest flat. He receives money from a mysterious source, enabling them to afford a more expensive apartment, and they soon fall in love. Although Rosa secretly witnesses John receiving a package from George, she tells the skeptical Flint that her lover is above suspicion. John agrees to end his association with George if Rosa will marry him, and, realizing that a wife cannot legally testify against her husband, she agrees.
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The Last Card
Title: The Last Card
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1921
Type: Movie
Ralph Kirkwood is falsely tried for murder. He is found guilty after being represented by lawyer, Tom Gannell. Kirkwood's wife believes she knows the identity of the real killer and sets about trapping him.
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Puppets of Fate
Title: Puppets of Fate
Released: March 28, 1921
Type: Movie
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
Title: Alias Jimmy Valentine
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: February 29, 1920
Type: Movie
The saga of Alias Jimmy Valentine began with the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation". This surprise-ending tale was adapted into a stage play by Paul Armstrong, which subsequently was adapted to film several times
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The Fire Flingers
Title: The Fire Flingers
Character: Sgt. Powers
Released: April 21, 1919
Type: Movie
A poor man assumes the identity of a wealthy look-alike after accidentally killing him; his wife prefers the new, non-abusive version and falls in love him.
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The Silk Lined Burglar
Title: The Silk Lined Burglar
Character: Capt. von Hoffmeier
Released: March 31, 1919
Type: Movie
Gentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris Macon, who claims a moral right to the safe's contents. She hires Blackie, and they break into the house where the safe is kept. Blackie blows up the safe just as owner Captain von Hoffmeier returns home. Doris disappears with papers from inside the safe, while Blackie takes phonograph records, which, when played with a special needle, reveal secrets that implicate von Hoffmeier as a German political spy.
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The Light of Victory
Title: The Light of Victory
Character: Captain Eric von Prohme
Released: March 17, 1919
Type: Movie
U.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee, Jane Ravenslee, the captain's daughter, breaks their engagement. After war is declared, George, entrusted with a secret code book to deliver to an English admiral, drinks and loses the book which German spies recover. During a private court-martial he is offered a pistol for suicide. After drinking again, he fires a shot, but still lives. Put ashore on the island of Tafofu "to rot," George, hating the U.S., moves in with Lehua, a half-white who tries to wean him from drink.
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The Yellow Dog
Title: The Yellow Dog
Character: Max Kummich
Released: November 4, 1918
Type: Movie
In the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German sympathizers, spies and draft evaders, by voicing doubts about the United States' involvement in the war, are having a disastrous effect on the patriotic spirit of the townspeople.
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A Society Sensation
Title: A Society Sensation
Character: JIm Cox
Released: September 22, 1918
Type: Movie
A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Title cards tried to make up for the lost scenes.
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The Empty Cab
Title: The Empty Cab
Character: The Detective
Released: July 6, 1918
Type: Movie
A cub reporter investigates a gang of counterfeiters.
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The Honor of an Outlaw
Title: The Honor of an Outlaw
Character: The Deputy
Released: May 15, 1917
Type: Movie
A reformed outlaw give up the girl because of his past.
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Arms and the Gringo
Title: Arms and the Gringo
Released: June 28, 1914
Type: Movie
ARCHIVE: George Eastman House
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Silent Sandy
Title: Silent Sandy
Character: Silent Sandy
Released: May 30, 1914
Type: Movie
Mary Jones, slavey, lonely and unloved, advertises in a matrimonial paper for a good man to marry her. Charlie Brown, village sport, answers the ad. He signs it with the name of "Silent Sandy," his bachelor friend, telling Mary to come at once and he will make her happy. Mary comes. Sandy, willing to meet her, she looks him up. The tender hearted bachelor, realizing from the grins of Charlie and his pal that this is a put up job of theirs, marries Mary out of pity. Mary discovers "the joke," and that Silent Sandy did not marry her for love. As she is very much in love with her husband, this nearly breaks her heart. Meanwhile, Charlie has become fascinated by Mary's beauty. He declares his feelings, begging her to elope with him. Mary, furiously unhappy, repulses him, and Sandy comes in just in time to finish up Charlie.
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A Left Hook
Title: A Left Hook
Released: May 10, 1911
Type: Movie
Adele is courted by Algernon, a delicate young man. They attend a boxing exhibition, and Adele becomes enraptured with the manly art. Algernon starts to take lessons and is given some painful maulings at the gymnasium by the instructors, who delight in battering the "Willie-boy." Adele also takes lessons and accidentally receives a left hook on the jaw, which destroys all her interest. She writes a note to Algernon, expressing her dislike for boxing, and as he gazes at his bruised and battered countenance in the mirror and realizes it has been for naught, he presents a laughable appearance.