Ferdinand Munier

Ferdinand Munier

Born: December 3, 1887
Died: May 27, 1945
in National City, California, USA

Movies for Ferdinand Munier...

Road to Utopia
Title: Road to Utopia
Character: Santa Claus (uncredited)
Released: February 27, 1946
Type: Movie
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
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Secret Agent X-9
Title: Secret Agent X-9
Character: Papa Pierre Dupray
Released: July 24, 1945
Type: Movie
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Title: Knickerbocker Holiday
Character: De Pyster
Released: March 17, 1944
Type: Movie
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
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Claudia
Title: Claudia
Character: Mr. Feiffer
Released: November 4, 1943
Type: Movie
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.
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Don't You Believe It
Title: Don't You Believe It
Character: Rumour Starter
Released: July 3, 1943
Type: Movie
This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.
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Invisible Agent
Title: Invisible Agent
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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He Stayed for Breakfast
Title: He Stayed for Breakfast
Character: Cafe Proprietor
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
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Northwest Passage
Title: Northwest Passage
Character: Stoodley - Tavern Keeper
Released: February 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character: Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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Everything Happens at Night
Title: Everything Happens at Night
Character: Conductor
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
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Midnight
Title: Midnight
Character: Stephanie's Majordomo (uncredited)
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
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Going Places
Title: Going Places
Character: Man on Electric Horse
Released: December 31, 1938
Type: Movie
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Title: Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Character: Old Major Trumleigh
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Mr. Langley
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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Tovarich
Title: Tovarich
Character: Mr. Van Hemert
Released: December 25, 1937
Type: Movie
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatiana, the Grand Duchess Petrovna, and her husband, Mikail, Prince Ouratieff. Recent exiles from the Russian Revolution, Tatiana and Mikail befriend the Dupont family, keeping their true identities a secret -- until one night when Soviet official Gorotchenko arrives for dinner.
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Confession
Title: Confession
Character: Bald Man in Theatre Seat #1 (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
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She Had to Eat
Title: She Had to Eat
Character: Williamson (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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Song of Revolt
Title: Song of Revolt
Character: Baron (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.
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Damaged Goods
Title: Damaged Goods
Character: Congressman Allen
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
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Melody for Two
Title: Melody for Two
Character: Mr. Klepper
Released: May 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
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Champagne Waltz
Title: Champagne Waltz
Character: Mayor
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa. Smitten by Elsa, Buzzy hides his identity and association with the club -- whose owner intends to buy out the Palace property. When Elsa accidentally learns who Buzzy really is, it appears he may have to return to America alone.
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High Hat
Title: High Hat
Character: Horatio Parker
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.
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That Girl from Paris
Title: That Girl from Paris
Character: Mayor (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
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Camille
Title: Camille
Character: Priest at Wedding (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
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The Bold Caballero
Title: The Bold Caballero
Character: Landlord
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
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White Legion
Title: White Legion
Character: Sen. Blank
Released: October 24, 1936
Type: Movie
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.
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The White Angel
Title: The White Angel
Character: Alexis Soyer
Released: June 25, 1936
Type: Movie
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
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One Rainy Afternoon
Title: One Rainy Afternoon
Character: Prosecutor (Uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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King of Burlesque
Title: King of Burlesque
Character: Bolton's Butler (uncredited)
Released: January 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
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Top Flat
Title: Top Flat
Character: Mr. Lamont
Released: December 21, 1935
Type: Movie
When Patsy criticises her poetry, Thelma ups and leaves for a better standard of living.
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I Dream Too Much
Title: I Dream Too Much
Character: Carousel Owner (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
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Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Fat Man Dancing at Sky Club
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: First Innkeeper
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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Harmony Lane
Title: Harmony Lane
Character: Mr. Pond
Released: October 22, 1935
Type: Movie
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
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Hands Across the Table
Title: Hands Across the Table
Character: Miles (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1935
Type: Movie
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
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Two-Fisted
Title: Two-Fisted
Character: Jerry Mason
Released: October 3, 1935
Type: Movie
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
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His Family Tree
Title: His Family Tree
Character: Mayor John J. Holtsapple
Released: September 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
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Two Sinners
Title: Two Sinners
Character: Monte
Released: September 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An ex-convict gets released after shooting a fellow who made a play for his wife. When he meets Sleeper, his life takes a change for the better, but along with her comes the boisterous little Collins, for whom she is a governess.
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Steamboat Round the Bend
Title: Steamboat Round the Bend
Character: Governor
Released: September 6, 1935
Type: Movie
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
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China Seas
Title: China Seas
Character: Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Roberta
Title: Roberta
Character: Lord Delves
Released: March 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
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Folies Bergère
Title: Folies Bergère
Character: Morrisot
Released: February 22, 1935
Type: Movie
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
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Okay Toots!
Title: Okay Toots!
Character: Mr. Brown
Released: February 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husband and wife to switch bodies!
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Clive of India
Title: Clive of India
Character: Admiral Watson
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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Babes in Toyland
Title: Babes in Toyland
Character: Santa Claus
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Title: The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Character: Dr. Chambers
Released: September 21, 1934
Type: Movie
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
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Love and Hisses
Title: Love and Hisses
Character: Judge Knott
Released: June 7, 1934
Type: Movie
Clark & McCullough hired to save love as the Judge refuses to marry Fanny Bender and Fanny refuses her daughter to marry the Judge's son unless the Judge marries her.
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Laughing Boy
Title: Laughing Boy
Character: Tourist from Cleveland
Released: April 13, 1934
Type: Movie
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
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Queen Christina
Title: Queen Christina
Character: Innkeeper
Released: December 26, 1933
Type: Movie
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: Harper (Uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
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The Bowery
Title: The Bowery
Character: Honest Mike
Released: October 7, 1933
Type: Movie
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
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Kickin' the Crown Around
Title: Kickin' the Crown Around
Character: King Phooey
Released: August 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Smugglers are on the loose and a thriving black market in salami is plaguing the nation. Clark and McCullough are hired to catch the smugglers. They are soon up to their ears in salami.
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The Stranger's Return
Title: The Stranger's Return
Character: Minister
Released: July 28, 1933
Type: Movie
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.
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The Woman I Stole
Title: The Woman I Stole
Character: Sixto
Released: June 29, 1933
Type: Movie
A man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.
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Storm at Daybreak
Title: Storm at Daybreak
Character: White-Bearded Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1933
Type: Movie
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
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Parachute Jumper
Title: Parachute Jumper
Character: Hocheimer (uncredited)
Released: January 28, 1933
Type: Movie
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
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No Man of Her Own
Title: No Man of Her Own
Character: Trinkets Dealer (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1932
Type: Movie
An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
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Wild Girl
Title: Wild Girl
Character: Col. Starbottle (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
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After Tomorrow
Title: After Tomorrow
Character: Mr. Beardsley
Released: March 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?
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Ambassador Bill
Title: Ambassador Bill
Character: Senator Pillsbury
Released: November 13, 1931
Type: Movie
An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.
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The Dixie Flyer
Title: The Dixie Flyer
Character: President John J. Rapley
Released: July 29, 1926
Type: Movie
The railroad is building a new line, but the workers are unhappy. That's because one of the board members, hoping to oust the man in charge of the project (Rapley), has a saboteur on site. Rapley's daughter, Rose, sneaks out to the project to become their telegraph operator and, with the help of the supervisor, "Sunrise" Smith, eventually discovers the plot and helps catch the bad guys amid several thrilling train chases.
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The Dixie Flyer
Title: The Dixie Flyer
Character: Vice-President Arthur Bedford
Released: July 29, 1926
Type: Movie
The railroad is building a new line, but the workers are unhappy. That's because one of the board members, hoping to oust the man in charge of the project (Rapley), has a saboteur on site. Rapley's daughter, Rose, sneaks out to the project to become their telegraph operator and, with the help of the supervisor, "Sunrise" Smith, eventually discovers the plot and helps catch the bad guys amid several thrilling train chases.
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The Broken Wing
Title: The Broken Wing
Character: Luther Farley
Released: December 19, 1923
Type: Movie
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot--who has lost his memory because of the crash--the girl has been praying for a husband, and believes that God has answered her prayers by sending him this handsome pilot. However, a local guerrilla leader has also had designs on the daughter, and comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition, make some money and win the girl in the bargain.
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Ruggles of Red Gap
Title: Ruggles of Red Gap
Character: Senator Floud
Released: February 25, 1918
Type: Movie
Harry Leon Wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable English valet who is lost in a poker game to a rough-and-ready westerner and taken to Red Gap ultimately to become its social mentor and chief caterer, and there is sheer delight in the story of how the Earl, brought over to save his younger brother from the vampirish clutches of Klondike Kate, makes the lady his Countess and once more stands Red Gap upon its somewhat dizzy head.