Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson

Born: November 22, 1897
Died: September 6, 1978
in London, England, UK

Movies for Harry Wilson...

That's Entertainment! III
Title: That's Entertainment! III
Character: (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
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Spaceship to the Unknown
Title: Spaceship to the Unknown
Character: Captured soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
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The Cincinnati Kid
Title: The Cincinnati Kid
Character: Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1965
Type: Movie
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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The Hallelujah Trail
Title: The Hallelujah Trail
Character: Miner (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1965
Type: Movie
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
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Fate Is the Hunter
Title: Fate Is the Hunter
Character: Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
Title: Robin and the 7 Hoods
Character: Gisborne's Hood
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?
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The Solid Gold Girl
Title: The Solid Gold Girl
Character: Barfly
Released: February 14, 1964
Type: Movie
While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin) stumbles into a town where an old cell mate of his is being tried for robbery and murder. The outlaw has hidden the loot and offers to reveal the location to Destry, but instead provides the location to Patience Dailey, a gold digging saloon singer played by Tammy Grimes.
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Kid Galahad
Title: Kid Galahad
Character: Bailey Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1962
Type: Movie
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
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How the West Was Won
Title: How the West Was Won
Character: Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
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Gypsy
Title: Gypsy
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
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Pressure Point
Title: Pressure Point
Released: October 10, 1962
Type: Movie
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
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Pocketful of Miracles
Title: Pocketful of Miracles
Character: Slop (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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Title: The Dick Powell Show
Character: Wino
Released: September 26, 1961
Type: TV
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Spats' Henchman
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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Frankenstein's Daughter
Title: Frankenstein's Daughter
Character: The Monster
Released: December 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.
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The Buccaneer
Title: The Buccaneer
Character: Pirate with Eyepatch
Released: December 11, 1958
Type: Movie
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Dockhand (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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Hell Bound
Title: Hell Bound
Character: Seaman (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
After WW2, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the USA.
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Chicago Confidential
Title: Chicago Confidential
Released: August 30, 1957
Type: Movie
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
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The Unearthly
Title: The Unearthly
Character: Monster in Basement (uncredited)
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.
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Designing Woman
Title: Designing Woman
Character: Thug (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1957
Type: Movie
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
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Guys and Dolls
Title: Guys and Dolls
Character: Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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Title: Highway Patrol
Character: Customer in Restaurant
Released: October 3, 1955
Type: TV
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
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Title: Highway Patrol
Character: Extra at Cafe Counter
Released: October 3, 1955
Type: TV
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Big House, U.S.A
Title: Big House, U.S.A
Released: March 3, 1955
Type: Movie
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.
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River of No Return
Title: River of No Return
Character: Prospector (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1954
Type: Movie
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
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Duffy of San Quentin
Title: Duffy of San Quentin
Character: Lou
Released: March 16, 1954
Type: Movie
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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The Far Country
Title: The Far Country
Character: Miner (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.
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Crime Wave
Title: Crime Wave
Character: Parolee (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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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Man Asking for Match
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Vice Squad
Title: Vice Squad
Character: Man in Lineup (uncredited)
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Title: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Character: Guard / Doorman (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Character: Ugly Pirate (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
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The Enforcer
Title: The Enforcer
Character: B. J. (uncredited)
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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The Fuller Brush Girl
Title: The Fuller Brush Girl
Character: Crew Member (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Title: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Character: Thug (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.
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Convicted
Title: Convicted
Character: Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Comanche Territory
Title: Comanche Territory
Released: May 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.
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Buccaneer's Girl
Title: Buccaneer's Girl
Character: Bertram
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
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Buccaneer's Girl
Title: Buccaneer's Girl
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
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The Reckless Moment
Title: The Reckless Moment
Character: Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1949
Type: Movie
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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All the King's Men
Title: All the King's Men
Character: One of Duffy's Goons (Uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1949
Type: Movie
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
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Bride for Sale
Title: Bride for Sale
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: November 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.
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Thieves' Highway
Title: Thieves' Highway
Character: Fifth (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1949
Type: Movie
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
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He Walked by Night
Title: He Walked by Night
Character: Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1949
Type: Movie
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
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Wake of the Red Witch
Title: Wake of the Red Witch
Character: Seaman
Released: December 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Title: Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Character: Fight Spectator
Released: September 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
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Killer Dill
Title: Killer Dill
Character: Hood (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
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The Strange Woman
Title: The Strange Woman
Character: Lumberjack (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1946
Type: Movie
In early 19th century New England, an attractive unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to deceive and control the men around her.
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Adventure
Title: Adventure
Character: Big Mug (unconfirmed)
Released: December 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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The Lost Weekend
Title: The Lost Weekend
Character: Drunk (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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Stairway to Light
Title: Stairway to Light
Character: Keeper Hosing Down Patient (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1945
Type: Movie
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
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A Gun in His Hand
Title: A Gun in His Hand
Character: Ex-Con Thug (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.
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Lost in a Harem
Title: Lost in a Harem
Character: Native in Café Audience (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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Call of the Rockies
Title: Call of the Rockies
Character: Miner
Released: July 14, 1944
Type: Movie
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
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Swing Fever
Title: Swing Fever
Character: Killer's Second (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Henchman
Released: July 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
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Stand by for Action
Title: Stand by for Action
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
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The Big Street
Title: The Big Street
Character: Fethington (Uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
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Pardon My Sarong
Title: Pardon My Sarong
Character: Varnoff's Henchman (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
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Native Land
Title: Native Land
Character: Eugene Poulnot
Released: May 11, 1942
Type: Movie
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.
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Woman of the Year
Title: Woman of the Year
Character: Lubbeck's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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Honky Tonk
Title: Honky Tonk
Character: Cowboy on Back of Train
Released: October 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
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Hold That Ghost
Title: Hold That Ghost
Character: Harry (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
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A Man Betrayed
Title: A Man Betrayed
Character: Club Inferno Attendant (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
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Ridin' on a Rainbow
Title: Ridin' on a Rainbow
Character: Cupid in Holiday Pageant
Released: January 24, 1941
Type: Movie
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.
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Maisie Was a Lady
Title: Maisie Was a Lady
Character: Man at Carnival Sideshow (Uncredited)
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
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Go West
Title: Go West
Character: Barfly / Train Passenger
Released: December 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
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The Great Dictator
Title: The Great Dictator
Character: Soldier in Field (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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Wyoming
Title: Wyoming
Character: Townsman
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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Nutty But Nice
Title: Nutty But Nice
Character: Mobster
Released: June 14, 1940
Type: Movie
The stooges are singing comedic waiters, enlisted by two doctors to try and cheer up a depressed little girl, whose banker-father has gone missing with $300,000 worth of bonds.
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One Million B.C.
Title: One Million B.C.
Character: Rock Person
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
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Northwest Passage
Title: Northwest Passage
Character: Ranger
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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Invisible Stripes
Title: Invisible Stripes
Character: Worker (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Coast Guard
Title: Coast Guard
Character: Second Expressman (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.
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Invitation to Happiness
Title: Invitation to Happiness
Character: Man at Nightclub Entrance (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1939
Type: Movie
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Title: The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Character: Thug
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
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Captain Fury
Title: Captain Fury
Character: Convict
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
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Bridal Suite
Title: Bridal Suite
Character: Mountaineer with Guide
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Character: Moving Man
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
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The Sap Takes a Wrap
Title: The Sap Takes a Wrap
Character: Mr. Wallace
Released: March 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.
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Let Freedom Ring
Title: Let Freedom Ring
Character: Barfly / Workman (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
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The Phantom Creeps
Title: The Phantom Creeps
Character: Schooner Crewman
Released: January 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Title: The Cowboy and the Lady
Character: Man Shaving (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
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If I Were King
Title: If I Were King
Character: Beggar
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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Professor Beware
Title: Professor Beware
Character: Brawler
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
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He Couldn't Say No
Title: He Couldn't Say No
Character: Jostled Subway Rider
Released: March 19, 1938
Type: Movie
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
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Tim Tyler's Luck
Title: Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Henchman
Released: December 27, 1937
Type: Movie
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of Tim's father, but is eventually tracked down.
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The Wrong Road
Title: The Wrong Road
Character: Convict (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
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The Bride Wore Red
Title: The Bride Wore Red
Character: Cordellera Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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Topper
Title: Topper
Character: Onlooker at Street Brawl (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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Song of Revolt
Title: Song of Revolt
Character: Peasant (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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You Only Live Once
Title: You Only Live Once
Character: Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1937
Type: Movie
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
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Grips, Grunts and Groans
Title: Grips, Grunts and Groans
Character: Workout Partner (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The Stooges become trainers of Bustoff, a champion wrestler. The big boss has a lot of money bet on Bustoff and orders the boys to take good care of him. Instead they accidentally knock him out and Curly must disguise himself as Bustoff and wrestle in his place. The match doesn't go very well until Curly smells "Wild Hyacinth" perfume on a lady fan at ringside. This drives him crazy and he knocks out his opponent and half the people in the stadium.
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That Girl from Paris
Title: That Girl from Paris
Character: Dock Worker (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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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Master Will Shakespeare
Title: Master Will Shakespeare
Character: Peasant (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.
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The Country Doctor
Title: The Country Doctor
Character: Married Logger (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1936
Type: Movie
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
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Modern Times
Title: Modern Times
Character: Worker (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
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After the Dance
Title: After the Dance
Character: Convict
Released: June 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis (George Murphy), and he's sent to jail. In a riot, a hostile convict (Jack La Rue) forces Jerry to help him escape, so Jerry takes to the streets himself. Nightclub entertainer Anne Taylor (Nancy Carroll) meets him, and convinces her boss Louis (Arthur Hohl) to hire him as her partner.
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Break of Hearts
Title: Break of Hearts
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
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Mary Jane's Pa
Title: Mary Jane's Pa
Character: Roughneck
Released: April 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
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The Best Man Wins
Title: The Best Man Wins
Character: Seaman
Released: January 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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The Affairs of Cellini
Title: The Affairs of Cellini
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: August 24, 1934
Type: Movie
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
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Lazy River
Title: Lazy River
Character: Prisoner
Released: March 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
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Hoopla
Title: Hoopla
Character: Roustabout
Released: November 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.
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Baby Face
Title: Baby Face
Character: Laborer (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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The Mayor of Hell
Title: The Mayor of Hell
Character: Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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Goldie Gets Along
Title: Goldie Gets Along
Character: Fan at Beauty Contest
Released: January 27, 1933
Type: Movie
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Title: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Character: Seated Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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The Sport Parade
Title: The Sport Parade
Character: Heckler in Montage (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1932
Type: Movie
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
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The Dark Horse
Title: The Dark Horse
Character: Man in Jail Cell
Released: June 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
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Night Court
Title: Night Court
Character: Acquitted Truck Driver (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1932
Type: Movie
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
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Huddle
Title: Huddle
Character: Stoker in Mill (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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The Tip-Off
Title: The Tip-Off
Character: Hood at Scarno's
Released: October 16, 1931
Type: Movie
A young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he repairs their radio.
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The Mad Genius
Title: The Mad Genius
Character: Curtain Man (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
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Way for a Sailor
Title: Way for a Sailor
Character: Navy Man in Brawl
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
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The Big House
Title: The Big House
Character: Inmate #46375 (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1930
Type: Movie
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
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Shadow of the Law
Title: Shadow of the Law
Character: Convict
Released: June 6, 1930
Type: Movie
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.