Monte Vandergrift

Monte Vandergrift

Movies for Monte Vandergrift...

The Phantom Creeps
Title: The Phantom Creeps
Character: Jarvis Goon
Released: June 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Not a feature, but an edited version of the 1939 serial "The Phantom Creeps" which was released to TV in 1949.
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Highway West
Title: Highway West
Character: Motorcop (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
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Missing Evidence
Title: Missing Evidence
Character: Prentice
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
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Balalaika
Title: Balalaika
Character: Corporal (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
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Smashing the Money Ring
Title: Smashing the Money Ring
Character: Guard Searching in Patrol Car (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1939
Type: Movie
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
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Television Spy
Title: Television Spy
Character: Grinton
Released: October 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.
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Miracles for Sale
Title: Miracles for Sale
Character: Police Officer Bergin
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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The Spellbinder
Title: The Spellbinder
Character: Official from D.A.'s Office (Uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Policeman with Taxi (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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It's a Wonderful World
Title: It's a Wonderful World
Character: Police Officer Drivng Patrol Car (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Almost a Gentleman
Title: Almost a Gentleman
Character: Detective
Released: March 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Let Us Live
Title: Let Us Live
Character: Detective Dietz (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
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Sergeant Madden
Title: Sergeant Madden
Character: Policeman
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Blackwell's Island
Title: Blackwell's Island
Character: Guard at Prison Dock (uncredited)
Released: January 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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The Phantom Creeps
Title: The Phantom Creeps
Character: Al
Released: January 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Policeman at Roller Rink
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Title: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character: First Detective - with Earphones (uncredited)
Released: July 20, 1938
Type: Movie
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.
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Racket Busters
Title: Racket Busters
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
Title: Cowboy from Brooklyn
Character: Brakeman
Released: July 9, 1938
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Hold That Kiss
Title: Hold That Kiss
Character: Policeman
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
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The Beloved Brat
Title: The Beloved Brat
Character: Police Officer
Released: April 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.
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The First Hundred Years
Title: The First Hundred Years
Character: Monte - organ installer (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
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The Daredevil Drivers
Title: The Daredevil Drivers
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
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Everybody's Doing It
Title: Everybody's Doing It
Character: Detective Martin
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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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Sailor
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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True Confession
Title: True Confession
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
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High Flyers
Title: High Flyers
Character: Cop Announcer
Released: November 7, 1937
Type: Movie
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
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Captains Courageous
Title: Captains Courageous
Character: Sailor on Flying Swan (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
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Woman Chases Man
Title: Woman Chases Man
Character: Process Server (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1937
Type: Movie
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
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California Straight Ahead
Title: California Straight Ahead
Character: Clancy
Released: April 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.
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Clarence
Title: Clarence
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.
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You Only Live Once
Title: You Only Live Once
Character: Traffic Policeman (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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The Mighty Treve
Title: The Mighty Treve
Character: Policeman
Released: January 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.
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We Who Are About to Die
Title: We Who Are About to Die
Character: Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
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The Mandarin Mystery
Title: The Mandarin Mystery
Character: Detective
Released: December 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
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Smartest Girl in Town
Title: Smartest Girl in Town
Character: Hotel Detective
Released: November 27, 1936
Type: Movie
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
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Ellis Island
Title: Ellis Island
Character: Moxey
Released: November 4, 1936
Type: Movie
It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.
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The Girl on the Front Page
Title: The Girl on the Front Page
Character: Politician
Released: September 26, 1936
Type: Movie
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Friendly Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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The Texas Rangers
Title: The Texas Rangers
Character: messenger (uncredited)
Released: August 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
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Hollywood Boulevard
Title: Hollywood Boulevard
Character: Electrician (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1936
Type: Movie
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
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Crash Donovan
Title: Crash Donovan
Character: Patrolman (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
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Easy Money
Title: Easy Money
Character: Moxie Malley, henchman
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance company, and assures the company president he will get the goods on the gang or die in the attempt. At the company offices, he meets Carol Carter and she, believing he is a shyster (possibly redundant) lawyer in the employ of the racketeers gives him as little help as possible. Dan visits his brother Eddie, who is mixed up with the gang and tries to make him break away. Eddie is belligerent but finally, because of the pressure brought by Dan and his wife Tonia, agrees to go straight. The gang, led by "Duke" Trotti, fears he will squeal and they kill him, plus they make his death look like an accident and plan to collect on it. Dan is closing in on the gang when Carol, who is now his assistant, comes up with some conclusive evidence, but "Duke" has plans to get rid of her before she can give the information to Dan.
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Absolute Quiet
Title: Absolute Quiet
Character: Second Mechanic (Uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
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The Moon's Our Home
Title: The Moon's Our Home
Character: Brakeman
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other--they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. During the honeymoon, all hell breaks loose as a comedic war of the sexes leads inevitably to love.
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The Country Doctor
Title: The Country Doctor
Character: Townsman (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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The Preview Murder Mystery
Title: The Preview Murder Mystery
Character: Watchman (Uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
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Strike Me Pink
Title: Strike Me Pink
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: January 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Title: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character: Deputy (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1935
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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In Person
Title: In Person
Character: Studio Representative
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
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Hot Money
Title: Hot Money
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
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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Rendezvous
Title: Rendezvous
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
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Here Comes the Band
Title: Here Comes the Band
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
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The Daring Young Man
Title: The Daring Young Man
Character: Minor Role
Released: July 17, 1935
Type: Movie
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
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Smart Girl
Title: Smart Girl
Character: Smith (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits suicide, leaving nothing but a pile of debts. Pat sets up a successful hat-designing business, providing the sole support for herself and her sister Kay (Gail Patrick). So devoted is Pat to Kay's welfare that she stands by in stoic silence as Kay begins romancing Pat's sweetie Nick Graham (Kent Taylor).
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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'G' Men
Title: 'G' Men
Character: Deputy Sheriff on Train (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1935
Type: Movie
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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Private Worlds
Title: Private Worlds
Character: Dawson
Released: April 19, 1935
Type: Movie
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
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Helldorado
Title: Helldorado
Character: Miner
Released: January 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to replace the top of their convertible when it begins to rain. As they approach a bridge, Art notices a few stalled cars, and when the storm worsens, the bridge washes away, leaving Art, Glenda, Van and several others stranded in a canyon.
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Murder in the Clouds
Title: Murder in the Clouds
Character: Air Field Radio Operator
Released: December 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
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The Case of the Howling Dog
Title: The Case of the Howling Dog
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
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Shoot the Works
Title: Shoot the Works
Character: Man from Board of Health
Released: July 18, 1934
Type: Movie
The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
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Hollywood Mystery
Title: Hollywood Mystery
Character: Reporter
Released: June 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A PR man for a low-budget movie studio comes up with what he believes is the perfect gimmick--to make a gangster picture with a real mobster in the lead role.
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Murder on the Blackboard
Title: Murder on the Blackboard
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.
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Fog Over Frisco
Title: Fog Over Frisco
Character: First Detective (Uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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The Kennel Murder Case
Title: The Kennel Murder Case
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Stage Lighting Man
Released: September 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
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Parole Girl
Title: Parole Girl
Character: Guard
Released: March 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
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The Death Kiss
Title: The Death Kiss
Character: Studio Cop
Released: December 5, 1932
Type: Movie
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
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Trapped in Tia Juana
Title: Trapped in Tia Juana
Character: Orderly
Released: August 14, 1932
Type: Movie
An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both brothers.
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The Dark Horse
Title: The Dark Horse
Character: Delegate
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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Behind Office Doors
Title: Behind Office Doors
Character: Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.