Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Born: February 14, 1888
Died: February 15, 1951
in Indiana, USA
Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in Indiana, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

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A Place in the Sun
Title: A Place in the Sun
Character: Company Executive (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
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Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Title: Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Character: U.S. Opens Awards Presenter (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1951
Type: Movie
When most people look at Florence Farley, they see a pretty teenager. But when Milly Farley looks at her daughter she sees something else: a tennis prodigy who could be Milly’s ticket to money and fame.
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All About Eve
Title: All About Eve
Character: Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1950
Type: Movie
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Chain Gang
Title: Chain Gang
Character: Committee Chairman
Released: November 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
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Born to Be Bad
Title: Born to Be Bad
Character: Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1950
Type: Movie
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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The Great Jewel Robber
Title: The Great Jewel Robber
Character: Tony Englebar - Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
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711 Ocean Drive
Title: 711 Ocean Drive
Character: Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1950
Type: Movie
The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru and his own greed. Ripped from the headlines of the 1950 Kevaufer Organized Crime Hearings, this fast-moving picture is laden with location sequences shot in Los Angeles, the Hoover Dam and Palm Springs including the famous Doll House watering hole on North Palm Canyon Drive!
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Rock Island Trail
Title: Rock Island Trail
Character: Colonel Cavenport, Board Member
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
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Champagne for Caesar
Title: Champagne for Caesar
Character: Television Viewer
Released: May 11, 1950
Type: Movie
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
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The Secret Fury
Title: The Secret Fury
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Premiere Attendee / Party Guest
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
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All the King's Men
Title: All the King's Men
Character: Man at Impeachment Hearing (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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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Title: Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
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The Fountainhead
Title: The Fountainhead
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1949
Type: Movie
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
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The Undercover Man
Title: The Undercover Man
Character: Man in Movie Audience
Released: March 21, 1949
Type: Movie
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Ladies of the Chorus
Title: Ladies of the Chorus
Released: December 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
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My Dear Secretary
Title: My Dear Secretary
Character: Las Vegas Casino Extra (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
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You Gotta Stay Happy
Title: You Gotta Stay Happy
Character: Bank Customer (Uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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Race Street
Title: Race Street
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
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So This Is New York
Title: So This Is New York
Character: Albert Finnett (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
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Ruthless
Title: Ruthless
Character: Political Dinner Dais Attendee (Uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1948
Type: Movie
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Title: Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Character: Dr. Gray
Released: February 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
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The Judge Steps Out
Title: The Judge Steps Out
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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The Gangster
Title: The Gangster
Character: Headwaiter
Released: November 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
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Body and Soul
Title: Body and Soul
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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The Black Widow
Title: The Black Widow
Character: Dr. Harcourt
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.
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The Unsuspected
Title: The Unsuspected
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
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Railroaded!
Title: Railroaded!
Character: Club Patron
Released: September 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Headwaiter
Released: September 8, 1947
Type: Movie
A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Title: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
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Fun on a Weekend
Title: Fun on a Weekend
Character: Man in Outer Office (Uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Title: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Released: April 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
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Magnificent Doll
Title: Magnificent Doll
Character: Lafayette
Released: December 8, 1946
Type: Movie
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.
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The Magnificent Rogue
Title: The Magnificent Rogue
Character: Guest
Released: November 7, 1946
Type: Movie
A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own very successful advertising agency. Comedy.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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The Jolson Story
Title: The Jolson Story
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradually working his way up through the vaudeville ranks, Asa — now calling himself Al Jolson — joins a blackface minstrel troupe and soon builds a reputation as a consummate performer. But as his career grows in size, so does his ego, resulting in battles in business as well as in his personal life.
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White Tie and Tails
Title: White Tie and Tails
Character: Maitre D' (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1946
Type: Movie
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up marrying an heiress.
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Dragonwyck
Title: Dragonwyck
Character: Servant (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1946
Type: Movie
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
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The Hoodlum Saint
Title: The Hoodlum Saint
Character: Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
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Night Editor
Title: Night Editor
Character: Mr. Graham, Bank Executive (Uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1946
Type: Movie
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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Young Widow
Title: Young Widow
Character: Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
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They Were Expendable
Title: They Were Expendable
Character: Man in Admiral's Office (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.
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Getting Gertie's Garter
Title: Getting Gertie's Garter
Character: Board Member (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
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White Pongo
Title: White Pongo
Character: Dr. Kent
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
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Incendiary Blonde
Title: Incendiary Blonde
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"
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Hitchhike to Happiness
Title: Hitchhike to Happiness
Character: Publisher (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1945
Type: Movie
An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
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The Affairs of Susan
Title: The Affairs of Susan
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.
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Flame of Barbary Coast
Title: Flame of Barbary Coast
Character: Gambler
Released: May 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.
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Crime, Inc.
Title: Crime, Inc.
Character: Board Member (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.
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A Song for Miss Julie
Title: A Song for Miss Julie
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
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I Love a Mystery
Title: I Love a Mystery
Character: Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
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The Woman in the Window
Title: The Woman in the Window
Character: Man at Club (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Laura
Title: Laura
Character: Man Dining with Laura (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1944
Type: Movie
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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Christmas Holiday
Title: Christmas Holiday
Character: Juryman
Released: July 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.
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Weird Woman
Title: Weird Woman
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1944
Type: Movie
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
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Government Girl
Title: Government Girl
Character: Businessman (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1943
Type: Movie
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
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This Time for Keeps
Title: This Time for Keeps
Character: Extra on Quiz Show Stage
Released: March 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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Brooklyn Orchid
Title: Brooklyn Orchid
Character: Mr. Bledsoe III
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
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Keep 'Em Flying
Title: Keep 'Em Flying
Character: Man with Woman with Lipstick (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1941
Type: Movie
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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Our Wife
Title: Our Wife
Character: Departing Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
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Hold That Ghost
Title: Hold That Ghost
Character: Nightclub Patron (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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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Title: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: Dr. Warren
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play Sunny. It stars Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, and Helen Westley.
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Love Crazy
Title: Love Crazy
Character: Party Guest Whose Hat is Floating (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
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Ziegfeld Girl
Title: Ziegfeld Girl
Character: Theater Patron Watching Finale (Uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
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Here Comes Happiness
Title: Here Comes Happiness
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
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The Lady Eve
Title: The Lady Eve
Character: Jeweler (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1941
Type: Movie
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Blonde Inspiration
Title: Blonde Inspiration
Character: Spectator at Speech (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
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Kitty Foyle
Title: Kitty Foyle
Character: Man at Premiere (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Title: Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Character: Racetrack Spectator
Released: December 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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Comrade X
Title: Comrade X
Character: Press Correspondent
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
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One Night in the Tropics
Title: One Night in the Tropics
Character: Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
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Gallant Sons
Title: Gallant Sons
Character: Extra in Casino (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Christmas in July
Title: Christmas in July
Character: Mr. Babcock (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
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Cold Turkey
Title: Cold Turkey
Character: Office Worker
Released: October 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Harry wins a turkey at a raffle.
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Down Argentine Way
Title: Down Argentine Way
Character: Westchester Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1940
Type: Movie
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
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Glamour for Sale
Title: Glamour for Sale
Character: Man at Bar (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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Sky Murder
Title: Sky Murder
Character: Party Guest
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
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City for Conquest
Title: City for Conquest
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1940
Type: Movie
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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Hired Wife
Title: Hired Wife
Character: Office Worker
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
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Young People
Title: Young People
Character: Man in Audience
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (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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Money and the Woman
Title: Money and the Woman
Character: Ed, Bank Teller (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1940
Type: Movie
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
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'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
Title: 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
Character: Man at Fashion Show
Released: August 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.
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The Great McGinty
Title: The Great McGinty
Character: Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...
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The Ghost Breakers
Title: The Ghost Breakers
Character: Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
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The Saint Takes Over
Title: The Saint Takes Over
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
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Girl in 313
Title: Girl in 313
Character: Extra at Fashion Show
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
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Forty Little Mothers
Title: Forty Little Mothers
Character: Alumni Dinner Guest
Released: April 26, 1940
Type: Movie
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
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Irene
Title: Irene
Character: Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.
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Johnny Apollo
Title: Johnny Apollo
Character: Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
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Curtain Call
Title: Curtain Call
Character: Dressing Room Guest
Released: April 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
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Too Many Husbands
Title: Too Many Husbands
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: April 3, 1940
Type: Movie
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
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Road to Singapore
Title: Road to Singapore
Character: Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...
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My Son, My Son!
Title: My Son, My Son!
Character: Backstage / Party Extra
Released: March 21, 1940
Type: Movie
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
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Alice in Movieland
Title: Alice in Movieland
Character: Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1940
Type: Movie
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
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Broadway Melody of 1940
Title: Broadway Melody of 1940
Character: Theatregoer (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
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He Married His Wife
Title: He Married His Wife
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: January 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
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City of Chance
Title: City of Chance
Character: Gambling House Patron
Released: January 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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Mexican Spitfire
Title: Mexican Spitfire
Character: Wedding Reception Guest
Released: January 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
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Music in My Heart
Title: Music in My Heart
Character: Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Released: January 4, 1940
Type: Movie
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
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Swanee River
Title: Swanee River
Character: Man on Riverboat
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Title: Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Character: Man in the White House
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
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Reno
Title: Reno
Character: Disbarment Lawyer
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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Day-time Wife
Title: Day-time Wife
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: November 24, 1939
Type: Movie
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.
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City in Darkness
Title: City in Darkness
Character: Man Leaving Paris
Released: November 15, 1939
Type: Movie
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
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The Invisible Killer
Title: The Invisible Killer
Character: Sue's Boss (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1939
Type: Movie
Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweetheart, Detective Lieutenant Jerry Brown, chief of the police Homicide Squad. When the call comes in that there has been a killing at Lefty Ross' place, a notorious gambling joint, Jerry is peeved when Sue beats him there. He discovers that gambler Jimmy Clark was killed as he answered a telephone call, and his body is riddled with bullets but Jerry can't find any weapon. Sue is amazed to see Gloria Cunningham there. Gloria's father is one of the town's leading reformers and she is engaged to District Attorney Richard Sutton. Ross decides to give Sutton all the information he needs and makes an appointment to go to Sutton's home. Once there, Ross is called to the telephone before he can give any information, and is killed in the same mysterious manner as Jimmy Clark.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Ball Guest
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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At the Circus
Title: At the Circus
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Committeeman (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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Eternally Yours
Title: Eternally Yours
Character: Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
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Our Leading Citizen
Title: Our Leading Citizen
Character: Delegate
Released: August 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
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Miracles for Sale
Title: Miracles for Sale
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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The Cowboy Quarterback
Title: The Cowboy Quarterback
Character: Casino Extra
Released: July 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.
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Second Fiddle
Title: Second Fiddle
Character: Premiere Attendee
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
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Naughty But Nice
Title: Naughty But Nice
Character: Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
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Good Girls Go to Paris
Title: Good Girls Go to Paris
Character: Nightclub Patron / Wedding Guest
Released: June 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
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Panama Lady
Title: Panama Lady
Character: Cantina Table Extra (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
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Midnight
Title: Midnight
Character: Flammarions' Party Guest / Stephanie's Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Title: Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
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Tail Spin
Title: Tail Spin
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
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Kentucky
Title: Kentucky
Character: Thaddeus' Friend
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
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Swing, Sister, Swing
Title: Swing, Sister, Swing
Character: Diner
Released: December 16, 1938
Type: Movie
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
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Blondie
Title: Blondie
Character: Assistant Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
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Opening Day
Title: Opening Day
Character: Baseball Fan
Released: November 12, 1938
Type: Movie
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
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A Man to Remember
Title: A Man to Remember
Character: Medical Association Board Member (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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Juvenile Court
Title: Juvenile Court
Character: Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Title: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character: Guest (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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They're Always Caught
Title: They're Always Caught
Character: Man in Automobile (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1938
Type: Movie
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
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Woman Against Woman
Title: Woman Against Woman
Character: Country Club Guest
Released: June 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Elevator Operator / Nightclub Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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The Fighting Devil Dogs
Title: The Fighting Devil Dogs
Character: King (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1938
Type: Movie
Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
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Hold That Kiss
Title: Hold That Kiss
Character: Dog Show Attendee
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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Law of the Underworld
Title: Law of the Underworld
Character: Rogers' Party Guest, with slick white hair
Released: May 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
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The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Title: The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Character: Party Guest
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
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Arsène Lupin Returns
Title: Arsène Lupin Returns
Character: Man Leaving Hotel (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
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Blondes at Work
Title: Blondes at Work
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1938
Type: Movie
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
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Everybody's Doing It
Title: Everybody's Doing It
Character: Man at Bar
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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The Dummy Owner
Title: The Dummy Owner
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.
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You're a Sweetheart
Title: You're a Sweetheart
Character: Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
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Clipped Wings
Title: Clipped Wings
Character: Jones
Released: December 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
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Portia on Trial
Title: Portia on Trial
Character: Party Guest
Released: November 8, 1937
Type: Movie
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
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Breakfast for Two
Title: Breakfast for Two
Character: Stockholder - Receivership Hearing Member
Released: October 22, 1937
Type: Movie
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.
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The Wrong Road
Title: The Wrong Road
Character: Man at Auction (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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Music for Madame
Title: Music for Madame
Character: Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
Title: One Hundred Men and a Girl
Character: Concert Attendee
Released: September 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
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Vogues of 1938
Title: Vogues of 1938
Character: Fashion Show Patron
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
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Talent Scout
Title: Talent Scout
Character: Maitre d' (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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She Had to Eat
Title: She Had to Eat
Character: Country Club Diner (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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The Great Gambini
Title: The Great Gambini
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: June 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
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Let Them Live
Title: Let Them Live
Character: Headwaiter
Released: April 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
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Marked Woman
Title: Marked Woman
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1937
Type: Movie
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
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The Man Who Found Himself
Title: The Man Who Found Himself
Character: Medical Board Doctor
Released: April 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
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Love Is News
Title: Love Is News
Character: Salesman (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
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Champagne Waltz
Title: Champagne Waltz
Character: Jazz Palace Attendee
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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We Who Are About to Die
Title: We Who Are About to Die
Character: Man in District Attorney's Office (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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Beloved Enemy
Title: Beloved Enemy
Character: Reception Guest (Uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1936
Type: Movie
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
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Smartest Girl in Town
Title: Smartest Girl in Town
Character: Gordon
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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The Accusing Finger
Title: The Accusing Finger
Character: Senator
Released: November 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
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The Big Game
Title: The Big Game
Character: Man at Dance
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
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Rhythm on the Range
Title: Rhythm on the Range
Character: Dining Car Passenger
Released: July 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters
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Champagne Charlie
Title: Champagne Charlie
Character: Jewelry Salesman
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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Brides Are Like That
Title: Brides Are Like That
Character: Extra at Dance
Released: April 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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Big Brown Eyes
Title: Big Brown Eyes
Character: Assistant Prosecutor (Uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
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Love Before Breakfast
Title: Love Before Breakfast
Character: Dubin's Diner Customer (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
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Pan Handlers
Title: Pan Handlers
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 29, 1936
Type: Movie
The girls get jobs selling aluminum cookware door to door.
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Wife vs. Secretary
Title: Wife vs. Secretary
Character: Poker Player with Pair of Jacks (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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You May Be Next!
Title: You May Be Next!
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
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Paddy O'Day
Title: Paddy O'Day
Character: Mr. Wright - First Class Passenger
Released: January 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.
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King of Burlesque
Title: King of Burlesque
Character: Extra in Audience (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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If You Could Only Cook
Title: If You Could Only Cook
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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The Widow from Monte Carlo
Title: The Widow from Monte Carlo
Character: Costume Ball Dancer (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1935
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.
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The Great Impersonation
Title: The Great Impersonation
Character: Army Officer (uncredited)
Released: December 8, 1935
Type: Movie
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
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Kind Lady
Title: Kind Lady
Character: Lucy's Friend (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
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To Beat the Band
Title: To Beat the Band
Character: Man Knocked Down in Nightclub
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.
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Rendezvous
Title: Rendezvous
Character: Partitioner (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
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Thunder in the Night
Title: Thunder in the Night
Character: Baron de Palma - Party Guest
Released: September 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.
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Here Comes the Band
Title: Here Comes the Band
Character: Party Guest (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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Old Man Rhythm
Title: Old Man Rhythm
Character: Board Member
Released: August 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
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Break of Hearts
Title: Break of Hearts
Character: New Year's Eve Celebrant (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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Goin' to Town
Title: Goin' to Town
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: April 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
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The Winning Ticket
Title: The Winning Ticket
Character: Traveler
Released: February 8, 1935
Type: Movie
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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What Every Woman Knows
Title: What Every Woman Knows
Character: Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
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The Gay Divorcee
Title: The Gay Divorcee
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.
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His Greatest Gamble
Title: His Greatest Gamble
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
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The Merry Frinks
Title: The Merry Frinks
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1934
Type: Movie
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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A Very Honorable Guy
Title: A Very Honorable Guy
Character: Party Guest
Released: April 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
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Journal of a Crime
Title: Journal of a Crime
Character: Celebrant (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
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King for a Night
Title: King for a Night
Character: Governor's Aide
Released: December 9, 1933
Type: Movie
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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Dancing Lady
Title: Dancing Lady
Character: First Nighter (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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Female
Title: Female
Character: Board Member (Uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
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College Coach
Title: College Coach
Character: Man with Check (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: Parade Onlooker (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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I'm No Angel
Title: I'm No Angel
Character: Lawyer at Courtroom Defense Table (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1933
Type: Movie
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Dexter's Party Guest
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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Ann Vickers
Title: Ann Vickers
Character: Prosecutor (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1933
Type: Movie
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
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Reform Girl
Title: Reform Girl
Character: Putnam Associate (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved in a plot to smear a politician by pretending to be his long-lost daughter.
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Central Park
Title: Central Park
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
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The Lost Special
Title: The Lost Special
Character: Maitre d', Red Lantern Cafe [Ch. 3]
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
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If I Had a Million
Title: If I Had a Million
Character: Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1932
Type: Movie
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
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Trouble in Paradise
Title: Trouble in Paradise
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
Title: Washington Merry-Go-Round
Character: Library of Congress Guard
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
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Blonde Venus
Title: Blonde Venus
Character: Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
In an effort to get enough money to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret, gaining fame as Blonde Venus and unknowingly catching the eye of a wealthy politician.
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Night World
Title: Night World
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1932
Type: Movie
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
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Fireman, Save My Child
Title: Fireman, Save My Child
Character: Mr. Applegate
Released: February 20, 1932
Type: Movie
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Title: The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Character: Man at Bar
Released: February 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.
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Cock of the Air
Title: Cock of the Air
Character: Banquet Guest
Released: January 23, 1932
Type: Movie
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
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Manhattan Parade
Title: Manhattan Parade
Character: Maurice
Released: December 24, 1931
Type: Movie
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Possessed
Title: Possessed
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer can make her dreams come true, but there is only one problem, he will give her everything but a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
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Girls About Town
Title: Girls About Town
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Title: Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Character: New Year's Eve Escort (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
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Grief Street
Title: Grief Street
Character: Ralph Burns
Released: October 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Divorce Attorney
Released: September 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
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Transatlantic
Title: Transatlantic
Character: Passenger
Released: August 19, 1931
Type: Movie
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
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Broadminded
Title: Broadminded
Character: Maitre d'
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.
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The Secret Call
Title: The Secret Call
Character: Fillmore
Released: July 24, 1931
Type: Movie
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
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The Great Lover
Title: The Great Lover
Character: Diana's Dockside Boyfriend (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1931
Type: Movie
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
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A Free Soul
Title: A Free Soul
Character: Casino Official Ed (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1931
Type: Movie
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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Daybreak
Title: Daybreak
Character: Gambler
Released: May 2, 1931
Type: Movie
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Little Caesar
Title: Little Caesar
Character: McClure Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Thoroughbred
Title: The Thoroughbred
Character: Tom Drake
Released: August 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter, Colleen, sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence.
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Lord Byron of Broadway
Title: Lord Byron of Broadway
Character: Larry - Master of Ceremonies
Released: February 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.
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Seven Days Leave
Title: Seven Days Leave
Character: Aide-de-Camp
Released: January 24, 1930
Type: Movie
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is shocked when he shows up on her doorstep, and they make an agreement that he will pretend to be her son. "Seven Days Leave" is a screen adaption of James M. Barrie's play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals."
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Redskin
Title: Redskin
Character: John Walton
Released: September 22, 1929
Type: Movie
Wing Foot is a Navajo educated in an otherwise all-white school. He experiences prejudice from both the whites (because of his race) and the Navajos (who disown him because of his upbringing). Thus, Wing Foot is looked upon as neither Indian nor white, but simply a "redskin".
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The King of the Kongo
Title: The King of the Kongo
Character: Jack Drake
Released: August 29, 1929
Type: Movie
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
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The Wheel of Life
Title: The Wheel of Life
Character: Major
Released: June 15, 1929
Type: Movie
British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth Dangan, the wife of his commanding officer, Yeullat does the gentlemanly thing by suppressing his own emotions for the sake of the Regiment. He goes so far as to resign from his commission and returns to India as a civilian.
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Just Off Broadway
Title: Just Off Broadway
Character: Marty Kirkland
Released: May 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Tom Fowler watches in horror as his brother Ed is gunned down in cold blood. With his dying breath, Ed asks his brother to bring the killer to justice. Discovering that the hit was ordered by the city's top mobster, Marty Kirkland, Tom takes an undercover job at the racketeer's Broadway nightclub. Avenging his brother is momentarily forgotten when he falls in love with a gorgeous chorus girl, Nan Morgan. But Tom is shocked to learn that Kirkland is the flapper's boyfriend. Now with the life of the woman he loves at stake, Tom vows to take down the mob boss once and for all...even if he has to punch out every crook from Brooklyn to the Bowery.
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The Crowd
Title: The Crowd
Character: Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1928
Type: Movie
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
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The Phantom Flyer
Title: The Phantom Flyer
Character: Joe Calvert
Released: February 25, 1928
Type: Movie
A modern range war -- modern for 1928 -- complete with oil derricks in the backyard, horsemen being pursued by motorcyclists, and there's stunt flyer Al Wilson to save the day.
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The Claw
Title: The Claw
Character: Captain Rockwood
Released: May 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where native uprisings and the jealous connivings of Maurice Stair await her.
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The Lodge in the Wilderness
Title: The Lodge in the Wilderness
Released: July 11, 1926
Type: Movie
Jim Wallace, a young engineer, is engaged by Hammond, manager of an estate in the Northwest, to build flumes for a logging camp, but Donovan, the superintendent, dislikes him and places numerous obstacles in his way. Virginia Coulson, owner of the estate, and her maid Dot arrive, and when Hammond proposes to Virginia, she refuses his declaration in favor of Jim. Later, when Donovan is found murdered, suspicion points to Jim, who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hammond gets evidence on the murderer, Goofus, a half wit, and plans to use it to force Virginia to marry him; Goofus wounds Hammond and, seeing he has not killed him, starts a forest fire. Jim, who has escaped from prison with the aid of his friend, Buddy, rescues Virginia from the burning lodge; Goofus confesses to the murder, and Jim is freed.
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Hearts and Spangles
Title: Hearts and Spangles
Character: Peter Carris
Released: June 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus.
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Bride of the Storm
Title: Bride of the Storm
Character: Commander of U.S.S. Baltimore
Released: February 20, 1926
Type: Movie
An American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh and her mother have washed ashore on a rocky island that supports only a lighthouse. Faith's mother lives only long enough to inform the three Dutch lighthouse keepers that her daughter is the heiress to a large fortune. Years pass and Faith grows to womanhood. Jacob Kroon and his son, Piet, then conspire to marry Faith to Piet's idiot son, Hans, in order to bring her fortune into the family. Dick Wayne, a sailor on an American cruiser that is repairing a damaged cable in the waters of the lighthouse, learns of Faith's captivity and comes to her rescue. Piet kills Jacob in a fit of jealousy, and Dick then kills Piet in a fight. Hans sets the lighthouse on fire and incinerates himself. Dick and Faith make it back to the cruiser.
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The Best People
Title: The Best People
Character: Uncle Throckmorton
Released: November 9, 1925
Type: Movie
Bertie and Marian Lenox are children of a wealthy family, and their mother intends that they marry "within their class". They, however, have different plans--Bertie is in love with chorus girl Sally O'Neil and Marian loves Henry Morgan, the family chauffeur. The family finds out about the impending marriages and determines to stop them. Complications ensue.
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New Brooms
Title: New Brooms
Released: October 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a grouch. As a result, Bates decides to teach his son a lesson by putting him in charge of the business for a year.
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The Love Gamble
Title: The Love Gamble
Character: Jim Gordon
Released: September 11, 1925
Type: Movie
Peggy Mason joins her boyfriend Douglas Wyman at a secluded cabin. When he confesses his love and the fact he is still a married man Peggy is distraught and flees the cabin. But meanwhile Douglas' wife is murdered and when the police arrest him he finds he can't provide an alibi without tarnishing Peggy's reputation.
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The Gold Rush
Title: The Gold Rush
Character: Tacoma First Officer (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1925
Type: Movie
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
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Confessions of a Queen
Title: Confessions of a Queen
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1925
Type: Movie
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
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A Cafe in Cairo
Title: A Cafe in Cairo
Character: Colonel Alastair-Ker
Released: December 7, 1924
Type: Movie
When her British parents are killed when an Arabian desert bandit launches an attack on their encampment, their young daughter is spared and brought up as an Arab known as Nadia. The bandit who killed Nadia's parents wishes to marry her. She is ordered to steal some documents from a British secret service agent. Lost film.
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The Girl in the Limousine
Title: The Girl in the Limousine
Released: July 20, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Huntress
Title: The Huntress
Character: Richard Gladding
Released: August 20, 1923
Type: Movie
Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village to avoid marrying a brave from the tribe. She determines to marry land prospector Sam Gladding, who resists her advances but later falls in love with Bela when an Indian sage gives him some advice.
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Soul of the Beast
Title: Soul of the Beast
Character: Policeman
Released: May 6, 1923
Type: Movie
This northwoods comedy-drama, by way of a circus drama, was directed by John Griffith Wray for Thomas H. Ince, and stars Madge Bellamy.
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Beyond the Rocks
Title: Beyond the Rocks
Character: Guest at Beachleigh (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1922
Type: Movie
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
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The Blot
Title: The Blot
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1921
Type: Movie
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
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The Right of Way
Title: The Right of Way
Character: Captain Tom Fairing
Released: February 29, 1920
Type: Movie
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia.
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The Hushed Hour
Title: The Hushed Hour
Character: Milton (as L.T. Steers)
Released: May 18, 1919
Type: Movie
Judge Robert Appleton (Winter Hall) has led an exemplary life. His four children, however, fell short once they grew up and had to fend for themselves. When Appleton dies, his widow (Lydia Knott) explains that his last request was that each child spend one hour of contemplation with his body. The first is the youngest daughter, Daisy (Rosemary Theby), an artist of note who was betrayed and left with a son to raise out of wedlock. Next is Luke (Milton Sills), a wild young man who ran away at 19, and even though he is now married and a father, he still can't quite settle down. The eldest son, Bob (Wilfred Lucas), is next -- he wed a wealthy woman, but the marriage has no love.
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Mary Regan
Title: Mary Regan
Character: Commissioner Thorne (as L.W. Steers)
Released: May 4, 1919
Type: Movie
Mary Regan is the daughter of a gentleman crook and an heiress. Although she has received a good upbringing, she refuses to marry Robert Clifford for fear of damaging his career as a city official. Some old associates of her father, Peter Loveman and Jim Bradley, want her to help them in their blackmailing schemes. She won't, and escapes from her trying situation by going to the mountains for a rest.
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The Roaring Road
Title: The Roaring Road
Character: Man in Office (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1919
Type: Movie
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his daughter Dorothy.
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The Secret Garden
Title: The Secret Garden
Character: Captain Lennox
Released: January 12, 1919
Type: Movie
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected.
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Her Country First
Title: Her Country First
Character: Dr. Barnes
Released: September 22, 1918
Type: Movie
During World War I, young Dorothy Grant comes home from finishing school and informs her parents that she is going to contribute to the war effort by organizing a "Girls Aviation Corps". She has uniforms made and hires a veteran of the Spanish-American War to teach her "cadets" military routines and drills. Her father owns a munitions factory and is always telling her to be on the lookout for spies. She convinces herself that the family butler, Williams, is a spy because he cuts his grapefruit in an odd way. It turns out that Williams isn't a spy but the people whom Dorothy least suspects are in fact spies, and they discover that Dorothy knows the password to get into the factory after hours.
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Mystic Faces
Title: Mystic Faces
Character: Frank Maxwell
Released: September 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is seized by dog catchers, but is rescued by Letty Stanford, for which Yano promises his fealty. Later Letty is kidnapped by Germans because of her war activities, and it is Yano who goes to her rescue and gets her free in spite of his diminutive size. The Little Japanese has paid his debt.
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A Pair of Silk Stockings
Title: A Pair of Silk Stockings
Character: McIntyre
Released: July 19, 1918
Type: Movie
Molly is a wife of wealthy Britisher Sam Thornhill. Though devoutly loyal to her husband, the capricious Molly can't seem to avoid getting herself into compromising situations. The limit comes when a pair of Molly's stockings find their way into the boudoir of another man.
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The City of Dim Faces
Title: The City of Dim Faces
Character: Ben Walton
Released: July 15, 1918
Type: Movie
Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes insane. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married.
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Old Wives for New
Title: Old Wives for New
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1918
Type: Movie
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
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Up The Road With Sallie
Title: Up The Road With Sallie
Character: Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Sallie Waters inherits $5,000 along with other legatees unknown to her. Whichever of the heirs uses his initial bequest to the best advantage is to receive the main residue of the estate.
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Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Title: Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Character: One of Gordon's Friends (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1918
Type: Movie
Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.
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The Widow's Might
Title: The Widow's Might
Character: Pete
Released: January 28, 1918
Type: Movie
Dick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western ranch. When the novelty has worn off he decided there is monotony as well. Then he falls in love with a girl on a calendar, and life takes on a new interest, particularly after he discovers who the girl is. The fact that her uncle swindled him on the ranch does not matter. He figures he can take care of the uncle, and he does, but not until he has been forced to masquerade as a woman, and have half the men at a fashionable resort fall in love with him.