Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Born: June 30, 1887
Died: November 25, 1948
in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.

Movies for Charles D. Brown...

Follow Me Quietly
Title: Follow Me Quietly
Character: Police Insp. Mulvaney
Released: July 7, 1949
Type: Movie
1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on rainy nights.
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In This Corner
Title: In This Corner
Character: Victor 'Doc' Fuller
Released: September 20, 1948
Type: Movie
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Title: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Character: Inspector Stevens
Released: May 23, 1948
Type: Movie
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
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Let's Live Again
Title: Let's Live Again
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: February 27, 1948
Type: Movie
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
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On Our Merry Way
Title: On Our Merry Way
Character: Mr. Sadd
Released: February 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?
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I Walk Alone
Title: I Walk Alone
Character: Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
Title: The Senator Was Indiscreet
Character: Dinty
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Jeff Baird
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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Railroaded!
Title: Railroaded!
Character: Police Captain MacTaggart
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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Undercover Maisie
Title: Undercover Maisie
Character: Captain Mead
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Title: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Character: Mike Dawson
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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Wake Up and Dream
Title: Wake Up and Dream
Character: Lt. Commander
Released: December 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
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The Killers
Title: The Killers
Character: Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Released: August 30, 1946
Type: Movie
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
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The Big Sleep
Title: The Big Sleep
Character: Norris the Butler
Released: August 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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Notorious
Title: Notorious
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1946
Type: Movie
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Title: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Character: McCarthy
Released: August 19, 1946
Type: Movie
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
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The Searching Wind
Title: The Searching Wind
Character: Carter
Released: August 9, 1946
Type: Movie
With a screenplay adapted by Lillian Hellman from her own play, director William Dieterle's 1946 drama stars Robert Young as a U.S. ambassador in Europe in the years before WW2.
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The Last Crooked Mile
Title: The Last Crooked Mile
Character: Dietrich, Bank President
Released: August 9, 1946
Type: Movie
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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Danger Woman
Title: Danger Woman
Character: Inspector Pepper
Released: July 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
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In Fast Company
Title: In Fast Company
Character: Father Donovan
Released: June 22, 1946
Type: Movie
The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independent drivers.
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The Man Who Dared
Title: The Man Who Dared
Character: D. A. Darrell Tyson
Released: May 30, 1946
Type: Movie
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.
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The Hoodlum Saint
Title: The Hoodlum Saint
Character: Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
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: Crane Stewart
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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Just Before Dawn
Title: Just Before Dawn
Character: Insp. Burns
Released: March 7, 1946
Type: Movie
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
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Tomorrow Is Forever
Title: Tomorrow Is Forever
Character: Immigration Officer
Released: February 20, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
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Sunbonnet Sue
Title: Sunbonnet Sue
Character: Father Hurley
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more than to perform in her father's tavern. Her late-night shenanigans appall her wealthy and socially conscious aunt who launches a secret campaign to shut down the bar and force her niece to reside in her palatial home.
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Apology for Murder
Title: Apology for Murder
Character: Ward McGee
Released: September 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
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Eve Knew Her Apples
Title: Eve Knew Her Apples
Character: Joe Gordon
Released: April 12, 1945
Type: Movie
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.
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Having Wonderful Crime
Title: Having Wonderful Crime
Character: Mr. Winslow
Released: April 12, 1945
Type: Movie
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
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Secret Command
Title: Secret Command
Character: James Thane
Released: July 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.
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Jam Session
Title: Jam Session
Character: Raymond Stuart
Released: April 13, 1944
Type: Movie
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
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The Fighting Seabees
Title: The Fighting Seabees
Character: Capt. Squires (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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The Racket Man
Title: The Racket Man
Character: Editor Clark
Released: January 18, 1944
Type: Movie
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
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Minesweeper
Title: Minesweeper
Character: Commander Lane
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
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Swing Shift Maisie
Title: Swing Shift Maisie
Character: Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
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Destroyer
Title: Destroyer
Character: Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Released: August 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
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A Lady Takes a Chance
Title: A Lady Takes a Chance
Character: Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Released: August 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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Bombardier
Title: Bombardier
Character: Officer at Briefing
Released: May 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
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Sweater Girl
Title: Sweater Girl
Character: Police Lt. McGill
Released: July 13, 1942
Type: Movie
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
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Fingers at the Window
Title: Fingers at the Window
Character: Police Inspector Gallagher
Released: April 22, 1942
Type: Movie
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Roxie Hart
Title: Roxie Hart
Character: Charles E. Murdock
Released: February 20, 1942
Type: Movie
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
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Glamour Boy
Title: Glamour Boy
Character: Martin Carmichael
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
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Devil Pays Off
Title: Devil Pays Off
Character: Capt. Jonathan Hunt
Released: November 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
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International Lady
Title: International Lady
Character: Tetlow
Released: October 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.
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Reaching for the Sun
Title: Reaching for the Sun
Character: Johnson
Released: May 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
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Ride, Kelly, Ride
Title: Ride, Kelly, Ride
Character: Bob Martin
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
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Tall, Dark and Handsome
Title: Tall, Dark and Handsome
Character: District Attorney
Released: January 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
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Maisie Was a Lady
Title: Maisie Was a Lady
Character: 'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
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Santa Fe Trail
Title: Santa Fe Trail
Character: Major Sumner
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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The Old Swimmin' Hole
Title: The Old Swimmin' Hole
Character: Doc Elliott
Released: October 21, 1940
Type: Movie
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
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The Leather Pushers
Title: The Leather Pushers
Character: J.R. Stevens
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: U.S. Marshal Stebbins (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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Buyer Beware
Title: Buyer Beware
Character: Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1940
Type: Movie
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
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Pier 13
Title: Pier 13
Character: Police Captain Blake
Released: August 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
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Sailor's Lady
Title: Sailor's Lady
Character: Capt. Roscoe
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
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Brother Orchid
Title: Brother Orchid
Character: Brother Wren
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Florian
Title: Florian
Character: New York Police Lt.
Released: June 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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Johnny Apollo
Title: Johnny Apollo
Character: Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (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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Forgotten Girls
Title: Forgotten Girls
Character: Editor Linton
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Title: The Grapes of Wrath
Character: Wilkie
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Know Your Money
Title: Know Your Money
Character: George D. Waldron
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
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Wolf of New York
Title: Wolf of New York
Character: Nolan
Released: January 23, 1940
Type: Movie
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
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He Married His Wife
Title: He Married His Wife
Character: Detective
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: District Attorney
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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Kid Nightingale
Title: Kid Nightingale
Character: Charles Paxton
Released: November 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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Little Accident
Title: Little Accident
Character: Jeff Collins
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
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Smashing the Money Ring
Title: Smashing the Money Ring
Character: Parker
Released: October 21, 1939
Type: Movie
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
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Babes in Arms
Title: Babes in Arms
Character: Larry Randall (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
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Charlie Chan in Reno
Title: Charlie Chan in Reno
Character: Police Chief King
Released: June 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Title: Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Character: Capt. Thomas Castle
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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Inside Story
Title: Inside Story
Character: J.B. Douglas
Released: March 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
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The Ice Follies of 1939
Title: The Ice Follies of 1939
Character: Barney
Released: March 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
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Disbarred
Title: Disbarred
Character: Jackson
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income,is impressed by the way Joan Carroll handled a small-town murder, poses as a real estate agent and offers to get her into a law firm of a friend of his. Placed in the office of Roberts, running a front for Cradon, Joan is taught every trick of the trade. With her cases all prepared for her, she goes from one courtroom victory to another, soon becoming the darling of the underworld and the despair of all law-enforcing authorities.
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The Duke of West Point
Title: The Duke of West Point
Character: Ann's Father
Released: December 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics.
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Up the River
Title: Up the River
Character: Warden Harris
Released: December 9, 1938
Type: Movie
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Steve Conway
Released: November 5, 1938
Type: Movie
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Flight to Fame
Title: Flight to Fame
Character: Major Loy
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
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The Crowd Roars
Title: The Crowd Roars
Character: Bill Thorne
Released: August 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
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Barefoot Boy
Title: Barefoot Boy
Character: Calvin Whittaker
Released: August 3, 1938
Type: Movie
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
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Think It Over
Title: Think It Over
Character: Fire Inspector Wilson
Released: July 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
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The Shopworn Angel
Title: The Shopworn Angel
Character: McGonigle
Released: July 15, 1938
Type: Movie
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over.
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Speed to Burn
Title: Speed to Burn
Character: Pop Williams
Released: June 7, 1938
Type: Movie
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.
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Island in the Sky
Title: Island in the Sky
Character: Inspector Whitehead
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
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Algiers
Title: Algiers
Character: Max
Released: January 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Title: Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Character: Click Donovan
Released: November 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
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Gold Diggers of 1937
Title: Gold Diggers of 1937
Character: Hugo
Released: December 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
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The False Madonna
Title: The False Madonna
Character: Peter Angel
Released: December 5, 1931
Type: Movie
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
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Touchdown!
Title: Touchdown!
Character: Harrigan
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Jim
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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The Secret Call
Title: The Secret Call
Character: Bob Barnes
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 Dance of Life
Title: The Dance of Life
Character: Lefty Miller
Released: August 16, 1929
Type: Movie
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
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The Way of a Maid
Title: The Way of a Maid
Character: Gordon Witherspoon
Released: November 30, 1921
Type: Movie
A silent film comedy.