George Brent

George Brent

Born: March 15, 1904
Died: May 26, 1979
in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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George Brent (born George Patrick [or George Brendan] Nolan, 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.

Brent was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1904 to John J. and Mary (née McGuinness) Nolan. His mother was a native of Clonfad, Moore, County Roscommon.

Brent made his first film, Under Suspicion, in 1930. Over the next two years, he appeared in a number of minor films produced by Universal Studios and Fox, before being signed to contract by Warner Bros. in 1932. He remained at Warner Bros. for the next 20 years, carving out a successful career as a top-flight leading man during the late 1930s and 1940s.

Highly regarded by Bette Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in 13 films, including Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), The Golden Arrow (1936), Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939), and The Great Lie (1941). Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Ginger Rogers in In Person (1935), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in Stamboul Quest (1934) and The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in So Big! (1932), The Purchase Price (1932), Baby Face (1933), The Gay Sisters (1942), and My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946), and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947).

Brent drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s and retired from film in 1953. He continued to appear on television until 1960, having appeared on the religion anthology series Crossroads. He was cast in the lead in the 1956 television series Wire Service. In 1978, he made one last film, the made-for-television production Born Again.

In 1960, Brent was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars. He received a motion-pictures star located at 1709 Vine Street, and a second star located at 1612 Vine Street for his work in television.

Brent was married five times: Helen Louise Campbell (1925–1927), Ruth Chatterton (1932–1934), Constance Worth (1937), Ann Sheridan (1942–1943), and Janet Michaels (1947–1974). His final marriage to Janet Michaels, a former model and dress designer, lasted 27 years until her death in 1974. They had a son and a daughter.

Brent also carried on a lengthy relationship with his frequent Warner Bros. co-star, actress Bette Davis, who described her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. He was suffering from advanced emphysema, and she expressed great sadness at his ill health and deterioration. George Brent died in 1979 in Solana Beach, California.

Movies for George Brent...

Jezebel: Legend of the South
Title: Jezebel: Legend of the South
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Title: Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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Born Again
Title: Born Again
Character: Judge Gerhard Gesell
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
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Title: The Chevy Mystery Show
Character: Fred Girard
Released: May 29, 1960
Type: TV
The Chevy Mystery Show is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week that aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Jefferson Devereaux
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Death of a Scoundrel
Title: Death of a Scoundrel
Character: Man with Balloon at Party
Released: October 31, 1956
Type: Movie
A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.
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Title: Wire Service
Character: Dean Evans
Released: October 4, 1956
Type: TV
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.
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Title: Climax!
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Mexican Manhunt
Title: Mexican Manhunt
Character: David L. 'Dave' Brady
Released: September 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave to solve that murder.
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Tangier Incident
Title: Tangier Incident
Character: Steve Gordon
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Steve Gordon, an American agent posing as a black market operator, is in Tangier on a mission to stop the plans of three atomic-scientists who are there to pool their secrets and sell them in a package to the Communists.
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Montana Belle
Title: Montana Belle
Character: Tom Bradfield
Released: November 11, 1952
Type: Movie
Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Dissension among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicate the plot, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons, horses, and as a surprisingly racy saloon entertainer. Written by Rod Crawford
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The Last Page
Title: The Last Page
Character: John Harman
Released: January 25, 1952
Type: Movie
A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
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FBI Girl
Title: FBI Girl
Character: Jeff Donley
Released: November 4, 1951
Type: Movie
G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Sam Bentley
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Bride for Sale
Title: Bride for Sale
Character: Paul Martin
Released: November 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.
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The Kid from Cleveland
Title: The Kid from Cleveland
Character: Mike Jackson
Released: September 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by playing a sympathetic orphan. He finds stability and mentorship in sportscaster Mike Jackson and the Cleveland Indians, who try to set Johnny on the right path in this touching story for the whole family.
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Illegal Entry
Title: Illegal Entry
Character: Chief Agent Dan Collins
Released: June 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.
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Red Canyon
Title: Red Canyon
Character: Matthew Bostel
Released: April 27, 1949
Type: Movie
A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.
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Luxury Liner
Title: Luxury Liner
Character: Captain Jeremy Bradford
Released: November 9, 1948
Type: Movie
Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a singer herself, Bradford's young daughter, Polly, decides to skip out on school and sneak onto the ship before it departs. Angry that his daughter disobeyed him, Bradford puts her to work on the ship for punishment, but Polly has her own ideas about how to spend the trip.
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Angel on the Amazon
Title: Angel on the Amazon
Character: Jim Warburton
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
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Christmas Eve
Title: Christmas Eve
Character: Michael Brooks
Released: October 31, 1947
Type: Movie
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
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Slave Girl
Title: Slave Girl
Character: Matt Claibourne
Released: July 17, 1947
Type: Movie
Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars.
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The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Title: The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Character: Joe Medford
Released: June 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
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Out of the Blue
Title: Out of the Blue
Character: Arthur Earthleigh
Released: April 21, 1947
Type: Movie
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his always-there model, Deborah Tyler; and Olive Jensen, a Greenwich Village type who is always slightly-but-continuously inebriated, and whose motto is "love and let love." She calls on George while his wife is out, and when she passes out during his attempts to get her out before his wife returns, he thinks she is dead and deposits her on Galleo's terrace. Galleo takes advantage of the situation by using it in a blackmail scheme against Arthur, which is shaky, at best, as Olive refuses to stay dead.
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Temptation
Title: Temptation
Character: Nigel Armine
Released: December 2, 1946
Type: Movie
After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.
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Lover Come Back
Title: Lover Come Back
Character: Bill Williams
Released: June 21, 1946
Type: Movie
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
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Tomorrow Is Forever
Title: Tomorrow Is Forever
Character: Lawrence Hamilton
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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The Spiral Staircase
Title: The Spiral Staircase
Character: Professor Warren
Released: February 6, 1946
Type: Movie
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
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My Reputation
Title: My Reputation
Character: Major Scott Landis
Released: January 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
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The Affairs of Susan
Title: The Affairs of Susan
Character: Roger Berton
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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Breakdowns of 1944
Title: Breakdowns of 1944
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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Experiment Perilous
Title: Experiment Perilous
Character: Dr. Huntington Bailey
Released: December 18, 1944
Type: Movie
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
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Breakdowns of 1942
Title: Breakdowns of 1942
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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Silver Queen
Title: Silver Queen
Character: James Kincaid
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
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You Can't Escape Forever
Title: You Can't Escape Forever
Character: Steve Mitchell
Released: October 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
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The Gay Sisters
Title: The Gay Sisters
Character: Charles Barclay
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
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In This Our Life
Title: In This Our Life
Character: Craig Fleming
Released: May 8, 1942
Type: Movie
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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Twin Beds
Title: Twin Beds
Character: Mike Abbott
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
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International Lady
Title: International Lady
Character: Tim Hanley
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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They Dare Not Love
Title: They Dare Not Love
Character: Prince Kurt von Rotenberg
Released: May 16, 1941
Type: Movie
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
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The Great Lie
Title: The Great Lie
Character: Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Released: April 5, 1941
Type: Movie
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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Honeymoon for Three
Title: Honeymoon for Three
Character: Kenneth Bixby
Released: January 18, 1941
Type: Movie
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy Danish girl which he barely remembers. She remembers him, very well.
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Breakdowns of 1940
Title: Breakdowns of 1940
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
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South of Suez
Title: South of Suez
Character: John Gamble
Released: November 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
Title: The Man Who Talked Too Much
Character: Stephen Forbes
Released: July 16, 1940
Type: Movie
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
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'Til We Meet Again
Title: 'Til We Meet Again
Character: Dan Hardesty
Released: April 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
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Adventure in Diamonds
Title: Adventure in Diamonds
Character: Capt. Stephen Dennett
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.
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The Fighting 69th
Title: The Fighting 69th
Character: Wild Bill Donovan
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
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The Rains Came
Title: The Rains Came
Character: Tom Ransome
Released: September 15, 1939
Type: Movie
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
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The Old Maid
Title: The Old Maid
Character: Clem Spender
Released: August 16, 1939
Type: Movie
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
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Land of Liberty
Title: Land of Liberty
Character: Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')
Released: June 15, 1939
Type: Movie
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Dark Victory
Title: Dark Victory
Character: Dr. Frederick Steele
Released: April 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
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Wings of the Navy
Title: Wings of the Navy
Character: Cass Harrington
Released: February 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
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Breakdowns of 1938
Title: Breakdowns of 1938
Character: Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1938
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Swingtime in the Movies
Title: Swingtime in the Movies
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1938
Type: Movie
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
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Secrets of an Actress
Title: Secrets of an Actress
Character: Richard 'Dick' Orr
Released: September 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
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Racket Busters
Title: Racket Busters
Character: Denny Jordan
Released: July 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Out Where the Stars Begin
Title: Out Where the Stars Begin
Character: Jared Whitney (archive footage)
Released: May 28, 1938
Type: Movie
When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.
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Jezebel
Title: Jezebel
Character: Buck Cantrell
Released: March 26, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Gold Is Where You Find It
Title: Gold Is Where You Find It
Character: Jared Whitney
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
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Breakdowns of 1937
Title: Breakdowns of 1937
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.
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Submarine D-1
Title: Submarine D-1
Character: Lt. Commander Dan Matthews
Released: November 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable.
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The Go-Getter
Title: The Go-Getter
Character: Bill Austin
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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Mountain Justice
Title: Mountain Justice
Character: Paul Cameron
Released: April 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
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God's Country and the Woman
Title: God's Country and the Woman
Character: Steve Russett
Released: January 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and slowly learns the business and of his brother's dirty tricks.
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Breakdowns of 1936
Title: Breakdowns of 1936
Character: Self
Released: December 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
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More Than a Secretary
Title: More Than a Secretary
Character: Fred Gilbert
Released: December 10, 1936
Type: Movie
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
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Give Me Your Heart
Title: Give Me Your Heart
Character: James 'Jim' Baker
Released: September 17, 1936
Type: Movie
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
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The Golden Arrow
Title: The Golden Arrow
Character: Johnny Jones
Released: May 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
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The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Title: The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Character: Matt Logan
Released: May 8, 1936
Type: Movie
An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge.
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Snowed Under
Title: Snowed Under
Character: Alan Tanner
Released: March 29, 1936
Type: Movie
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!
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A Dream Comes True
Title: A Dream Comes True
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1935
Type: Movie
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
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Things You Never See on the Screen
Title: Things You Never See on the Screen
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
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In Person
Title: In Person
Character: Emory Muir
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
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The Goose and the Gander
Title: The Goose and the Gander
Character: Bob McNear
Released: September 21, 1935
Type: Movie
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.
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Special Agent
Title: Special Agent
Character: Bill Bradford
Released: September 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
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Front Page Woman
Title: Front Page Woman
Character: Curt Devlin
Released: July 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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Stranded
Title: Stranded
Character: Mack Hale
Released: June 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Living on Velvet
Title: Living on Velvet
Character: Terry Parker
Released: March 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege to one of middle-class normalcy. When an influx of money enters their life, their differences come to light.
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The Right to Live
Title: The Right to Live
Character: Colin Trent
Released: January 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
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The Painted Veil
Title: The Painted Veil
Character: Jack Townsend
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
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Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: McAllister
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Housewife
Title: Housewife
Character: William H. Reynolds
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.
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Stamboul Quest
Title: Stamboul Quest
Character: Douglas Beall
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route, she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
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From Headquarters
Title: From Headquarters
Character: Lt. Jim Stevens
Released: November 16, 1933
Type: Movie
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
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Female
Title: Female
Character: Jim Thorne
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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Baby Face
Title: Baby Face
Character: Courtland Trenholm
Released: July 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Lilly Turner
Title: Lilly Turner
Character: Bob Chandler
Released: May 13, 1933
Type: Movie
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.
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The Keyhole
Title: The Keyhole
Character: Neil Davis
Released: March 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
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42nd Street
Title: 42nd Street
Character: Pat Denning
Released: March 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
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Luxury Liner
Title: Luxury Liner
Character: Dr. Karl Bernhard
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
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They Call It Sin
Title: They Call It Sin
Character: Dr. Tony Travers
Released: November 5, 1932
Type: Movie
An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
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The Crash
Title: The Crash
Character: Geoffrey Gault
Released: October 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
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The Purchase Price
Title: The Purchase Price
Character: Jim Gilson
Released: July 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
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Week-End Marriage
Title: Week-End Marriage
Character: Peter Acton
Released: June 18, 1932
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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Miss Pinkerton
Title: Miss Pinkerton
Character: Police Inspector Patten
Released: May 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
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The Rich Are Always with Us
Title: The Rich Are Always with Us
Character: Julian Tierney
Released: May 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
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So Big!
Title: So Big!
Character: Adult Roelf Pool
Released: April 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
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The Lightning Warrior
Title: The Lightning Warrior
Character: Alan Scott
Released: November 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A Rin-Tin-Tin serial presented in 12 episodes. The mysterious Wolf Man is terrorizing settlers in a western town. With the help of Rinty, young Jimmy Carter unmasks the Wolf Man and foils his evil plot.
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Homicide Squad
Title: Homicide Squad
Character: Jimmy
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
The police use a gangster's son to get to him.
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Ex-Bad Boy
Title: Ex-Bad Boy
Character: Donald Swift
Released: July 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town.
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Charlie Chan Carries On
Title: Charlie Chan Carries On
Character: Capt. Ronald Keane
Released: April 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
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Fair Warning
Title: Fair Warning
Character: Les Haines
Released: February 1, 1931
Type: Movie
This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or else, Whistlin' Dan refuses to do so, sticking around long enough to whomp villain Jim Silent (Mitchell Lewis) and romance heroine Kate Cumberland (Louise Huntington).
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Once a Sinner
Title: Once a Sinner
Character: James Brent
Released: January 25, 1931
Type: Movie
As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still has a thing for her. Refusing she heads to Sparta, where she informs Tommy of her affair with the older man. Tommy tells her that he doesn't want to know the man's name or any details and Diana is happy to forget the past and move on. This decision comes to bite them a year later though, when Kent returns into the picture.
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Under Suspicion
Title: Under Suspicion
Character: Inspector Turner
Released: December 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A group of Canadian Royal Mounted Police officers arrive home after serving overseas with the Allied Army. After enjoying a birthday banquet for the aged Major Manners amid much singing and revelry, Inspector Turner reveals suspicions about a new recruit, John Smith, whom he knows to be using a pseudonym and whose war record contains something potentially damaging.