George E. Stone

George E. Stone

Born: May 18, 1903
Died: May 26, 1967
in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
George E. Stone (born Gerschon Lichtenstein; May 18, 1903 – May 26, 1967) was a Polish-born American character actor in movies, radio, and television.

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Title: 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
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Pocketful of Miracles
Title: Pocketful of Miracles
Character: Shimkey (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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Ocean's Eleven
Title: Ocean's Eleven
Character: Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Fenwick (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Alias Jesse James
Title: Alias Jesse James
Character: New York Bar Gibson Girl Fan (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Toothpick Charlie
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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Some Came Running
Title: Some Came Running
Character: Slim (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Mr. DeVinger
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Baby Face Nelson
Title: Baby Face Nelson
Character: Mr. Hall
Released: December 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).
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The Story of Mankind
Title: The Story of Mankind
Character: Waiter
Released: November 8, 1957
Type: Movie
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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The Tijuana Story
Title: The Tijuana Story
Character: Pino
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.
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Calypso Heat Wave
Title: Calypso Heat Wave
Released: September 22, 1957
Type: Movie
A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: George
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Court Clerk
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: M Squad
Character: Fingers Purdy
Released: September 20, 1957
Type: TV
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Character: Joe Roland
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
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Sierra Stranger
Title: Sierra Stranger
Character: Barfly Dan
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.
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Jungle Hell
Title: Jungle Hell
Character: Mr. Trosk
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Jungle natives are treated by a physician who goes against the wishes of a witch doctor to provide burn healing methods caused by radioactive rocks discovered when the elephants were felling trees.
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Title: Hey, Jeannie!
Character: Evil Eye
Released: September 8, 1956
Type: TV
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.
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The Conqueror
Title: The Conqueror
Character: Sibilant Sam (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
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Slightly Scarlet
Title: Slightly Scarlet
Character: Roos (uncredited)
Released: February 29, 1956
Type: Movie
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Title: The Man with the Golden Arm
Character: Sam Markette
Released: December 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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Guys and Dolls
Title: Guys and Dolls
Character: Society Max
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character: Angelo
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Barney
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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New York Confidential
Title: New York Confidential
Released: February 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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The Steel Cage
Title: The Steel Cage
Character: Solly, Convict Chef, segment "The Chef"
Released: December 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Drama set in San Quentin prison.
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Woman's World
Title: Woman's World
Character: Executive Reception Guest
Released: September 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.
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Broken Lance
Title: Broken Lance
Character: Paymaster (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
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The Miami Story
Title: The Miami Story
Character: Louie Mott
Released: May 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
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Title: Passport to Danger
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: TV
A diplomatic courier travels to exotic locales, where danger (and women) seem ever present.
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Title: Public Defender
Character: Tony
Released: March 11, 1954
Type: TV
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
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Title: Public Defender
Character: Louie Ingram
Released: March 11, 1954
Type: TV
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
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Title: Public Defender
Character: Charles
Released: March 11, 1954
Type: TV
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
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Combat Squad
Title: Combat Squad
Character: Brown - Medic
Released: October 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.
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The Robe
Title: The Robe
Character: Gracchus (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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Pickup on South Street
Title: Pickup on South Street
Character: Willie, Police Desk Clerk
Released: May 27, 1953
Type: Movie
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
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Title: Private Secretary
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by Don Porter.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Title: Bloodhounds of Broadway
Character: Ropes McGonigle
Released: November 14, 1952
Type: Movie
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Duke Taylor
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Big George
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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A Girl in Every Port
Title: A Girl in Every Port
Character: Skeezer
Released: February 13, 1952
Type: Movie
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
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Title: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Character: Joe
Released: October 12, 1950
Type: TV
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Carl
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Film Cutter
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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The Untamed Breed
Title: The Untamed Breed
Character: Pablo
Released: October 20, 1948
Type: Movie
A cowboy sets out to capture an escaped Brahma bull that is terrorizing local ranchers. Based on a story by Eli Colter that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie
Title: Trapped by Boston Blackie
Character: The Runt
Released: May 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
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Daisy Kenyon
Title: Daisy Kenyon
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
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Abie's Irish Rose
Title: Abie's Irish Rose
Character: Isaac Cohen
Released: December 27, 1946
Type: Movie
Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
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Boston Blackie and the Law
Title: Boston Blackie and the Law
Character: The Runt
Released: December 12, 1946
Type: Movie
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
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Suspense
Title: Suspense
Character: Max
Released: June 15, 1946
Type: Movie
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate...
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The Phantom Thief
Title: The Phantom Thief
Character: The Runt
Released: May 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.
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Sentimental Journey
Title: Sentimental Journey
Character: Toy Hawker (uncredited)
Released: March 6, 1946
Type: Movie
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
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Shock
Title: Shock
Character: Cab Driver
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Title: A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Character: The Runt
Released: January 24, 1946
Type: Movie
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
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Doll Face
Title: Doll Face
Character: Stage Manager
Released: December 31, 1945
Type: Movie
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
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Midnight Manhunt
Title: Midnight Manhunt
Character: Joe Wells
Released: July 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Title: Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Character: The Runt
Released: July 5, 1945
Type: Movie
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
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Scared Stiff
Title: Scared Stiff
Character: Mink
Released: June 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Title: Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Character: The Runt
Released: May 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
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One Mysterious Night
Title: One Mysterious Night
Character: The Runt
Released: October 21, 1944
Type: Movie
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
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My Buddy
Title: My Buddy
Character: Pete
Released: October 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Unable to get a job upon his return from the war, he puts off his marriage and works for a bootlegger. He is forced to take a rap for his boss, goes to prison, and forms a gang.
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Roger Touhy, Gangster
Title: Roger Touhy, Gangster
Character: "Ice Box" Hamilton
Released: June 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
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Timber Queen
Title: Timber Queen
Character: Squirrel
Released: January 13, 1944
Type: Movie
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited is doing poorly, but Elaine gets an order in for a huge shipment of lumber. Russ and his friend Squirrel volunteer to help her cut the timber for the shipment, along with her friends Smacksie Golden and his girlfriend Lil Boggs, who are not used to doing physical labor. Russ pilots the plane to deliver the lumber before the company falls to a slimy businessman.
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The Chance of a Lifetime
Title: The Chance of a Lifetime
Character: The Runt
Released: October 26, 1943
Type: Movie
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
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Don't Be a Sucker!
Title: Don't Be a Sucker!
Released: June 4, 1943
Type: Movie
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces.
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Title: After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Character: The Runt
Released: March 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Title: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Character: The Runt
Released: November 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.
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The Devil with Hitler
Title: The Devil with Hitler
Character: Suki Yaki
Released: October 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
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Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Title: Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Character: Kingoro
Released: July 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Filmed in the months immediately following Pearl Harbor, 20th Century-Fox's Little Tokyo USA is 63 minutes' worth of speculation about prewar Japanese espionage activities. Los Angeles cop Preston Foster suspects that there's dirty work afoot in the city's Japanese community, but no one will believe him except for intrepid girl reporter Brenda Joyce. When the spies frame Foster on a trumped-up murder charge, Joyce does a little detective work herself. The enemy agents are rounded up just before they can do any real damage. Because of its strident insistence that most (if not all) Japanese-American citizens were secretly loyal to the Rising Sun, Little Tokyo USA is seldom seen these days.
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Alias Boston Blackie
Title: Alias Boston Blackie
Character: The Runt
Released: April 2, 1942
Type: Movie
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Title: The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Character: Mousey Scarlatti
Released: March 27, 1942
Type: Movie
A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to be living there under an assumed name. The close-knit town of upstanding citizens is understandably upset by this venture, all the moreso when some of its citizens begin to be murdered. The radio personality and the local newspaper's young daughter collaborate on solving the murders while revealing Valentine, who has become one of the suspects.
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Lone Star Ranger
Title: Lone Star Ranger
Character: Euchre
Released: March 20, 1942
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.
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Confessions of Boston Blackie
Title: Confessions of Boston Blackie
Character: The Runt
Released: December 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.
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Last of the Duanes
Title: Last of the Duanes
Character: Euchre
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to avenge his father's death.
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Broadway Limited
Title: Broadway Limited
Character: Lefty
Released: June 13, 1941
Type: Movie
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought in for it.
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Road Show
Title: Road Show
Character: Indian
Released: February 18, 1941
Type: Movie
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
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The Face Behind the Mask
Title: The Face Behind the Mask
Character: Dinky
Released: January 16, 1941
Type: Movie
In this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a skilled craftsman. After he's caught in a fire, his face is horribly scarred; his terrifying appearance makes it impossible for him to get a job. With nowhere else to turn, Janos begins working for the criminal underworld. Janos begins having second thoughts about his life of crime when he falls in love.
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North West Mounted Police
Title: North West Mounted Police
Character: Johnny Pelang
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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Slightly Tempted
Title: Slightly Tempted
Character: Petey
Released: October 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
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Cherokee Strip
Title: Cherokee Strip
Character: Abe Gabbert
Released: October 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon arrival, Morrell finds himself at odds with banker Coy Barrett (Victor Jory), who is actually the leader of all local criminal activities.
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Island of Doomed Men
Title: Island of Doomed Men
Character: Siggy
Released: May 20, 1940
Type: Movie
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Sid
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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The Night of Nights
Title: The Night of Nights
Character: Sammy Kayn
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Title: The Housekeeper's Daughter
Character: Benny
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
Title: You Can't Get Away with Murder
Character: Toad
Released: March 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
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The Long Shot
Title: The Long Shot
Character: Danny Welch
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
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Submarine Patrol
Title: Submarine Patrol
Character: Seaman Irving Goldfarb
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
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You and Me
Title: You and Me
Character: Pasty
Released: June 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
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Cactus Caballeros
Title: Cactus Caballeros
Released: May 27, 1938
Type: Movie
Harry and Joey are reluctantly out to capture "Black Pedro" the bandit.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble
Title: Mr. Moto's Gamble
Character: Jerry Connors
Released: April 7, 1938
Type: Movie
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
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Over the Wall
Title: Over the Wall
Character: Gyp Hatton
Released: April 2, 1938
Type: Movie
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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A Slight Case of Murder
Title: A Slight Case of Murder
Character: Kirk
Released: February 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Pete, a Reporter
Released: November 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Alcatraz Island
Title: Alcatraz Island
Character: 'Tough Tony' Burke
Released: October 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
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Back in Circulation
Title: Back in Circulation
Character: Mac (as George Stone)
Released: August 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
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Don't Get Me Wrong
Title: Don't Get Me Wrong
Character: Chuck
Released: March 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It was made at Teddington Studios with sets designed by Peter Proud. Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now lost, this still survives. Miller plays a fairground performer who meets a professor who claims to have invented a cheap substitute for petrol. They team up and persuade a millionaire to finance them to develop and market the product, while unsavoury elements are keen to steal the formula and try all means to get their hands on it, involving slapstick chases and double-crosses. It then turns out that the miracle fluid is diluted coconut oil, and the genius professor is an escaped lunatic. The millionaire finds himself taking the brunt of the disappointment.
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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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King of Hockey
Title: King of Hockey
Character: Nick Torga
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
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The Captain's Kid
Title: The Captain's Kid
Character: Steve
Released: November 14, 1936
Type: Movie
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
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Polo Joe
Title: Polo Joe
Character: Loafer
Released: November 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
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Here Comes Carter
Title: Here Comes Carter
Character: Boots
Released: October 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals
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Anthony Adverse
Title: Anthony Adverse
Character: Sancho
Released: August 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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Back to Nature
Title: Back to Nature
Character: Mr. Sweeney
Released: August 14, 1936
Type: Movie
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
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Jailbreak
Title: Jailbreak
Character: Weeper
Released: August 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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Rhythm on the Range
Title: Rhythm on the Range
Character: Shorty
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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Bullets or Ballots
Title: Bullets or Ballots
Character: Wires Kagel
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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Boulder Dam
Title: Boulder Dam
Character: Man Aiding Ann (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
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Man Hunt
Title: Man Hunt
Character: Silk
Released: January 29, 1936
Type: Movie
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
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Freshman Love
Title: Freshman Love
Character: E. Prendergast Biddle
Released: January 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
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Frisco Kid
Title: Frisco Kid
Character: Solomon "Solly" Green
Released: November 30, 1935
Type: Movie
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
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Moonlight on the Prairie
Title: Moonlight on the Prairie
Character: Small Change
Released: November 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
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Make a Million
Title: Make a Million
Character: Larkey
Released: July 24, 1935
Type: Movie
A college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice, he finds that they actually do generate him huge amounts of money. Soon a local banker and others who scoffed at his ideas see the amount of money he's making and try to cheat him out of his system.
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Public Hero Number 1
Title: Public Hero Number 1
Character: Butch
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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Hold 'Em Yale
Title: Hold 'Em Yale
Character: Bennie South Street
Released: April 27, 1935
Type: Movie
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler, who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have also been left high and dry by heir former associate, come up with a plan to get her to the annual Yale-Harvard football game to reunite with her former sweetheart, an honest but nerdy bookworm.
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Million Dollar Baby
Title: Million Dollar Baby
Released: December 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
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One Hour Late
Title: One Hour Late
Character: Benny
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose marriage to her.
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Secret of the Chateau
Title: Secret of the Chateau
Character: Armand
Released: December 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.
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Embarrassing Moments
Title: Embarrassing Moments
Character: Louie
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in the death of his best friend.
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The Dragon Murder Case
Title: The Dragon Murder Case
Character: Ken Tatum
Released: August 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Montague dives in as does Greeff and Leland, but only Greeff and Leland come out. Montague is no where to be found so Leland suspects foul play and calls the cops. Luckily, Philo is with the D.A. and comes along, but they do not find Montague. When they drain the pool the next day, they find nothing except what looks like dragon prints. Philo has his suspicions and tries to piece the clues together to find out what has happened.
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Return of the Terror
Title: Return of the Terror
Character: Soapy McCoy
Released: July 7, 1934
Type: Movie
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
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Viva Villa!
Title: Viva Villa!
Character: Emilio Chavito
Released: April 27, 1934
Type: Movie
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
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Frontier Marshal
Title: Frontier Marshal
Character: Abe Ruskin
Released: January 19, 1934
Type: Movie
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone
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He Couldn't Take It
Title: He Couldn't Take It
Character: Sammy Kohn
Released: December 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Jimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a process server. He serves process on a gangster and exposes a criminal conspiracy while trying to stop his long-suffering girlfriend from taking a vacation with her lecherous boss.
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King for a Night
Title: King for a Night
Character: Hymie
Released: December 9, 1933
Type: Movie
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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Ladies Must Love
Title: Ladies Must Love
Character: Joey
Released: September 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
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Penthouse
Title: Penthouse
Character: Tim Murtoch
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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Sing, Sinner, Sing
Title: Sing, Sinner, Sing
Character: Spats
Released: August 16, 1933
Type: Movie
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
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The Big Brain
Title: The Big Brain
Character: Max Werner
Released: August 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A small-town barber finds himself short of stature but a giant in the world of stock promotion. As his bank account grows, Stone's ethics diminish, and soon he's playing fast and loose with other people's money. Disgruntled investor Fay Wray is the one who finally blows the whistle on the prevaricating hair-snipper.
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The Wrecker
Title: The Wrecker
Character: Sam Shapiro
Released: July 10, 1933
Type: Movie
The Wrecker is a flinty-eyed demolition engineer named Regan (Jack Holt). While he's off on another assignment, Regan's wife Mary (Genevieve Tobin) and supposed best friend Cummings (Sidney Blackmer) engage in some heavy petting. About to wash his hands of his faithless wife and his back-stabbing chum, our hero is compelled to save both their lives when they're pinned under the wreckage of a collapsed schoolhouse. George E. Stones supplies some good-natured ethnic humor as Regan's junk-dealer pal Shapiro.
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Emergency Call
Title: Emergency Call
Character: Sammie "Kid" Jacobs
Released: June 24, 1933
Type: Movie
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
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Song of the Eagle
Title: Song of the Eagle
Character: Gus
Released: April 27, 1933
Type: Movie
This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused upon a family endeavoring to keep their little brewery.
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42nd Street
Title: 42nd Street
Character: Andy Lee
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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Sailor Be Good
Title: Sailor Be Good
Character: Murphy
Released: March 7, 1933
Type: Movie
A Navy boxer (Jack Oakie) meets a dance-hall hostess (Vivienne Osborne) who tries to sober him up for a fight.
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The Vampire Bat
Title: The Vampire Bat
Character: Kringen
Released: January 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
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File 113
Title: File 113
Released: January 5, 1933
Type: Movie
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.
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The Phantom of Crestwood
Title: The Phantom of Crestwood
Character: The Cat
Released: October 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
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The Last Mile
Title: The Last Mile
Character: Joe Berg, Cell 1
Released: August 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
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The World and the Flesh
Title: The World and the Flesh
Character: Rutchkin
Released: April 22, 1932
Type: Movie
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
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Running Hollywood
Title: Running Hollywood
Character: George E. Stone
Released: January 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
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The Woman from Monte Carlo
Title: The Woman from Monte Carlo
Character: Le Duc
Released: January 9, 1932
Type: Movie
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
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Taxi!
Title: Taxi!
Character: Skeets
Released: December 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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Sob Sister
Title: Sob Sister
Character: Johnnie the Sheik
Released: October 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Jane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her latest assignment, the investigation of a young woman's murder by her husband. Despite her growing distaste for her profession, Jane gets her story and, with typical ingenuity, frustrates her competitors' attempts to follow her lead.
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Five Star Final
Title: Five Star Final
Character: Ziggie Feinstein
Released: September 26, 1931
Type: Movie
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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The Spider
Title: The Spider
Character: Dr. Blackstone
Released: September 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.
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Maid to Order
Title: Maid to Order
Character: Shorty (as Georgie Stone)
Released: August 28, 1931
Type: Movie
While trying to nab a gang of diamond smugglers, the police are notified by Scotland Yard that the gang's leader, a beautiful Englishwoman who was on her way to the States to take control of the gang, has been caught. Because the American gangsters don't know what their English boss looks like, the police persuade a female impersonator to pretend to be her and infiltrate the gang.
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The Stolen Jools
Title: The Stolen Jools
Character: Gangster
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
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The Front Page
Title: The Front Page
Character: Earl Williams
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
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Cimarron
Title: Cimarron
Character: Sol Levy
Released: January 26, 1931
Type: Movie
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
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Little Caesar
Title: Little Caesar
Character: Otero
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 Medicine Man
Title: The Medicine Man
Character: Steve
Released: June 14, 1930
Type: Movie
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
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Under a Texas Moon
Title: Under a Texas Moon
Character: Pedro
Released: April 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
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Melody Lane
Title: Melody Lane
Character: Danny
Released: July 20, 1929
Type: Movie
A songwriter leaves his chorus girl sweetheart to join the US Army in WWI. In France he falls in love with French singer Madelon. He is crippled in action. Back in the States, his girl friend there leaves him. But Madelon can't forget him and comes to the USA to work there as singer. Per chance she meets the songwriter, and he is cured. Singing one of his love songs, he knows that he has found the right girl.
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The Girl in the Glass Cage
Title: The Girl in the Glass Cage
Character: Carlos
Released: June 23, 1929
Type: Movie
A pretty young cashier at a movie theater has a few problems--a local thug is interested in her and won't leave her alone, and she discovers that her uncle is stealing the box-office receipts.
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The Redeeming Sin
Title: The Redeeming Sin
Character: A Sewer Rat
Released: February 16, 1929
Type: Movie
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and stars Dolores Costello. This film is currently a lost film.
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Weary River
Title: Weary River
Character: Blackie
Released: February 10, 1929
Type: Movie
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.
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Naughty Baby
Title: Naughty Baby
Character: Tony Caponi
Released: December 16, 1928
Type: Movie
A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Joe Scarsi
Released: November 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
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State Street Sadie
Title: State Street Sadie
Character: Slinky
Released: August 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery.
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Clothes Make the Woman
Title: Clothes Make the Woman
Character: Assistant Director
Released: June 4, 1928
Type: Movie
A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.
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Walking Back
Title: Walking Back
Character: Crook
Released: May 21, 1928
Type: Movie
Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. A car-fight with a rival results in the borrowed automobile's being so wrecked that Smoke cannot return it. The garage to which he and Patsy take the car for repair turns out to be actually a gang's hideaway and a place where stolen cars are brought and later fenced.
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San Francisco Nights
Title: San Francisco Nights
Character: Flash Hoxy
Released: May 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...
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Tenderloin
Title: Tenderloin
Character: Sparrow
Released: March 14, 1928
Type: Movie
Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout. Chuck's interest in her is only just as another toy to play with. Rose is unknowingly placed in a position in which she is implicated in a crime which she knows nothing about.
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Turn Back the Hours
Title: Turn Back the Hours
Character: Limey
Released: March 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Turn Back the Hours is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, and Sam Hardy.
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7th Heaven
Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Sewer Rat
Released: September 10, 1927
Type: Movie
A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif.
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Emergency
Title: Emergency
Character: Fred
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An armed man breaks into a family's home during a terrible thunderstorm. Aired on Oct 15, 1953 as Season 2, Episode 3 of The Ford Television Theatre.