Arthur Lake

Arthur Lake

Born: April 16, 1905
Died: January 9, 1987
in Corbin, Kentucky, USA
Arthur Lake (April 17, 1905 – January 9, 1987) was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio and television.

Movies for Arthur Lake...

It's Showtime
Title: It's Showtime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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The Movie Orgy
Title: The Movie Orgy
Character: Dagwood (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
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Title: Blondie
Character: Dagwood Bumstead
Released: January 4, 1957
Type: TV
Blondie is the first of two TV series based on the comic strip of the same name. It first aired on January 4, 1957, on NBC. Although Penny Singleton had starred in most of the Blondie movies, producers chose Pamela Britton for the title role, with Arthur Lake playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead as he had in the Blondie movie series. A pilot episode was filmed in 1954 with Hal Le Roy as Dagwood opposite Britton's Blondie. The DVD for the 1957 version of Blondie was later released but only includes the first three episodes.
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
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Beware of Blondie
Title: Beware of Blondie
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: April 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to gum things up when he falls for a confidence scam engineered by the duplicitous Toby Clifton. He even finds himself in a compromising position that seriously endangers his future connubial happiness with his wife Blondie. Once again, it's up to Blondie to straighten out the mess.
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Blondie's Hero
Title: Blondie's Hero
Character: Dagwood Bumstead
Released: March 9, 1950
Type: Movie
Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of problems which lead to numerous conflicts.
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Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Title: Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: September 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a construction firm while trying to get his old job back.
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Blondie's Big Deal
Title: Blondie's Big Deal
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: March 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Dagwood accidentally discovers a non-flammable paint. Bad guys Dillon and Stack steal it before he can give it to his boss Radcliffe. To show off his invention, Dagwood paints Radcliffe's house with it and is disgraced when the house burns down!
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Blondie's Secret
Title: Blondie's Secret
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: December 23, 1948
Type: Movie
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised the Bumsteads that there'll be no more postponements for their holiday. But when something comes up that requires Dagwood's presence, Radcliffe hires a couple of thugs to steal Blondie and Dagwood's luggage so that they'll have to stay in town. And that's only the beginning of the frantic fun.
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16 Fathoms Deep
Title: 16 Fathoms Deep
Character: Pete
Released: July 25, 1948
Type: Movie
A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Blondie's Reward
Title: Blondie's Reward
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: June 3, 1948
Type: Movie
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by his flustered boss Radcliffe (Jerome Cowan). Number 23 in the long-running Blondie series.
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Blondie's Anniversary
Title: Blondie's Anniversary
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: December 18, 1947
Type: Movie
Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood has been guarding the watch on behalf of a client who bought the gift for his own wife, which soon leads to trouble with his boss, a loan shark, and crooked building contractors.
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Blondie in the Dough
Title: Blondie in the Dough
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: October 16, 1947
Type: Movie
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
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Blondie's Holiday
Title: Blondie's Holiday
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: April 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to Dagwood's high school reunion organizer who was also Dagwood's high school sweetheart. To make matters worse Dagwood becomes involved with a gang running a gambling establishment.
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Blondie's Big Moment
Title: Blondie's Big Moment
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: January 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.
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Blondie Knows Best
Title: Blondie Knows Best
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: October 17, 1946
Type: Movie
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray. The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie to come to the rescue.
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Blondie's Lucky Day
Title: Blondie's Lucky Day
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: April 4, 1946
Type: Movie
Not only must Blondie put on a brave face when her husband Dagwood is fired for the umpteenth time by Mr. Dithers, but she must also tolerate the attention paid to Dagwood by pretty WAC Mary Jane McDermott. A whiz in business matters, Mary Jane sets up Dag in his own business, which replenishes the Bumstead coffers but which drives Blondie into a jealous frenzy.
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Peeks at Hollywood
Title: Peeks at Hollywood
Released: January 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood.
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Life with Blondie
Title: Life with Blondie
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: December 13, 1945
Type: Movie
Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest to become a model for the Navy. From there she becomes the favorite calendar gal. All the attention to the dog, makes Dagwood feel that his position as master of the house is jeopardized. Meanwhile all the attention catches the greedy eyes of gangsters who try and abduct Daisy!
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Tokyo Woes
Title: Tokyo Woes
Character: Mr. Hook
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Created for the US Navy in World War II. The Mr. Hook character was created by Hank Ketcham while at Walter Lantz Studios, where the first- and only color- Mr. Hook cartoon was produced. A wartime propaganda film about Japan and war bonds. The loudspeaker grille is in the shape of a peace sign as it shouts at Mr. Hook.
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The Return of Mr. Hook
Title: The Return of Mr. Hook
Character: Mr. Hook
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Seaman Hook has big plans for after the war, mostly involving rushing home and marrying his sweetie. So do his fellow seaman, but theirs involve buying bonds.
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The Good Egg
Title: The Good Egg
Character: Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Navy seaman Mr. Hook is convinced of the value of holding on to his war bonds.
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Leave It to Blondie
Title: Leave It to Blondie
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: February 22, 1945
Type: Movie
Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a plan to cover charity checks that they've signed separately but can't cover. Along the way, Blondie's blood boils when Dagwood gets innocently mixed up with beautiful music teacher Rita Rogers.
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The Big Show-Off
Title: The Big Show-Off
Character: Sanford "Sandy" Elliott
Released: January 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).
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3 Is a Family
Title: 3 Is a Family
Character: Archie Whittaker
Released: November 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
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Sailor's Holiday
Title: Sailor's Holiday
Character: 'Marblehead' Tomkins
Released: February 24, 1944
Type: Movie
In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women.
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The Ghost That Walks Alone
Title: The Ghost That Walks Alone
Character: Eddie Grant
Released: February 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
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Footlight Glamour
Title: Footlight Glamour
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: September 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Mr. Dithers is trying to encourage a businessman to build a war-time manufacturing plant on land he owns while Dagwood tries to prevent the businessman from learning his daughter is involved in a local theatre production.
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It's a Great Life
Title: It's a Great Life
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: May 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.
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Blondie for Victory
Title: Blondie for Victory
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: August 6, 1942
Type: Movie
Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
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Blondie's Blessed Event
Title: Blondie's Blessed Event
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: April 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is the appearance of Hans Conried as a cynical author who becomes caught up in the Bumstead lifestyle.
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Blondie Goes to College
Title: Blondie Goes to College
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: January 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too.
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Blondie in Society
Title: Blondie in Society
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: July 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show.
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Blondie Goes Latin
Title: Blondie Goes Latin
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: February 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers.
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Blondie Plays Cupid
Title: Blondie Plays Cupid
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: October 31, 1940
Type: Movie
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.
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Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Title: Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: July 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.
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Blondie on a Budget
Title: Blondie on a Budget
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: February 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
Title: Blondie Brings Up Baby
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: November 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months.
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Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Title: Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1939
Type: Movie
Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.
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Blondie Takes a Vacation
Title: Blondie Takes a Vacation
Character: Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
Released: July 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
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Blondie Meets the Boss
Title: Blondie Meets the Boss
Character: Dagwood Bumstead
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.
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Blondie
Title: Blondie
Character: Dagwood
Released: November 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
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There Goes My Heart
Title: There Goes My Heart
Character: Flash Fisher
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
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Double Danger
Title: Double Danger
Character: Roy West
Released: January 28, 1938
Type: Movie
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.
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Everybody's Doing It
Title: Everybody's Doing It
Character: Waldo
Released: January 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.
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True Confession
Title: True Confession
Character: Attendant (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
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Exiled to Shanghai
Title: Exiled to Shanghai
Character: Bud
Released: December 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
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Annapolis Salute
Title: Annapolis Salute
Character: Cuthbert "Tex" Clemens
Released: September 10, 1937
Type: Movie
The adventures of three disparate cadets at the US Naval Academy--one the son of a Navy enlisted man, the other the scion of a wealthy family, the third decent but somewhat slow-witted--and their struggles with the rigors of the academy, women, and each other.
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Topper
Title: Topper
Character: Elevator Boy
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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23 1/2 Hours Leave
Title: 23 1/2 Hours Leave
Character: Sgt. Turner
Released: March 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unhappy tangle with a couple of enemy spies (and a happy tangle with the general's daughter) before the bet is finally decided.
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I Cover Chinatown
Title: I Cover Chinatown
Character: Insurance Agent
Released: October 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
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New Shoes
Title: New Shoes
Character: The Boy (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A love affair blossoms between two pairs of shoes after a couple purchases the shoes.
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Starlit Days at the Lido
Title: Starlit Days at the Lido
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.
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Orchids to You
Title: Orchids to You
Character: Joe
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
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Women Must Dress
Title: Women Must Dress
Character: Janet's Friend
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A divorced woman finds success as a fashion designer.
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The Silver Streak
Title: The Silver Streak
Character: Crawford
Released: December 21, 1934
Type: Movie
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.
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Girl o' My Dreams
Title: Girl o' My Dreams
Character: Bobby Barnes
Released: November 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.
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The Winnah!
Title: The Winnah!
Character: Arthur
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
State College is a coeducational school where the athletics are more important than academics. All there are preparing for a big multi-sport match with arch rival Dale College. Students Arthur and Florence are brother and sister, each with love troubles. Their romantic problems are resolved against a background of leggy singing, dancing coeds in this 2 reel musical.
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Midshipman Jack
Title: Midshipman Jack
Character: Allen S. Williams
Released: September 22, 1933
Type: Movie
Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Running Hollywood
Title: Running Hollywood
Character: Chief of Police
Released: January 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
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Indiscreet
Title: Indiscreet
Character: Buster Collins
Released: April 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
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She's My Weakness
Title: She's My Weakness
Character: Tommy Mills
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Tommy Mills and Marie Thurber, sweethearts, plan to marry when Tommy sells some land he has inherited. Marie's parents favor the match, as they prefer Tommy over Bernard Norton, another suitor. Her father, Warren Thurber, however, is in financial straits and plans to sell land to a civic improvement association headed by David Tuttle. When he discovers that Tommy has agreed to sell his land to Mrs. Oberlander, he berates him; but Tommy agrees to boost the price so that Thurber will win out. Tuttle, who favors Bernard as Marie's husband, persuades Tommy that he must endure the displeasure of the Thurbers, and as a result a misunderstanding arises over the sale of the land. But Tuttle's scheme backfires, and Tommy wins the girl after all.
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Cheer Up and Smile
Title: Cheer Up and Smile
Character: Eddie Fripp
Released: June 22, 1930
Type: Movie
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
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Peek-A-Boo
Title: Peek-A-Boo
Released: March 31, 1930
Type: Movie
Arthur Lake plays a bellhop whose dream is to become the house-detective at the hotel. A robbery at the hotel gives him his opportunity. And the chance to impress his girlfriend, the daughter of the hotel owner. Arthur doesn't walk through any walls in this one. Nor does anybody else.
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Dance Hall
Title: Dance Hall
Character: Tommy Flynn
Released: December 13, 1929
Type: Movie
A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe he's in love with her.
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Tanned Legs
Title: Tanned Legs
Character: Bill
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation.
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Night Owls
Title: Night Owls
Character: Arthur
Released: September 25, 1929
Type: Movie
The story is about a rebellious rich daughter who, instead of buckling down in school, is man-crazy for Horace (Arthur Lake of the "Blondie and Dagwood" films).
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On With the Show!
Title: On With the Show!
Character: Harold
Released: July 13, 1929
Type: Movie
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?
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Whose Baby?
Title: Whose Baby?
Character: Horace
Released: January 28, 1929
Type: Movie
A young man trying to win the attentions of a pretty lady gets lumbered with another woman's baby, beginning a cascade of misunderstandings, close shaves with trams and a humorous policeman…
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Lilac Time
Title: Lilac Time
Character: The Unlucky One
Released: October 18, 1928
Type: Movie
In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome newcomer who is already engaged.
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The Air Circus
Title: The Air Circus
Character: Speed Doolittle
Released: September 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Two eager young pilots at flight school compete over their flight instructor's aviatrix sister.
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Hollywood or Bust
Title: Hollywood or Bust
Character: Horace
Released: September 10, 1928
Type: Movie
Hollywood or Bust is a silent comedy short.
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Harold Teen
Title: Harold Teen
Character: Harold Teen
Released: April 28, 1928
Type: Movie
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
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Cradle Snatchers
Title: Cradle Snatchers
Character: Oscar
Released: May 28, 1927
Type: Movie
To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications.
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Hop Along
Title: Hop Along
Character: Arthur
Released: January 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Part of Universal's series of one-reel Bluebird Comedies, this one stars Arthur Lake as a student who's confined to his dorm room to study on the night of a big costume party. When Professor Wise (George B. French) comes to check up on him, he finds Lake in a bathrobe, book in hand. As soon as the prof leaves, Lake rips off the robe to expose his Scots costume.
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Skinner's Dress Suit
Title: Skinner's Dress Suit
Character: Tommy
Released: April 18, 1926
Type: Movie
Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing his contract. He doesn't get the raise, but he's too embarrassed to tell his wife the truth. She starts making plans to spend that extra $10 a week; the first thing is a new dress suit for him and a new outfit for her so they can fit in at a swanky party. They're the hit of the party, and Honey is embraced by the 'smart set.' Meanwhile, business is bad and Skinner loses his job. The tailor is after him for payment on the suit, and Honey is still spending the salary he doesn't have.
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Sporting Life
Title: Sporting Life
Character: Peggy's Admirer in Audience (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1925
Type: Movie
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
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A Free Ride
Title: A Free Ride
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
Arthur and Eddie make a bluff at buying a car and get the auto salesman to take their girls for a ride, pretending to the girls that he is a hired chauffeur. The salesman resents being treated as a hired hand and takes them for a bumpy ride terminating far in the country where he runs out of gas. They walk to the house of the county judge who is on the lookout for suspected elopers and has agreed to hold them for identification.
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Where Was I?
Title: Where Was I?
Character: Jimmy
Released: August 24, 1925
Type: Movie
A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.
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The Bride's Play
Title: The Bride's Play
Character: Boy Throwing Roses (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1922
Type: Movie
A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?