Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Born: February 27, 1910
Died: December 7, 1990
in Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies well into the sound era. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies such as The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945).

Bennett had three distinct phases to her long and successful career, first as a winsome blonde ingenue, then as a sensuous brunette femme fatale (with looks that movie magazines often compared to those of Hedy Lamarr), and finally as a warmhearted wife/mother figure. In 1951, Bennett's screen career was marred by scandal after her third husband, film producer Walter Wanger, shot and injured her agent Jennings Lang. Wanger suspected that Lang and Bennett were having an affair, a charge which she adamantly denied. In the 1960s, she achieved success for her portrayal of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on TV's Dark Shadows, for which she received an Emmy nomination. For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination.

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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Title: Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Character: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Released: September 15, 2009
Type: Movie
This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic TV drama "Dark Shadows" reveals the love triangle behind Barnabas Collins' tragic transformation to an immortal creature of the night.
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Title: Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Character: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Released: September 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes from which have been edited together to form a three hour feature. It focuses on Quentin Collins' possession of David Collins & Amy Jennings.
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Title: Armadillo
Character: Father
Released: September 16, 2001
Type: TV
The British-American thriller Armadillo stars James Frain as Lorimer Black, a slick, well-spoken insurance loss adjuster whose supremely confident and aristocratic public image is a smokescreen for the insecurities stemming from his Gypsy background. Black finds himself straddling his past, present, and future as he investigates a suspicious hotel fire which may be linked with a large-scale fraud involving his own company. Along the way, he romances Flavia (Catherine McCormack), a very married -- and very miserable -- actress.
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Title: Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Title: James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Title: The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 1986
Type: Movie
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Title: Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Character: Adele Burgess
Released: March 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.
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This House Possessed
Title: This House Possessed
Character: Rag Lady
Released: February 6, 1981
Type: Movie
A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, that the house is alive and determined to keep her prisoner.
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Suddenly, Love
Title: Suddenly, Love
Character: Mrs. Graham
Released: December 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.
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Suspiria
Title: Suspiria
Character: Madame Blanc
Released: February 1, 1977
Type: Movie
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
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The Eyes of Charles Sand
Title: The Eyes of Charles Sand
Character: Alexandria Sand
Released: February 29, 1972
Type: Movie
A young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.
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Gidget Gets Married
Title: Gidget Gets Married
Character: Claire Ramsey
Released: January 4, 1972
Type: Movie
Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
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House of Dark Shadows
Title: House of Dark Shadows
Character: Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
Released: September 9, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.
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Title: Dark Shadows
Character: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Released: June 27, 1966
Type: TV
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Denise Mitchell
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Title: Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Character: 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
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Desire in the Dust
Title: Desire in the Dust
Character: Mrs. Marquand
Released: October 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand........
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Title: Too Young to Go Steady
Character: Mary Blake
Released: May 14, 1959
Type: TV
Too Young to Go Steady was a live primetime sitcom that aired on NBC in 1959. It centered on the romantic awakening of Pamela Blake, a pretty 15-year-old girl struggling to make the transition from tomboy to young lady.
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Title: DuPont Show of the Month
Character: Grace Graves
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: TV
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Navy Wife
Title: Navy Wife
Character: Peg Blain
Released: May 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives, demand the same from their husbands.
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There's Always Tomorrow
Title: There's Always Tomorrow
Character: Marion Groves
Released: January 8, 1956
Type: Movie
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
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We're No Angels
Title: We're No Angels
Character: Amelie Ducotel
Released: July 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Honora
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Highway Dragnet
Title: Highway Dragnet
Character: Mrs. Cummings
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Bettina Blane
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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The Guy Who Came Back
Title: The Guy Who Came Back
Character: Kathy Joplin
Released: August 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
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Father's Little Dividend
Title: Father's Little Dividend
Character: Ellie Banks
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
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For Heaven's Sake
Title: For Heaven's Sake
Character: Lydia Bolton
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Ellie Banks
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Screen Actors
Title: Screen Actors
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1950
Type: Movie
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors.
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Title: Your Show of Shows
Released: February 25, 1950
Type: TV
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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The Reckless Moment
Title: The Reckless Moment
Character: Lucia Harper
Released: December 9, 1949
Type: Movie
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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Hollow Triumph
Title: Hollow Triumph
Character: Evelyn Hahn
Released: August 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
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Secret Beyond the Door...
Title: Secret Beyond the Door...
Character: Celia Lamphere
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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The Woman on the Beach
Title: The Woman on the Beach
Character: Peggy Butler
Released: June 7, 1947
Type: Movie
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
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The Macomber Affair
Title: The Macomber Affair
Character: Margaret Macomber
Released: April 20, 1947
Type: Movie
A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
Title: Colonel Effingham's Raid
Character: Ella Sue Dozier
Released: January 24, 1946
Type: Movie
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
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Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Katherine 'Kitty' March
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
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Nob Hill
Title: Nob Hill
Character: Harriet Carruthers
Released: June 13, 1945
Type: Movie
A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.
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The Woman in the Window
Title: The Woman in the Window
Character: Alice Reed
Released: October 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Margin for Error
Title: Margin for Error
Character: Sophia Baumer
Released: February 10, 1943
Type: Movie
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
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Girl Trouble
Title: Girl Trouble
Character: June Delaney
Released: October 9, 1942
Type: Movie
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Title: Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Character: Herself
Released: October 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
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Twin Beds
Title: Twin Beds
Character: Julie Abbott
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
Title: The Wife Takes a Flyer
Character: Anita Woverman
Released: April 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.
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Confirm or Deny
Title: Confirm or Deny
Character: Jennifer Carson
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
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Wild Geese Calling
Title: Wild Geese Calling
Character: Sally Murdock
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.
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Man Hunt
Title: Man Hunt
Character: Jerry Stokes
Released: June 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
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She Knew All the Answers
Title: She Knew All the Answers
Character: Gloria Winters
Released: May 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.
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The Son of Monte Cristo
Title: The Son of Monte Cristo
Character: Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
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The Man I Married
Title: The Man I Married
Character: Carol Hoffman
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
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The House Across the Bay
Title: The House Across the Bay
Character: Brenda Bentley
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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Green Hell
Title: Green Hell
Character: Stephanie Richardson
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Title: The Housekeeper's Daughter
Character: Hilda
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Title: The Man in the Iron Mask
Character: Princess Maria Theresa
Released: July 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
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Trade Winds
Title: Trade Winds
Character: Kay Kerrigan
Released: December 28, 1938
Type: Movie
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
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Artists and Models Abroad
Title: Artists and Models Abroad
Character: Patricia Harper
Released: December 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
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The Texans
Title: The Texans
Character: Ivy Preston
Released: August 12, 1938
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
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I Met My Love Again
Title: I Met My Love Again
Character: Julie Weir
Released: January 14, 1938
Type: Movie
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows infatuated with handsome writer Michael Shaw, and they marry and move to Paris. Years later, after Michael's accidental death, Julie and her daughter move back to Vermont to live with her aunt and Julie finds Ives, now a professor, disinterested in resuming their romantic relationship.
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Vogues of 1938
Title: Vogues of 1938
Character: Wendy Van Klettering
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
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Hollywood Party
Title: Hollywood Party
Character: Herself
Released: April 3, 1937
Type: Movie
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.
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Wedding Present
Title: Wedding Present
Character: Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
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Two in a Crowd
Title: Two in a Crowd
Character: Julia Wayne
Released: October 3, 1936
Type: Movie
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Title: Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.
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13 Hours by Air
Title: 13 Hours by Air
Character: Felice Rollins
Released: April 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves on the run from the law.
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Big Brown Eyes
Title: Big Brown Eyes
Character: Eve Fallon
Released: April 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Title: The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Character: Helen Berkeley
Released: November 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him to honor the tradition of returning to the tables.
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Title: The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).
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She Couldn't Take It
Title: She Couldn't Take It
Character: Carol Van Dyke
Released: October 8, 1935
Type: Movie
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
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Two for Tonight
Title: Two for Tonight
Character: Bobbie Lockwood
Released: September 12, 1935
Type: Movie
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
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Private Worlds
Title: Private Worlds
Character: Sally MacGregor
Released: April 19, 1935
Type: Movie
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
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Mississippi
Title: Mississippi
Character: Lucy
Released: March 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Title: The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Character: Adele Verin
Released: December 24, 1934
Type: Movie
A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Title: The Pursuit of Happiness
Character: Prudence Kirkland
Released: September 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
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Little Women
Title: Little Women
Character: Amy
Released: November 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
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Arizona to Broadway
Title: Arizona to Broadway
Character: Lynn Martin
Released: July 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
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Me and My Gal
Title: Me and My Gal
Character: Helen Riley
Released: December 4, 1932
Type: Movie
Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
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Wild Girl
Title: Wild Girl
Character: Salomy Jane
Released: November 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
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Week Ends Only
Title: Week Ends Only
Character: Venetia Carr
Released: June 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Title: The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Character: Vivienne Ware
Released: May 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
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Careless Lady
Title: Careless Lady
Character: Sally Brown
Released: April 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
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She Wanted a Millionaire
Title: She Wanted a Millionaire
Character: Jane Miller
Released: February 21, 1932
Type: Movie
Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau where she risks terrible cruelty and even death.
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Hush Money
Title: Hush Money
Character: Joan Gordon
Released: July 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.
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Doctors' Wives
Title: Doctors' Wives
Character: Nina Wyndram Penning
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
The trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Their troubles begin when the doctor makes a housecall to a seductive woman with designs upon him. His suspicious wife follows him and spies on him. She thinks they are getting romantic when he is actually trying to extricate himself from his predatory patient. She decides to get revenge with his best friend, but nothing happens.
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Many a Slip
Title: Many a Slip
Character: Pat Coster
Released: March 2, 1931
Type: Movie
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
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Scotland Yard
Title: Scotland Yard
Character: Xandra, Lady Lasher
Released: October 19, 1930
Type: Movie
A soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.
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Maybe It's Love
Title: Maybe It's Love
Character: Nan
Released: October 4, 1930
Type: Movie
A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).
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Moby Dick
Title: Moby Dick
Character: Faith
Released: September 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
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Crazy That Way
Title: Crazy That Way
Character: Ann Jordan
Released: March 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Young heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant appearance of Robert Metcalf, who follows her or them everywhere. This continues into their time at the country club, even interfering with tennis games. The two boys are constantly arguing, and Ann grows weary of them both, and after a knock down, drag out fight that destroys the Jordan garden, they realize she has fallen for an older man, Jack Gardner, an engineering friend of her father.
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Puttin' on the Ritz
Title: Puttin' on the Ritz
Character: Dolores Fenton
Released: February 19, 1930
Type: Movie
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
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The Mississippi Gambler
Title: The Mississippi Gambler
Character: Lucy Blackburn
Released: November 3, 1929
Type: Movie
He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beautiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gambler. How? Why? See the answer in this utterly charming, smashingly dramatic and colorful romance of river days fraught with adventure.
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Disraeli
Title: Disraeli
Character: Lady Clarissa Pevensey
Released: November 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
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Three Live Ghosts
Title: Three Live Ghosts
Character: Rose Gordon
Released: September 15, 1929
Type: Movie
An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.
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Bulldog Drummond
Title: Bulldog Drummond
Character: Phyllis
Released: May 2, 1929
Type: Movie
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
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The Divine Lady
Title: The Divine Lady
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1928
Type: Movie
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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Show Folks
Title: Show Folks
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault of stage managers, agents, musicians...everybody but himself. Eddie likes to tell others how good he is, but seldom shows them. Kitty Mayo, an old-time burlesque queen, who is with the McNary Vaudeville Company, advises Eddie to get himself a partner, as his solo abilities can only be stretched so far. He decides to follow her advice and, while in a theatrical supply shop, he sees Rita Carey rehearsing her dancing act that includes a trained duck. Eddie tells Rita he is a good friend of McNary's, and, with him as her partner, her future in show business will be secured. She agrees to join him and Eddie promptly names the act "Eddie Kehoe and Partner". Despite his conceit, Rita likes Eddie, as do others in the troupe, including Cleo a little gold-digger.
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Power
Title: Power
Character: A Dame
Released: September 23, 1928
Type: Movie
Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.
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The Eternal City
Title: The Eternal City
Character: Page (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1923
Type: Movie
War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.
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The Valley of Decision
Title: The Valley of Decision
Character: Unborn soul
Released: December 4, 1916
Type: Movie
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Film Stars Help Greece
Title: Film Stars Help Greece
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Hollywood holds a star-studded event, all proceeds went to Greece.