Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Born: March 29, 1908
Died: August 31, 1968
in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage.

O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor.

O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.

Movies for Dennis O'Keefe...

The Naked Flame
Title: The Naked Flame
Character: Paul Ashley
Released: March 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A Doukhobor sect in Northern Alberta tries to prevent the wedding of a Russian girl to a Canadian.
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Title: Petticoat Junction
Character: Walter O'Connor
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
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All Hands on Deck
Title: All Hands on Deck
Character: Brian O'Gara
Released: March 30, 1961
Type: Movie
The admiral is coming, so a sailor and his buddy hide their girlfriend and pet turkey.
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Title: The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Character: Hal Towne
Released: September 22, 1959
Type: TV
The Dennis O'Keefe Show is a 1959-1960 sitcom produced by United Artists Television which aired on CBS for sponsor General Motors' Oldsmobile division. It was not a ratings success during its original run, and was largely forgotten until a "Best Of" DVD release by Alpha Video during 2004. Certain episodes of the show can also be seen at the Internet Archive. It appears the series has entered the public domain.
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Title: Riverboat
Character: Dan Muldoon
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.
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Sail Into Danger
Title: Sail Into Danger
Character: Steve Ryman
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
In this adventure, an American is forced by smugglers to sail his boat from Barcelona to Tangiers. The ruthless fugitives then kill his son, and harm his shipmate, sending the pilot, himself an ex-smuggler into such a rage that he kills two gang members and helps police capture the survivors and bring them to justice.
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Title: Suspicion
Character: Self - Host
Released: September 30, 1957
Type: TV
Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.
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Dragoon Wells Massacre
Title: Dragoon Wells Massacre
Character: Capt. Matt Riordan
Released: August 28, 1957
Type: Movie
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.
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Lady of Vengeance
Title: Lady of Vengeance
Character: William T. Marshall
Released: August 1, 1957
Type: Movie
When publisher William Marshall learns his young ward Melissa Collins has committed suicide, he sets in motion a plan to murder the man who drove Melissa to kill herself. Mistakenly believing that singer Larry Shaw is his intended target, Marshall unwittingly seeks help from the man who actually broke Melissa's heart.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Singer
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Inside Detroit
Title: Inside Detroit
Character: Blair Vickers
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Chicago Syndicate
Title: Chicago Syndicate
Character: Barry Amsterdam
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
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Las Vegas Shakedown
Title: Las Vegas Shakedown
Character: Joe Barnes
Released: May 15, 1955
Type: Movie
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
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Angela
Title: Angela
Character: Steve Catlett
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Keefe plays a GI who falls in love with Mara Lane in postwar Rome. Lane kills her boss, forcing her to flee the law. O'Keefe goes along for the ride so that he won't be knocked off by Lane's husband. Just when it looks as though O'Keefe is willing to go to any lengths to protect the woman he loves, he discovers that she frankly isn't worth it.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Inspector Marney
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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Title: Climax!
Character: Evans
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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Title: Climax!
Character: Howard Davenport
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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Title: Climax!
Character: Fred Long
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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Drums of Tahiti
Title: Drums of Tahiti
Character: Mike Macklin
Released: April 23, 1954
Type: Movie
A smuggler (Dennis O'Keefe) buys a bride (Patricia Medina) in San Francisco to help him run guns in 1877 Tahiti.
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The Diamond Wizard
Title: The Diamond Wizard
Character: Joe Dennison
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: Movie
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Friend) in his search for a missing atomic scientist (Paul Hardtmuth). The detective duo discovers that the key to solving both cases may rest with the scientist's daughter (Margaret Sheridan) and her fascinating diamond.
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The Fake
Title: The Fake
Character: Paul Mitchell
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
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The Lady Wants Mink
Title: The Lady Wants Mink
Character: Jim Connors
Released: March 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
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Everything I Have Is Yours
Title: Everything I Have Is Yours
Character: Alec Tacksbury
Released: October 31, 1952
Type: Movie
A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.
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Title: The Gulf Playhouse
Released: March 10, 1952
Type: TV
This live show was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person.
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One Big Affair
Title: One Big Affair
Character: Jimmy Donovan
Released: February 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Lawyer Jimmy Donovan thinks a bicycle tour through Mexico is just the thing to keep him out of trouble until his client arrives. But when school teacher Jean Harper misses her tour bus, all of a sudden Jimmy is in for much more than he bargained for.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Prof. Stephen Bolt
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Passage West
Title: Passage West
Character: Jacob Karns
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek toward California across dry, desolate country.
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Follow the Sun
Title: Follow the Sun
Character: Chuck Williams
Released: May 22, 1951
Type: Movie
A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
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The Company She Keeps
Title: The Company She Keeps
Character: Larry Collins
Released: January 27, 1951
Type: Movie
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
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Woman on the Run
Title: Woman on the Run
Character: Dan Legget
Released: November 10, 1950
Type: Movie
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Captain John Danforth
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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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Bill
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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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Jeff Sewell
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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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Mack
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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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Second Man
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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The Eagle and the Hawk
Title: The Eagle and the Hawk
Character: Whitney Randolph
Released: October 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...
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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: Robert Montgomery Presents
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Abandoned
Title: Abandoned
Character: Mark Sitko
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
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The Great Dan Patch
Title: The Great Dan Patch
Character: David Palmer
Released: July 22, 1949
Type: Movie
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
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Cover Up
Title: Cover Up
Character: Sam Donovan
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.
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Title: Suspense
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: TV
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City. It was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation, and each episode was introduced by host Rex Marshall, who promoted Auto-Lite spark plugs, car batteries, headlights, and other car parts. Some of the early scripts were adapted from Suspense radio scripts, while others were original for television. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. Many notable actors appeared on the program, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Franchot Tone, Robert Emhardt, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, and many more. The program was a live television series, but most episodes were recorded on kinescope. However, only about 90 of the 260 episodes survive today.
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Siren of Atlantis
Title: Siren of Atlantis
Character: Jean Morhange
Released: January 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally discover the famed lost continent of Atlantis. Bewitched by the sultry, beauty of the Queen of Atlantis (Maria Montez) the two men vie for her affections; little realising that her previous lovers have been embalmed into statues that line the passages of her kingdom.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Will
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Walk a Crooked Mile
Title: Walk a Crooked Mile
Character: Daniel F. O'Hara
Released: September 2, 1948
Type: Movie
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?
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Raw Deal
Title: Raw Deal
Character: Joe Sullivan
Released: May 21, 1948
Type: Movie
A revenge-seeking gangster is sent to prison after being framed for a crime he didn't commit. After seducing a beautiful young woman, he uses her to help him carry out his plot for vengeance, leading him to the crazy pyromaniac who set him up.
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T-Men
Title: T-Men
Character: Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.
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Dishonored Lady
Title: Dishonored Lady
Character: Dr. David Cousins
Released: May 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Steve Bennett
Released: February 20, 1947
Type: Movie
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.
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Her Adventurous Night
Title: Her Adventurous Night
Character: Bill Fry
Released: June 5, 1946
Type: Movie
A boy's tall tale about a gun puts his parents and school principal in jail.
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Doll Face
Title: Doll Face
Character: Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
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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Getting Gertie's Garter
Title: Getting Gertie's Garter
Character: Kenneth B. Ford
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
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The Affairs of Susan
Title: The Affairs of Susan
Character: Bill Anthony
Released: July 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
Released: April 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
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Earl Carroll Vanities
Title: Earl Carroll Vanities
Character: Danny Baldwin
Released: April 5, 1945
Type: Movie
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
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Up in Mabel's Room
Title: Up in Mabel's Room
Character: Boris
Released: September 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise.
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Abroad with Two Yanks
Title: Abroad with Two Yanks
Character: Jeff Reardon
Released: August 4, 1944
Type: Movie
Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoying their time the way most soldiers on leave do. When they meet the beautiful Joyce, however, they both fall head over heels for her, and start competing for her attentions. As their R&R time begins to run out, the schemes they each come up with to win her affection and foil the other's plans to do the same become more and more outrageous.
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
Title: The Story of Dr. Wassell
Character: Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Released: July 4, 1944
Type: Movie
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.
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Sensations of 1945
Title: Sensations of 1945
Character: Junior Crane
Released: June 30, 1944
Type: Movie
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressing room, the woman, Julia Westcolt, a friend of Ginny's, dashes backstage, discards her veil, and then congratulates her friend on their successful publicity stunt. When Ginny's press agents, Gus Crane and his son Junior, visit their client backstage, she brags about her feat and chides them for not being more creative in promoting her. Horrified at Ginny's brashness, Junior, a conservative Harvard graduate, chastises her and leaves the room.
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The Fighting Seabees
Title: The Fighting Seabees
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
Released: January 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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Hi Diddle Diddle
Title: Hi Diddle Diddle
Character: Sonny Phyffe
Released: August 2, 1943
Type: Movie
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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The Leopard Man
Title: The Leopard Man
Character: Jerry Manning
Released: May 19, 1943
Type: Movie
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
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Good Morning, Judge
Title: Good Morning, Judge
Character: David Barton
Released: May 7, 1943
Type: Movie
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
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Hangmen Also Die!
Title: Hangmen Also Die!
Character: Jan Horak
Released: April 15, 1943
Type: Movie
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
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Tahiti Honey
Title: Tahiti Honey
Character: Mickey Monroe
Released: April 6, 1943
Type: Movie
The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to worse for the band,. and they are faced with the necessity of either taking a girl singer into the group,which they all regard as bad luck, or starving. The band insists that she be dropped as soon as they can earn enough to catch a bot home. But Mickey falls in love with Suzie, and smuggles her on board the ship.
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Moonlight Masquerade
Title: Moonlight Masquerade
Character: John Bennett Jr.
Released: June 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter, approaches. A long time ago the two men made an arrangement that they would sign over one third of their company to their oldest children when they turned twenty-one, with the condition they married each other within thirty days....
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Title: The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Character: Mike Jason
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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Weekend for Three
Title: Weekend for Three
Character: Jim 'Jimbo' Craig
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Jim is hardly thrilled when his new bride, Ellen, invites an old friend, Randy, over for dinner. Yet Jim turns genuinely dismayed once Randy arrives and turns out to be an insufferable, boorish braggart with bad manners and little self-awareness. That dismay turns to outright annoyance when Jim realizes Randy thinks he has come to stay for the weekend. How much damage to a marriage can one unwanted guest do in the space of one weekend?
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Lady Scarface
Title: Lady Scarface
Character: Lieutenant Bill Mason
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman.
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Broadway Limited
Title: Broadway Limited
Character: Dr. Harvey North
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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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: P. Cadwallader Jones
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Topper Returns
Title: Topper Returns
Character: Bob
Released: March 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
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Bowery Boy
Title: Bowery Boy
Character: Dr. Tom O'Hara
Released: December 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, because Sock blames hospitals for his mother's death. Sock helps racketeer J.R. Mason sell food to the clinic, unaware that Mason sells cheap and often tainted food. When a number of patients, including Sock's brother, become ill from food poisoning, Sock is kidnapped by Mason to keep him silent. Dr. O'Hara must find a way to rescue Sock and stop Mason's contamination of hospital food supplies.
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You'll Find Out
Title: You'll Find Out
Character: Chuck Deems
Released: November 22, 1940
Type: Movie
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
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Arise, My Love
Title: Arise, My Love
Character: Joe 'Shep' Shepard
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Title: I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Character: Tod Lowell
Released: October 19, 1940
Type: Movie
In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and only pretend to like each other to please their parents. On the nights they are to go out, they sneak out with their respective true loves. It all works well until the unwilling couple find themselves falling in love for real. songs include: "I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now", and "Got Romance".
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Girl from Havana
Title: Girl from Havana
Character: Woody Davis
Released: September 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...
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Pop Always Pays
Title: Pop Always Pays
Character: Jeff Thompson
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy stars Leon Errol, Marjorie Gateson, Dennis O'Keefe, Adele Pearce and Walter Catlett.
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La Conga Nights
Title: La Conga Nights
Character: Steve Collins
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has grown rich through real estate deals. Also figuring in the story are a cab driver/performer, and a down-on-her-luck, aspiring singer. They meet when she hails his cab as she skips out on her former boarding house because she cannot pay rent.
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Alias the Deacon
Title: Alias the Deacon
Character: Johnny Sloan
Released: May 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
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That's Right - You're Wrong
Title: That's Right - You're Wrong
Character: Chuck Deems
Released: November 24, 1939
Type: Movie
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
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Unexpected Father
Title: Unexpected Father
Character: Jimmy Hanley
Released: June 14, 1939
Type: Movie
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.
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The Kid From Texas
Title: The Kid From Texas
Character: William Quincy
Released: April 14, 1939
Type: Movie
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Title: Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Character: Jerry O'Connor
Released: January 13, 1939
Type: Movie
An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
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Vacation from Love
Title: Vacation from Love
Character: Bill Blair
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Tom Brandon
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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Hold That Kiss
Title: Hold That Kiss
Character: Tommy Bradford
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
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A Yank at Oxford
Title: A Yank at Oxford
Character: Racetrack Handler (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
Title: The Bad Man of Brimstone
Character: Jeffrey Burton
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
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The Firefly
Title: The Firefly
Character: French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
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Vogues of 1938
Title: Vogues of 1938
Character: Nightclub Patron
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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One Mile from Heaven
Title: One Mile from Heaven
Character: Party Guest
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
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Saratoga
Title: Saratoga
Character: Party guest
Released: July 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Easy Living
Title: Easy Living
Character: Office Manager (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
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Captains Courageous
Title: Captains Courageous
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
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The Great Gambini
Title: The Great Gambini
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: June 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
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Riding on Air
Title: Riding on Air
Character: Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
Title: The Girl from Scotland Yard
Character: John
Released: May 30, 1937
Type: Movie
A female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions.
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Make Way for Tomorrow
Title: Make Way for Tomorrow
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 9, 1937
Type: Movie
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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Top of the Town
Title: Top of the Town
Character: Frank
Released: April 17, 1937
Type: Movie
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
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Swing High, Swing Low
Title: Swing High, Swing Low
Character: Purser (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry. She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success. Fame and fortune go to his head which eventually destroys his relationship with Maggie and his career.
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History Is Made at Night
Title: History Is Made at Night
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
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Champagne Waltz
Title: Champagne Waltz
Character: Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa. Smitten by Elsa, Buzzy hides his identity and association with the club -- whose owner intends to buy out the Palace property. When Elsa accidentally learns who Buzzy really is, it appears he may have to return to America alone.
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Mama Steps Out
Title: Mama Steps Out
Character: Dance Extra
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
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Beloved Enemy
Title: Beloved Enemy
Character: Reception Guest (Uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1936
Type: Movie
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
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Three Smart Girls
Title: Three Smart Girls
Character: Nightclub Extra
Released: December 20, 1936
Type: Movie
The three Craig sisters Penny, Kay, and Joan, go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.
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Sinner Take All
Title: Sinner Take All
Character: Night Club Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
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Great Guy
Title: Great Guy
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
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Rose Bowl
Title: Rose Bowl
Character: Jones
Released: November 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant colleges; Paddy at a small school in the East, where he is barely a substitute, and Ossie at a powerhouse-football school, where he is an instant star and all-American candidate. They leave behind Cheers Reynolds, who is fond of Paddy, who works in her family's drugstore, but she loves Ossie almost as much as he loves himself. Paddy makes friends with team fullback Dutch Schultz, who accompanies him on vacation, and they arrive back in Bellport just as Ossie is also coming home on break. Florence Taylor is also in town on a film junket. Unknown to any of the others, Paddy and Florence had gone to high school together. Back at school and three years later, Paddy and Dutch learn that their football team could get invited to the coveted Rose Bowl to play against Ossie's team, if it could get enough publicity (pre-BCS days) that would attract a large crowd...
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The Accusing Finger
Title: The Accusing Finger
Character: Reporter
Released: November 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
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Theodora Goes Wild
Title: Theodora Goes Wild
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1936
Type: Movie
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
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Libeled Lady
Title: Libeled Lady
Character: Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
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The Big Broadcast of 1937
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1937
Character: Sound Technician (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1936
Type: Movie
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Bandleader (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Piccadilly Jim
Title: Piccadilly Jim
Character: Petie McGregor (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1936
Type: Movie
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.
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Rhythm on the Range
Title: Rhythm on the Range
Character: Sidewalk Heckler
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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San Francisco
Title: San Francisco
Character: New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
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Fury
Title: Fury
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
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Private Number
Title: Private Number
Character: Gambler (Uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
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Burning Gold
Title: Burning Gold
Character: Derrick Worker
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Jim Thornton is an independent wildcat driller in Califonia who hits a gusher and overnight riches, and marries his sweetheart that is a singer at a local saloon. But he can't handle being rich, and the marriage is on the rocks.
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Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Released: May 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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13 Hours by Air
Title: 13 Hours by Air
Character: Baker-Co-Pilot
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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The Singing Kid
Title: The Singing Kid
Character: Bud (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
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Small Town Girl
Title: Small Town Girl
Character: Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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Colleen
Title: Colleen
Character: Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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Love Before Breakfast
Title: Love Before Breakfast
Character: College Boy (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
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Strike Me Pink
Title: Strike Me Pink
Character: Club Lido Patron (uncredited)
Released: January 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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Broadway Hostess
Title: Broadway Hostess
Character: Donald Ross - Ronnie's Friend (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Personal Maid's Secret
Title: Personal Maid's Secret
Character: Dinner Guest
Released: October 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.
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A Feather in Her Hat
Title: A Feather in Her Hat
Character: Theatergoer (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
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It's in the Air
Title: It's in the Air
Character: Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
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Here Comes the Band
Title: Here Comes the Band
Character: Party Guest at Reunion (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
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Top Hat
Title: Top Hat
Character: Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
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Every Night at Eight
Title: Every Night at Eight
Character: Huxley Employee (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.
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The Daring Young Man
Title: The Daring Young Man
Character: Wedding Participant
Released: July 17, 1935
Type: Movie
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
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Doubting Thomas
Title: Doubting Thomas
Character: Member of Audience
Released: July 10, 1935
Type: Movie
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage.
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A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Title: A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1935
Type: Movie
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
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The Misses Stooge
Title: The Misses Stooge
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician.
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Baby Face Harrington
Title: Baby Face Harrington
Character: Country Club Patron
Released: April 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.
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One New York Night
Title: One New York Night
Character: Extra
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
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The Wedding Night
Title: The Wedding Night
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
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The Gilded Lily
Title: The Gilded Lily
Character: Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
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Broadway Bill
Title: Broadway Bill
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
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College Rhythm
Title: College Rhythm
Character: Department Store Doorman
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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Kid Millions
Title: Kid Millions
Character: Chorus Boy in Ship's Show (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
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Everything's Ducky
Title: Everything's Ducky
Character: Party Guest
Released: October 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough take to the streets as pots and pans salesmen, wreaking havoc door to door with their demonstrations of their cookware.
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Lady by Choice
Title: Lady by Choice
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1934
Type: Movie
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
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Two Heads on a Pillow
Title: Two Heads on a Pillow
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A lawyer handing a divorce case discovers the attorney for the opposition is his ex-wife.
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A Lost Lady
Title: A Lost Lady
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: Party Guest
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Gift of Gab
Title: Gift of Gab
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
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The Red Rider
Title: The Red Rider
Character: Minor Role
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
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We're Rich Again
Title: We're Rich Again
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
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He Was Her Man
Title: He Was Her Man
Character: Man Leaving Courtroom
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
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Fog Over Frisco
Title: Fog Over Frisco
Character: Van Brugh, Reporter (Uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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Smarty
Title: Smarty
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1934
Type: Movie
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
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Wonder Bar
Title: Wonder Bar
Character: Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
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Jimmy the Gent
Title: Jimmy the Gent
Character: Chester Coote (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1934
Type: Movie
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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Coming Out Party
Title: Coming Out Party
Character: Party Guest
Released: March 9, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.
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All of Me
Title: All of Me
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: December 9, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.
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Blood Money
Title: Blood Money
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1933
Type: Movie
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
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Duck Soup
Title: Duck Soup
Character: Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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The Prizefighter and the Lady
Title: The Prizefighter and the Lady
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
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Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Title: Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Character: Nightclub Dance Extra
Released: November 2, 1933
Type: Movie
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
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Bombshell
Title: Bombshell
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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I'm No Angel
Title: I'm No Angel
Character: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1933
Type: Movie
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
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Too Much Harmony
Title: Too Much Harmony
Character: Cafe Patron
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
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Torch Singer
Title: Torch Singer
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
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She Had to Say Yes
Title: She Had to Say Yes
Character: Cabaret Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Title: Gold Diggers of 1933
Character: Theatregoer (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1933
Type: Movie
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
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The Phantom of the Air
Title: The Phantom of the Air
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1933
Type: Movie
An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.
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The Eagle and the Hawk
Title: The Eagle and the Hawk
Character: Flier (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1933
Type: Movie
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
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42nd Street
Title: 42nd Street
Character: Chorus Boy (uncredited)
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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Girl Missing
Title: Girl Missing
Character: Casino Patron (Uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June decide to look for her to claim the reward.
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From Hell to Heaven
Title: From Hell to Heaven
Character: Louie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1933
Type: Movie
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
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Hello, Everybody!
Title: Hello, Everybody!
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1933
Type: Movie
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.
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Central Park
Title: Central Park
Character: Casino Diner (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Title: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Character: Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1932
Type: Movie
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
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Night After Night
Title: Night After Night
Character: Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1932
Type: Movie
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
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A Bill of Divorcement
Title: A Bill of Divorcement
Character: Party Guest
Released: September 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.
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The Cabin in the Cotton
Title: The Cabin in the Cotton
Character: Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1932
Type: Movie
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
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Blonde Venus
Title: Blonde Venus
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
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Big City Blues
Title: Big City Blues
Character: Dice Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 18, 1932
Type: Movie
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
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Bachelor's Affairs
Title: Bachelor's Affairs
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.
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The Man from Yesterday
Title: The Man from Yesterday
Character: Cafe Patron
Released: June 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
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Merrily We Go to Hell
Title: Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Wedding Usher (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
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Huddle
Title: Huddle
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.
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Scarface
Title: Scarface
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1932
Type: Movie
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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Love Affair
Title: Love Affair
Character: One of Carol's Friends at Party (uncredited)
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
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Under Eighteen
Title: Under Eighteen
Character: Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
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Working Girls
Title: Working Girls
Character: Dance Extra
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
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Honeymoon Trio
Title: Honeymoon Trio
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: August 29, 1931
Type: Movie
This Educational Comedies one-reeler is all about Walter Catlett in his obnoxious mode as he somehow imposes himself completely on Al St. John and Dorothy Granger as they go on their honeymoon. Dorothy never seems to notice anything odd about this situation -- which renders it all the funnier -- while Al St. John builds up quite a head of steam in what amounts to a ten-minute slow burn, worthy of Edgar Kennedy at his best.
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The Miracle Woman
Title: The Miracle Woman
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1931
Type: Movie
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
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Laugh and Get Rich
Title: Laugh and Get Rich
Character: Young Man at Dance (uncredited)
Released: March 27, 1931
Type: Movie
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
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Cimarron
Title: Cimarron
Character: (uncredited)
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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Reaching for the Moon
Title: Reaching for the Moon
Character: Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1930
Type: Movie
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.