Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Born: March 8, 1892
Died: October 26, 1975
in Linguaglossa, Sicily, Italy
Francesco Giuseppe "Frank" Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian-American film actor. He had small, but memorable roles in films including Casablanca (a Moroccan rug merchant), Now, Voyager and The Jungle Book.

Movies for Frank Puglia...

Mr. Ricco
Title: Mr. Ricco
Character: Uncle Enzo
Released: January 31, 1975
Type: Movie
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
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Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Title: Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Character: Mr. Alissandro
Released: September 27, 1972
Type: Movie
Maggie Cole is a research scientist who, after the sudden death of her husband, takes a position as an on-call doctor in an inner-city clinic. There, she must fight a battle on two fronts: against the medical conditions endangering her patients and against sexism toward a female doctor.
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Title: The Rookies
Released: September 11, 1972
Type: TV
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Janitor at Winery (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Title: To Rome with Love
Released: September 28, 1969
Type: TV
To Rome with Love is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 1969 to September 1971.
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Title: Mayberry R.F.D.
Character: Mr. Morelli
Released: September 23, 1968
Type: TV
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.
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A Bell for Adano
Title: A Bell for Adano
Character: Afronti
Released: November 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his commanding general. Placing his career in jeopardy, the governor decides to replace the town's bell, which had been looted by the Fascists.
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Title: Mannix
Character: Grandfather Bertelli
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: The High Chaparral
Character: Miguel
Released: September 10, 1967
Type: TV
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
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Title: The Flying Nun
Character: Father Dominic
Released: September 7, 1967
Type: TV
Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her means are often bemoaned by Mother Superior. The other Sisters must cope with their beloved Sister's aerodynamics and antics as she flies in and out of trouble.
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Title: Ironside
Character: Jose Fuente
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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The Spy in the Green Hat
Title: The Spy in the Green Hat
Character: Padre
Released: February 3, 1967
Type: Movie
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is caught by the woman's grandmother (Penny Santon), who is forcing Solo to marry the young woman. He successfully escapes, but is hunted by a legion of stereotyped Italian gangsters. Now that's comedy.
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Title: That Girl
Character: Restaurant Owner
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: TV
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: Salvatori
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: Run for Your Life
Character: Ignacio Romero
Released: September 13, 1965
Type: TV
Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.
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The Sword of Ali Baba
Title: The Sword of Ali Baba
Character: Cassim
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Supposedly up to 70 percent of this feature was taken from the 1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Frank Puglia as Prince Cassim remains from the 21-year-old footage.
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Title: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Character: Papa
Released: September 25, 1964
Type: TV
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.
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Title: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character: Padre Francisco
Released: September 22, 1964
Type: TV
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character: Guide
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Compadre
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Father Fontana
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
Title: Girls! Girls! Girls!
Character: Papa Stavros
Released: November 21, 1962
Type: Movie
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor, Ross Carpenter, has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
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Title: Sam Benedict
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: TV
Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.
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Title: Hazel
Character: Signor Angelo
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: TV
Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Title: Dr. Kildare
Character: Joe Crosetti
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: TV
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
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Title: The Detectives
Character: Guido
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: TV
The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: Joe Flores (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: Carlo Giovanni
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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Title: The Third Man
Character: Aldo Villano
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Law of the Plainsman
Character: Don Esteban Ramores
Released: October 1, 1959
Type: TV
Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart was introduced in two episodes of the popular ABC Western television series The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain. Law of the Plainsman is distinctive and unique in that it was one of the few television programs that featured a Native American as the lead character, a bold move for U.S.network television at that time. Ansara had earlier appeared in the series Broken Arrow, having portrayed the Apache chief, Cochise. Ansara, however, was not Native American but of Syrian descent. Ansara played Sam Buckhart, an Apache Indian who saved the life of a U.S. Cavalry officer after an Indian ambush. When the officer died, he left Sam money that was used for an education at private schools and Harvard University. After school, he returned to New Mexico where he became a Deputy Marshal working for Marshal Andy Morrison. He lived in a boarding house run by Martha Commager. The only other continuing character was 8-year old Tess Logan, an orphan who had been rescued by Buckhart. Robert Harland, later of Target: The Corruptors! starred in seven episodes as Deputy Billy Lordan. Wayne Rogers, who went on to star in another Four Star western, Stagecoach West, and later, M*A*S*H, also played deputy Lordan in several episodes.
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Title: Lock-Up
Released: September 28, 1959
Type: TV
Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Brother Nicholas
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: Tightrope
Character: Gino Angelico
Released: September 8, 1959
Type: TV
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.
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Cry Tough
Title: Cry Tough
Character: Lavandero
Released: August 1, 1959
Type: Movie
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
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The Killers of Mussolini
Title: The Killers of Mussolini
Character: Cardinal
Released: June 4, 1959
Type: Movie
As the Salo Republic crumbles around him, Mussolini, along with his mistress and several of his ministers flee with retreating Nazi soldiers, but are caught at the town of Dongo by red partisans. All are brutally executed without trial.
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The Black Orchid
Title: The Black Orchid
Character: Henry Gallo
Released: February 12, 1959
Type: Movie
An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Father Sebastian
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Title: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
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Title: The Texan
Character: Carlos Moreno
Released: September 29, 1958
Type: TV
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
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20 Million Miles to Earth
Title: 20 Million Miles to Earth
Character: Dr. Leonardo
Released: February 8, 1957
Type: Movie
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.
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Duel at Apache Wells
Title: Duel at Apache Wells
Character: Señor Valdez
Released: January 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A young man returns home after several years absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.
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Accused of Murder
Title: Accused of Murder
Character: Cesar Cipriano
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.
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Title: Broken Arrow
Character: Judson
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.
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The Burning Hills
Title: The Burning Hills
Character: Tio Perico
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.
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The First Texan
Title: The First Texan
Character: Pepe
Released: June 29, 1956
Type: Movie
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
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Serenade
Title: Serenade
Character: Manuel Montes
Released: March 23, 1956
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
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Title: Frontier
Released: September 25, 1955
Type: TV
Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Papa Pucci
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Salvatore Michelangelo Buonarotti
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: Father Knows Best
Character: Mr. Amaldi
Released: October 3, 1954
Type: TV
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Bruno (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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The Shanghai Story
Title: The Shanghai Story
Character: Mr. Chang
Released: September 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.
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Casanova's Big Night
Title: Casanova's Big Night
Character: Carabaccio
Released: April 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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Title: Passport to Danger
Character: Police Chief
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: TV
A diplomatic courier travels to exotic locales, where danger (and women) seem ever present.
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The Steel Lady
Title: The Steel Lady
Character: Sheik Taras
Released: October 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Guido Racelli
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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The Caddy
Title: The Caddy
Character: Mr. Spezzato
Released: August 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.
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Son of Belle Starr
Title: Son of Belle Starr
Character: Manuel
Released: June 26, 1953
Type: Movie
The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.
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The Bandits of Corsica
Title: The Bandits of Corsica
Character: Riggio
Released: February 27, 1953
Type: Movie
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
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Title: Chevron Theatre
Released: January 4, 1952
Type: TV
30 minute anthology seriies
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Rossi
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Racket Squad
Released: June 7, 1951
Type: TV
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
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Walk Softly, Stranger
Title: Walk Softly, Stranger
Character: A.J. Corelli
Released: October 14, 1950
Type: Movie
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Father Pensovecchio
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 Desert Hawk
Title: The Desert Hawk
Character: Ahmed Bey
Released: August 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
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Federal Agent at Large
Title: Federal Agent at Large
Character: Angelo 'Angel' Badillo
Released: March 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service sends an agent to Mexico to try to infiltrate the ring and stop the smuggling.
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Black Hand
Title: Black Hand
Character: Carlo Sabballera
Released: March 12, 1950
Type: Movie
In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
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Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Title: Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Character: Luigi
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey, the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders -- among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi. Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds.
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Bagdad
Title: Bagdad
Character: Saleel
Released: November 23, 1949
Type: Movie
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
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Special Agent
Title: Special Agent
Character: Grandfather Devereaux
Released: July 22, 1949
Type: Movie
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
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Colorado Territory
Title: Colorado Territory
Character: Brother Tomas
Released: June 11, 1949
Type: Movie
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.
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Bride of Vengeance
Title: Bride of Vengeance
Character: Bolfi
Released: April 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
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Joan of Arc
Title: Joan of Arc
Character: Nicolas de Houppeville, judge
Released: December 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
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Dream Girl
Title: Dream Girl
Character: Antonio
Released: July 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.
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Road to Rio
Title: Road to Rio
Character: Rodrigues
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
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The Lost Moment
Title: The Lost Moment
Character: Pietro
Released: November 21, 1947
Type: Movie
In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece, Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.
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Escape Me Never
Title: Escape Me Never
Character: The Guide
Released: November 7, 1947
Type: Movie
A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.
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Brute Force
Title: Brute Force
Character: Ferrara
Released: July 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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Fiesta
Title: Fiesta
Character: Doctor
Released: June 12, 1947
Type: Movie
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
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Stallion Road
Title: Stallion Road
Character: Pelon
Released: April 12, 1947
Type: Movie
A veterinarian and a novelist compete for the heart of a lady rancher.
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My Favorite Brunette
Title: My Favorite Brunette
Character: Baron Montay
Released: March 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Title: Easy Come, Easy Go
Character: Grocer
Released: March 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Ortega
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Title: Week-End at the Waldorf
Character: Emile
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
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Blood on the Sun
Title: Blood on the Sun
Character: Prince Tatsugi
Released: April 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
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A Song to Remember
Title: A Song to Remember
Character: Monsieur Jollet (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
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Together Again
Title: Together Again
Character: Leonardo (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
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Brazil
Title: Brazil
Character: Señor Machado
Released: November 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Brazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by Brazilian singing sensation Tito Guizar. In typical screwball-comedy fashion, the plot is set in motion by authoress Nicky Henderson, who has hit the best-seller charts with her latest tome, Why Marry a Latin? While researching her next book in Rio De Janeiro, she finds out "why" when she meets handsome songwriter Miguel Soares. Upon learning about Nicky's book, Miguel decides to teach her a few lessons in the affairs of the heart. Edward Everett Horton is also on hand, twittering his way through the role of a well-meaning buttinsky. Thanks to the "Good Neighbor" policy of the 1940s, South American musicals were a glut on the market, but Brazil was good enough on its own merits to pay its way at the box office.
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Tall in the Saddle
Title: Tall in the Saddle
Character: Talo (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1944
Type: Movie
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
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This Is the Life
Title: This Is the Life
Character: Music Teacher
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Title: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Character: Prince Cassim
Released: January 14, 1944
Type: Movie
Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Title: Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Character: Magistrate
Released: December 26, 1943
Type: Movie
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.
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Around the World
Title: Around the World
Character: Native Dealer
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
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Princess O'Rourke
Title: Princess O'Rourke
Character: Greek Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
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Phantom of the Opera
Title: Phantom of the Opera
Character: Villeneuve
Released: August 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Character: Captain Gomez
Released: July 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
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Background to Danger
Title: Background to Danger
Character: Syrian Vendor
Released: July 3, 1943
Type: Movie
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
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Pilot #5
Title: Pilot #5
Character: Nikola
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Title: Action in the North Atlantic
Character: Capt. Carpolis (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Trial Judge Ulrich (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Casablanca
Title: Casablanca
Character: Arab Vendor (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You
Title: The Boogie Man Will Get You
Character: Silvio Baciagalupi
Released: October 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
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Now, Voyager
Title: Now, Voyager
Character: Giuseppe (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
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Escape from Hong Kong
Title: Escape from Hong Kong
Character: Kosura
Released: May 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Title: Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Character: Baggott
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
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Secret Agent of Japan
Title: Secret Agent of Japan
Character: Eminescu
Released: April 3, 1942
Type: Movie
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
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Jungle Book
Title: Jungle Book
Character: The Pundit
Released: April 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.
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Always in My Heart
Title: Always in My Heart
Character: Joe Borelli
Released: March 14, 1942
Type: Movie
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.
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Law of the Tropics
Title: Law of the Tropics
Character: Tito
Released: October 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
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The Parson of Panamint
Title: The Parson of Panamint
Character: Joaquin Fuentes
Released: July 25, 1941
Type: Movie
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory.
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Billy the Kid
Title: Billy the Kid
Character: Pedro Gonzales
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.
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That Night in Rio
Title: That Night in Rio
Character: Pedro, Manuel's Valet
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
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Behind the News
Title: Behind the News
Character: Tomas Almedo
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
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No, No, Nanette
Title: No, No, Nanette
Character: Art Critic
Released: December 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
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The Mark of Zorro
Title: The Mark of Zorro
Character: Proprietor
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
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Arise, My Love
Title: Arise, My Love
Character: Father Jacinto
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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Meet the Wildcat
Title: Meet the Wildcat
Character: Chief of Police
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
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The Flag of Humanity
Title: The Flag of Humanity
Character: Henry Dunant (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1940
Type: Movie
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
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Down Argentine Way
Title: Down Argentine Way
Character: Montero
Released: October 11, 1940
Type: Movie
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
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Rangers of Fortune
Title: Rangers of Fortune
Character: Stefan
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Fred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they befriend the elderly newspaper editor (Arthur Allen) and his young granddaughter (Betty Brewer). The trio learns that the community is under the thumb of a covetous land baron (Joseph Schildkraut), who is endeavoring to push out the ranch owners and take over the territory.
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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Title: Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Character: Headwaiter
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.
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Torrid Zone
Title: Torrid Zone
Character: Police Chief Juan Rodriguez
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
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'Til We Meet Again
Title: 'Til We Meet Again
Character: Mexican Bartender (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
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Charlie Chan in Panama
Title: Charlie Chan in Panama
Character: Achmed Halide
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
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Castle on the Hudson
Title: Castle on the Hudson
Character: Tony - Prisoner in Death Row (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1940
Type: Movie
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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The Fatal Hour
Title: The Fatal Hour
Character: Harry 'Hardway' Lockett
Released: January 15, 1940
Type: Movie
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
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Balalaika
Title: Balalaika
Character: Ivan (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
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City in Darkness
Title: City in Darkness
Character: Gendarme at Steamship Office
Released: November 15, 1939
Type: Movie
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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In Name Only
Title: In Name Only
Character: Manager of Tony's Cafe (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1939
Type: Movie
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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Lady of the Tropics
Title: Lady of the Tropics
Character: Telegraph Office Clerk
Released: August 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
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The Spellbinder
Title: The Spellbinder
Character: Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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Maisie
Title: Maisie
Character: Ernie
Released: June 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.
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In Old Caliente
Title: In Old Caliente
Character: Don José Vargas
Released: June 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Americans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight." Other songs include "Sundown on the Rangeland" and "Ride on Vaquero."
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The Girl and the Gambler
Title: The Girl and the Gambler
Character: Gomez
Released: June 15, 1939
Type: Movie
An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
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Code of the Secret Service
Title: Code of the Secret Service
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
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Forged Passport
Title: Forged Passport
Character: Chief Miguel
Released: April 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. He resigns from the force in order to find out who was responsible. He believes it was a gang of smugglers, engaged in smuggling illegal aliens into the United States from Mexico, and in order to get inside the gang he fakes smuggling activities.
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Mystery of the White Room
Title: Mystery of the White Room
Character: Tony
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
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Pirates of the Skies
Title: Pirates of the Skies
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
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Zaza
Title: Zaza
Character: Rug Dealer
Released: December 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
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Dramatic School
Title: Dramatic School
Character: Alphonse
Released: December 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
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The Shining Hour
Title: The Shining Hour
Character: Headwaiter Maurice (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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Sharpshooters
Title: Sharpshooters
Character: Ivan
Released: November 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated. He gets his negatives out of the country and finds the young crown prince who is also in danger.
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Barefoot Boy
Title: Barefoot Boy
Character: Hank
Released: August 3, 1938
Type: Movie
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
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I'll Give a Million
Title: I'll Give a Million
Character: Citizen
Released: July 27, 1938
Type: Movie
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
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Tropic Holiday
Title: Tropic Holiday
Character: Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
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Joaquin Murrieta
Title: Joaquin Murrieta
Character: Bronco, Murrieta Spy (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.
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Rascals
Title: Rascals
Character: Florist
Released: May 20, 1938
Type: Movie
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.
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Invisible Enemy
Title: Invisible Enemy
Character: Signor Bramucci
Released: April 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Jeffrey Clavering is hired in London by The Great Eastern Oil Corporation to go to Paris to prevent unscrupulous industrialist Nikolai Kamarov from gaining control of their oil fields and turning them over to a foreign power.
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Mannequin
Title: Mannequin
Character: Striking Seaman (Uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.
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Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Character: Draven Nogais
Released: December 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
Title: Beg, Borrow or Steal
Character: French Detective Looking for Summitt (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
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The Firefly
Title: The Firefly
Character: Pablo (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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The Bride Wore Red
Title: The Bride Wore Red
Character: Alberto
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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Exclusive
Title: Exclusive
Character: Johnny
Released: August 6, 1937
Type: Movie
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
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You Can't Have Everything
Title: You Can't Have Everything
Character: Waiter at Romano's (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
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Song of the City
Title: Song of the City
Character: Tony
Released: April 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an Italian fisherman with a wise and earthy family. Drama.
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We Have Our Moments
Title: We Have Our Moments
Character: Customs Inspector
Released: March 28, 1937
Type: Movie
A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
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Seventh Heaven
Title: Seventh Heaven
Character: Postman (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
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A Doctor's Diary
Title: A Doctor's Diary
Character: Louie
Released: February 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A Doctor's Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spinal meningitis, Norris recklessly runs roughshod over the feelings of his colleagues. The doctor's older, wiser supervisor, Dr. Clem Driscoll (George Bancroft), tries to curb Norris' impatience, pointing out that nothing takes place overnight. Angrily, Norris accuses Driscoll of malpractice and is forced to resign from the clinic -- just when a meningitis epidemic breaks out.
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When You're in Love
Title: When You're in Love
Character: Carlos
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.
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Mama Steps Out
Title: Mama Steps Out
Character: Priest
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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The Public Pays
Title: The Public Pays
Character: Moran's Hood (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1936
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
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The Gay Desperado
Title: The Gay Desperado
Character: López
Released: October 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
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The Devil Is a Sissy
Title: The Devil Is a Sissy
Character: 'Grandma'
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
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Fatal Lady
Title: Fatal Lady
Character: Felipe (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Wife vs. Secretary
Title: Wife vs. Secretary
Character: Havana Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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Captain Blood
Title: Captain Blood
Character: French Officer (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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Okay, José
Title: Okay, José
Character: Comandante Capitán Lopez
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
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The Perfect Gentleman
Title: The Perfect Gentleman
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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Chained
Title: Chained
Character: Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
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One More River
Title: One More River
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
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Viva Villa!
Title: Viva Villa!
Character: Pancho Villa's Father
Released: April 27, 1934
Type: Movie
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
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Men in White
Title: Men in White
Character: Dr. Vitale
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.
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Dinner at Eight
Title: Dinner at Eight
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
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The Solitaire Man
Title: The Solitaire Man
Character: Waiter
Released: September 22, 1933
Type: Movie
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
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The Man Who Laughs
Title: The Man Who Laughs
Character: Clown (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1928
Type: Movie
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.
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The Beautiful City
Title: The Beautiful City
Character: Carlo Gillardi
Released: October 25, 1925
Type: Movie
For their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his brother's gangster boss.
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Romola
Title: Romola
Character: Adolfo Spini
Released: December 6, 1924
Type: Movie
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
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Isn't Life Wonderful
Title: Isn't Life Wonderful
Character: Theodor
Released: December 5, 1924
Type: Movie
A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great Inflation. Inga is a Polish war orphan who has only accumulated a small amount of money from the rubble and hopes to marry Paul. Weakened by poison gas, Paul begins to invest in Inga's future and he serves as their symbol of optimism.
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Orphans of the Storm
Title: Orphans of the Storm
Character: Pierre
Released: December 28, 1921
Type: Movie
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.