Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

Born: December 7, 1888
Died: March 15, 1964
in Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
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Paul Cavanagh (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959.

Cavanagh was born in Chislehurst, Kent, and attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Cavanagh studied law in England, earning a master of arts degree at Cambridge. A newspaper article published 17 June 1931, reported, "It is on record that Cavanagh won high honors in mathematics and history."

Cavanagh practised "for several years" before he changed professions. He went to Canada "for a year of sightseeing and wandering" before he joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.

After serving in World War I, he returned to Canada, where he practised law, including revising the statutes of Alberta, but eventually went back to England to practise law.

Cavanagh went onto the stage after a stroke of bad luck in 1924 caused him to lose his savings, and later he went into films.

In 1926, Cavanagh lost $22,000 in one evening on a roulette wheel in Monte Carlo. An observer offered to provide a letter "to some of my theatrical acquaintances" in London, England. Those contacts led to Cavanagh's role in It Pays to Advertise.

Cavanagh first film contract and film came in 1929 with Paramount Pictures.

Cavanagh died In London from a heart attack in 1964, aged 75.

Movies for Paul Cavanagh...

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Title: Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 9, 1994
Type: Movie
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and television.
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Title: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Character: Kenneth Drake
Released: November 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
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In the Money
Title: In the Money
Character: Inspector Herbert Saunders
Released: February 16, 1958
Type: Movie
The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.
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Interlude
Title: Interlude
Released: October 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Edgar Ferrell
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Horace Selkirk
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
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God Is My Partner
Title: God Is My Partner
Character: Dr. James Brady
Released: July 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.
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She Devil
Title: She Devil
Character: Sugar Daddy
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
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The Man Who Turned to Stone
Title: The Man Who Turned to Stone
Character: Cooper
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.
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Title: Hey, Jeannie!
Character: Wilson
Released: September 8, 1956
Type: TV
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.
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Francis in the Haunted House
Title: Francis in the Haunted House
Character: Neil Frazer
Released: July 9, 1956
Type: Movie
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
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Blonde Bait
Title: Blonde Bait
Character: Insp. D.N. Hedges
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.
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Mobs, Inc.
Title: Mobs, Inc.
Character: Harrington
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
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Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Released: February 20, 1956
Type: TV
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.
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Diane
Title: Diane
Character: Lord Bonnivet
Released: January 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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Title: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Released: September 29, 1955
Type: TV
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
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Title: Jungle Jim
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weismuller, as Jim "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa. The program should not be confused with Ramar of the Jungle, but is based on the Jungle Jim comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Don Moore. Starring with Weismuller were Martin Huston as Jungle Jim's teenage son, Skipper; Dean Fredericks as Haseem, the Hindu manservant, and Neal, a chimpanzee from the World Jungle Compound, as Tamba. Paul Cavanagh played Commissioner Morrison in nine episodes. Produced by Harold Greene, the series was filmed by Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. The program aired in 158 American media markets and in thirty-eight other nations.Earl Bellamy directed the first four episodes of the new series. The series capitalized on the popularity of Weismuller, who had just completed his last film of Tarzan, the jungle character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Jungle Jim was a low-budget offering that relied heavily on stock footage and was not renewed beyond its original episodes.
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The King's Thief
Title: The King's Thief
Character: Sir Edward Scott
Released: August 5, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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The Scarlet Coat
Title: The Scarlet Coat
Character: Sir Henry Clinton
Released: July 29, 1955
Type: Movie
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
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The Purple Mask
Title: The Purple Mask
Character: Duc de Latour
Released: June 15, 1955
Type: Movie
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
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The Prodigal
Title: The Prodigal
Character: Tobiah
Released: May 6, 1955
Type: Movie
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Dean Cosgrove
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: Climax!
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: December Bride
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Title: Lassie
Released: September 12, 1954
Type: TV
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
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Khyber Patrol
Title: Khyber Patrol
Character: General Melville
Released: September 4, 1954
Type: Movie
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the British Lancers, whose renegade style may either save the day or doom the region to chaos. When Cameron learns that greater forces are pulling the strings, he attempts to destroy Shir's rebel faction from within.
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Magnificent Obsession
Title: Magnificent Obsession
Character: Dr. Henry Giraud
Released: August 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
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The Raid
Title: The Raid
Character: Col. Tucker
Released: August 4, 1954
Type: Movie
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Title: The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Character: John H. Tunstall
Released: August 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
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Title: Adventures Of The Falcon
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: TV
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Casanova's Big Night
Title: Casanova's Big Night
Character: Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
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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The Iron Glove
Title: The Iron Glove
Character: Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
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Title: The Lone Wolf
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: TV
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The All American
Title: The All American
Character: Professor Banning
Released: October 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Owen Vail
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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Charade
Title: Charade
Character: Col. Heisler
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware that the man is a murderer. "Duel at Dawn" is set in 1880s Austria. Two military officers fight a duel, with the survivor free to claim the heart of their shared love interest. "The Midas Touch" is a romance story of sorts. Jonah Watson is a successful American businessman, but is disgruntled with his life. He emigrates to England to start a new life, and works as a common servant. But he falls in love with a cockney maid who dreams of marrying into wealth.
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Flame of Calcutta
Title: Flame of Calcutta
Character: Lord Robert Clive
Released: July 20, 1953
Type: Movie
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
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The Desert Rats
Title: The Desert Rats
Character: Colonel (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1953
Type: Movie
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Character: Mr. Stryver
Released: May 3, 1953
Type: Movie
A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. A retelling of the Charles Dickens story.
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House of Wax
Title: House of Wax
Character: Sidney Wallace
Released: April 16, 1953
Type: Movie
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
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Port Sinister
Title: Port Sinister
Character: John Kolvac
Released: April 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.
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The Bandits of Corsica
Title: The Bandits of Corsica
Character: Dianza
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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The Mississippi Gambler
Title: The Mississippi Gambler
Character: Edmond Dureau
Released: January 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
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Plymouth Adventure
Title: Plymouth Adventure
Character: John Carver
Released: November 28, 1952
Type: Movie
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.
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The Golden Hawk
Title: The Golden Hawk
Character: Jeremy Smithers
Released: October 8, 1952
Type: Movie
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Bertrand
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Tales of Robin Hood
Title: Tales of Robin Hood
Character: Sir Guy de Claremont
Released: December 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Title: The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Character: Inspector Stoddard
Released: October 31, 1951
Type: Movie
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Title: The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character: Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
Released: October 16, 1951
Type: Movie
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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All That I Have
Title: All That I Have
Character: Dr. James Brady
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to God." His nephews bring him to court to determine his mental competence in the hopes of stopping him from disposing of all his money.
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Bride of the Gorilla
Title: Bride of the Gorilla
Character: Klaas Van Gelder
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
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The Strange Door
Title: The Strange Door
Character: Edmond de Maletroit
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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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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Hollywood Story
Title: Hollywood Story
Character: Roland Paul
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
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Title: Space Patrol
Released: December 30, 1950
Type: TV
Space Patrol is a science fiction adventure series that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences of the early 1950s via television, radio, and comic books. However, it soon developed a sizable adult audience such that by 1954, the program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a Saturday.
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The Second Face
Title: The Second Face
Character: Todd Williams
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
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Blades of the Musketeers
Title: Blades of the Musketeers
Character: Richelieu
Released: November 24, 1950
Type: Movie
In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quickly find themselves embroiled in court intrigue with Prime Minister Richelieu attempting to sabotage the congenial relationship existing between France and England. Originally produced as a 60-minute episode of THE MAGNAVOX THEATER on CBS as THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This has the distinction of being the first movie specifically made for TV. Later retitled and released theatrically.
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Hit Parade of 1951
Title: Hit Parade of 1951
Character: Two-to-One Thompson
Released: October 15, 1950
Type: Movie
While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Dr. Frobisher
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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Hi-Jacked
Title: Hi-Jacked
Character: Hagen
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Title: Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Character: Sir Giles
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
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The Iroquois Trail
Title: The Iroquois Trail
Character: Col. Eric Thorne
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
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Madame Bovary
Title: Madame Bovary
Character: Marquis D'Andervilliers
Released: August 25, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.
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You Gotta Stay Happy
Title: You Gotta Stay Happy
Character: Dr. Blucher
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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The Babe Ruth Story
Title: The Babe Ruth Story
Character: Dr. Menzies
Released: September 16, 1948
Type: Movie
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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The Black Arrow
Title: The Black Arrow
Character: Sir John Sedley
Released: March 18, 1948
Type: Movie
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.
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Secret Beyond the Door...
Title: Secret Beyond the Door...
Character: Rick Barrett
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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Ivy
Title: Ivy
Character: Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1947
Type: Movie
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
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Dishonored Lady
Title: Dishonored Lady
Character: Victor Kranish
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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Humoresque
Title: Humoresque
Character: Victor Wright
Released: January 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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The Verdict
Title: The Verdict
Character: Clive Russell
Released: November 23, 1946
Type: Movie
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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Wife Wanted
Title: Wife Wanted
Character: Jeffrey Caldwell
Released: November 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
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Night and Day
Title: Night and Day
Character: Bart McClelland
Released: July 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Swellegant and elegant. Delux and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen, Hollywood chose debonair icon Cary Grant. Grant stars for the first time in color in this fanciful biopic. Alexis Smith plays Linda, whose serendipitous meetings with Porter lead to a meeting at the alter. More than 20 of his songs grace this tail of triumph and tragedy, with Grant lending is amiable voice to "You're the Top", "Night and Day" and more. Monty Woolley, a Yale contemporary of Porter, portrays himself. And Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Eve Arden and others provide vocals and verve. Lights down. Curtain up. Showtune standards embraced by generations are yours to enjoy in "Night and Day."
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Club Havana
Title: Club Havana
Character: Rogers
Released: November 23, 1945
Type: Movie
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
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The Woman in Green
Title: The Woman in Green
Character: Sir George Fenwick
Released: June 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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The House of Fear
Title: The House of Fear
Character: Simon Merrivale
Released: March 16, 1945
Type: Movie
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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The Man in Half Moon Street
Title: The Man in Half Moon Street
Character: Dr. Henry Latimer
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
Title: Marriage Is a Private Affair
Character: Mr. Selworth
Released: August 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
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Maisie Goes to Reno
Title: Maisie Goes to Reno
Character: Roger Pelham
Released: August 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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The Scarlet Claw
Title: The Scarlet Claw
Character: Lord Penrose
Released: May 18, 1944
Type: Movie
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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Adventure in Iraq
Title: Adventure in Iraq
Character: Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
Released: September 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
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The Gorilla Man
Title: The Gorilla Man
Character: Dr. Dorn
Released: January 16, 1943
Type: Movie
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
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The Hard Way
Title: The Hard Way
Character: John 'Jack' Shagrue
Released: January 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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Eagle Squadron
Title: Eagle Squadron
Character: Sir James Patridge
Released: June 16, 1942
Type: Movie
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
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Pacific Rendezvous
Title: Pacific Rendezvous
Character: Cmdr. Charles Brennan
Released: May 21, 1942
Type: Movie
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Title: The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Character: John Crispin
Released: March 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
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Captains of the Clouds
Title: Captains of the Clouds
Character: Group Captain
Released: February 12, 1942
Type: Movie
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Passage from Hong Kong
Title: Passage from Hong Kong
Character: Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
Released: September 1, 1941
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.
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Shadows on the Stairs
Title: Shadows on the Stairs
Character: Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
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Maisie Was a Lady
Title: Maisie Was a Lady
Character: Cap Rawlston
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
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The Case of the Black Parrot
Title: The Case of the Black Parrot
Character: Max Armand
Released: January 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Bill Rodgers
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Reno
Title: Reno
Character: John R. Banton
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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The Under-Pup
Title: The Under-Pup
Character: Mr. Franklin Cooper
Released: August 31, 1939
Type: Movie
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.
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Within the Law
Title: Within the Law
Character: English Eddie Morton
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Café Colette
Title: Café Colette
Character: Ryan
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.
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A Romance in Flanders
Title: A Romance in Flanders
Character: John Morley
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two decades later, Yvonne incidentally meets a tourist guide in the former combat zone region who looks fiendishly like - Morley. —Guy Bellinger
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Crime Over London
Title: Crime Over London
Character: Inspector Gary
Released: October 21, 1936
Type: Movie
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
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Champagne Charlie
Title: Champagne Charlie
Character: Charlie Cortland
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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Splendor
Title: Splendor
Character: Martin Deering
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of their mansion and social position, they had hoped that Brighton would marry wealthy heiress and family friend, Edith Gilbert.
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Thunder in the Night
Title: Thunder in the Night
Character: Count Peter Alvinczy
Released: September 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.
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Without Regret
Title: Without Regret
Character: Robert Godfrey
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.
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Goin' to Town
Title: Goin' to Town
Character: Edward Carrington
Released: April 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
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Menace
Title: Menace
Character: Leonard Crecy
Released: November 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
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One Exciting Adventure
Title: One Exciting Adventure
Character: Lavassor
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.
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The Notorious Sophie Lang
Title: The Notorious Sophie Lang
Character: Max Bernard/Sir Nigel Crane
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
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Shoot the Works
Title: Shoot the Works
Character: Alvin Ritchie
Released: July 18, 1934
Type: Movie
The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
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Tarzan and His Mate
Title: Tarzan and His Mate
Character: Martin Arlington
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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The Sin of Nora Moran
Title: The Sin of Nora Moran
Character: Governor Dick Crawford
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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The Kennel Murder Case
Title: The Kennel Murder Case
Character: Thomas MacDonald
Released: October 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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Curtain at Eight
Title: Curtain at Eight
Character: Wylie Thornton
Released: October 1, 1933
Type: Movie
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
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Tonight Is Ours
Title: Tonight Is Ours
Character: Prince Keri of Zalgar
Released: January 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
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The Crash
Title: The Crash
Character: Ronnie Sanderson
Released: October 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
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A Bill of Divorcement
Title: A Bill of Divorcement
Character: Gray Meredith
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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Devil's Lottery
Title: Devil's Lottery
Character: Major Hugo Beresford
Released: March 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.
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Heartbreak
Title: Heartbreak
Character: Captain Wolke
Released: November 8, 1931
Type: Movie
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The Squaw Man
Title: The Squaw Man
Character: Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Released: July 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.
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Transgression
Title: Transgression
Character: Robert Maury
Released: June 27, 1931
Type: Movie
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
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Always Goodbye
Title: Always Goodbye
Character: Reginald Armstrong
Released: May 24, 1931
Type: Movie
Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Little do they realize that he knows full well who they are after being tipped off by Scotland Yard.
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Born to Love
Title: Born to Love
Character: Sir Wilfred Drake
Released: April 17, 1931
Type: Movie
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
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Unfaithful
Title: Unfaithful
Character: Ronald Killkerry
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.
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The Devil to Pay!
Title: The Devil to Pay!
Character: Grand Duke Paul
Released: December 18, 1930
Type: Movie
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
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The Virtuous Sin
Title: The Virtuous Sin
Character: Capt. Orloff
Released: October 24, 1930
Type: Movie
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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The Storm
Title: The Storm
Character: Dave Stewart
Released: August 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
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Grumpy
Title: Grumpy
Character: Chamberlin Jarvis
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
An exhaustingly cantankerous old man solves a jewel robbery.
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Strictly Unconventional
Title: Strictly Unconventional
Character: Ted
Released: May 3, 1930
Type: Movie
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
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The Runaway Princess
Title: The Runaway Princess
Character: Prince of Savonia
Released: March 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
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Tesha
Title: Tesha
Character: Lenane
Released: August 27, 1928
Type: Movie
The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.