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1949
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In this WW II-era drama, an over-ambitious beauty contestant's single-minded pursuit of movie stardom causes her to step...
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Nicky
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1942
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Ayn Rand's Broadway stage hit The Night of January 16th was distinguished by a clever gimmick, wherein members of the...
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1941
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Judith Allen stars as Telephone Operator Helen in this Monogram actioner. Most of the story is built around newsreel footage...
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Dottie
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1938
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Zany actress Annabel goes on a promotional tour in this lively comedy, the second in the Annabel series. During her tour,...
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1938
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In this drama, a young man aspires to a life of wealth and power in the newspaper business. Unfortunately, it takes time and...
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1938
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The Big City is an improbable urban melodrama which takes place during a "taxi war" between honest independent cabdrivers and...
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1937
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Rudy Vallee made his third feature-film starring appearance in the breezy Warner Bros. musical Sweet Music. Vallee is...
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1935
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Former child actor Johnny Downs acts his first adult lead in this nonsensical but charming little musical which benefits...
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Violet Wray Hornbostel
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1935
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Venerable character actor Ferdinand Gottschalk dominates the proceedings in the Universal crime meller Secret of the Chateau....
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1935
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A Very Honorable Guy is an interesting if not terribly funny change of pace for comedy star Joe E. Brown. This Damon Runyon...
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Hortense
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1934
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In this off-beat crime drama, a philandering husband murders his wife in the midst of a department store by skewering her...
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May
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1934
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James Cagney runs a shady missing-heir tracing service, occasionally providing phony heirs in order to collect his fee. He...
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Mabel
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1934
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In this musical, a radio-announcer is fired after giving a false interview. For consolation he begins to drink heavily. It...
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1934
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Warren William plays a high-powered ambitious executive who unflinchingly steamrolled his way to the top without regard for...
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Polly
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1933
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An admirably tough B-picture enlivened by an energetic James Cagney performance, Picture Snatcher stars Cagney as Danny Kean,...
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Allison
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1933
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This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean...
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Milli Stern
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1933
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In this boxing drama/murder mystery, an aspiring small-town prizefighter ignores the objections of his pacifistic father, a...
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Evelyn
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1933
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A sophisticated, expensively-dressed group of people gather in a spooky old mansion to watch the first performance of a...
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Millie Scripps
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1931
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The fact that The Naughty Flirt was advertised as having a 78-minute running time but was released at 57 minutes is...
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Kay Elliott
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1931
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Sheba Miller
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1930
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"Sweet Mamma," a phrase popularized in the Barney Google comic strip, referred to a pretty girl, usually blonde, who attached...
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Goldie
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1930
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In this musical, a Marine gets a furlough in New York City and falls in love. He later returns and finds that a lazy...
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Helen
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1930
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The Widow from Chicago is Polly Henderson (Alice White) -- only she isn't really a widow and in fact has never been married....
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Polly Henderson
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1930
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This wonderful Warner Bros. epic was one of the earliest talkie musicals with a Hollywood background -- and the last of its...
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Dixie Dugan
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1930
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The popularity of the Universal musical Broadway resulted in a whole slew of minor films with similar titles. In First...
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Delight Foster
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1929
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The Girl From Woolworth's was an appropriate title for this bargain-counter musical. Alice White stars as Pat King, a...
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Pat King
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1929
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In this college romp, a free-spirited aunt decides to use a $10,000 insurance settlement to send her niece to college. She...
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Barbara "Babe" Allen
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1929
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The Naughty Baby in this late-silent opus is hat-check girl Rosie McGill, played by bubbly blonde Alice White. Taking a...
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Rosie McGill
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1929
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Basically a filmed vaudeville presentation, The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' entry in the "all star, all talking, all...
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1929
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1928
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The present unavailability of 1928's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is especially frustrating for those who'd like to compare this...
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Dorothy Shaw
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1928
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Show Girl was based on a novel by J.P. McEvoy, which also inspired the long-running comic strip Dixie Dugan (Actress...
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Dixie Dugan
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1928
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The confident direction of Allan Dwan transformed The Mad Hour into something more than a mere "soap opera." Based on a novel...
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Aimee
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1928
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Comic Chester Conklin stars in this sparkling comedy directed by Allan Dwan. John Sloval (Conklin), a New York City transit...
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Sophie Sloval
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1928
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Based on the comic strip by Carl Ed, Harold Teen stars future "Dagwood Bumstead" Arthur Lake in the title role. Upon arriving...
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1928
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A groom's heart breaks when he discovers that his new wife loves another. To ease his pain, the husband joins the Army and...
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Angele Ree/"Lingerie"
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1928
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Adraste
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1927
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Jean Taylor
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1927
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Breakfast at Sunrise was the penultimate movie vehicle for Constance Talmadge, who retired when talkies came in two years...
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Loulou
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1927
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The dazzlingly gorgeous Billie Dove is appropriately cast as the title character in American Beauty. This is the story of...
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1927
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Manuello
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1927
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