Change of Heart is the reissue title of the Republic musical Hit Parade of 1943. The studio had been turning out these annual...
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1943
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No relation to the Cracked Nuts he directed in 1931, this hokey sci-fi-comedy from director Edward F. Cline stars Stuart...
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1941
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A girl reporter discovers that her own father runs a shady "school of fine arts" (read brothel) in this independently made...
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Nora Page
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1941
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Detective Chester Morris and his nosy wife Jean Parker set up housekeeping in a small Reno hotel room, whence Morris conducts...
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Gypsy Toland
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1941
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The illustrious National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan provides the backdrop for this musical that chronicles the ups...
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1941
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From first frame to last, foxy Charles Coburn thoroughly dominates the proceedings in the bubbly RKO Radio comedy Unexpected...
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1941
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In this cornball musical comedy, a hillbilly gal and her uncle struggle to keep sly city slickers from getting their land. It...
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Yvonne
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1941
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For some reason or other, Melody for Three seems to be the most frequently revived of RKO Radio's "Dr. Christian." As ever,...
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1941
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The Higgins family gets in another comical bind when Ernest loses the fortune in bonds he was hired to deliver. In order to...
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1940
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In this entry in the long-running series, the reformed master jewel thief rushes to help a lovely heiress whose pearl...
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Binnie Weldon
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1940
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In this crime drama, a young man becomes a criminal lawyer after witnessing the police shooting of his father, a thief. Most...
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Virginia
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1940
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In this boxing drama, the trouble begins when a fight breaks out at a local gym. When a boxing promoter sees that Dick, who...
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Pat
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1940
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The rise of the popular Nevada city is chronicled in this epic drama that begins when Reno was a tiny silver-mining town and...
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1939
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Lois Clarke
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1939
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1939
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Frank Capra's classic comedy-drama established James Stewart as a lead actor in one of his finest (and most archetypal)...
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1939
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Merlini the Magician, Clayton Rawson's crime-solving illusionist, has been singularly ill-used by Hollywood, having appeared...
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1939
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The Westland Case was the opening volley in Universal's "Crime Club" series. The film was based on Headed for a Hearse, a...
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Brentino
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1937
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An earnest, honest newspaper sports editor single-handedly launches a campaign to clean up the shadowy, crooked world of...
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1937
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International Crime is the second of two Grand National programmers inspired by the popular "Shadow" pulp novels by...
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Phoebe Lane
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1937
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It Could Happen to You is one of those captivating "little" pictures whose reputation is built up via word of mouth....
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Angela
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1937
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A sort of follow-up to the studio's earlier College Scandal, Paramount's Murder Goes to College once again combines homicide...
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Greta Barry
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1937
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Though he would later dismiss it as "just a ten-day job," actor Conrad Nagel made a remarkably smooth directorial debut with...
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Diane Audre
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1937
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James Dunn stars as Buzz Martin, a hot-air balloon ascensionist who's plenty full of hot air himself. Hired by the owners of...
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1937
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Stranded in Shanghai, orphaned Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple), the ward of Chinese missionaries, is rescued from harm by...
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1936
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1936
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Phyllis Crawford
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1936
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This lavish Shirley Temple starrer is set in New York, sometime in the 1850s. While lovable pickpocket "Professor" Eustace...
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1936
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This lesser Astaire/Rogers vehicle is one of several screen versions of the venerable Hubert Osborne stage play Shore Leave....
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Iris Manning
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1936
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1935
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Nancy Naylor
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1935
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This tragic melodrama is a remake of Griffith's 1920 film, Way Down East. The story centers upon a starving, impoverished...
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1935
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After nearly a decade of nominal "leading lady" roles, Carole Lombard landed her first genuine starring vehicle with Hands...
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Vivian Snowden
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1935
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1935
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One More Spring is a laundered version of Robert Nathan's whimsical Depression-era novel. Left destitute by the Wall Street...
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1935
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A serial-like pace and some stylish directorial choices by Gordon Wiles distinguish this "Charlie Chan" entry. The reading of...
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1935
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The Mongram "special" Beggars in Ermine was based on a novel by Esther Lynd Day. Having lost both legs in an accident,...
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1934
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Ray Walker plays Jimmy Case, a combustible young man who loses one job after another because he can't keep his fists to...
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1934
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In this crime drama, policemen pursue a convicted killer as he diligently searches for the real culprit. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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1934
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Dedicated to "the memory of Florence Nightingale," White Parade might have been better dedicated to the cliche experts at Fox...
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Gertrude Mack
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1934
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Inasmuch as the film was based on a novel by Swedish author Sigrid Boo, Fox's Servant's Entrance is logically set in Sweden....
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1934
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A rather nifty little science fiction-thriller/murder mystery from Poverty Row company Monogram, Mystery Liner was based on a...
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1934
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In this drama, a bright young mill worker is left in charge of his late employer's estate. This causes many hard feelings...
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1933
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Love turns into an unhealthy obsession in this offbeat drama. Millie (Zasu Pitts) and Peggy (Boots Mallory) are two friends...
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1933
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In this grim drama, a conniving young man is brought up on charges of reckless driving. To "prove" his innocence and good...
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1933
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Based on a novel by Rian James, Hat Check Girl stars Sally Eilers as the title character, a pert little number named Gerry...
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1932
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This droll, sophisticated comedy stars Constance Bennett as Venice Muir, a shy young lady with no "past" of any kind -- and...
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1932
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Based on a story by Ursula Parrott, this romantic drama from Columbia Pictures was one of Humphrey Bogart's first leading...
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Linda Lee
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1932
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That charming supporting player, Fifi D'Orsay, got a rare starring role in this obscure show business melodrama produced by...
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1932
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This drama, made while New York mayor Jimmy Walker was still being reviled by newspapers for similar actions, follows a...
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1932
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