Tony Curtis always seemed a little uncomfortable in costume epics, but this trait serves him well in Black Shield of...
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1954
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This colorful musical comedy was obviously inspired by the success of Broadway's South Pacific. Army Captain Bill Willoby...
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1953
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Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical -- altogether appropriate, since its source material, Shakespeare's...
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1953
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This thriller is set in Asia and follows the exciting exploits of a villainous soldier of fortune (Ronald Reagan) involved in...
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1951
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Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a two-part Walt Disney cartoon feature based on a pair of well known stories. The first half of the...
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1949
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1948
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Though its title suggests that Gaiety George is yet another vehicle for British comedian George Formby, the film is in fact a...
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1946
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The crown jewels are at stake in this crime comedy featuring the efforts of London bobby Gray against American gangster...
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1945
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In this romance, a young woman gets into a real mess when her mother begins meddling in her romantic life by conning her...
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1944
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The 80-star cast of Forever and a Day would certainly not have been feasible had not most of the actors and production people...
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1943
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That ubiquitous British character actor Frederick Leister essayed one of his largest and most rewarding screen roles in The...
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1943
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1941
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The very first Disney feature to include live-action footage, this behind-the-scenes documentary about the studio's animation...
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Sir Giles
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1941
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Don Ameche, an American news bureau chief stationed in London, is frustrated by the British government's censorship of his...
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1941
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1941
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Jack Benny brings his own distinctive touch to Brandon Thomas' venerable (and oft-filmed) stage farce Charley's Aunt....
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1941
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Lillian Russell is the sanitized musical biopic of the legendary (and much-married) 19th century musical comedy star....
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1940
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Long before 19th-century novelist Jane Austen became a hot property in Hollywood, MGM produced this opulent and entertaining...
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1940
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This exciting adventure is set in the rugged Australian outback back when the continent was used as a giant penal colony for...
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1939
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Those zany Ritz Brothers are at it again--good news or bad, depending on one's feelings toward the team. This time they're a...
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1938
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The romantic hills and valleys of an advertising agency secretary provide the basis of this comedy drama. Unlike her...
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1938
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This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San...
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1938
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond was the last of Paramount's "B" film series based on Sapper's two-fisted soldier of fortune, and also...
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1938
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1937
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1937
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After making his first appearance as the title character in Paramount's "Bulldog Drummond" series, John Lodge was rushed to...
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Algy Longworth
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1937
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An airy screwball comedy, Danger--Love at Work explores the lives of a wealthy but wacky family. Ann Sothern plays the...
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1937
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In this drama, a manicurist is mistaken for the winner of a large sweepstakes and finds herself pursued by fortune hunters....
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1936
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It may be sacrilege to say so, but Dracula's Daughter is an immense improvement over the original 1931 Dracula, despite the...
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1936
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The real-life Yellowstone National Park provides a colorful backdrop to this melodramatic actioner. Henry Hunter stars as...
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1936
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1935
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Three former POWs return home and find that they have been listed among the dead. This comedy follows their attempts to...
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1935
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Lawrence Bidley
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1935
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In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The...
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1934
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Based on the character created by "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile), Return of Bulldog Drummond was a British production...
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Algy Longworth
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1934
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In this comedy, an upstanding judge marries a woman whom he believes is much younger than she really is. To keep the...
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1934
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1934
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Dr. Biggash
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1933
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In this romance, a wealthy woman is duped by a charming conductor. Later she ends up using him so she can remain in France....
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1933
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Charles Laughton became an international star by chewing both mutton and scenes in his Oscar-winning turn as King Henry VIII....
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1933
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In this British comedy, a ghost hunter believing he accidentally shot his boss, stuffs the body into a steamer trunk and...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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In this British comedy, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist is saved from scandal by his nephew. The trouble begins when the...
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1933
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Jos Fragson
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1932
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In this comedy, a nursemaid steals the heart of a wealthy socialite and thereby saves him from marrying a conniving...
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1932
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In this crime drama, a suave, sophisticated jewel thief's attempts to steal valuable gems are thwarted when another thief...
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1932
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When economy expert Kerr works to cut the costs of the fleet in Malta, his lovely daughter, Matthews, is courted by the crew...
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1932
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This British remake of 1923's Captain Applejack follows the courageous exploits of a mild mannered citizen who fights back...
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1931
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In this elaborate big-budget musical, a handsome businessman follows a beautiful woman aboard a luxury liner and begins to...
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Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
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1931
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A rather bleak comedy-drama from Frank Capra, Platinum Blonde basically starts where Capra's later and much more buoyant It...
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1931
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Two holdovers from the silent-film era top the cast of Columbia's Meet the Wife. Laura La Plante and Lew Cody are cast...
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Victor Staunton
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1931
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1931
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Alan Hale Sr. plays an American navy officer who allows German sub commander Peter Erkenlez to escape prosecution at the end...
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1931
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In this romantic comedy, a milquetoast bookworm finds his life transformed when he takes the advice of a fortune teller and...
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Archie Lester
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1931
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Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin (Evelyn Brent) hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French...
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1930
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In this drama an unattractive, dour German businessman leaps out of a flying plane after learning that his wife only married...
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Fred Wyndham
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1930
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Prince Otto Von Seibenheim
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1930
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Though he plays an Italian-American character in Ladies Love Brutes, George Bancroft refreshingly avoids the ethnic...
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1930
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In this comedy, set during the 1900s, a Florodora girl slowly falls for a gentle millionaire. Songs include: "My Kind Of...
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1930
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This thriller begins in 1889 as a lover kills another in a mansion. The film then jumps ahead to 1929 as an eccentric...
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1930
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Jack Mulhall stars as Leonard Staunton, a businessman whose future is threatened by a trio of mysterious blackmailers. The...
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Alan Fitzhugh
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1930
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Ostensibly based of the life and violent death of glamorous New York mobster Arnold Rothstein, this early talkie from...
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Francis
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1930
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In this comedy, three GIs return home and discover that they have been officially listed among the dead. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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Spoofy
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1929
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Tired of his sedentary postwar existence, Col. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (Ronald Colman) offers his services as adventurer for...
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Algy Longworth
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1929
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1929
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In this well-executed courtroom drama, a Broadway chorine is accused of stabbing her wealthy boy friend to death. The girl...
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1929
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