The first person the audience sees in Ship of Fools is dwarf Michael Dunn, who speaks to viewers directly and acts as a Greek...
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1965
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Dishonest politician Duke Taylor (George E. Stone) and his henchman Little Jack (Richard Reeves) conspire with crooked Dr....
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1956
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George Stevens' sprawling adaptation of Edna Ferber's best-selling novel successfully walks a fine line between potboiler and...
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1956
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The Steel Jungle is the prison where most of this film takes place. Perry Lopez heads the cast as two-bit bookie Ed Novak,...
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1956
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Arriving in the western town of Dry Gulch to cover a rodeo, Lois (Noel Neill) and Jimmy (Jack Larson) attract the attention...
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1955
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Land of Fury is an austere "western" set in New Zealand during the 1820s. The epic-proportioned storyline involves a group of...
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1954
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1945
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In this newspaper farce, an editor loses his voice and his job after he tires of being tormented by the practical jokes of...
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1936
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Marshall Neilan, a great silent film director on the verge of obscurity, had one last big-studio stand with The Lemon Drop...
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1934
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W.C. Fields is in fine fettle as small-town grocer Harold Bissonette (pronounced Biss-o-NAY). Harold dreams of becoming a...
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1934
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Elmer and Elsie was adapted from To the Ladies, a play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Former movie tough guy...
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1934
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W.C. Fields stars in a remake of his silent comedy So's Your Old Man. Fields plays Sam Bisbee, an erstwhile inventor who is...
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1934
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1934
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It is Oliver Hardy's triumphant wedding day -- he is marrying the boss's daughter and thus becoming general manager for the...
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1933
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In their first two-reel comedy, the team of blonde, glamorous Thelma Todd and dowdy Patsy Kelly win an old jalopy in a...
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1933
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Lodge members Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy take a solemn oath to attend the 80th-annual Sons of the Desert Convention (read:...
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1933
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1933
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The scandalous doings behind the high-toned exterior of a private school for rich young women provides the framework for...
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1933
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1932
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"Klopstokia: A Far-Away Country. Chief Exports: Goats and Nuts. Chief Imports: Goats and Nuts. Chief Inhabitants: Goats and...
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1932
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Originally released on May 7, 1932, the "Our Gang" comedy "Choo-Choo!" was a loose remake of the 1923 two-reeler A Pleasant...
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1932
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have just returned from a whaling trek. They check into a run-down hotel, the Mariner's Rest,...
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1932
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To further her husband's political career, wealthy Mrs. Clark (Lillian Elliot) throws a lavish party in her home for the poor...
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1932
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Charles Chaplin was deep into production of his silent City Lights when Hollywood was overwhelmed by the talkie revolution....
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1931
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Two-reel comedy favorites Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their feature-film debut (excluding their guest appearances in...
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1931
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1931
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1931
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Although Lloyd Hamilton's career had slowed down considerably by the time talkies came in, this two-reel Educational comedy...
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1930
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MGM's highly popular comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur starred in this silly but enjoyable silent comedy in which...
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1929
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Two of the silent era's more forgotten comedians, pert Dorothy Devore and rotund Walter Hiers headlined this feature comedy...
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1924
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During his early days working for the Hal Roach studios, the plots to Stan Laurel's comedies were as interchangeable as their...
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1923
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Produced by Hal Roach, this series of ten, two-reel melodramas featured "flapper" star Edna Murphy as ten different examples...
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1923
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