Con artist James Jarvis (Richard Johnson) has made a comfortable living posing as an investment counselor in order to bilk...
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Mary Crawford
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1965
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Amelia Tilford
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1961
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Mrs. Donelson
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1953
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1953
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Paramount's Ray Milland and 20th Century-Fox's Gene Tierney star in Warner Bros.' Close to My Heart. The stars play,...
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Mrs. Morrow
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1951
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Charles Winninger plays the head of a vaudevillian family who, when jobs become scarce, takes a humble factory job. He dreams...
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Fay Norwick
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1948
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June Bride is based on Feature for June, a play by Eileen Tighe and Graeme Lorimer. Bette Davis plays the businesslike editor...
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Paula Winthrop
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1948
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Just as she had in High Sierra (1941), Ida Lupino enjoys a brief moment of bliss with a man on the run in this highly...
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Ellie Saul
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1947
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James Thurber wasn't too happy with the Sam Goldwyn film adaptation of his 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,...
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Mrs. Mitty
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1947
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1946
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Owen Wister's 1902 novel was made into a movie several times, most notably in 1929, with Gary Cooper starring. This 1946...
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Mrs. Taylor
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1946
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1945
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Aunt Emily
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1944
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Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, Three Is a Family is a 1940s farce that frequently substitutes noise for humor....
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1944
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Mrs. Thornway
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1943
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In this wartime comedy drama an ultra-macho but aging Marine sergeant does all he can to keep his men intimidated and towing...
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Jennie Bailey
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1943
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Author William Saroyan's corn-shucking brand of sentimentality works wonders in this 1943 filmization of his novel. Narrator...
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Mrs. Macauley
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1943
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In this light romantic comedy, William B. Whitley (William Powell) is an astronomer who is very excited about his latest...
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Margaret Sibyll
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1943
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Allen R. Kerward's flagwaving stage play Proof thro' the Night was vastly improved in its screen adaptation, which was...
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Capt. Marsh
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1943
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This wartime weeper could just as well have been titled Stardom for Margaret, inasmuch as it solidified the popularity of...
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Trudy Strauss
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1942
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Ellen Whitcomb
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1942
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In this WW II propaganda piece a wealthy American society matron refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war...
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Mrs. Hadley
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1942
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So far as W.C. Fields fans are concerned, Ann Hegan Rice's sentimental 1901 novel Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch was...
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Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
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1942
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Advertised as a sort of sequel to MGM's Babes in Arms (1939), Babes on Broadway reunites the two stars of the earlier film:...
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Miss Jones
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1941
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William Powell and Myrna Loy re-team for this (literally) crazy screwball comedy about a happily married couple who, thanks...
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1941
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A creaky remake of the 1932 film of the same name, Bill of Divorcement tells of the effect an emotionally disturbed father's...
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Margaret Fairfield
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1940
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Mrs. Samuel Edison
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1940
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The success of 1938's Kentucky prompted 20th Century-Fox to come up with the similar (though not entirely identical)...
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Charlotte Danfield
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1940
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Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town is given the Hollywood treatment in this adaptation directed by...
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Mrs. Gibbs
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1940
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The Carter Family finds itself in serious financial difficulty when its patriarch, druggist Doc Carter (Frank Craven), is all...
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Ellen Carter
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1939
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How could anyone dislike a film with the title Lady and the Mob? Sweet Fay Bainter stars as eccentric dowager Hattie Leonard,...
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Hattie Leonard
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1939
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In this comedy, a young woman is determined to spend a weekend with her lover before he takes off to Europe for his new job....
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Ann Murray
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1939
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This family drama features the same cast and crew from the highly successful Four Daughters, but it isn't actually a sequel....
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Nan Masters
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1939
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In 1938, Jezebel was widely regarded as Warner Bros.' "compensation" to Bette Davis for her losing the opportunity to play...
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Aunt Belle Bogardus
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1938
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Hannah Linden
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1938
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Hannah Parmalee
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1938
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In its never-ending efforts to find a "rustic" screen personality to replace the late Will Rogers, Hollywood turned to...
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Martha Allen
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1938
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Katharine Hepburn's association with RKO Radio Pictures came to an abrupt end when she refused to star in the studio's...
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Mrs. Carey
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1938
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Susan Throssel
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1937
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Based on a story by Jules Verne and featuring battle footage from a French film version of the tale, this epic...
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Mother
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1937
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While not a box-office success, this drama, directed by Leo McCarey, developed a potent reputation among film critics and...
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Anita Cooper
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1937
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This Side of Heaven is an early, muted example of what would refine itself into the "screwball comedy" genre....
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Francene Turner
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1934
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