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1960
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1955
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1935
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Based on an idea by Will Rogers, the story concerns the efforts by the President of the United States to get the public's...
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1934
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A few unique touches aside -- notably the opening costume-party scene, in which the revellers are dressed as insects -- Rip...
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1934
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A shopkeeper suffers after he is laid off during the Depression in this drama adapted from the English play Service. He had...
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1933
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Based on Dicken's classic novel, this is the first sound version of the oft-filmed tale of a plucky orphan who struggles to...
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1933
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1933
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With the arrival of talkies, every major studio hopped on the musical bandwagon by turning out lavish "revues," spotlighting...
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1929
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Intended as a follow-up to the fabulously successful Broadway Melody, Chasing Rainbows reunites several of the leading...
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Lester
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1929
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1929
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While the silent comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur made some very entertaining films in the latter half of the...
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1929
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Although both of their starring careers would be cut short by the talkie revolution, MGM house comedians Karl Dane and...
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1929
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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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1928
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Francis Byrd
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1928
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1928
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Jimmy Hemmingway
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1928
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Wickedness Preferred was another of MGM's popular Lew Cody-Aileen Pringle star vehicles. This time around, Cody is cast as...
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Leslie
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1928
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Greg Lee
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1927
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Marion Davies has the lead role of Tillie in this adaptation of Russ Westover's popular 1920s comic strip. Tillie is bored by...
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Mr. Whipple
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1927
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Winsome Lois Wilson stars as The Gingham Girl in this cinemadaptation of the popular musical comedy of the same name. Wilson...
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Johnny Cousins
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1927
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The venerable stage drama The World and His Wife formed the basis for the MGM production Lovers?. Ramon Novarro and...
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Pepito
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1927
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Another of William Haines' sports-oriented vehicles, Spring Fever casts the star as lowly shipping clerk Jack Kelly. Falling...
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Eustace Tewksbury
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1927
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Even without the benefit of sound, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg seems to be inundated by Franz Lehar's unforgettable...
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1927
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Josef von Sternberg had been the original director of Exquisite Sinner, but MGM was dissatisfied with the picture and refused...
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Colonel's Orderly
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1926
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Adolphe
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1926
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No relation to the much-later musical comedy of the same name, The Boy Friend focuses on the misadventures of dreamy-eyed...
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1926
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Peter
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1926
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The Rafael Sabatini swashbuckler Bardelys the Magnificent served as an excellent vehicle for MGM's top male star...
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1926
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According to playwrights Frederic and Fanny Hatton, The Waning Sex was the male -- and this hypothesis was carried over to...
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1926
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Even minus the original musical score, this silent-film adaptation of the Broadway hit Irene is a delight. Colleen Moore...
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Mme. Lucy
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1926
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Bob Blake
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1926
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Billy Winthrop
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1926
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This comedy-drama about the Follies was written by veteran newspaper reporter and "sob sister" Adela Rogers St. John. Maggie...
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1925
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The boy
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1925
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Norma Shearer was very much an up-and-coming young actress when she played a dual role in this MGM drama. Molly, a girl of...
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Chunky
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1925
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Because Little Old New York was so successful, MGM and newspaper/sometime film magnate William Randolph Hearst decided to put...
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Andy
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1925
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Constance Talmadge was at the peak of her career when she made this comedy; she was also near the end of her career. The star...
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1925
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Just as Reginald Denny could only play an all-American boy until talkies revealed his British accent, Conrad Nagel could only...
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Stranger
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1925
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Distinguished British stage veteran Wyndham Standing starred in this silent melodrama from Fox, ostensibly based on a 1866...
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Lionel Caryll
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1924
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John Gilbert felt his talents were being wasted at Fox, and he was very vocal about his feelings towards the studio. But this...
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1923
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The premise is clichéd -- it's the usual tale of a pretty girl from the sticks trying to break into movies -- but this satire...
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Lem Lefferts
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1923
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This lightweight comedy-drama is based on the stage play by Gertrude Page. Because her father (Sir Simeon Stuart) really...
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1923
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With her Hollywood career in the doldrums, actress Mae Marsh briefly set up shop in England, where she appeared in several...
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1922
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1921
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