The first "Road" picture in three years (the last was The Road to Morocco), Road to Utopia is set during the Alaskan gold...
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1946
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Though it comes on much too strong at times, Murder, He Says fully justifies its present "cult" status. Professional pollster...
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1945
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In this comedy, two young women make their money scamming dance hall patrons. The two conniving gals attempt to victimize...
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1945
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In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He...
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1945
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The bland performance of star George Raft is the only drawback of this splashy 20th Century-Fox musical. Set in...
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1945
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Several of Paramount Pictures brightest stars make cameo appearances in this comedy set in "Duffy's Tavern," a favorite...
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1945
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It's nice to see perennial "other woman" Ann Savage in a leading role, even in so antiseptic a film as Klondike Kate. Savage...
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1944
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It took some doing to persuade the staunchly Catholic Bing Crosby to play a happy-go-lucky priest in Going My Way; luckily he...
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1944
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It is said that producer Sam Goldwyn had a habit of addressing his new star of the 1940s, Danny Kaye, as "Eddie", confusing...
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1944
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A nebulously sinister title disguises the fact that this is actually a "Boston Blackie" mystery, the seventh in Columbia's...
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1944
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Within its brisk 78 minutes, Jam Session manages to accommodate the singing, dancing and acting talents of Ann Miller, a...
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1944
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And The Angels Sing is an odd smorgasbord of musical-comedy and romance -- part screwball comedy, part backstage musical,...
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1944
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But for the presence of the Columbia "torch lady" in the opening credits, it would be easy to mistake Judy Canova's Louisiana...
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1944
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Female musicians Sally Richards (Jane Frazee) and Sue Ford (Judy Clark) are Beautiful but Broke in this frantic Columbia...
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1944
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1943
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He looks like Dracula, talks like Dracula and dresses like Dracula; but since the movie rights to Dracula were controlled by...
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1943
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Reformed criminal Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) meets his former lover Betty Barnaby (Ann Savage), who wants his help for...
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Marty Beck
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1943
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Though somewhat past his prime, Edmund Lowe carries the dramatic weight of Murder in Times Square with breezy assuredness....
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1943
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In this musical, a lovely and ambitious young woman masquerades as the daughter of a formerly beloved stage actress to help...
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1943
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In this musical, a San Francisco musician encounters the son of an pal. The young man has a real dilemma and asks the advice...
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1943
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Joan Crawford is the kissable bride of the title--but when the film opens, matrimony is the farthest thing from her mind....
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1942
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In this musical comedy, an agent for an advertising agency begins trying to push a new "Blind Date" service and so engages...
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1942
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1942
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Ex-thief Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) brings a variety show up to his old prison alma mater for Christmas Eve. In...
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1942
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In this espionage caper, a government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier...
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1942
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Released in late August of 1942, Sabotage Squad was the last of Columbia's B-budget wartime melodramas of the 1941-42 season....
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1942
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When a young woman inherits $1 million she finds herself the target of a criminals who wants her money too! ~ Rovi...
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1942
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Another timely entry from the Columbia assembly line, Canal Zone stars Chester Morris as flight instructor "Hardtack"...
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1942
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A collegiate football player becomes the campus laughing-stock when he scores the winning touchdown--for the wrong team. The...
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1942
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Columbia Pictures evidently felt that ex-boxer "Slapsy" Maxie Rosenbloom was the funniest man on earth, despite the fact that...
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1942
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In this comedy, a mob of gangsters find themselves in charge of a nursery. The crime boss finds he likes the idea and...
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Photofinish Farris
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1941
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Fresh from his Broadway triumph as "The Stage Manager" in Our Town, veteran actor-playwright Frank Craven heads the cast of...
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1941
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That "Peaceable Man," William "Wild Bill" Elliott, once again plays Wild Bill Hickock in this fine B-Western from Columbia...
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bartender
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1941
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In this low-budget thriller (which developed something of a cult following among film buffs in the '60s and '70s),...
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1941
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The much-maligned Playmates callously offers the appalling spectacle of a thoroughly dissolute John Barrymore in his final...
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1941
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Bob Hope plays a famous movie star who does his best to avoid the pre-war draft, but ends up in uniform all the same. Hope...
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1941
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While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes...
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1941
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Imagine the dismay of those hapless TV station managers who've booked the 1940 Martha Raye vehicle The Farmer's Daughter in...
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1940
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For the purposes of this inconsequential 61-minute musical, Paramount Pictures shelled out a great deal of money to film on...
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1940
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1940
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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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1939
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A remake of Racetrack, King of the Turf stars Adolphe Menjou as a seedy, alcoholic bookie with a long-dormant streak of...
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1939
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In this melodrama, the acting warden at a correctional facility must make a difficult choice when he comes across some...
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1939
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Versatile character actor (and offscreen golf pro) John Gallaudet is afforded a leading role in the 1939 cheapie...
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Brains McGillicuddy
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1939
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This film should have been a press agent's dream: Hollywood's two greatest "big mouths," Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye,...
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1939
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Though it sure looks like a Columbia Production, Special Inspector was distributed by a States' Rights firm called Syndicate...
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Silver
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1939
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Brains
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1939
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The "Little Tough Guys" get involved in a circulation war between a paper with underhanded tactics and a paper being...
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1939
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J. Carroll Naish positively oozes immigrant gangster charm in this fairly entertaining thriller from Paramount. He plays...
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1938
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1938
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It will do no good to look for Broderick Crawford in the cast of Highway Patrol; this is not the famed TV series of the...
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1938
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Louis Hayward plays an arrogant Cambridge student who emigrates to America and enrolls at the West Point. Hayward's superior...
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1938
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Kane
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1938
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Capitalizing on the success of MGM's Thin Man series, virtually every major studio of the 1930s came up with its own...
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1938
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Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed...
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1938
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A feud between taxicab companies forms the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when the hero is double-crossed and...
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Spudsy
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1937
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In this crime drama, an evil ex-con makes his living selling cheap booze masked under expensive labels. He runs a drugstore...
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Sluggy
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1937
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In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival...
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1937
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The Frame-Up is a timely and typically tacky crime meller from the Columbia film factory. There's dirty work at the...
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Joe Lavery
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1937
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Joan Perry plays the title role in Columbia's Counterfeit Lady. She is cast as Phyllis, a country lass with a rare talent for...
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Pinky
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1937
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In this romantic crime drama, a newspaper reporter and his female rival learn that a priceless Rembrandt, believed to have...
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Sgt. Casey
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1937
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In this romantic mystery, a defense attorney attempts to get his lovely client acquitted of murder charges. As he and the...
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1937
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In this romance, a secretary is awarded a legacy. Later she meets a male secretary who begins protecting her from an...
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1937
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Red
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1937
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Young engineer Bob Sanderson (Lew Ayres) is in love with wealthy socialite Edith Stuart (Joan Perry), and the feeling is...
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1936
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In this drama, an honest gambler tries to go straight. Although the gambling house he runs is illegal, the man insists that...
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1936
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In this crime drama, a federal agent goes undercover to join a gang of counterfeiters. He pretends to be a murder. The...
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1936
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In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler...
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Ben Parker
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1936
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Ralph Bellamy stars as John Vickery, a brilliant but alcoholic attorney. Vickery's opportunity for professional and personal...
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Charlie
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1936
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Tailor-made for the talents of fast-talking James Dunn, Come Closer, Folks stars Dunn as sidewalk pitchman Jim Keene. Our...
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Rudolph
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1936
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A small community is terrorized by an unknown serial killer, one "Mr. Zero," who has held the populace in thrall for several...
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Kelly
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1936
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Schmidty
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1936
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Amateur detective Peter Cornish (William Gargan) and dimwitted police inspector Killian (Paul Hurst) combine forces to track...
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Carney
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1936
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1936
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When widower Stephen Blake (Melvyn Douglas) and divorcee Edith Farnham (Mary Astor) are the only guests at a snowed-in...
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1936
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1936
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1936
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Gangster boss Beau Gardner (Douglass Dumbrille) isn't happy about the things being said about him on the radio station owned...
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1936
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The construction site of a big tunnel provides the backdrop for this drama. When the project is delayed, the chief engineer...
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1935
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The title character in this Columbia quickie is an elusive jewel thief who doesn't like to be photographed. Erstwhile...
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Frank
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1935
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When he's shipped off to prison on a tax-evasion charge, millionaire Van Dyke (Walter Connolly) breathes a sigh of relief: at...
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1935
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The Unknown Woman is Helen Griffith (Marian Marsh), who unbeknownst to everyone but the audience is a Federal agent. Young...
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1935
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In this tuneful crime drama, a falsely convicted man escapes from prison and hides out with a comely chorine. She discovers...
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1935
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The creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission would soon render anachronistic such crime melodramas as...
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1935
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The exciting worlds of motorboat and auto racing provide the backdrops for this exciting drama. The story begins as an...
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1935
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In this lively comedy, a cocky reporter follows a gangster aboard an ocean liner. While on board, the overconfident fellow...
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Dildy
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1935
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Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a...
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1933
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