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1942
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This final entry in 20th Century-Fox's "Charlie Chan" series is set in a huge mansion, smack-dab in the middle of the Mojave...
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1942
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1942
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Charlie Chan in Rio is a remake of 1931's Black Camel, one of the few pre-1934 "Charlie Chan" entries still in existence....
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1941
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Wily Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is summoned when Miss Nodbury (Ethel Gryffies), an elderly eccentric, is...
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1941
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Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's...
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1940
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Based on a play by Barre Lyndon, They Came by Night stars beloved Scottish actor Will Fyffe as jeweler James Fothergill....
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1940
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A female reporter is faced with a tough decision in this romantic comedy. She is engaged to another reporter. Though they...
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1938
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In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an...
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1937
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By 1937, everyone was tired of films about silent stars who couldn't make the transition to talkies (and would be until...
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1937
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Enjoying a break from crime-solving, oriental sleuth Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) takes his 12 children to the circus. It...
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1936
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In this interesting drama, a disfigured fugitive killer gets a second chance at life when he hides out in a hospital and...
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1936
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Working on the theory that the only thing funnier than Laurel and Hardy is two sets of Laurel and Hardys, Our Relations milks...
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1936
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1935
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Dressed to Thrill was a brave but foredoomed attempt to transform Russian musical favorite Tutta Rolf into a Hollywood movie...
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1935
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Legendary Broadway impresario George White made his Hollywood debut with this musical, which he wrote, co-directed, and...
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1934
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Shirley Temple's first starring vehicle casts her as the button-cute daughter of ex-convict Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) and...
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1934
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As a struggling young artist in the Philippines supports herself by reading poetry in unsavory bars, she falls in love with...
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1934
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In this musical, an insurance agent falls in love with a pretty girl. When the self-righteous agent discovers that she is a...
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1934
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At age 26, Janet Gaynor was still playing "gamin" roles in such musical trifles as Paddy, the Next Best Thing. Gaynor stars...
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1933
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In this romance, two travelling sign painters find themselves inspired by a young woman's lovely smile. Soon her face is...
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1933
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In this actioner, a half-Arab member of the Foreign Legion, previously court-martialed for insubordination, cannot earn his...
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1932
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1932
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In this drama, set during the Depression, Charlie Stubbs tries to escape slum life by becoming a criminal. That doesn't work...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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On the eve of her marriage to a prominent physician, wealthy young Nell (Madeline Renaud) elopes with charismatic young...
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1931
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In this drama, one of the earlier British films, a man attempts to be near the woman he loves. Unfortunately, she is...
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1931
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Harry Lachman, who at the age of 42 gave up a successful career as a painter to become a film director, called the shots in...
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1931
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In this drama, an inventor creates a new surgical that could revolutionize the treatment of cripples, but is unable to...
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1931
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One of the first talkie adaptations of an Edgar Wallace story, The Yellow Mask is set in motion by the skullduggery of...
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1930
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In this French action comedy, a recently betrothed bride invites her parents to meet her fiance. Unfortunately, they learn...
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1930
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The Greenwood Tree was based on a novel by Thomas Hardy -- though given the film's 60-minute running time, the original text...
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1930
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1930
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In this drama set in the English countryside, a town squire causes quite a ruckus when he decides to buck tradition and...
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1929
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1928
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