Riff-Raff begins riff-raffing when boastful fisherman Dutch (Spencer Tracy) marries down-to-earth cannery worker Hattie...
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1935
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The stringent censorship imposed upon Hollywood of the mid-1930s dictated that gangsters could no longer be the "heroes" in...
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1935
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Broken Barriers was produced by Excellent Pictures, which did not necessarily describe the quality of the film. Gaston Glass...
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1929
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Boris Karloff played a red herring in this the final silent serial from chapter play specialist Mascot, who reportedly spared...
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1929
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In this drama, a junkman, Maurice Chevalier in his American film debut, rescues a drowning boy from the Seine. The boy's...
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1929
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Basically a filmed vaudeville presentation, The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' entry in the "all star, all talking, all...
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1929
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A typical silent outdoors melodrama from poverty row producer Trem Carr and action director Duke Worne, this film starred...
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Caroline Swayne
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1929
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Burning Up Broadway contains no burning and precious little Broadway. Small-town hero Ernest Hilliard decides to take in the...
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1928
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Nan Parker
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1928
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1928
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When a wealthy recluse apparently commits suicide, his trusted friend Rex Lease is put in charge of the estate. Lease is...
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1928
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Contrary to popular belief, no one speaks into microphones hidden in vases in this, the first 100% "all-talking" feature...
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Kitty Lewis
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1928
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Though conceived and executed as a silent film, The Circus Kid was outfitted with a sound prolog and music and sound-effects...
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Trixie
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1928
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Warner Oland took time out from his customary screen villainy to play the title character in the sentimental backstage drama...
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Rosita Keene
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1927
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Returning from the war, Tom Mason (Tom Mix) rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady...
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Paulito Brady
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1927
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Legendary (and, to some, infamous) African-American comedian Stepin Fetchit made his first screen appearance in...
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Nancy Holden
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1927
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Charlie Chaplin's talented brother Sydney enjoyed moderate box-office success as star of a series of Warner Bros. features in...
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Josie Lockwood
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1927
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Hardly an important film, Finger Prints pleased the crowd with its heady combination of slapstick comedy and old-dark-house...
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1927
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The David Belasco play had been filmed twice previously, in 1915 and in 1921, before Warner Bros. made this version with the...
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1927
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Personable Owen Moore starred in this romantic comedy from Warner Bros. featuring Dolores Costello. About to marry his...
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1927
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It's hard to determine who plays the title role in The Love Toy, though chances are the designation refers to the regal...
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1926
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Canine star Rin Tin Tin Jr. finds himself in foggy London town in this fast-paced meller. The story doesn't make much sense,...
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1926
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Dapper, top-hatted comedian Raymond Griffith stars in the lightweight farce Wet Paint. Disappointed when he discovers that...
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She
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1926
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Historically important as the first film to carry a Vitaphone sound track (consisting of music and sound effects, but no...
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1926
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Reba Rubens
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1926
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Corpulent middle-aged Willard Louis fancies himself God's gift to women, indulging in various affairs while his frumpy wife...
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Jean Lambert
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1926
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Based on a 1910 novel by Hamlin Garland, Cavanagh, Forest Ranger; a Romance of the Mountain West, this silent Western from...
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Virginia Weatherford
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1925
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Sydney Chaplin -- older brother of Charles Chaplin -- specialized in films in which his character wound up dressing in drag...
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1925
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While legendary 19th-century comic actor Joseph Jefferson was most closely associated with the stage role of Rip Van Winkle,...
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1914
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1912
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1912
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1911
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1911
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