The Movie Maker relates the last days of an old-fashioned Hollywood mogul. Mike Kirsch (Rod Steiger) built his studio from...
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1967
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A heartless actor scrambles to the top of show business' sleazy summit in this drama. Frank Fane (Stephen Boyd) is a...
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1966
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Arriving in a small town to pay his respects to the family of Adam Manning, the first man he killed in battle during the...
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1965
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Posing as "Ray Miller", Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) is hired as cut-man for young African American prizefighter Joe...
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1963
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James Dunn guest-stars as Danny Lynch, an elderly Ponderosa ranch hand. Upon learning that his mother Nellie (Cheerio...
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Danny Lynch
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1962
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This western is a compilation of episodes from Walt Disney Presents. The title hero, is a pugilistic lawyer who fights for...
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1962
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1962
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The "official" title of this film is Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man; its screenplay is adapted from...
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1962
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1960
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Stew Schaeffer
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1960
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In the sixth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, the titular hero (Robert Loggia, a...
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1959
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In the fifth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, gunslinger-turned-lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) tackles...
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1959
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1958
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In the fourth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, gunslinger-turned-lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) has...
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1958
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In the third episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, former gunslinger Baca (Robert Loggia) is now studying...
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1958
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1955
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A story of a henpecking wife who is always berating her husband with the lament of who she should have married her old...
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1951
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The Golden Gloves Story is the sort of heartwarming fare that MGM used to turn out once a week in the 1930s. Though this 1950...
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Joe Riley
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1950
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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven deserves a historical footnote as director William Castle's only comedy western. Future...
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Mike
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1948
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In one of his first "adult" roles (he made his last Andy Hardy vehicle only a year earlier), Mickey Rooney plays Tommy McCoy,...
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Brian McCoy
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1947
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In this melodrama, a self-absorbed mother unwittingly teaches her daughter some terrible habits. From her, the girl learns...
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Denny Reagan
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1946
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1945
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Johnny Nolan
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1945
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While younger, handsomer actors were off fighting WW2, pudgy, middle-aged James Dunn suddenly found himself playing leading...
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Terry Moran
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1944
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Comedian Morey Amsterdam and cartoonist Milt Gross were responsible for the script of the low-budget comedy The Ghost and the...
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Webster Frye
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1943
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Olivia De Havilland hadn't wanted to star in RKO's Government Girl, but was forced to do so by her home studio Warner Bros....
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Sergeant Joe
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1943
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A true "guilty pleasure" crime melodrama with horror movie touches, the low-budget The Living Ghost stars future Academy...
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Nick Trayne
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1942
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Three different Universal pictures made between 1922 and 1941 bore the catchall title Don't Get Personal. The 1941 film stars...
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1941
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James Dunn and Frances Gifford were husband and wife when they costarred in PRC's Hold That Woman. Dunn plays Jimmy Parker,...
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Jimmy Parker
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1940
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The 1940 Warner Bros. quickie A Fugitive From Justice is based on Leonard Neubauer's short story "Million Dollar Fugitive."...
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1940
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In this drama, a test pilot plies his trade on a prototype medical plane. Unfortunately, when the craft is stolen, he...
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Speed Leslie
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1940
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In this Navy drama, a young sailor finds himself interested in everything but marriage. But then he encounters a runaway...
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Malone
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1940
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A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he...
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Speed Brennan
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1939
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The bloom of youth had long faded on actor James Dunn when he starred in Shadows Over Shanghai. Even so, he is fairly...
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Johnny McGinty
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1938
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Previously teamed in six early-1930s films, James Dunn and Sally Eilers bring the total up to seven with their last...
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John Wade
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1937
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James Dunn stars as Buzz Martin, a hot-air balloon ascensionist who's plenty full of hot air himself. Hired by the owners of...
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Buzz Martin
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1937
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A remake of Rafter Romance (1933), which starred Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster, Living On Love treats the story of two...
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Gary
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1937
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James Dunn is once more cast as a reporter, this one named Murphy. On the outs with practically every newsroom in America,...
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Murphy
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1937
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Mickey
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1936
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In this romantic comedy, two college boys get expelled because they could not pay tuition. They decide to scare up some cash...
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Bob
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1936
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First-time director Lew Ayres performs miracles on a tiny budget in the Civil War drama Hearts in Bondage. The story offers a...
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Kenneth
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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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Jim Keene
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1936
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Bad Boy Eddie Nolan (James Dunn) spends more time in the poolroom than he does looking for work. Even so, Sally Larkin...
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Eddie Nolan
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1935
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Don McLane
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1935
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In this comedy, a con artist gets elected to the chamber of commerce in his home town. He then goes there with three fellow...
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Richard Foster
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1935
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Broadway producer George White, who was the title character of 1934's George White's Scandals, heads for Florida following...
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Eddie Taylor
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1935
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The hero of The Pay-Off is somewhat denser than usual, making his ultimate victory all the more amazing. James Dunn plays...
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Joe McCoy
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1935
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The career of dance instructor Sally (Jean Parker) comes to an abrupt end when she is crippled in an accident on the eve of...
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Jimmie
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1934
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"That girl" is newspaper sob-sister Tony Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another,...
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Barney Sullivan
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1934
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Loop Merritt
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1934
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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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Dugan
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1934
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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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A midwestern girl heads for Hollywood in hopes of becoming a star. She is accompanied by two good buddies and this comedy...
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Jimmy Dale
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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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Eddie Ellison
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1934
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Four courageous college graduates become heroes when they successfully complete a 15-hour coast-to-coast plane flight. Alas,...
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Mac McGowan
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1934
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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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Duke Stanley
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1933
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While U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan (James Dunn) is on leave in San Pedro, he unexpectedly falls in love with the beautiful...
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Jimmy Harrigan
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1933
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In this family drama, a married couple work in a department store. He is a shipping clerk; she works in the dress...
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Chuck
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1933
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Given a title like Jimmy and Sally, one might assume that this Fox production is another in the popular series of co-starring...
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Jimmy O'Connor
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1933
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While travelling through Arizona, carnival huckster Smiley Wells (James Dunn) makes the acquaintance of sweet small-town girl...
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Smiley Wells
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1933
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A large urban hospital provides the setting for this drama. The staff there has seen it all and this is reflected in their...
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Dr. Dan French
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1933
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Love turns into an unhealthy obsession in this offbeat drama. Millie (Zasu Pitts) and Peggy (Boots Mallory) are two friends...
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Jimmy
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1933
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Professional ballroom dancing provides the framework of this romantic drama. The story begins when two aspiring dancers...
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Jimmy Mulligan
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1932
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By rights, Spencer Tracy should have played the leading role of prizefighter Johnny Malone in the 1932 romantic drama Society...
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Johnny Malone
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1932
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In this children's comedy, a young woman is left in charge of two little hellions when her sister dies. She finally finds...
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Bill Gordon
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1932
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Based on a novel by Vina Delmar, Bad Girl stars Sally Eilers as heroine Dot Haley. The title notwithstanding, Dot isn't bad...
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Eddie Collins
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1931
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1931
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Three guesses as to the profession of the heroine in Sob Sister. That's right: Jane Ray (Linda Watkins) is a girl reporter,...
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Garry Webster
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1931
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