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Mr. Swenson
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1955
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This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, who was once a major film star but lately isn't getting much work....
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1949
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This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising...
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1943
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For some reason or other, Melody for Three seems to be the most frequently revived of RKO Radio's "Dr. Christian." As ever,...
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Dr. Paul Christian
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1941
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This last entry in the Dr. Christian series tells about a country doctor who pieces together a defense to get a bank...
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1941
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Remedy for Riches was the fourth in RKO Radio's six-entry "Dr. Christian" series. Jean Hersholt returns as Dr. Christian, the...
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Dr. Paul Christian
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1940
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The second entry in RKO Radio's "Dr. Christian" series, Courageous Dr. Christian was like the first inspired by the popular...
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Dr. Paul Christian
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1940
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The third of six feature films based on radio's popular Dr. Christian series, Dr. Christian Meets the Women once more stars...
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Dr. Paul Christian
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1940
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Sutter
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1939
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As a direct result with his excellent showing as warm-hearted Dr. Dafoe in the Dionne Quintuplets films, Jean Hersholt was...
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Dr. Paul Christian
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1939
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1938
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In this upbeat drama, a disillusioned millionaire, sick to death of the attempts of greedy friends and relatives to sponge...
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Victor
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1938
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Happy Landing was another Sonja Henie moneyspinner from the 20th Century-Fox film factory. The story gets under way when...
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Lars Ericksen
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1938
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The financial exploitation of Canada's Dionne Quintuplets rolled ever forward with 20th Century-Fox's Five of a Kind, the...
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1938
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This romantic tearjerker was the second film based on the popular 1922 stage play. James Stewart stars as Chico, a lowly...
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Fr. Chevillon
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1937
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Johanna Spyri's perennial children's favorite Heidi was retailored to the talents of Shirley Temple, resulting in one of her...
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Adolph Kramer
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1937
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The well-publicized (and overexploited) birth of Canada's Dionne Quintuplets in 1934 formed the basis of The Country Doctor....
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Dr. John Luke
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1936
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In this polished soap opera from MGM, Robert Taylor plays Chris Claybourne, a dedicated scientist researching a possible...
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Professor Fahrenheim
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1936
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Norwegian skating sensation Sonja Henie made her Hollywood screen debut in the splashy 20th Century-Fox musical...
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Heinrich Muller
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1936
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A bell ringer's wife dies while giving birth to his second son who turns out to be deaf. His oldest son moves to America...
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Christopher Freyman
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1936
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Dr. John Luke
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1936
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In this drama, a boy's love for his loyal dog, helps him survive in a hard cruel world. The trouble begins with the boy's...
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Doctor
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1936
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Having gained considerable audience attention for his appearance in the 1935 "Crime Does Not Pay" 2-reeler Buried Loot, new...
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1935
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Baron Otto von Zinden
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1935
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Katharine Hepburn suffers nobly while her philandering conductor husband Charles Boyer dallies with the likes of Helene...
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Prof. Thalma
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1935
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Prof. Koerber
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1934
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In this wartime drama, set during WW I, the adoring wife of a German officer soon finds herself falling for a handsome...
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Baron Von Leyden
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1934
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In an unusual move, MGM released its film version of Sidney Kingsley's Pulitzer-Prize winning play Men in White while the...
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Dr. Hochberg
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1934
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1934
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Professor
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1934
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1933
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This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much...
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Otto Hoffman
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1933
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1933
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This unique thriller chronicles the exploits of a doctor who will do almost anything to please his young, second wife. She...
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Dr. Emil Brandt
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1933
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"Are you listening?" was the catchphrase of early-1930s radio personality Tony Wons. Though Wons does not appear in the 1932...
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1932
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Produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Production for MGM, this well made Grand Hotel clone was based on a 1931...
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Jake
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1932
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Directed by Harry Beaumont, the courtroom drama Unashamed stars Robert Young as Dick Ogden, who will do anything to protect...
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Mr. Schmidt
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1932
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A reluctantly appointed police chief in a crime-riddled city takes his job seriously and works hard to clean the streets of...
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Sam Belmonte
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1932
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Boris Karloff stars as the villainous Dr. Fu Manchu in this wild and wooly -- and wildly racist -- adventure yarn, based on...
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1932
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1932
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Emma is a turn-of-the-century domestic drama completely dominated by star Marie Dressler. She plays the maid of an upper...
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Mr. Smith
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1932
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Flesh was one of the few big-studio films to deal with the subject of professional wrestling--at least until Hulk Hogan came...
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Mr. Herman
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1932
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Night Court is one of those pictures that "hooks" the viewer with one audacious plot twist after another. Walter Huston is...
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1932
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New Morals for Old was the teasing title for a somewhat sedate film about the ongoing rejection of middle-class values by the...
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1932
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Screen Story
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1932
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In this WW I comedy, several young men decide to join the army. Each one has his own reason for joining up. Songs include:...
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1931
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Adhering to a formula that would later be popularized further in Grand Hotel, Transatlantic is one of the best of the...
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Rudolph Kramer
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1931
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In this melodrama, a magician finds himself accused of murdering his lover's father. He flees and the lover marries her...
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Herman
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1931
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In the space of 74 minutes, Helen Hayes goes from naïve French country lass to elderly harridan in Sin of Madelon Claudet. Is...
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1931
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A man who unthinkingly sullied the honor of a virtuous girl now must deal with his own ethical downfall in this drama. Willi...
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Herr Schnabel
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1931
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It was once theorized by critic Andrew Sarris that this 1931 Greta Garbo vehicle was subtitled "Her Fall & Rise" rather than...
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Ohlin
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1931
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Oscar
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1931
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In this drama, the children of a recently deceased firefighter are sent to an orphanage. Two other firefighters offered to...
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Dad Morton
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1930
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In this romance, men board "The Love Boat" (no, not the TV boat) and set sail for China with the hope of buying a Chinese...
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1930
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Dr. Patterson
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1930
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This war drama, set in WW I Germany, is based on a novel by Arnold Zwieg. The story follows the harrowing trials of an...
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Posnanski
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1930
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Even allowing for the comparative freedom of the pre-Production Code years, 1930's Hell Harbor was pretty strong meat for its...
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Joseph Horngold
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1930
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Luigi Golfanti
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1930
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This early musical was filmed in color and centers upon the love affair between a young composer and the woman he wants to...
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Hochter
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1930
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One of the most ambitious productions ever to emerge from parsimonious Tiffany Studios, Mamba is also one of the few 1930s...
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August Bolte
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1930
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In this comedy-drama, The owner of a cannery tries to avert a potentially devastating strike from his employees. He is...
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Factory owner
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1929
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In this romantic romance, the daughter of a deeply religious self-righteous barge captain befriends a worldly tugboat...
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1929
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In this sentimental drama, the son of a Jewish pushcart vendor abandons his roots as he builds himself a successful new life...
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Julius Goldfish
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1929
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Two-reel comedy producer Hal Roach was too busy switching over to sound in 1929 to bother with making feature films, which is...
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Renault
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1929
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Anne Nichols' Broadway comedy Abie's Irish Rose was almost universally panned when it opened in 1923. But despite the moans...
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Solomon Levy
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1928
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The Secret Hour was the first of three screen versions of Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play They Knew What They...
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Tony
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1928
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In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar...
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"Deacon" Pyecroft
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1928
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A remake of a 1914 D.W. Griffith potboiler, The Battle of the Sexes is a highly entertaining, if cautionary, tale of a...
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Judson
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1928
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Franz Hausmann
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1928
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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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Dr. Juttner
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1927
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Jean Hersholt stars in this Universal "jewel," which was based on the Broadway success by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens. A...
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The Deacon
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1927
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The Wrong Mr. Wright was based on a stage comedy by George Broadhurst. Jean Hersholt stars as the bumbling son of a wealthy...
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1927
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This melodrama -- one of the last gasps from Associated Exhibitors -- features an excellent cast, with Jean Hersholt taking...
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1926
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1926
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This typically delightful Colleen Moore vehicle was one of several produced by the actress' then-husband, First National...
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Pop Schmidt
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1926
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Don Marquis' bucolic stage comedy-drama The Old Soak was first brought to the screen in 1926. Jean Hersholt plays the title...
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Clement Hawley, Sr.
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1926
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First filmed in 1915, the time-honored Albert Chevalier stage success My Old Dutch was remade (this time sans Chevalier) in...
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Herb Higgins
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1926
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When Donovan Steele (Percy Marmont) discovers his fiancée with another man, he loses faith in both women and God. He...
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Cluny
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1925
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Douglas Fairbanks returns as the great Spanish swashbuckler in this sequel to The Mark of Zorro. Don Cesar de Vega...
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1925
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One of the silent era's most popular tearjerkers, this soapy melodrama was adapted by legendary screenwriter Frances Marion...
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Ed Munn
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1925
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F.B.O. was primarily known for its Westerns and low-budget programmers, but the film company did make an attempt at creating...
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Dr. Mallini
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1925
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After being raised in England, Ann Church (Laura La Plante) sails back to her parents in Bombay. She meets Major Anthony...
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James Gilchrist
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1925
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1925
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Marcus Schouler
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1924
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This tale of international thievery was rather an odd film for director Maurice Tourneur, and it wasn't up to his usual...
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1924
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Joe Diamond
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1924
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This satirical comedy-drama was C. Gardner Sullivan's first producing effort. To insure its success, he hired a veteran...
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Gustaf Borgstrom
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1924
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1924
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Herrnan Krauss
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1924
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Although the plot to this heavy-handed drama sounds like typical Hollywood hokum, it actually came from a very successful...
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1924
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With its racy title and emphasis on jazz parties and youth, this romantic drama was a typical mid-'20s release. But being an...
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Dr. Eustace
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1924
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With a screenplay by Howard Hawks and direction by Jack Conway, this Mexican border tale couldn't possibly have been anything...
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1923
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This mystery-melodrama had a lot of action and featured a good cast. Railroad magnate Luke Carson (William Worthington) has...
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1923
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This fluffy Mae Murray vehicle was dressed up with a Graustarkian veneer, but in reality it was merely an excuse for the star...
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Prince Otto of Como
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1923
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As his first picture for the Goldwyn studios, director Marshall Neilan decided to adapt Donn Byrne's sprawling novel to the...
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1923
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1923
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Although this drama, "suggested by" the book by Stewart Edward White, takes place in the lawless post-gold rush San Francisco...
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1922
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Mary Pickford had recently put out a couple of mediocre pictures and her latest, Little Lord Fauntleroy, wasn't an immediate...
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1922
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When Zane Grey's novel, Wildfire, was filmed here, it somehow turned into a hoary Drury Lane-style melodrama, set in the West...
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joel Creech
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1922
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After the success of the 1919 picture The Miracle Man, producers made quite a number of films about faith-healers in hopes of...
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Director
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1922
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The Man of the Forest was one of a seemingly endless stream of Zane Grey novels that were brought to the screen....
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Lem Beasley
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1921
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Makeup, Prof. von Hartrott
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1921
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In this Universal programmer, Frank Mayo plays Norman Aldrich, a revenue officer whose beat is the north woods of Maine, near...
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1920
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Manson, a servant (Jean Hersholt), comes to work for a curate, William Smythe (Edward Piel). The curate has spent his life...
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1920
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Mary Ann (Shirley Mason) is a drudge who works in a London boardinghouse run by Mrs. Leadbatter (Georgia Woodthorpe). One of...
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1920
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When her pickpocket father is sent up the river, Nancy (Olive Thomas) has to provide for her younger sisters. She places them...
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Party Guest
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1919
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Socialism is given sympathetic, if unrealistic, treatment in this Triangle drama. John Warfield (Joe King) has been raised a...
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1918
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Jack Mulhall stars as the ne'er-do-well son of a US admiral. When Mulhall discovers that his dad's butler is really a German...
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1918
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This amusing film is an absurd blend of two genres popular in the late 1910's -- the western and the mythical kingdom...
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1917
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In this comedy-adventure, Jack Calvert (Jack Mulhall) makes a bet that he can make it from Kansas to Constantinople without...
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1917
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Director Lynn Reynolds adapted the screenplay of The Greater Law from The Code of the Klondike, a magazine story by Charles...
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1917
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A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful...
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Gentleman Jim Rayner
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1917
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John Ford -- then billed as Jack Ford -- had recently begun directing his own features when he made this Western with Harry...
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1917
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Jack Mulhall has an unsympathetic role as gunman Chuck Connelly in this melodrama. Killer Connelly begins to think about...
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1917
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Gambler John Kinkaid (R.A. Calvin) is suspected of stealing $10,000 to finance his Mexican gambling casino. Lady detective...
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1916
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1916
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The quintessential William S. Hart western, Hell's Hinges stars two-gun Bill as gunslinger Blaze Tracy, "a man wholly evil."...
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1916
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1916
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William S. Hart took a respite from his "good-badman" groove to play a preacher in Apostle of Vengeance. Ministering to one...
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1916
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A typically moralistic William S. Hart western, The Disciple tells the story of preacher Jim Houston (Hart) who, while...
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1915
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