Jean Harlow offers her final screen performance in this witty and -- in retrospect -- quite moving racetrack comedy-drama...
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Associate Producer
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1937
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Even the mighty MGM had to keep the home fires burning with B pictures. The studio's Mama Steps Out is a harmless confection...
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Producer
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1937
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The MGM historical "spectacular" San Francisco was allegedly based on a three-sentence synopsis, submitted verbally to...
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Producer
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1936
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Though she certainly didn't need the money, silent film favorite Colleen Moore made a comeback bid during the 1933-34 film...
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Screen Story
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1934
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Screenwriter
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1934
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The directorial career of D.W. Griffith, "the father of the American cinema," ended on a discordant note with The Struggle,...
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Screenwriter
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1931
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Play Author
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1931
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The "conspiracy" of the title refers not only to a deadly narcotics ring, but also the combined efforts by the good guys to...
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Play Author
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1930
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In this comedy, a businessman takes his client with a beautiful escort to a fancy nightclub where he plans to close an...
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Screen Story
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1929
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The present unavailability of 1928's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is especially frustrating for those who'd like to compare this...
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Screenwriter
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1928
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1925
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Director
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1925
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Dulcy--better known as Dulcinea--was the cliché-spouting young bride created by newspaper humorist Franklin Pierce Adams....
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Screenwriter
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1923
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There seems to be some debate over exactly who directed this amusing Constance Talmadge picture. Since John Emerson directed...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1922
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This fast-paced comedy came from the pen of husband and wife screenwriting team Anita Loos and John Emerson. After his...
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Screenwriter
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1922
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Eve Orrin (Constance Talmadge) is at the mercy of her possessive mother (Effie Shannon), who has a case of "nerves" every...
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Screenwriter
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1921
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This picture had three things in its favor right from the start -- its star, Constance Talmadge; the fact that women had...
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Screenwriter
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1921
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In this comedy, Constance Talmadge plays Babs, a girl who is thrown out of boarding school because she's more interested in...
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Screenwriter
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1920
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Constance Talmadge teams up once again with the writer/director team of Anita Loos and John Emerson for this light comedy....
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Screenwriter
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1920
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Even people as talented as scenarists Anita Loos and John Emerson and film star Constance Talmadge had their off days, as...
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Screenwriter
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1920
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This fluffy Constance Talmadge vehicle is based on the play by Anthony Wharton. Lilliums Blair (Talmadge) is an ambitious...
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Screenwriter
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1920
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Constance Talmadge dominates this comedy in her usual, mischievous manner. She's Georgiana Chadbourne, a young widow. Her...
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Screenwriter
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1920
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Director, Screenwriter
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1919
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Getting Mary Married was tailor-made to the talents of perky Marion Davies. The stepchild (Davies) of a millionaire is...
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Screenwriter
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1919
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The husband-wife writing team of Anita Loos and John Emerson wrote the screenplay for Good-Bye, Bill, with Emerson performing...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1919
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Screenwriter
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1919
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Screenwriter
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1919
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Screenwriter
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1918
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America has just entered World War I and Emmy Little (Shirley Mason) is as patriotic as they come. She has two suitors, Eddie...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1918
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Daydreaming clerk Douglas Fairbanks discovers that he's of royal blood. In fact, if his information is correct, he's next in...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1917
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Director
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1917
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Jeff Hillington (Douglas Fairbanks) is the extremely naive son of a wealthy Eastern family -- he loves the Old West so much...
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Director
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1917
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Director, Screenwriter
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1917
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Director
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1917
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Unlike most "preparedness" films of the WWI era, Flying Torpedo sidesteps preaching in favor of non-stop action. With...
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Screenwriter
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1916
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The charisma of Douglas Fairbanks keeps this two-reel idea interesting for five reels. Jimmy Conroy (Fairbanks) wants to...
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Screenwriter
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1916
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American Aristocracy is a breezy satirical silent farce totally dominated by its star, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Screenwriter...
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Director
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1916
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In this lesser Mary Pickford vehicle -- her first picture under the Artcraft banner -- the star plays Radha, an English girl...
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Director
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1916
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While William Shakespeare's tragic tale of greed and murder had already been filmed several times (including once in 1908 by...
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Director
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1916
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Silent superstar Douglas Fairbanks lampoons both his dashing onscreen persona and the detective mystery genre in this curious...
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Director
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1916
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Norma Talmadge plays a pretty young secretary who must dress dowdily to avoid the licentious overtures of her male employers....
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Director
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1916
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The then-current "crazes" for publicity and vegetarianism supplied the foundation for the delightful Douglas Fairbanks Sr....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1916
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John Emerson, the talented if erratic actor-director husband of screenwriter Anita Loos, called the shots for the Famous...
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1915
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This the second full-length film version of Henrik Ibsen's stage tragedy Ghosts (the first was a Russian production directed...
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Director
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1915
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Director
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1915
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Already a veteran filmmaker by 1914 (he would make his last picture in 1958), Allan Dwan occupied the director's seat in...
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1914
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