Walter Pidgeon is the nominal star of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, portraying Admiral Harriman Nelson, the designer of...
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1961
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Like most of Kermit Maynard's "northerns" for Ambassador Films, Timber War is ostensibly based on a story by James Oliver...
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Larry Keene
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1936
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A homicidal hunchback known as The Fiend is stalking a theater company in this ultra low-budget whodunit ostensibly based on...
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1936
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1936
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In this musical comedy, a woman runs a boardinghouse for washed up thespians. She puts them on their best behavior when her...
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Terry
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1936
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Silent screen leading man Lawrence Gray stars in this low-budget thriller produced by legendary penny-pincher Sam Katzman....
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1935
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In this countrified musical, a farm boy and his girl head for the big city to find fame on the radio. When he becomes popular...
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Bob
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1935
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1934
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A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Chester Morris stars as ambitious...
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1933
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Based on the stage play Mother's Millions, She-Wolf is one of several 1930s films inspired by the life of the reclusive...
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Tom Breen
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1931
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Still in his "sophisticated cad" period, William Powell essays the title role in Man of the World. Powell plays a smooth...
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Frank Reynolds
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1931
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In this comedy, a luckless newspaper reporter heads for a coastal resort and finds himself mistaken for a famous dare-devil...
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Jack Lane
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1931
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In this musical comedy, a Jewish songwriter pursues and conquers a society blonde. Unfortunately, the indecisive fellow...
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Danny Regan
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1930
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Broadway star Marilyn Miller's second starring film was an adaptation of her 1925 stage hit Sunny. Flashing her celebrated...
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Tom Warren
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1930
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The vaudeville and Broadway "sister act" of Vivien and Rosetta Duncan, best known for their characterizations of Eva and...
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Jimmy Dean
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1930
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In this frothy musical, a lovely young woman is wooed by two men. One of them meets her father's approval so it is only...
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1930
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Adapted from a stage melodrama by Charles Mere, Temptation (La Tentation) stars Claudia Victrix as saucy debutante Irene....
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1930
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In this comedy, set during the 1900s, a Florodora girl slowly falls for a gentle millionaire. Songs include: "My Kind Of...
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Jack Vibart
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1930
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One of the most delightful of Marion Davies' early talkies, The Floradora Girl is set in New York at the turn of the century....
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1930
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Marion Davies made her talkie debut in this early musical romance set during World War I. Marianne (Davies) is a beautiful...
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Stagg
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1929
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The first of Nancy Carroll's talkie films for Paramount had already been released when Fox's silent Sin Sister was taken off...
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Peter Van Dykeman
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1929
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1929
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1929
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German actress Lena Malena starred in this lavishly budgeted and potentially intriguing melodrama about the influence of a...
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1928
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As an answer to Warner Bros.' immensely successful canine star Rin-Tin-Tin, MGM launched Flash, a police dog. In Shadows of...
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Jimmy Sherwood
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1928
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Lois Moran stars as Joan Robinson, the chorus-girl daughter of blue-collar workers Ma and Pa Robinson (Edythe Chapman and...
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Tom Harvey
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1928
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Walter
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1928
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Bill
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1928
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Marriage by Contract was produced and directed by John M. Stahl for his own Tiffany-Stahl Studio. Although only a...
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Don
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1928
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Jimmy Winter
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1928
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What a shame that only two of Olive Borden's many vehicles of the 1920s appear to have survived. One of the most tantalizing...
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John Weston
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1927
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Eugene Wyeth
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1927
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Madge Bellamy plays a vivacious clothes model in Ankles Preferred. Tired of being appreciated only for her beauty, Bellamy...
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Barney
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1927
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Telephone operator Kitty O'Brien (Madge Bellamy) can't help but get involved in the problems of her customers. Right now she...
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Tom Blake
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1927
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Joe Miller
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1927
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Bill Billingsley
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1927
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Based on a novel by Kathleen Morris, The Callahans and the Murphys was the first of several MGM films costarring veteran...
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Dan Murphy
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1927
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Victor Heerman wore two creative hats during the filming of Ladies Must Dress; not only did he direct the picture, but he...
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Joe
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1927
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The physical attributes of lovely leading lady Esther Ralston are amply displayed in American Venus. This satire of beauty...
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Chip Armstrong
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1926
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The Palm Beach Girl is Emily Bennett (Bebe Daniels), the poor Iowa relation of wealthy Florida dowager Aunt Jerry...
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Jack Trotter
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1926
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This sentimental comedy begins when four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage...
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Ted Potter
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1926
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Based on the musical comedy of the same name, Kid Boots was the first of two silent vehicles for irrepressible Ziegfeld...
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Tom Sterling
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1926
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Larry Gastlen
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1926
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Although this isn't one of her top pictures, Gloria Swanson was near the peak of her career when she made it. She's excellent...
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1925
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Betty Bronson, who found overnight success when she played the title character in Peter Pan, has the ingenue lead in this...
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1925
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Although she is largely remembered for her lavish screen outfits and highly dramatic vehicles, Gloria Swanson started off her...
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Orme Wilson
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1925
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A fresh-faced waitress and a celebrity-obsessed cook enter into a warmhearted romance in this tender love story starring...
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1925
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