In the conclusion of a two-part story, cropduster Steve Elliott (Mike Minor) is in danger of losing his plane because he...
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1966
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Franklin Shore is supposed to have died ten years ago, but his widow Matilda (Louise Latham) stubbornly refuses to probate...
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1965
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Poor Ben Cartwright is unable to get any peace and quiet on the Ponderosa, thanks to his uncommonly noisy offspring and their...
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1965
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Jimmy Garrett makes his final series appearance as Jerry Carmichael in this episode. Hoping to get her son Jerry to come to...
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Tree Salesman
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1965
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Suffering from a advanced case of "spring fever," Hoss Cartwright is nonetheless assigned to pick up a prisoner in the town...
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1964
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Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Viv (Vivian Vance) rent their spare room to Gordon Bentley (John Williams) and Carter Harrison (Lloyd...
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Carter Harrison
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1964
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With this all-star Cinerama epic, producer/director Stanley Kramer vowed to make "the comedy that would end all comedies."...
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1963
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Perry (Raymond Burr) visits the campus of Manzana Valley Prep School to confer with his client, Dean Aaron Stuart (Milton...
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1963
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Producer Alex Chase (Jeff Morrow) hopes to persuade Broadway star Mona White (played by a young Ellen Burstyn, then billed as...
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1962
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When their TV antenna is blown off their roof in a storm, Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Viv (Vivian Vance) decide to get another...
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Mr. Holly
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1962
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Entering into a poker game with a fellow named Jonesy (George Neise), Maverick ends up winning big--and as a result becomes...
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1962
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An unusually tense and intelligent political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate was a film far ahead of its time. Its themes...
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1962
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Astrologer Samuel H. Keel (Richard Boone) has predicted that someone named Seth Carter is destined to win a $500,000 lottery....
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1962
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Hidden Guns is not so much a western as a suspense melodrama. Bruce Bennett plays Stragg, a mean-spirited cardsharp with...
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Judge Wallis
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1956
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Originally telecast in 1956 as a presentation of the CBS anthology Ford Star Jubilee, "High Tor" was a musical adaptation of...
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1956
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This jerry-built Allied Artists musical is also known as Showtime, Fresh From Paris. The film's plot is constructed around a...
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1955
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Neville Brand plays one of his earliest good-guy roles in Return from the Sea. Brand plays a sailor named Maclish, who is a...
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1954
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The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters may not be the best of the "Bowery Boys" series, but it was unquestionably the most...
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Anton
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1954
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This nonsensical farce stars Robert Cummings as an air force reserve pilot, called back to active duty on the eve of his...
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1953
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1953
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In this musical, a determined young woman with stars in her eyes defies her auntie and heads for Hollywood where she gets a...
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1952
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A sequel to Bob Hope's 1948 box-office success The Paleface, 1952's Son of Paleface is a superior product in every way,...
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Doc Lovejoy
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1952
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Paramount's immensely successful Pine-Thomas production unit once more struck box-office gold with The Last Outpost....
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1951
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Former child star Margaret O'Brien is Betty Foster, the "all growed up" heroine of Her First Romance. Hoping to rendezvous...
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1951
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Filmed in Ansco Color (a fancy name for Eastmancolor), New Mexico stars Lew Ayres as Capt. Hunt, a U.S. Cavalry Captain...
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1951
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The Bowery Boys once more frolic about in an "old dark house" setting in Ghost Chasers. The story finds Slip Mahoney...
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Edgar
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1951
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Father is a Bachelor is a pleasant throwback to the "rural" comedies of the 1930s. William Holden plays Johnny Rutledge, a...
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1950
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Recreating his stage role, Jose Ferrer stars as Edmond Rostand's Cyrano, a 17th-century French cavalier, poet and swordsman...
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Ragueneau
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1950
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Sierra Passage was the first of a brief series of program westerns produced by Monogram and starring Wayne Morris. The film...
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Thad King
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1950
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In 1949, Paramount put together a film version of the radio series My Friend Irma. It was assumed that the main attraction...
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1950
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A rare comedy from director John Ford, this story about a WWII soldier trying to gain some respect is based on the published...
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1950
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Ronald Reagan plays a George Petty-type magazine illustrator who creates a "perfect girl" from a composite of the features of...
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1949
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Bride-to-be Barbara Hale collapses into a faint while taking the altar vows. Hale learns that she is pregnant by her former...
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1949
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The "Blondie" series reaches Number 25 with Blondie Hits the Jackpot. Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood...
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1949
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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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1949
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Pop Scully
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1948
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In this funny tale of deception and romantic fireworks, a rather prissy New England school marm finally gets a chance to...
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1948
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The same week that Pine-Thomas Productions' Speed to Spare was tradeshown in Los Angeles, the company released another of its...
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1948
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Unusually lavish for an Eagle-Lion production, The Adventures of Casanova lacks only Technicolor and "star" names. Lensed in...
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1948
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In this whimsical fantasy, a young girl suddenly discovers that her horse is really a reincarnation of her beloved uncle who...
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1948
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1948
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Wildcatters in search of a gusher during the late 1920s provide the basis of this comedy-drama that centers on a...
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Matt Brady
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1948
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In this thriller, a young couple gets married while the groom is on a weekend furlough with the Navy. The newlyweds have...
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Emmanual Coit
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1948
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In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots....
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1947
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Veterinarian Ronald Reagan contracts anthrax from treating diseased cows in this horsey melodrama from Warner Bros. In fact,...
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1947
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The Ghost Goes Wild is a low-cost but high-rolling farce starring James Ellison and Anne Gwynne. It starts off with Ellison,...
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1947
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Barbara Hale landed her first A-picture starring role in the engaging romantic comedy Lady Luck. Hale is cast as Mary Audrey,...
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1946
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This thriller is set in early 20th-century London where a series of nasty murders have recently occurred. An aunt then tells...
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1946
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A granddaughter's world begins to crumble when allegations of her grandfather say that he is a criminal. ~ Rovi...
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1946
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Originally slated for release through Monogram Pictures, The Chase was ultimately distributed by United Artists. Adapted by...
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Emmerick Johnson
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1946
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In this crime drama a courageous wealthy man uses all of his money and power to stop a gang of counterfeiters. ~ Sandra...
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1946
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One of two con-artists ends up arrested and given five days of freedom before he must go to jail. This comedy chronicles...
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1946
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The Technicolor swashbuckler Bandit of Sherwood Forest stars Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, son of the legendary Robin...
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1946
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Warner Baxter makes his fourth appearance as Dr. Robert Ordway, criminal-turned-criminologist, in Crime Doctor's Courage....
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John Massey
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1945
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In this lively entry in the Boston Blackie mysteries, Blackie gets in trouble when he helps a friend auction off a...
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1945
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In this high-spirited musical comedy, J. Newport Bates (Eddie Bracken) is a millionaire who finds women are only interested...
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1945
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Columbia Pictures' entree into the swashbuckling genre was the opulent 18th century costumer The Fighting Guardsman. Willard...
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1945
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In this musical romance, an ice skater comes to America to represent her country at a Lake Placid carnival. Unfortunately,...
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1944
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In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on...
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Clem Prouty
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1944
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Reckless Age is a by-the-numbers Universal musical, elevated by the presence of perky songstress Gloria Jean. The star plays...
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1944
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Originally titled Passport to Destiny, RKO's Passport to Adventure manages to be both whimsical and melodramatic all at once....
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1944
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Paramount's Pine-Thomas production unit continued its unbroken string of box-office successes with Gambler's Choice....
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1944
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This fifth entry in MGM's off-and-on "Thin Man" series maintains the high production and story values of the first four. Per...
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1944
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1944
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans weren't yet husband and wife when they co-starred in Song of Nevada, but the rapport and chemistry...
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Prof. Jeremiah Hanley
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1944
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Roy Rogers saves Dale Evans from being hoodwinked by a rodeo competitor in this pleasant, and pleasantly tuneful, B-Western...
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Marty Maizely
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1944
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In this drama a big-city reporter moves to a tiny town to begin running the newspaper he half-owns. His in-your-face...
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1944
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A mad scientist turns a gorilla into a beautiful young woman in this well-made Universal potboiler, the first of three films...
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1943
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This lively entry in the "Boston Blackie" series finds Blackie (Chester Morris) acting as spiritual leader of a group of...
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1943
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During WWII, Johnny Weissmuller and his Tarzan character proved useful for Allied propaganda purposes. In the film...
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1943
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The budget for this fine Roy Rogers Western was doubled and the title changed from Starlight on the Trail to the more...
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1943
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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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In this musical, the teenage daughter of a popular movie star tires of being ignored by her separated parents and decides to...
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1943
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A retired septuagenarian writes books on criminology based on his experiences as a Scotland Yard officer. On his seventieth...
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Anatol Duprez
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1943
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Reformed criminal Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) meets his former lover Betty Barnaby (Ann Savage), who wants his help for...
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1943
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In this wartime espionage drama, Nazis open up a covert operation in the US. Outwardly it is a high-class dress shop, but...
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Maurice Vaughn
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1943
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Some unexpected casting choices distinguish this so-so Universal actioner. Richard Dix stars as police chief Richard Barry,...
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J.C. Thomas
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1942
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This rambling historical drama covers 109 years in the life of one woman. Encased in convincing old-age makeup,...
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Mr. Cadwallader
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1942
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In this WW II spy comedy, an American pilot stationed in England is flying a routine mission when the Nazis shoot down his...
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1942
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Lucky Jordan (Alan Ladd) is a tough but good-natured New York racketeer who tries to finagle his way out of Army service....
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1942
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1942
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In this thriller set in WW II London during the bombing raids, a surgeon becomes a homicidal maniac during the frequent...
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Inspector Harris
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1942
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The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's...
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1942
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A "B" picture with "A" aspirations, Bombay Clipper mostly takes place on a flight from India to San Francisco. Someone has...
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George Lewis
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1942
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This modestly produced film version of Gregor Ziemmer's book Education for Death surprised everyone at RKO--and in the film...
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1942
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The combination of Ann Sothern and Red Skelton pays off in giggles, chortles and guffaws in Maisie Gets Her Man. Broke and...
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1942
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It was an open secret in Hollywood that bosom buddies (and fellow Universal contractees) Broderick Crawford and Lon Chaney...
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Dr. Curtis
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1942
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Ex-thief Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) brings a variety show up to his old prison alma mater for Christmas Eve. In...
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1942
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The Mystery of Marie Roget is more faithful to its Edgar Allan Poe original than most Universal films of its ilk, even though...
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1942
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Even non-fans of RKO Radio's "Mexican Spitfire" series will garner a few healthy laughs from Mexican Spitfire's Baby. This...
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1941
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Chester Morris makes his second screen appearance as crook-turned-detective Boston Blackie in this superior series entry....
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Arthur Manleder
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1941
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Though based on a stage play by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter (previously filmed as an Ernest Truex vehicle in...
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1941
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In this sequel to the 1938 boxoffice hit Boys Town, Spencer Tracy repeats his Oscar-winning role of Father Flanagan, with...
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1941
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Having tried to wrest Shirley Temple away from 20th Century-Fox for nearly seven years, MGM was finally able to put the...
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1941
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Filmed independently in 1939, The Great Commandment finally attained released in 1942 via 20th Century-Fox. Set in 30 AD, the...
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1941
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The girl is stenographer Dot Duncan (Lucille Ball); the guy is her boss, stuffy young shipping magnate Stephen Herrick...
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1941
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Two Girls on Broadway is an updated reworking of MGM's Oscar-winning 1929 musical Broadway Melody. Joan Blondell and...
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1940
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Set during the war of 1812, Hal Roach's Captain Caution is an unusual swashbuckler in that the "hero" is actually the...
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1940
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Those wily Egyptians are once again selfishly attempting to keep the treasures of the Pharaohs to themselves in this...
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1940
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Unlike Shirley Temple, Jane Withers was permitted to "grow up" in her 20th Century-Fox vehicles. Since Withers was 13 going...
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Dr. Henry Wallace
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1940
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Though the title character is loosely based on that of the notorious killer/robber Ma Barker, she has been sanitized and...
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1940
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This Technicolor sequel to 1939's Jesse James does without the services of the earlier film's star Tyrone Power, who after...
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1940
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Columbia's The Lady in Question is a remake of the French Gribouille, a Raimu vehicle from 1939. Brian Aherne plays Andre...
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1940
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1940
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1940
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Communism-the American variety-is given a hilarious going-over in 20th Century-Fox's Public Deb No. 1. Spoiled society girl...
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1940
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Directed in 1940 by S. Sylva Simon, Sporting Blood stars Robert Young as racing stable owner Myles Vanders. Shortly after...
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1940
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It may sound like a teenage-romance comedy, but Boy Trouble is actually a sentimental effort about middle-aged parents....
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Screen Story
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1939
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In this domestic comedy, a husband and wife manage an apartment building owned by the husband's pal. Meanwhile they must...
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Screenwriter
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1939
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This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank Luisetti while it tells the...
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Screenwriter
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1938
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It can be said with some certainty that Paramount's Touchdown, Army is not a baseball picture. Taking time out from his...
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Screenwriter
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1938
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While drunk at a party, millionaire Stephens Cormack (Neil Hamilton) playfully marries footloose Clarice Andrews...
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Director
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1937
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In this crime thriller, an old, ailing scientist has been robbed of the burglar alarm he invented by his partner, who owns a...
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Director
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1937
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In this sports drama, framed by the annual Army-Navy football game, a freshman footballer at the Naval Academy falls in love...
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Screenwriter
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1937
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Dancing Pirate was the second feature-length production by Pioneer Pictures, whose earlier effort Becky Sharp was the first...
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Director
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1936
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In this emotional but fast-paced comedy, a husband/businessman creates an ingenious cure for his mid-life crisis. He suggest...
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Director
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1935
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Though it wasn't RKO Radio's final "Hildegarde Withers" mystery, Murder on a Honeymoon represented the final appearance of...
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Director
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1935
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In and of itself, La Cucaracha is a modestly entertaining two-reeler concerning the antics of a jealous Mexican cantina girl...
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Director
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1934
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In this comedy, a childlike playboy inherits the family fortune and gets himself a worldly butler who teaches him how to...
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Director
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1933
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In this western, a lovely Mexican woman falls in love with the gringo pilot whose plane crashed nearby. Unfortunately, her...
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Director
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1932
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Beautiful but impractical socialite Penelope Newbold (Carole Lombard) has convinced herself that "the perfect marriage" is an...
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Director
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1932
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In this courtroom drama, a lawyer defends his sister's fiance after he is accused of murder. The lawyer knows his client is...
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Screenwriter
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1931
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Two of Paramount's best contract comedians made a rare joint appearance in Dude Ranch. Jack Oakie heads the cast as Jennifer...
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Screenwriter
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1931
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The continental-flavored comedy drama Beloved Bachelor was based on a play by Edward H. Peple. Unmarried sculptor Paul Lukas...
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Director
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1931
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In this entry in the mystery series, the Chinese criminal mastermind exacts revenge upon his enemy Fletcher, the man...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1931
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Before he settled down to a long career as a jovial character actor, Lloyd Corrigan functioned as screenwriter and director...
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Director
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1931
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Screenwriter
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1930
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This musical, based on a Broadway show, was filmed in two-color technicolor. Set upon a golf course, it chronicles the...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1930
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Moran and Mack was a blackface comedy act of the 1920s, popularly known as the Two Black Crows. They specialized in the sort...
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Screenwriter
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1930
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In this college-campus musical, a Broadway star finds herself the proud owner of a North Carolina college. The star's boy...
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Screenwriter
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1929
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Warner Oland makes the first of four screen appearances as Sax Rohmer's insidious oriental Dr. Fu Manchu.The film makes an...
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Screenwriter
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1929
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Clara Bow and her sister Jean Arthur are wisecracking department store employees with ever-roaming eyes for eligible...
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Screenwriter
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1929
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Screenwriter
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1928
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Screenwriter
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1928
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It was romance novelist Elinor Glyn who dubbed Clara Bow the "It" girl, so it was hardly a surprise when Bow starred in this...
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Screenwriter
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1928
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Bebe Daniels once again plays an intrepid -- and somewhat foolhardy -- girl reporter in Paramount's What a Night!. A spoiled...
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Screen Story
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1928
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One of the most frustrating items in the list of missing Bebe Daniels comedies, Senorita certainly sounds fascinating. When...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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Screenwriter
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1927
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Contrary to popular belief, Clara Bow was already Paramount's biggest box-office draw when she starred in this delightful...
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1927
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This Raymond Griffith vehicle casts the debonair, top-hatted comedian as Algernon Schuyler Van Twitter, perennial "best man"...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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Though she hadn't been a Hal Roach "bathing beauty" for nearly ten years, Bebe Daniels still cut quite a svelte figure in...
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Screen Story
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1927
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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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Screenwriter
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1926
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This nicely made Paramount feature benefits from the humanity and wit of writer/director William C. DeMille, and the spark of...
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1926
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Though well into her twenties, Bebe Daniels effectively passes as a teenager in The Campus Flirt. Daniels plays the...
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Screenwriter
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1926
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Sophisticated, silk-hatted silent-film comedian Raymond Griffith had at least one classic in him, and Hands Up was that film....
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Screenwriter
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1926
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George Barr McCutcheon's novel had already been filmed a couple of times (and would be filmed several times more after the...
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Screenwriter
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1926
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