Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson adapted the novel by author Edward Streeter, whose work was also the basis of Father of the...
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Emily Turner
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1962
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In this comedy, a common chemist lives up to his lineage (he's a direct descendant of Dr. Jekyll), and creates a concoction...
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1959
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This hastily assembled sequel to the popular British service farce Up the Creek finds David Tomlinson returning in the role...
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1958
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Future "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen produced this curious but inarguably fascinating adaptation of...
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1957
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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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Doris
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1953
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1953
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Clara Schneiderman
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1952
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Jane Sweet
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1951
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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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Irma Peterson
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1950
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My Friend Irma was supposed to be a straightforward adaptation of the popular radio sitcom of the same name. The film's focus...
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Irma Peterson
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1949
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In this comedy, a novelist visits a local nightclub to do some research for her upcoming novel. Her husband, away on a...
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1947
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In this outtake from the "Hal Roach Comedy Carnival," a talking dog lends support to a harried husband (Walter Abel). ~ Iotis...
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1947
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Writer/director Albert Lewin, ever on the lookout for esoteric story material that would accommodate his fascination with...
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1947
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In this WWII musical, a young hero and his buddy decide to celebrate his receiving the Medal of Honor by partying. He is...
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Rosalind
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1946
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With The Outlaw still being withheld from general release, Young Widow represented the first time that most filmgoers ever...
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Mac
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1946
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Musical producer Joe Pasternak moved from Universal to MGM in the early 1940s, taking his pet director Henry Koster (the two...
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1944
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In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to...
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Bubbles
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1944
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Complete with a final production number filmed in Technicolor, this tuneful musical depicts the highly fictive ups and downs...
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1944
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In this musical, which manages to look back with nostalgia upon prohibition and the depression (no small accomplishment),...
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1942
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She's in the Army is a fascinating vehicle for character actress Lucille Gleason (aka Mrs. James Gleason), heretofore usually...
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Susie
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1942
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Columbia Pictures evidently felt that ex-boxer "Slapsy" Maxie Rosenbloom was the funniest man on earth, despite the fact that...
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Zella Phipps
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1942
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Hoping to cash in on the success of Universal's Buck Privates, Republic Pictures hastily commissioned an imitation, Rookies...
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Kitty Mulloy
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1941
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If Selznick could make a Gone With the Wind, reasoned Paramount Pictures in 1941, anyone can. Paramount's own spin on Scarlet...
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1941
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Flying Blind was the third of William Pine and William Thomas' independent productions for Paramount release. The cast...
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Veronica
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1941
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Waterfront moves so quickly that the film is half over by the time all the characters have been introduced. Dockworker Jim...
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Ruby Waters
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1939
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A tough football scout thinks he has finally found a potential star quarterback when he sees a burly country-store stock boy...
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Mazie Williams
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1939
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In this comedy, a young waitress is given $1,000 from her grandfather. She desires to buy a race horse and so trustingly...
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Jenny Jones
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1939
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This comedy chronicles the further exploits of the hilarious "Higgins Family." In this entry, the father eagerly awaits a...
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Myrtle
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1939
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In her only Warner Bros. starring film, Carole Lombard plays a Hollywood movie actress who makes the park-bench acquaintance...
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1938
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Broadway Musketeers is a remake of the 1932 Warner Bros. drama Three on a Match, with numerous concessions made to the now...
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Connie Todd
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1938
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Boris Karloff starred in this rather static whodunit from the Warner Bros. B-unit as Jeffries, a civilian employee at a...
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Sally
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1938
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Once a staple of summer stock and community theatres, Bella and Samuel Spewack's Broadway farce Boy Meets Girl dates rather...
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Susie
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1938
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Coincidentally, Warner Bros. contractee Jane Wyman made her starring debut in the same year as her husband-to-be...
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Tessie
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1937
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Operatic tenor James Melton stars as on-the-skids bandleader Tod Weaver, who finds himself in charge of an all-girl...
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Camille Casey
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1937
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Director James Whale, well known for his witty horror films, tackled comedy head-on in this period piece, set in the 18th...
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1937
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Based on the true story of Pan American Airlines, China Clipper was released only a year after the first transpacific flight...
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Sunny Avery
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1936
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1936
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King of Hockey was one of three low-budget hockey films released during the 1936-37 season, each one produced by a different...
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Elsie
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1936
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1936
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The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial...
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Daley
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1936
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This musical chronicles the rise to stardom of a humble bellhop after he is discovered by a talent agent. Though he becomes a...
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1935
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An aspiring singer learns the bitter price of stardom in this musical drama. She starts out a small-town girl and soon...
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1935
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Based on Frederick Hazlett Brennan's play Battleship Gertie, Miss Pacific Fleet is short and snappy "gobs and gals" affair....
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1935
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1934
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