This video is part of a series that celebrates the early days of American television, with clips from some of the best-loved...
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1995
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Chubasco (Christopher Jones) is a wayward youth who is given a choice by the presiding judge. His choices are go to jail or...
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1968
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A manipulative self-serving promoter attempts to exploit a yokel trio comprised of a singing minister and his musical...
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1967
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Union Colonel Brackenby (Melvyn Douglas) and his second-in-command, Captain Heath (Glenn Ford), attempt to command a rather...
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1964
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After a nuclear holocaust, a group of scientists travel to the future and find a world in tatters, where the human survivors...
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Dr. Erik von Steiner
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1964
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This western served as the pilot film for Warner Bros.' Temple Houston television series. It is the tale of a young, brash...
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Judge Homer Black
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1963
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While overseeing the atomic tests in the Nevada desert, Army colonel Glenn Manning (Glenn Langan) is exposed to extensive...
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1957
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Destination 60,000 was one of a cycle of late-1950s films dealing with the exploits of supersonic-jet test pilots. Though...
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Col. Ed Buckley
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1957
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1954
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This video features two television shows representative of '50s Cold War paranoia and xenophobia at its best. ~ Sandra...
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1954
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Mike Hammer, author Mickey Spillane's brutal-but-eloquent private eye, made his screen debut in this cleaned-up...
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Capt. Pat Chambers
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1953
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Kurt Durling
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1953
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To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass...
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1953
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Kansas City Confidential, Phil Karlson's low (low) budget, B-grade film noir, opens on a Kansas City armored-car robbery...
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Timothy Foster
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1952
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Lon McCallister stars in the Columbia "B-plus" western Montana Territory. McCallister plays deputy John Malvin, whose loyalty...
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Sheriff Plummer
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1952
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1952
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Hank Mason
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1951
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Andy La Main
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1951
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Tomahawk takes place during the Great Sioux Uprising of the 1860s. Van Heflin stars as famed frontier scout Jim Bridger, who...
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Col. Carrington
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1951
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Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long...
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Joe MacKinley
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1950
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Lippert Studio's first 1951 release was the compact western 3 Desperate Men. The title characters are the Denton Brothers,...
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Tom Denton
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1950
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This dark, gloomy Western chronicles the shame and self-destruction of Bob Ford, the real-life James Gang member that...
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John Kelley
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1949
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A frequent cable-TV attraction since lapsing into public domain in 1976, The Big Cat is an excellent outdoor drama,...
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Tom Eggers
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1949
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In this detective story, a private eye must send his fiancee to prison as he truly believes that she was involved in a bank...
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Saxon
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1948
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In this off-beat western, a middle-aged rancher endeavors to realize his dreams of starting up a horse ranch in Texas. His...
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Scotty Mason
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1948
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This cowboy drama from Hungarian director Andre De Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author...
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Frank Ivey
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1947
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The deep unbreakable bond between a wild stallion and the boy he rescues is chronicled in this children's adventure. ~...
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1947
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In this drama, a seductive woman uses her wiles upon both a traveling bank examiner and a manager to whom she is married....
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Sam Crane
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1946
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This glorified Technicolor commercial for the Fred Harvey restaurants stars Judy Garland as a 19th-century mail-order bride....
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Judge Sam Purvis
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1946
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A rare black-and-white Maria Montez vehicle, Tangier can be described as a second-echelon Casablanca. Montez plays a Spanish...
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Col. Jose Artiego
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1946
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In this crime drama, two ex-hoods find their attempts to straighten up and fly right are foiled by a blackmailing gangster...
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Bart Madden
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1946
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The last of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's three MGM features, Abbott & Costello in Hollywood is a loose remake of...
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1945
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The little-known Twice Blessed was an MGM vehicle for the Wilde Twins, who were first introduced in...
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Jeff Turner
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1945
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Rob McLaughlin
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1945
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Based on Marcia Davenport's novel and set in 1870, Valley of Decision details the romance between a housemaid named Mary...
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Jim Brennan
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1945
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This 20th Century-Fox programmer stars Preston Foster as breezy detective Steve Carromond. When a man dies of a suspicious...
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Steve Carromond
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1944
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Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago...
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Roger Touhy
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1944
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20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the...
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Father Donnelly
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1943
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An utterly enchanting Technicolor filmization of Mary O'Hara's novel, My Friend Flicka is the story of a beautiful colt and...
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Rob McLaughlin
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1943
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Originally slated for release through Paramount Pictures but ultimately distributed by United Artists, American Empire is a...
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Paxton Bryce
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1942
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Secret Agent of Japan sometimes looks like a B-grade "answer" to Warner Bros.' Casablanca, except that the answer was...
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Roy Bonnell
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1942
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In this crime drama, a remake of Forgotten Faces (1936), a convict busts out of prison to protect his daughter from her...
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Tom Gaynor
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1942
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Filmed in the months immediately following Pearl Harbor, 20th Century-Fox's Little Tokyo USA is 63 minutes' worth of...
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Michael Steele
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1942
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A solid Jonathan Latimer screenplay is one of the "plusses" of the medium-budget mystery A Night in New Orleans....
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Steve Abbott
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1942
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On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War One pilot Steve Britt (Preston Foster) trains flyers to fight in World War...
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Steve Britt
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1942
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The Hollywood "establishment" had been waiting a long time for maverick director Gregory La Cava to fall from grace, and when...
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Steve Duncan
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1941
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Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first...
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Greg
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1941
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Dorothy Lamour once again wraps a variety of alluring costumes around her hourglass frame in the Paramount bread-and-butter...
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Bill Gordon
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1940
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Cecil B. De Mille directed this lavish all-star spectacular paying tribute to America's neighbors to the North. In 1885, as...
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Sgt. Jim Brett
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1940
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Dan Walters
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1940
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G-Man Bill Collins (Preston Foster) swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the...
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Bill Collins
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1939
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Sad-eyed Ann Dvorak plays Jo, the "café hostess" of the title. Poor put-upon Jo doesn't know it, but she's being used by her...
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1939
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A transport pilot is ordered to fly a risky mission. The pilot, Scott, refuses the dangerous mission and is fired from his...
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Jim Howell
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1939
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Newspaper editor Steve Drum (Preston Foster) is willing to pull any dirty trick in the book to boost his rag's circulation....
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Steve Drum
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1939
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The late cinema historian William K. Everson once wrote an article titled "Movies Out of Thin Air", referring to films that...
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Capt. Starrett
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1939
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When German director Joe May was working on such silent classics as The Indian Tomb and Asphalt, he probably never imagine...
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Sully
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1939
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Trouble follows an American photojournalist in Paris when he meets an exotic woman in Marseille. Initially he had come to...
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Steve Mitchell
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1939
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The trials faced by the US Army when it first attempted to trade horses for tanks provides the basis of this actioner. The...
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Dike Conger
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1938
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Set during World War I, Submarine Patrol stars Preston S. Foster as a naval officer demoted for dereliction of duty. He is...
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Lieut. J.G. Drake
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1938
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Detective Bill Crane
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1938
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1938
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Two imprisoned con men become ace football players on the prison team in this comedy. They get into real trouble when the...
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Chipper Morgan
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1938
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In this comedy, designed to exploit the then current national craze for picture puzzles, an alcoholic advertising exec...
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Bruce
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1938
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Det. Bill Crane
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1938
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It's Double Danger for detective-story writer Robert Crane (Preston Foster) whenever he pursues his "secret life" as a suave...
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Robert Crane
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1938
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Jack Stacey
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1938
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The Westland Case was the opening volley in Universal's "Crime Club" series. The film was based on Headed for a Hearse, a...
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Detective Bill Crane
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1937
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Outcasts of Poker Flat is an adaptation of Bret Harte's western story of the same name, with elements of Harte's...
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John Oakhurst
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1937
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Based on the 1935 Broadway play by George S. Kaufman and Katharine Dayton, First Lady is not, as might be assumed, the story...
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1937
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In this actioner, a tough Coast Guard officer endeavors to marry his lovely daughter to a handsome sailor. The trouble is,...
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Mike O'Shay
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1937
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In this comedy, an attorney works to help the mayor of a large city win the election until the incumbent falls in love with...
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1937
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Its title notwithstanding, We Who Are About to Die has nothing to do with Roman Gladiators. Rather, the film is based on the...
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Mathews
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1937
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Hotshot attorney Jimmy Hughes (Preston S. Foster) prides himself on never backing down from a dare. Thus, when he is goaded...
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Jimmy Hughes
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1937
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John Ford, whose fierce pride in his Irish heritage often manifested itself in his work, directed this historical drama which...
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Jack Clitheroe
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1936
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In this action film, a rebellious cop doesn't hesitate to bend the rules when it comes to roughing up prisoners and bringing...
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Det. Sgt. Pete McCaffrey
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1936
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Love Before Breakfast was the scintillating title Universal chose over Spinster Dinner, the Faith Baldwin novel upon which...
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Scott Miller
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1936
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When New York police commissioner Lewis J. Valentine instructed his men that the best way to handle criminals was to "muss...
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Tip O'Neil
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1936
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1935
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This drama chronicles the emotionally distant relationship between a mother and her four grown children. Though they live in...
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Murray Carter
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1935
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This highly fictionalized biopic of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley stars Barbara Stanwyck as "Little Sure Shot" Annie....
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Toby Taylor
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1935
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Vince
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1935
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The Arizonian came at a time when Richard Dix's popularity was slipping, providing a welcome shot in the arm for the star and...
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Tex Randolph
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1935
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RKO Radio's spectacular production The Last Days of Pompeii utilizes the title but precious little else of the famous...
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Marcus
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1935
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The Informer, Liam O'Flaherty's novel of the the Irish "troubles" of the early 1920s, was first filmed in England in 1929,...
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Dan Gallagher
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1935
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George
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1934
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In this drama, a tough and bitter woman working in a beauty salon in Panama takes a young, naive woman under her wing. Later...
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1934
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Robert Young had to be the busiest leading man in Hollywood in 1934. He appeared in no fewer than nine pictures, four of them...
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1934
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Adapted from an earlier European film, Wharf Angel stars Dorothy Dell as Toy, a golden-hearted prostitute stranded in San...
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Como
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1934
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Based on a novel by Frederick Nebel (of "Torchy Blane" fame), Sleepers East is largely set on a train bound for New York. The...
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Jason Everett
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1934
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One of the earliest girls-in-prison yarns, Ladies They Talk About has everything but Ida Lupino as the warden--and had she...
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David Slade
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1933
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Preston Foster, Mischa Auer, and Evalyn Knapp star in this tale of political intrigue centering on the quest of a powerful...
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Tim Butler
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1933
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Clara Bow, the saucy "It" girl of the silent screen, made her film farewell in the ragged musical drama Hoopla. Based on the...
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Nifty
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1933
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This Monogram melodrama gets off to a quick start as a young man is shot to death -- while he's being led to the electric...
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Inspector O'Brien
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1933
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The Man Who Dared was inspired by the career of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, here called "Jan Novak" and played by...
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Jan Novak
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1933
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Joe E. Brown plays Elmer Kane, a rookie ballplayer with the Chicago Cubs whose ego is matched only by his appetite. Because...
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Walker
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1933
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A star football player in college, Garry King (Richard Arlen) finds post-college life very different; he betrays the trust of...
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1932
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John "Killer" Mears
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1932
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Warner Bros.' hard-hitting chain-gang movie was a faithful adaptation of the similarly titled autobiography of Robert Elliot...
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Pete
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1932
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Similar in theme to Ambrose Bierce's classic story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," this odd melodrama chronicles the...
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Bud Clark
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1932
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Life Begins is an episodic Warner Bros. programmer about one unusually busy night in a maternity ward. Loretta Young is the...
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1932
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Fay Wray screams when she first lays eyes on Lionel Atwill in Doctor X, but don't let that fool you. Atwill plays Fay's...
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Dr. Welles
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1932
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The butt of many a practical joke at the office where he works as a clerk, Joe Holt (Joe E. Brown) is nonetheless determined...
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Edward Dover
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1932
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In this drama, a remake of Sal of Singapore(1929), the captain of a freighter becomes an instant father when his crew rescues...
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1931
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1930
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In this actioner, a Coast Guard ensign must investigate a yacht suspected of smuggling alcohol. While aboard, he falls for a...
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1930
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This second of three film versions of the durable James Montgomery stage farce Nothing But the Truth was also the first...
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1929
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