An unsubtle but effective TV-movie satire of the "Miss America" syndrome, Great American Beauty Contest stars Joanna Cameron...
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1973
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1973
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Once again, Tabitha brings all of her toys to life. Though she manages to recall most of her playthings, her "humanized" toy...
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Mr. Berkley
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1971
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Mort Warner
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1970
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Robert Cummings guest-stars as Father Larson, the new priest at Convent San Tanco. Having spent his whole career in the...
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1969
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1969
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While traveling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell (Robert Cummings) accidentally stumbles into the middle of criminal...
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Bob Mitchell
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1967
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Outbound from a small town recently besieged by Indians, a stagecoach carries several diverse characters. They include rummy...
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1966
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1964
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A woman has to choose between the rich man she wants and the bohemian type who loves her in this comedy. Michele O'Brien...
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1964
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This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy (it cost $20 million in 1964 dollars) stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who...
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1964
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Included are two episodes ("Uninvited Guest" and "Something Borrowed, Something Blue") from the mid-'60s TV show about a...
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1964
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First shown on February 5, 1964, "The Race for Queen" was the fifth highest-rated episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. This...
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1964
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Professor Bob Cummings is an anthropologist who uses a telescope to study the mating habits of teenagers, namely...
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Prof. Sutwell
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1963
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In this romantic comedy, a popular actress disguises herself as a Japanese geisha to land a part in a film directed by her...
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Bob Moore
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1962
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As had been the case with the first season's inaugural episode "Where Is Everybody?", the second season of Twilight Zone...
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Capt. James Embry
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1960
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Bob Collins
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1958
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Moving from its familiar Thursday night time slot to a Tuesday evening berth, and leaving CBS to return to NBC in the...
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Bob Collins
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1957
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Happy-go-lucky photographer Bob Collins (Bob Cummings) continues to ardently pursue his lovely models -- and for that matter,...
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Bob Collins
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1956
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1955
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Bob Collins
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1955
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Love That Bob was the daytime-rerun and syndication title bestowed upon the long-running situation comedy The Bob Cummings...
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Bob Collins
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1955
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Betty Grable's final film was a remake of the 1934 Bing Crosby-Miriam Hopkins musicomedy She Loves Me Not, which in turn was...
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Wedgewood
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1955
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"Hold it! I think you're gonna like this picture!" With this jaunty assurance, Bob Cummings calmly snuggled into the...
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Bob Collins
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1955
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Lucky Me is a mixed-bag musical from Warner Bros., adhering to a tried-and-true formula that was wearing just a bit thin in...
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Dick Carson
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1954
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Based on the popular mystery play by Frederick Knott, Dial M For Murder is more talky and stagebound than most Hitchcock...
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Mark Halliday
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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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Bill
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1953
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Joe Bennet
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1952
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Robert S. Beanblossom
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1952
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To call The Barefoot Mailman episodic would be understating the issue: the film's story stops and starts so often that it...
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Sylvanus Hasley
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1951
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When the continual bickering of a married couple threatens to tear them apart, an angel is sent to help them get back...
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Jeff Bolton
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1950
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Back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, artist George Petty was famous for his "Petty Girl" illustrations; lovingly detailed...
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George Petty
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1950
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Bill Prentice
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1950
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Christopher Parker
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1949
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Also known as Reign of Terror, The Black Book is a bold effort by director Anthony Mann to film a French Revolution epic on a...
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Charles D'Aubigny
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1949
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Pete Webb
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1949
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The Accused is a mystery melodrama with a predictable plot involving blackmail, attempted rape and murder. Loretta Young...
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Warren Ford
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1948
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Sexual harassment can work both ways as can be seen in this romantic comedy when ad man endeavors to maneuver out of a...
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Producer, Duke Crawford
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1948
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Bruce Elcott
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1948
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It is said that Henry James' The Aspern Papers were inspired by the romance between Lord Byron and his mistress Claire...
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Lewis Venable
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1947
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Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss...
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Mike
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1947
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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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Chuck Scott
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1946
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Charmless films like The Bride Wore Boots helped to kill the postwar revival of the "screwball comedy" genre almost before it...
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Jeff Warren
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1946
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"You can live a long time in three days -- sometimes when you're in a tight spot, you can live a year in ten seconds." US...
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Bob Collins
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1945
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The 80-star cast of Forever and a Day would certainly not have been feasible had not most of the actors and production people...
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Ned Trimble
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1943
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A princess finds love with a regular American Joe in this patriotic romantic comedy. A European diplomat (Charles Coburn) is...
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Eddie O'Rourke
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1943
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Michael
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1943
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Aircraft plant worker Robert Cummings is accused of sabotaging his factory and causing the death of a co-worker. Actually,...
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Barry Kane
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1942
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Universal and producer/director Henry Koster had plans to make Diana Barrymore, the daughter of John Barrymore, into another...
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Jimmy Blake
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1942
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A seemingly quiet Midwestern town is the hiding place for a number of sordid secrets in this melodrama based on Henry...
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Parris Mitchell
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1941
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The first of several remakes of 1938's Three Blind Mice, the Technicolor musical Moon Over Miami stars Betty Grable and...
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Jeff Bolton
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1941
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The Devil and Miss Jones is a social comedy with left-wing undertones. John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the world's richest...
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Joe O'Brien
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1941
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A man trying to make his dying father happy makes his love life very complicated indeed in this musical comedy starring...
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Jonathon Reynolds, Jr.
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1941
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This brief (56-minute) MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Naturally, a few plot twists and...
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Max Clemington
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1941
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In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman (Deanna Durbin) attends a fair in Austria and buys a card from a...
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Harry Marten
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1940
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Jimmy Nolan
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1940
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Social-climbing Helen (Jean Muir) sends her less-pretentious younger sister Kate (Laraine Day) to a party in her stead, and...
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Ridley Crane
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1940
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Steve Harper
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1940
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Scotty Hamilton
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1939
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Bill Gregory
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1939
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20th Century Fox's Christmas gift to moviegoers in 1939, this fanciful comedy-drama features the studio's darling of the ice,...
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Ken Morgan
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1939
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Harry Loren
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1939
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The Under-Pup served to introduce Universal's new preteen songstress--and potential Deanna Durbin replacement--Gloria Jean....
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Dennis Lane
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1939
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1938
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In the rough-and-tumble world of post-Civil War Texas, ex-Confederate soldier Kirk Jordan (Randolph Scott) crosses paths with...
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Capt. Alan Sanford
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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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Jimmy Howell
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1938
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This film is one of acclaimed director Fritz Lang's less noted achievements, a mixture of romance, comedy, drama, and satire....
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Jim
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1938
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This drama chronicles the different paths taken by former partners in law. One of them, an avaricious attorney who will stop...
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Fred
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1938
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Paramount's answer to Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) also involved mutiny and romance on the high seas. Gary Cooper stars as...
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1937
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In this, the final episode in the "Sophie Lang" trio of crime comedies, the incorrigible female crook is again a fugitive...
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1937
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1937
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The second of Paul Muni's biographical films for Warner Bros., the Oscar-winning The Life of Emile Zola is by far the best,...
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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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Set during the terrible Spanish Civil War, this film avoids political commentary in favor of objectively centering on the...
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1937
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Paramount's resident "big mouth" Martha Raye was afforded her first top-billed screen assignment in Hideaway Girl. The script...
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Michael Winslow
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1937
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Border Flight devotes most of its running time to the exploits of the U.S. Coast Guard's airborne division. Flight...
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Lt. Bob Dixon
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1936
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Clinton Faraday
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1936
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Dynamic district attorney Douglas Goodwin (Paul Kelly) has no patience with murderers: his philosophy is "burn them all," and...
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Jimmy Ellis
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1936
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Fabled Broadway comedian Joe Cook, who hadn't been seen on screen since 1930's Rain or Shine, essayed the title role in...
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Randall
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1936
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Hollywood Boulevard is a trenchant look at the underside of Tinseltown. Though the nominal hero is a disillusioned...
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Jay Wallace
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1936
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Generous stock footage from Paramount's silent Zane Grey series enhances the production values of the entertaining "pocket"...
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Fordyce Mortimer
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1936
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In this musical, a young lady is sent to an East coast finishing school. She doesn't realize that it is a bogus school run by...
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Jimmy Tuttle
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1936
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So Red the Rose is a Civil War drama that plays like a warm-up for Gone With the Wind--and, unlike Wind, has two genuine...
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George Pendleton
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1935
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Vaudeville humorist Walter C. Kelley, who toured for years as "The Virginia Judge," repeated the characterization in this...
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Jim Preston
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1935
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The title doesn't refer to mosquitoes but to the amount of money that could be earned in the radio business of the 1930s....
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Jimmy
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1935
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Lodge members Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy take a solemn oath to attend the 80th-annual Sons of the Desert Convention (read:...
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1933
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1933
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In this crime drama a convicted killer faces the chair for killing a woman. His lover goes to the governor to beg a stay of...
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1930
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