Like thousands of other Manhattanites, Tom Ewell annually packs his wife (Evelyn Keyes) and children off to summer vacation,...
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1955
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Having supped full of success with the multi-storied O. Henry's Full House, 20th Century-Fox assembled another all-star...
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Melvin Bush, Justice of the Peace
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1952
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A Kiss in the Dark opens with a shot of Jane Wyman in a two-piece bathing suit. Alas, the dictates of cinematic construction...
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Horace Willoughby
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1949
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Also known as A Miracle Can Happen, On Our Merry Way is a multipart comedy linked by inquiring reporter Burgess Meredith. It...
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1948
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It Happened On Fifth Avenue was easily the most ambitious movie made by the then-newly-organized Allied Artists for at least...
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Aloysius T. McKeever
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1947
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The presence of William Powell as legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld at the beginning of Ziegfeld Follies might lead an...
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1946
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Several of Paramount Pictures brightest stars make cameo appearances in this comedy set in "Duffy's Tavern," a favorite...
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1945
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Based on the popular Russian novel The Twelve Chairs, this stars Fred Allen as flea-circus impresario Fred Floogle. Learning...
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1945
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In his final starring film, bandleader Kay Kyser is cast as bandleader Kay Kyser. Picking up where Kyser's previous RKO Radio...
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Phineas, Elliott, Hiriam, Horatio, Aunt Martha, Aunt
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1944
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The splashy, star-studded This is the Army is based on the Irving Berlin Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was...
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1943
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True to Life stars Dick Powell as a radio writer in search of saleable material. He comes up with a weekly sitcom about a...
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Pop Porter
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1943
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After an absence of three years, Mae West returned to the screen in the musical comedy The Heat's On. La West is cast as Fay...
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Hubert Bainbridge
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1943
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No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers...
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Mortimer J. Slocum
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1943
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Star-Spangled Rhythm is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender...
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Pop Webster
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1942
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Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry
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1941
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In this comedy, a woman is left destitute after her father dies. To make ends meet, she begins working as a secretary to a...
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Waldo Eddington
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1938
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The last and least of Warner Bros.' Gold Diggers musicals, Gold Diggers in Paris at least has the novelty of a Gallic...
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1938
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In this comedy, a marriage-license clerk is proud of the fact that during his 20-year career not one of the couples he has...
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Jud
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1938
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Set in New York City's famed music hall and featuring an all-star cast, this musical chronicles the desperate search of two...
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Paul Plummer
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1938
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Otis Foster
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1937
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In this musical comedy, an irresponsible young heir is betrothed to the singing daughter of a wealthy matron. Unfortunately,...
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Oliver
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1937
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While not a box-office success, this drama, directed by Leo McCarey, developed a potent reputation among film critics and...
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Barkley 'Pa' Cooper
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1937
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In this comedy drama (a remake of 1932's Ladies of the Jury), an apparently bubble-headed but mule-stubborn jurist is...
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J. Clarence Beaver
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1937
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The sixth of RKO's Fred Astaire -Ginger Rogers pairings of the 1930s, Swing Time starts off with bandleader Astaire getting...
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Pop
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1936
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Those beautiful Busby Berkeley babes are back at work, seeking financial backing for a Broadway show. Salvation comes from a...
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J.J. Hobart
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1936
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In this musical, a radio-announcer is fired after giving a false interview. For consolation he begins to drink heavily. It...
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1934
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Universal's Romance in the Rain is a satire of network radio, a popular target of early-'30s movies. On behalf of dithery...
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J. Franklyn Blank
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1934
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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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"Skippy" Dugan
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1930
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Having long enjoyed a near-legendary status because of its general unavailability, Dangerous Nan McGrew inevitably...
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Doc Foster
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1930
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Tom Macaulay (Thomas Meighan) and his brother Edwin (Russell Griffin) both hold positions at the bank belonging to their...
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1925
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Screenwriter
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1917
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At the circus, Piffles The Clown (Victor Moore) is seriously injured when he saves a crippled boy, Jackie (Jerold Ward), from...
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1916
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Though he himself was already in his forties, Victor Moore played the son of a fiftysomething millionaire in the "jerk makes...
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1916
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Bowery toughie Chimmie Fadden was the creation of New York Sun journalist E. W. Townsend. Chimmie proved popular enough with...
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1915
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1915
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During the brief "movie star" phase of his career, Broadway comedian Victor Moore appeared in several inconsequential...
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1915
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