
Birthday:
03-09-1910
Deathday:
05-17-1951 (41 years)
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Son of Lassie
Director
event1945 star_border 6
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Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?
I Love Trouble
Director
event1948 star_border 6.3
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A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Director
event1945 star_border 5.7
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When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Grand Central Murder
Director
event1942 star_border 5.9
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Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Rio Rita
Director
event1942 star_border 5.8
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Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Whistling in Brooklyn
Director
event1943 star_border 6.3
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Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Whistling in the Dark
Director
event1941 star_border 5.8
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Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Whistling in Dixie
Director
event1942 star_border 5
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Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
Lust for Gold
Director
event1949 star_border 5.9
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A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.
The Fuller Brush Girl
Producer
event1950 star_border 6
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Her Husband's Affairs
Director
event1947 star_border 5.4
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Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. Things get really strange when Bill creates advertising for a wacky inventor's embalming fluid.
The Bugle Sounds
Director
event1942 star_border 6
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An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Salute to the Marines
Director
event1943 star_border 6.8
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It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
The Good Humor Man
Producer
event1950 star_border 6
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Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
Two Girls on Broadway
Director
event1940 star_border 6.8
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Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
Four Girls in White
Director
event1939 star_border 6.3
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Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
Tish
Director
event1942 star_border 5.7
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In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.
The Cockeyed Miracle
Director
event1946 star_border 6.7
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A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their family from the hereafter.
Dulcy
Director
event1940 star_border 5.8
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A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.
The Kid From Texas
Director
event1939 star_border 6.5
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A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
These Glamour Girls
Director
event1939 star_border 5.5
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A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Spring Madness
Director
event1938 star_border 3.9
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Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
Song of the Open Road
Director
event1944
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A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."
The Thrill of Brazil
Director
event1946 star_border 6
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Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda. Because of this they all get small problems.
Father Is a Bachelor
Producer
event1950 star_border 7.4
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Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Director
event1938
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Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
Washington Melodrama
Director
event1941 star_border 5
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An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
The Nurse from Brooklyn
Director
event1938 star_border 6
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A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
Keeping Company
Director
event1940 star_border 6.4
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Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
The Fuller Brush Man
Director
event1948 star_border 5.8
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Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
Sporting Blood
Director
event1940 star_border 4.3
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Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.
Dancing Co-Ed
Director
event1939 star_border 6.2
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After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
The Road to Reno
Director
event1938 star_border 2
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An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.
Prescription for Romance
Director
event1937
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In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.
Bad Bascomb
Director
event1946 star_border 6.2
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A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
A Girl with Ideas
Director
event1937
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A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
Born Yesterday
Producer
event1950 star_border 7.2
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Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Producer
event1949 star_border 5.4
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A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Shockproof
Producer
event1949 star_border 6.4
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Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
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