
Birthday:
09-16-1875
Deathday:
11-28-1950 (75 years)
Birthplace:
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Biography
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Russ Powell (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943.
Russ Powell (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943.
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Theodora Goes Wild
Act like Majordomo at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.6
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The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
The Cowboy and the Lady
Act like Rodeo Rider (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.1
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Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
Soft Cushions
Act like The Fat Thief (as Russell Powell)
event1927
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Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
To Be or Not to Be
Act like Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7.8
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Earthworm Tractors
Act like Hardware Man
event1936 star_border 5
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A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
No Place to Go
Act like Cannibal Chief
event1927
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Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.
Dynamite Smith
Act like Colin MacClintock
event1924
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Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees to Alaska, along with the killer's wife, who is equally frightened of her husband. But the murderer pursues them to the frozen north and Gladstone must overcome his cowardice in order to overcome his nemesis.
Wedding Present
event1936 star_border 6.5
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Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Act like Undetermined Role (uncredited)
event1923 star_border 6.5
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In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
I Dream Too Much
Act like Carousel Operator (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 4.9
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Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
The House on 56th Street
Act like Tom - Bartender (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 5.2
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A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
Come and Get It
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.8
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An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
The Night of Nights
Act like Pop, the Doorman (uncredited)
event1939
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A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Act like Coachman (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.2
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Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
The Mysterious Lady
Act like Carriage Driver (uncredited)
event1928 star_border 7.4
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A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.
The Grand Parade
Act like Calamity Johnson
event1930
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No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In Grand Parade, the actress is cast as Molly, the sweetheart of minstrel-show performer Jack Kelly. Rising to the top of his profession, Kelly plummets to the bottom thanks to his fondness for intoxicating beverages. Molly nurses and coddles Kelly back to health, giving nary a thought for her own comfort or happiness.
If I Had a Million
Act like Bartender at Violet's Hangout (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.5
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An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Downstairs
Act like Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.9
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In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
The Ropin' Fool
Act like The Medicine Doctor
event1922 star_border 6
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"Ropes" Reilly shows off his impressive roping skills, then runs afoul of the local townsfolk.
Kindled Courage
Act like Marshal
event1923
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Andy Walker, bullied and taunted with being a coward, leaves town on a freight. The brakeman shoots two ruffians, but Andy is hailed as the hero and made a deputy sheriff.
Broken Lullaby
event1932 star_border 7.5
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A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
Flesh and the Devil
Act like Family Retainer with flag (uncredited)
event1926 star_border 7.2
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When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
The Wrong Road
Act like Chief Ira Foster
event1937 star_border 4.3
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A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
The Sin Ship
Act like Inspector Colby
event1931 star_border 5.8
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A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
Call of the Wild
Act like Bartender
event1935 star_border 6.3
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Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Burning Up
Act like Sneezing Barber
event1930 star_border 3.5
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Racecar-driver Lou Larrigan gets mixed up with a crooked gang of racetrack promoters, and is in love with Ruth Morgan, whose father is marked as a victim by the gang.
Ambassador Bill
Act like Drunk Republican Revolutionary Celebrant
event1931 star_border 5.7
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An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.
The Slim Princess
Act like The Governor General
event1920
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Kalora is the "slim princess of Morevana," a land in which fat is prized. This distresses her family, who must marry off Kalora, before her rotund younger sister Papova may wed. To remedy this situation, Kalora's father, the governor general, throws a garden party and disguises his slim daughter in an inflated rubber suit. All goes well until the suit ruptures, deflating Kalora to her normal size....
Head Over Heels
Act like Papa Bambinetti
event1922
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When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency's talent roster, returns to New York from a trip to Europe, he tells his more down-to-earth partner, Lawson, that he has hired a beautiful Neopolitan acrobat he saw onstage in Italy. When the acrobat, Tina Bambinetti, arrives in their office, though, Sterling is shocked to find that, offstage, she is plain, unkempt and badly dressed. Crushed by Sterling's dismissive treatment, Tina performs some acrobatics that almost destroy the office...
The Affairs of Cellini
Act like Servant (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 4.9
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The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Sailor's Holiday
Act like Midway Customer (uncredited)
event1929 star_border 5.2
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Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor.
History Is Made at Night
event1937 star_border 6.6
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An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
Safety in Numbers
Act like Doorman (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 5
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Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Act like Claudet
event1931 star_border 5.9
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Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Man Of The People
Act like Brewery Manager (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7
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An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Give Me Your Heart
Act like Cab Driver (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6
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An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Fatal Lady
Act like Brazilian Opera Troupe (uncredited)
event1936
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On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
Sutter's Gold
Act like Brown
event1936
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Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Draegerman Courage
Act like Toby - the Bartender (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.5
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After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
Sweepstakes
Act like Big Cook
event1931 star_border 4.5
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A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Storm at Daybreak
Act like Man Introducing Durosch (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 5.8
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Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
Son of Frankenstein
Act like Webber - Burgher (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.7
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One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Union Pacific
Act like Vendor (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.5
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One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Tower of London
Act like Sexton
event1939 star_border 6
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In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
The Spellbinder
Act like Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6
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Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
Chicken Wagon Family
Act like Proprietor
event1939
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Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
The Call of the Savage
Act like Henry Andrews
event1935 star_border 5
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Two competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
Everything Happens at Night
Act like Hilda's Papa
event1939 star_border 4.1
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Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Act like 'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.3
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Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
She Loved a Fireman
Act like Barman at Dance
event1937 star_border 6
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A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
Modern Times
Act like Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 8.3
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A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Riley the Cop
Act like Mr. Kuchendorf
event1928 star_border 5.6
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In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.
Parachute Jumper
Act like Counterman at Second Diner (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.1
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An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Paradise Express
Act like Passing Motorist (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7
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A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Check and Double Check
Act like Kingfish
event1930 star_border 5.3
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Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party.
A Blind Pig
Act like The Sheriff/The Ticket Agent
event1918
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A French perfume salesman is mistaken for a bootlegger. Partially missing two-reeler with 11 minutes surviving.
Arabian Tights
Act like Abdullah, Keeper of the Harem (uncredited)
event1933
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Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
When the Daltons Rode
Act like First Train Engineer
event1940 star_border 6
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Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
The Return of Frank James
Act like Juror (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.3
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Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
The Red Mill
Act like Burgomaster
event1927 star_border 6.7
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A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
Mockery
Act like Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)
event1927 star_border 6.7
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There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
I Married a Doctor
Act like Jonesy - Hotel Clerk
event1936 star_border 4.7
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City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Man Hunt
Act like Sam (uncredited)
event1936
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A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Quick Millions
Act like Testimonial Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1931 star_border 7.1
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A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
The Arizonian
Act like Joe - the Bartender
event1935
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Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex Randolph, who comes over to his side, sets out to bring law-and-order where none exists. He also wins the hand of the singer appearing at the Opera House.
The Three Musketeers
Act like The Shepherd
event1935 star_border 6.4
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The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Florentine Dagger
Act like First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5.7
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A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
The House of the Seven Gables
Act like Grocer / Juror
event1940 star_border 6.9
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In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
Champagne Waltz
Act like Moustache, Concert Attendee
event1937
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In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa. Smitten by Elsa, Buzzy hides his identity and association with the club -- whose owner intends to buy out the Palace property. When Elsa accidentally learns who Buzzy really is, it appears he may have to return to America alone.
Are These Our Children?
Act like Detective Sam
event1931 star_border 6
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A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Music for Madame
Act like Asleep in the Deep Singer Suspect (Uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5
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An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
Citizen Kane
Act like Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 8
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Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Two Alone
Act like Blacksmith (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 7
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Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.
Open All Night
Act like Gendarme
event1924 star_border 7
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Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou). Isabelle Fevre (Gale Henry) suggests that Edmond go to the bicycle races and stay out all night. Then she takes Therese there and introduces her to manly Petit Mathieu, one of the racers (Maurice B. Flynn). Since he has just quarreled with his sweetheart, Lea (Jetta Goudal), he is glad to have Therese's attention and offers to run away with her after he wins the six-day race. Lea, meanwhile, is spending her time with Edmond. Therese eventually decides she doesn't care for brutes like Mathieu, and Edmond gains a temper and wins his wife back. Lea and Mathieu are reunited, while Isabelle goes back to helping her own alcoholic sweetheart, Igor (Raymond Griffith), break into the movies.
The Son of Davy Crockett
Act like Station Agent Hank
event1941
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Dave Crockett (Bill Elliott) comes to the aid of ranchers living on the Yucca Strip, who want their area made part of the United States. A greedy land baron, however, wants the property as his own.
Napoleon's Barber
Act like Blacksmith
event1928 star_border 5
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Arthur Caesar's classic about the barber who held the fate of France in his hands, has been produced on lavish feature-film scale by John Ford, the man who made The Iron Horse and Four Sons.
Surrender
Act like Tavern Keeper
event1927 star_border 6
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Lea Lyon, the daughter of a rabbi, lives happily with her father in their Gulicinu village, but there are rumblings of war. Soon, the village is overrun with the Imperial troops of the Russian Czar, with Constantine in Imperial command. He is attracted by the beauty of Lea and commands her to come to his quarters. She refuses and he is outraged. He orders the townspeople barred behind their doors and the village burned. Though she loves her honor above everything else, she can not bear to see the villagers suffer, and makes the lonely walk through the village to the Inn.
That Hamilton Woman
Act like Servant (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 7.1
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The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Show
Act like Konrad Driskai (uncredited)
event1927 star_border 6
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Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of Salome's dance of the seven veils, replete with the beheading of Jokanaan. The performer portraying Salome is in love with Cock Robin. Jealous, sinister The Greek is determined to eliminate that competition.
A Night at the Ritz
Act like Café Cook (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 3
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A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
I Stole a Million
Act like Watchman (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6
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A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
The Texan
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 5.8
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Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
One Sunday Afternoon
Act like Tuba Player (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.3
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Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.
That Certain Thing
Act like Night Club Waiter
event1928 star_border 6.7
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Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.
Vamping Venus
Act like Pete Papaglos / Bacchus
event1928
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A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.
The Conquering Horde
Act like Bob - Bartender
event1931 star_border 5
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Not long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem--the Union Pacific railroad is bypassing their state and make it near impossible to get their cattle to market. Many ranchers are being forced to sell their land, and crooked state treasure Marvin Fletcher buys up the land at pennies on the dollar. However, Laguna del Sol Ranch owner Taisie Lockhart and her ranch hands are holding out. Cowboy Dan McMasters returns to the ranch and tries to rekindle his romance with Taisie, but she rejects him because he fought for the North during the war. But what she doesn't know is that Dan is on an undercover mission from the President to investigate Fletcher, and in order to do that he has to pretend to be sympathetic to Fletcher and goes to work for him, angering Taisie even more. Complications ensue.
Heaven Will Protect A Woiking Goil
Act like The Hero
event1916
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Nell leaves for the big city in search of her missing father, followed by a helpless boyfriend hoping to protect her.
Action in the North Atlantic
Act like Slops Denton (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 7.1
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Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
The Wild Party
Act like Pullman Car Passenger
event1929 star_border 6.7
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Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
Goldie Gets Along
Act like Saunders' Brother
event1933 star_border 4
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A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
The Jury's Secret
Act like Juror
event1938 star_border 3
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A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
If I Were King
Act like Ruffian
event1938 star_border 6.7
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King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
Joy of Living
Act like Man Leaving Elevator (Uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.7
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Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Public Hero Number 1
Act like McGinnis - Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.2
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G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
The Public Enemy
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1931 star_border 7.2
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Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
When a Man Loves
Act like Innkeeper (uncredited)
event1927 star_border 6.4
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A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
The Merry Frinks
Act like Proprietor (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 3.7
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An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
The Concert
Act like Pollinger
event1921
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A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.
One Rainy Afternoon
Act like Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4.6
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Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
A Boy of Flanders
Act like Baas Kronstadt
event1924
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An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.
An American Tragedy
Act like Coroner Fred Heit
event1931 star_border 6.1
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A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Mad Love
Act like Gendarme (Uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.9
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An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
The Soul of Youth
Act like Policeman Jones
event1920 star_border 5.4
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Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to survive, but inevitably Ed gets hauled into court. The judge sees potential in him and hands him over to be adopted by a young politician.
Divot Diggers
Act like Chimpanzee (voice)
event1936 star_border 6.5
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When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.
Me and My Gal
Act like Burper (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.5
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Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
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