
Birthday:
12-13-1895
Deathday:
12-18-1955 (60 years)
Birthplace:
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
James Conaty was an American screen actor whose career spanned from 1928 to his death.
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The Mating Season
Act like Man in Hotel Lobby / Party Guest (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.5
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Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
Kansas City Confidential
Act like Man at Craps Table (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 7.1
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An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
The Cowboy and the Lady
Act like Gambling House Patron (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.
Phantom of the Opera
Act like Operagoer (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.2
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Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
Without Reservations
Act like Train Passenger (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.2
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Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Blondie in the Dough
Act like Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.5
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BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
Experiment Perilous
Act like Art Exhibition Guest (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 5.6
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In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
Deception
Act like Well-Wisher at Concert (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.5
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After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
I Dream Too Much
Act like Audience Extra (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.
I Love a Mystery
Act like Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.1
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In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
Fight for Your Lady
Act like Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 4.3
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Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
Flamingo Road
event1949 star_border 7
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A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Act like Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7.8
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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Romance of Radium
Act like American Scientist (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6
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Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine. In 1937, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 10th Academy Awards
Illegal
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.4
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A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Singapore
Act like Bar Patron (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5.8
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After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
The Unknown Man
event1951 star_border 4.8
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A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
The Lady Gambles
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6
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When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Show Girl in Hollywood
Act like Story Editor
event1930 star_border 5.8
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Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Frisco Lil
event1942 star_border 8
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Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Weary River
Act like Attorney at Trial (uncredited)
event1929 star_border 5.5
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A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.
A Wonderful Life
event1950
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Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen Henry Wood (played by Oscar winner James Dunn from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"), who loved family and church, gave to the needy, and donated most of his money to charity. Now deceased, his somewhat neglected daughter reflects on his past and ponders that age-old question, did he indeed have such "a wonderful life"?
Never Wave at a WAC
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 4.9
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A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
The Bad and the Beautiful
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 7.3
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Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Girls of the Road
Act like Reverend Jackson (Uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5
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A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, dodging the police, do-gooders, lustful men and pursuing-husbands in a bad mood. One of them is a killer, another is a girl hitch-hiking to her wedding in order to afford a wedding gown, and there is also the Governor's daughter who crusades on their behalf, while hitch-hiking along with them.
Room for One More
event1952 star_border 6.3
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Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Special Investigator
Act like Nightclub Patron
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
Vogues of 1938
Act like Nightclub Patron
event1937 star_border 5.3
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An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
It Happened in Hollywood
Act like Party Guest
event1937 star_border 6.1
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A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Blond Cheat
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6
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Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so then Julie becomes part of the collateral.
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Act like Nightclub Extra
event1938 star_border 5.9
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A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Hold That Kiss
Act like Dog Show Attendee
event1938 star_border 6.5
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Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Fugitives for a Night
Act like Extra at Jericho Club
event1938 star_border 6
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A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
Bright Victory
Act like Military Officer (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.9
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A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Stronger Than Desire
Act like Doctor (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.8
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An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Act like Bailiff (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 4
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A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Act like Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.5
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A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.
Gilda
Act like Gambler (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7.5
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A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
They Won't Believe Me
event1947 star_border 6.6
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On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
The Public Defender
Act like Country Club Guest
event1931 star_border 6
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A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
Buck Rogers
Act like Kane Councilman
event1939 star_border 6
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Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do and Earth is free of Kane's grip.
Made for Each Other
Act like Co-Worker (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Tail Spin
Act like Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.8
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Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Act like Wedding Guest
event1939 star_border 7.3
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Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Act like Man in Montage (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7
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In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
At the Circus
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.3
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Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
Good Girls Go to Paris
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.1
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Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Act like Ship Passenger (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.9
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Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Everything Happens at Night
Act like Officer Boarding Ship
event1939 star_border 4.1
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Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Holiday Affair
Act like Man Entering Nightclub (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.8
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Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
Slightly Honorable
Act like Senator (Uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.1
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A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Espionage Agent
Act like Ball Guest
event1939 star_border 5.9
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When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
The Roaring Twenties
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.5
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After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Kentucky
Act like Dance Extra
event1938 star_border 5.7
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Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
All the King's Men
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7
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A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Missing Witnesses
Act like Assistant Defense Counsel (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.5
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A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
The Lost Weekend
Act like Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 7.6
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Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
Race Street
Act like Racetrack Spectator / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.8
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A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
The Judge Steps Out
Act like Lawyer (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7
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A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Glory Alley
Act like Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.8
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A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Circumstantial Evidence
Act like Juror (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 4.8
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A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Woman Against Woman
Act like Guest at Senator Kingsley's Party
event1938 star_border 6.5
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A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Wintertime
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 3.5
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Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
Hangover Square
event1945 star_border 6.8
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When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
Woman in Hiding
Act like Man at Bus Depot/Conventioneer (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.2
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As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.
He Married His Wife
Act like Nightclub Patron
event1940 star_border 5.1
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Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Act like Seated Nightclub Patron
event1940 star_border 6.7
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Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
The Fighting 69th
Act like Officer at Briefing (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.4
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Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Act like Auditor (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.5
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Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Earl of Chicago
Act like Lord (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.6
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A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Edison, the Man
Act like Party Guest
event1940 star_border 6.6
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In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Act like Jewel Buyer (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.3
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Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
Laura
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 7.6
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A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
The Killers
Act like Onlooker at Green Cat (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7.3
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Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Out of the Past
Act like Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7.6
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Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
The Caine Mutiny
Act like Dignitary on Dais at Graduation Ceremony (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Boom Town
Act like Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.9
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Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
Rocketship X-M
Act like Doctor Taking Lisa's Blood Pressure (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 4.8
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Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.
Two in the Dark
Act like Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5.9
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Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
Christmas in July
Act like Coworker (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.9
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An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Act like Casino Patron
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
City for Conquest
Act like Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
The Man with Nine Lives
Act like Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.2
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Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
Hazard
Act like Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 8
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A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.
It's in the Air
Act like (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5
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Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Lady with Red Hair
Act like Actor at Rehearsal (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.5
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An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
My Love Came Back
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.2
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Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.
Angels Over Broadway
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.9
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Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Red, Hot and Blue
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.8
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In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
Too Many Husbands
Act like Nightclub Patron
event1940 star_border 6.3
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Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
An Angel from Texas
Act like Nightclub Table Extra
event1940 star_border 4.8
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A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Affair in Trinidad
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.3
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A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
Girl in 313
Act like Waiter
event1940 star_border 5.6
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A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
Road to Singapore
Act like Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Johnny Apollo
Act like Courtroom Spectator / Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Act like Audience Extra (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.1
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An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Let's Do It Again
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 4
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Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin Booth) and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). However, they start to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other. The Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.
The Jazz Singer
Act like Party Guest
event1953 star_border 5.5
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A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Sinner Take All
Act like Roulette Player (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4.8
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A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
The Fleet's In
Act like Courtroom Spectator
event1942 star_border 7
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Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Forty Little Mothers
Act like Alumni Dinner Guest
event1940 star_border 6.2
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An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Silver Queen
Act like Poker Player (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5.6
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A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
A Night at the Ritz
Act like Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 3
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A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
My Favorite Spy
Act like Nightclub Patron
event1942 star_border 5.2
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The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
I Wake Up Screaming
Act like Nightclub patron (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.9
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A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
The Big Game
Act like Man at Dance
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
They're Always Caught
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.8
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This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
Alias Nick Beal
Act like Man at Press Conference
event1949 star_border 6.9
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After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Champagne for Caesar
Act like Backstage Extra at Hollywood Bowl
event1950 star_border 7.1
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When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
A Woman's Secret
Act like Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.7
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A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Penrod's Double Trouble
Act like Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6
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When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
Crash Dive
Act like Hotel Desk Clerk
event1943 star_border 6.2
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A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
Heaven Can Wait
Act like Man in Park with Top Hat (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.9
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Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
December 7th
Act like Wounded Officer (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 5.7
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"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Mission to Moscow
Act like Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 5.2
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Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Duffy of San Quentin
Act like Prison Board Member
event1954 star_border 6
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San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
Undercurrent
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.8
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After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
The Affairs of Susan
Act like Party Guest (Uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.1
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Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.
Born to Be Bad
Act like Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.9
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Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
The Secret Fury
Act like Wedding Guest (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.4
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The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Bunco Squad
Act like Bride's Father in Film (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.9
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Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
Strange Affair
Act like Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.2
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Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
Strange Impersonation
Act like Doctor at Nora's Presentation (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6
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A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
Walk Softly, Stranger
Act like New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5
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A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
Pretty Baby
Act like Caravan Club Patron (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6
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A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
If You Could Only Cook
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 7.4
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An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Fountainhead
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.9
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An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
The Truth About Youth
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 5.7
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A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
The Big Sleep
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7.6
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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Bright Leaf
Act like Member Tobacco Board of Directors (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.9
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Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
The Major and the Minor
Act like Officer (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7
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Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor, who takes the "child" under his wing.
Boots and Saddles
Act like Cantina Patron (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 4
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Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.
Club Havana
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.7
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A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
Marked Woman
Act like Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.5
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In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
The Time of Their Lives
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7
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Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Lured
Act like Concertgoer (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
Scarface
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 7.4
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In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Love Affair
Act like Customer (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 5.6
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Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
Her Favorite Patient
Act like Bertha's Husband (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.8
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A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
Black Market Babies
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5
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Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!
Small Town Girl
Act like Party Guest
event1953 star_border 5.7
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Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
Serenade
Act like Opera Attendee (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 5.5
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A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
One Rainy Afternoon
Act like First Nighter (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.
Goodbye, My Fancy
Act like Party Guest (Uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.9
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Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
This Woman Is Dangerous
Act like Gambling House Patron (Uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.7
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A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
The War of the Worlds
Act like Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 6.8
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The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Young Widow
Act like Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
event1946 star_border 4.8
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A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
Ziegfeld Girl
Act like Man in Audience (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.5
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Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
The Chance of a Lifetime
Act like Parole Board Member (Uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.2
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A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
The Seventh Victim
Act like Party Guest (Uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.4
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After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.
The Cobweb
Act like Concertgoer (Uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.
Eyes of the Navy
Act like Officer at Briefing
event1940 star_border 7.2
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Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced training in California.
Maisie Goes to Reno
Act like Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.2
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A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
The Big Street
Act like Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5.8
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Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Carefree
Act like Country Club Guest (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.6
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Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Call Me Madam
Act like Guest at Sally's Party (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 6.3
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Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Thrill of a Romance
Act like Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.2
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A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
The Locket
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.4
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A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Nora Prentiss
Act like Patient in Dr. Talbot's Office (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.1
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Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
Make Way for Tomorrow
Act like Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7.5
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At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
Motorboat Mamas
event1928
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Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
Easter Parade
Act like Passerby on Street (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.9
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On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
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