
Birthday:
11-13-1907
Deathday:
05-20-1975 (67 years)
Birthplace:
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Flame of Calcutta
Act like Nadir
event1953
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A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
Marie Antoinette
Act like Toulan
event1938 star_border 6.5
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The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
The Girl of the Golden West
Act like Pedro
event1938 star_border 4.6
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A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Chick Carter, Detective
Act like Vasky
event1946 star_border 4.5
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Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub.
The Dead Don't Dream
Act like Earl Wesson
event1948
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Hoppy, California and Lucky arrive at a remote inn, where Lucky expects to be married - but finds the bride-to-be in distress over her uncle, who has suddenly disappeared from the inn. Then Hoppy finds the uncle's body in the shaft of his nearby mine...
Hoppy's Holiday
Act like Dunning
event1947
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Hoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new clothes and carrying his old ones in a suitcase, bumps into escaping bank robbers in the dark. His suitcase gets switched with that of the robbers and he is seen with the money. Hoppy must find the money that has mysteriously disappeared and also the robbers so that he can clear California who is now in jail.
Menace from Outer Space
Act like Ranger Griff
event1956 star_border 3.3
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A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger".
Eyes of the Jungle
Act like Gregg
event1953
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Ramar of the Jungle encounters a holy man who warns him of great danger. His friend Professor Howard is near death, cursed by the Mark of Shitan. A sacred golden tablet and a woman ready for sacrifice holds the key to Howard's survival. A feature film made from three episodes "Ramar of the Jungle" television series stitched together.
The Silver Chalice
Act like Soldier in Banquet Hall (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 4.5
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A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
The Hat Box Mystery
Act like Stevens, aka John Moreland
event1947 star_border 4.2
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Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.
Beyond the Moon
Act like Ranger Griff
event1956 star_border 4
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This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's allies are captured by aliens and brain washed.
The Saracen Blade
Act like Haroun
event1954 star_border 4.8
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Based on the book of the same name by Frank Yerby. Pietro is an orphan who is raised by a family friend in 15th century Italy. When the friend is killed by the same nasty baron who murdered Pietro's father as he led the peasants in revolt against the baron's tyranny, Pietro vows vengeance against the entire family. This will prove difficult, since he's been in love with the daughter of the nasty baron since he was a child and wants to marry her.
I Cover Big Town
Act like Norden Royal
event1947 star_border 6
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One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
No Holds Barred
Act like Pete Taylor
event1952 star_border 5
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One of the Bowery Boys gains superhuman strength, and he cashes in by becoming a pro wrestler.
Lonely Heart Bandits
Act like Detective Stanley
event1950 star_border 6.5
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Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.
Man-Proof
Act like Bob
event1938 star_border 4.8
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A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.
King of the Congo
Act like Boris
event1952
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An Air Force captain is assigned to find some missing top-secret microfilm.
Between Two Women
Act like Tony Woolcott
event1937 star_border 5.5
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Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and she with him, but, she is married to Tom a physically abusive husband.
The Face Behind the Mask
Act like Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.4
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This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.
Savage Mutiny
Act like Emil Bruno
event1953 star_border 4.5
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Jungle Jim battles enemy agents while helping a local tribe relocate from an atomic test bomb site.
Day of Triumph
Act like Pharisee
event1954
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A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
Judge Hardy's Children
Act like Steve Prentiss
event1938 star_border 6.3
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Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
The Toy Wife
Act like Gaston Vincent
event1938 star_border 4.8
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A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
The Women Men Marry
Act like Quinn
event1937 star_border 5.5
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A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
Almost a Gentleman
Act like Arthur Gates
event1939 star_border 6
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Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
Outlaw Brand
Act like Brent
event1948
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Jimmy and his pal Cannonball are hired by a rancher and horse breeder to capture Midnight, a wild stallion that has been interfering with local herds and has a reputation as a killer.
Murder Without Tears
Act like Parker - Defense Attorney
event1953 star_border 5.2
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A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.
Young Dr. Kildare
Act like Albert Foster (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.5
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A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
Drum Beat
event1954 star_border 6
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President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
Outlaw Women
Act like Sam Bass
event1952 star_border 4.5
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A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
A Star Is Born
Act like Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Sirocco
Act like Rifat (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.9
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A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
Bachelor Mother
Act like Jerome Weiss
event1939 star_border 7.1
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Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
That Mothers Might Live
Act like Semmelweis' Assistant (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.9
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That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
The Ship That Died
Act like Rescue Ship Crewman
event1938 star_border 5.8
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This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no discernible reason - of crew, passengers and captain. At "the famed nautical court of Gibraltar", investigators propose three hypotheses.
South of Caliente
Act like Mexican Captain
event1951
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"King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers stars with his real-life wife, Dale Evans, in this Western about a hardworking farmer who helps a struggling rancher by transporting her prize horse to Mexico. A fortuitous meeting with a fortune-teller (Charlita) -- who specializes in dire predictions -- sets the tone for their adventures. Burlesque comic Pinky Lee co-stars, playing himself.
Arsène Lupin Returns
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.8
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A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Six Gun Mesa
Act like Carson
event1950 star_border 10
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To get the herd on Six Gun Mesa, Carson has the owner and hands killed. But one hand, Dave Emmett was in town instead of with the cattle. So Carter kills a man and frames Dave for the murder. Johnny Mack Brown arrives just in time to stop the lynching and sets out to find the real killer. Getting the Doctor who falsified the murder evidence drunk gets him the information he wants and this leads to the showdown with Carson.
Range Land
Act like Bart Sheldon
event1949
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Monogram's Whip Wilson western series occasionally produced a better-than-average entry. In Range Land, Wilson and saddle pal Andy Clyde try to get the goods on a gang of stagecoach bandits.
Silver Raiders
Act like Lance Corbin
event1950
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Arizona Ranger Larry Grant is posing as an outlaw while hunting for an outlaw gang, secretly led by Lance Corbin, that is stealing silver in Mexico and smelting it into bars for sale in the United States.
The Day the Bookies Wept
Act like Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5
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A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Fort Algiers
Act like Lt. Picard
event1953 star_border 5.5
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In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.
Spartacus
Act like Garrison Officer (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 7.5
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Woman Against Woman
Act like Fred Barnes
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.
Killer at Large
Act like Brent Maddux
event1947
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Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.
Ladies in Distress
Act like Daniel J. Roman
event1938
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Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of home town boy Braddock (Robert Livingston), a pretty tough customer himself, to take on the crooks.
The Lost Planet
Act like Ken Wopler
event1953
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Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.
Congo Bill
Act like Andre Bocar
event1948 star_border 1.7
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Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
Barbed Wire
Act like Steve Ruttledge
event1952 star_border 5
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A cattle buyer, a federal agent and a newswoman snip a railroad plot.
Son of the Guardsman
Act like Mark Crowell
event1946 star_border 5
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David Trent is a nobleman who forms an outlaw group to combat his evil uncle Sir Edgar Bullard. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest are championing young Roger Mowbray, really Prince Richard, whose right to the throne is being usurped by an evil regent. 15 episode adventure serial.
Law of the Badlands
Act like Cash Carlton
event1951 star_border 6
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The Texas Rangers send Dave and Chito into the badlands to see if they can locate a counterfeiting operation. They arrive posing as wanted outlaws and this gets them into the gang. But as soon as they uncover the operation and locate the printing press, one of Chito's girl friends arrives to expose their identity and they find themselves trapped by the entire gang.
The Three Musketeers
event1948 star_border 6.8
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Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
High School Hero
Act like Professor Farrell
event1946 star_border 5
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The students at Whitney High School are down in the dumps since their football team faces almost certain defeat and hasn't won a game in 28 years. The school paper may have to suspend publication because the circulation is so low and the principal intends to replace student performers at the school bazaar with professionals.
The Way of All Flesh
Act like Joe
event1940 star_border 4
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Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
Batman and Robin
Act like Carter - Hammil's Valet
event1949 star_border 5.5
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This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.
The Girl from San Lorenzo
Act like Tom McCarger
event1950
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Cisco and Pancho set out to clear their names in a series of stage robberies committed by two thugs who are impersonating them.
Gunfire
Act like Dan Simons
event1950 star_border 5
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Tubercular Frank James has become a born again and retired from his career as an outlaw with his family but a look-a-like outlaw causes suspicion to fall back on him.
In the Money
Act like Don Clarke
event1958 star_border 7
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The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.
Partners of the Sunset
Act like Les
event1948
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Jimmy and Cannonball stumble across a murder scheme, hatched by beautiful but deadly Janice Thompson.
Stagecoach Driver
Act like George Barnes
event1951
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Jim Bannon and his partner own a stagecoach line. With the coming of the telegraph and the end of the Pony Express, two men plot to take over and get the new mail contract. When Jim's partner is murdered and Jim's name is written in the sand beside the body, Jim is arrested. At his trial Whip brings surprising evidence that clears Jim and the two plotters are soon arrested.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Act like Sid Taggart - Gang Leader
event1951
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Taggart and his men are breaking wanted outlaws out of jail and then killing them for the reward money. Marshal's Whip, Jim, and Texas have a plan to trap the gang. Whip poses as a wanted outlaw while Jim joins Taggart's gang and helps break him out. But there is trouble when gang member Mike, wanting a bigger cut, double-crosses everyone.
Fangs of the Arctic
Act like Henchman Morgan
event1953 star_border 5.5
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Canadian Mounties Corporal Rod Webb and Constable Mike Kelly, along with Rod's dog Chinook, are sent to the Blackfoot Crossing country to find a killer.
Clues to Adventure
Act like Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6
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This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.
The Firefly
Act like Etienne
event1937 star_border 6.4
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Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
Women from Headquarters
Act like Police Officer Allen
event1950 star_border 4
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Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max Taylor refuses to listen to Joyce's warnings, and eventually marries the hoodlum. Joyce gets through the detailed trained required to become an L.A. policewoman, and she and her newly-assigned detective partner, Harvey Gates cleanup up a skid-row Bar-girl scheme.And she and Gates are told to get the goods on a narcotics gang ran by Richard Cott , and Ruby and Max Taylor reappear.
Mysterious Island
Act like Capt. Nemo
event1951 star_border 5.3
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It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
The Pilgrimage Play
Act like Judas Iscariot
event1949 star_border 3.5
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Nelson Leigh assumes the role of Jesus Christ in this drama that depicts such historical events as the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper while portraying the period in which Christ roamed the countryside preaching the gospel.
Silver Needle in the Sky
Act like Griff
event1954 star_border 4.5
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Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.
The Lone Ranger
Act like Madrigo (1 ep.)
event1949 star_border 6.6
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The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
Lassie
(1 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.1
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Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
Adventures of Superman
(2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.7
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Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!"
Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 4.5
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
(52 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.3
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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a syndicated science fiction television serial originally broadcast in 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and, though syndicated sporadically, dropped into obscurity. Because it was recorded on film rather than being broadcast live as were most other TV space operas of the day, it has survived in reasonably good condition. The film format also allowed more elaborate special effects and sets, exterior scenes, and much better continuity.
Buffalo Bill Jr.
(2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5
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Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
(1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5.7
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Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
Hopalong Cassidy
(1 ep.)
event1952 star_border 5.2
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Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy.
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