
Birthday:
10-20-1871
Deathday:
10-23-1957 (86 years)
Birthplace:
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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One Night of Love
Act like Howard - Impresario
event1934 star_border 5.5
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Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
Theodora Goes Wild
Act like Governor Wyatt
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.
Two Seconds
Act like Judge
event1932 star_border 6.1
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A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
Cheating Cheaters
Act like George Brockton
event1919
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Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.
One Way Passage
Act like The Doctor
event1932 star_border 7.2
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A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
The Education of Elizabeth
Act like Middleton
event1921
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Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.
The Big Trail
Act like Pa Bascom
event1930 star_border 6.7
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Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Broadway Broke
Act like Augustin Daly
event1923
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Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
The Man from Dakota
Act like Campbellite Religious Leader
event1940 star_border 5.3
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A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Washington Melodrama
Act like Dean Lawford
event1941 star_border 5
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An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
The Saint in New York
Act like William Valcross
event1938 star_border 6.2
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A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Flirtation Walk
Act like Landacre
event1934 star_border 5.5
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A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
The Working Man
Act like Judge Larson
event1933 star_border 6.6
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A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
Inside Information
Act like Police Commissioner Fenton
event1939
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A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
Bedside
Act like Hospital Superintendent
event1934 star_border 5.6
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Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
The Wet Parade
Act like Major Randolph
event1932 star_border 5.8
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The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Act like Cousin Egbert Floud
event1918
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Harry Leon Wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable English valet who is lost in a poker game to a rough-and-ready westerner and taken to Red Gap ultimately to become its social mentor and chief caterer, and there is sheer delight in the story of how the Earl, brought over to save his younger brother from the vampirish clutches of Klondike Kate, makes the lady his Countess and once more stands Red Gap upon its somewhat dizzy head.
The Duke Comes Back
Act like Arnold Corbin
event1937 star_border 5
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After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
Sweepstakes
Act like Pop Blake
event1931 star_border 4.5
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A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
No Other Woman
Act like Anderson
event1933 star_border 5.2
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A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Secret Service
Act like Gen. Randolph
event1931 star_border 6
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In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
The Rejected Woman
Act like Leyton Carter
event1924 star_border 5
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Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped by a blizzard, her father thinks wrong of her...
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Act like President of Courtmartial
event1932 star_border 5
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On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
Air Devils
Act like Conspirator
event1938 star_border 3
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Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.
Counsellor at Law
Act like Crayfield
event1933 star_border 6.6
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A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
Gangs of Chicago
event1940 star_border 5.3
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A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Broadway Bad
Act like Robert North Sr.
event1933 star_border 5
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Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.
State's Attorney
Act like Second Trial Judge
event1932 star_border 6.7
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Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
Freighters of Destiny
Act like John Macey
event1931
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A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
If Women Only Knew
Act like Dr. John Strong
event1921
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Remotely derived from Balzac, the plot centers on Maurice Travers, who, through the self-sacrificing efforts of his mother, is able to attend college, though his love for sports and consequent neglect of his studies prevent his graduation. Madeline Marshall, an orphan living with Maurice's mother, loves him, but Maurice marries Donna Wayne, daughter of a wealthy New Yorker; and in the city they lead a carefree life. Her father insists that he support her, but he cannot. Following the blindness and death of his mother, Donna elopes with a rich suitor, and after a divorce Maurice finds happiness with the faithful Madeline.
Too Busy to Work
Act like Judge Hardy
event1932 star_border 4
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A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...
Arizona
Act like Col. Benham
event1918
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A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.
Whistling in the Dark
Act like Mr. Van Buren (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 5.6
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A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
Hollywood Cavalcade
Act like Thomas
event1939 star_border 5.1
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Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Transient Lady
Act like Major Marshall
event1935 star_border 5.5
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A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Mummy's Boys
Act like Professor Edwards
event1936 star_border 4.7
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Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."
King for a Night
Act like Governor
event1933 star_border 6.2
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A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Silver on the Sage
Act like Tom Hamilton
event1939
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Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Act like U.S. District Court Judge
event1939 star_border 6
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FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
The Old Maid
Act like Mr. Halsey (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7
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The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Act like Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.9
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After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
The Teeth of the Tiger
Act like Doctor Varney
event1919
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Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry Forbes.
Kentucky
Act like Presiding Officer
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.
Fury
Act like Daniel Hopkins (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.5
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Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
McFadden´s Flats
Act like Jefferson
event1935
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Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and his wife Nora send their tomboyish daughter Molly to an expensive girls' school to teach her etiquette. Molly only agrees to go after her sweetheart, Sandy MacTavish, convinces her she should. When Dan is unable to complete the apartments because of a lack of money, Sandy's father Jock, a Scottish barber and Dan's best friend, secretly backs Dan's loan at the bank, even though Jock is known for his penny-pinching ways.
Anna Ascends
Act like Mr. Fisk
event1922
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While working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian immigrant Anna Ayyob falls in love with reporter, Howard Fisk, who is investigating a jewel smuggling ring. When she discovers that her co-worker, “The Baron,” is involved with international thieves Count and Countess Rostoff, Anna telephones Howard with the information, but the Baron attacks her. During the encounter, she believes she accidentally kills him, and disappears. Three years later, after anonymously writing a widely popular novel called Anna Ascends, based on her own life, Anna again meets Howard Fisk. To save Howard’s sister, Bessie Fisk, from marrying Count Rostoff, Anna exposes the jewel thief and confesses to the Baron’s murder. Fortunately, Howard’s investigation discloses that the Baron is very much alive. Her named cleared, Anna marries Howard.
Man With Two Lives
Act like Hobart Bennett
event1942 star_border 5.3
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A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
Fireman, Save My Child
Act like Mr. Platt
event1932 star_border 5
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Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Act like Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 7.8
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A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Brigham Young
Act like Mr. Webb
event1940 star_border 4.4
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Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Go West
Act like Johnson
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
Junior G-Men of the Air
Act like Col. Mitchell
event1942 star_border 6
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A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
Love Is News
Act like J.D. Jones
event1937 star_border 6
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When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
Getting Mary Married
Act like Amos Bussard
event1919 star_border 3.7
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Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
Jezebel
Act like First Director (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 7
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In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Before I Hang
Act like Governor Prentiss
event1940 star_border 6.2
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Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Third Finger, Left Hand
Act like Mr. Thompson
event1940 star_border 6.8
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Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Act like James B. Strong
event1935 star_border 3
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Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
Silver Queen
Act like Dr. Hartley
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.
Yes or No
Act like Donald Vane
event1920 star_border 5.5
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Two wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces the dilemma of remaining true to the husband who neglects her or of falling into the arms of another.
Golden Harvest
Act like Judge Goodhue
event1933 star_border 5
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A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
Running Wild
Act like D.W. Harvey
event1927 star_border 5.8
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Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.
The Fighting Blade
Act like Oliver Cromwell
event1923
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In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal.
The Fear Market
Act like Jim Carson
event1920
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A woman struggles to overcome a cabal of blackmailers, but learns that the boss of the blackmailers is none other than her own father. A lost film.
The Night of June 13
Act like Judge (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 7
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Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.
Shipmates Forever
Act like Admiral Graves (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.5
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An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
Love Birds
Act like Barbwire
event1934 star_border 6
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ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more crowded when a drifter discovers gold on the property—though all he’s found is Slim’s missing filling. (adapted from MoMA capsule)
The Accusing Finger
Act like The Governor
event1936 star_border 4.7
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A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Act like Bishop Bannon
event1939 star_border 2
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Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Act like The Warden
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
Babes on Broadway
Act like Mr. Morris
event1941 star_border 6.4
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Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
Flight to Fame
Act like General Darrow
event1938 star_border 5
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An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Heliotrope
Act like Heliotrope Harry Hasdock (as Fred Burton)
event1920
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A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme.
An American Tragedy
Act like Samuel Griffiths
event1931 star_border 6.1
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A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Okay, America!
Act like The President (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 5
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A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Anne of Green Gables
Act like Matthew Cuthbert
event1919 star_border 6
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Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and much sought-after young lady.
The All-American
Act like Mr. Neuchard
event1932 star_border 5
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The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Smarty
Act like Judge (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 4
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Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
Sadie McKee
Act like Uncle Snowden (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 7
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A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Everybody's Old Man
Act like Aylesworth
event1936
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An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.
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