Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award.
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (1938) the character she portrays actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of McDaniel's career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Mammy is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her.
From that point, McDaniel's roles unfortunately descended, with the characters becoming more and more menial. McDaniel played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, the title character in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah, 1950).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9451 |
| Birthday | 1893-06-10 |
| Place of Birth | Wichita, Kansas, USA |
| Also Known As | Hattie McDaniels, |
1939
Gone with the Wind
7.9/4362
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...
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Gone with the Wind
1934
Judge Priest
6.457/35
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense...
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Judge Priest
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
5.2/5
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daught...
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King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1936
Show Boat
6.76/48
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Show Boat
1932
Blonde Venus
6.782/147
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blo...
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Blonde Venus
1946
Song of the South
6.508/302
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on...
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Song of the South
1935
Murder by Television
4.227/22
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process t...
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Murder by Television
1942
George Washington Slept Here
6.444/18
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsy...
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George Washington Slept Here
1938
Carefree
6.65/70
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 misunders...
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Carefree
1944
Since You Went Away
6.593/54
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind...
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Since You Went Away
1946
Never Say Goodbye
6.278/18
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip star...
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Never Say Goodbye
1942
In This Our Life
6.873/55
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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In This Our Life
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
6.407/43
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her...
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The Mad Miss Manton
1935
Alice Adams
6.658/60
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climb...
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Alice Adams
1941
The Great Lie
7.01/52
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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The Great Lie
1937
Saratoga
6.476/21
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Saratoga
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
6.651/119
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains th...
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They Died with Their Boots On
1947
The Flame
5.833/12
George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and...
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The Flame
1941
Affectionately Yours
4.5/6
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
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Affectionately Yours
1949
The Big Wheel
5.727/11
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
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The Big Wheel
1948
Family Honeymoon
6.25/4
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on t...
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Family Honeymoon
1938
The Shopworn Angel
6.75/20
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car...
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The Shopworn Angel
1939
Zenobia
4.885/13
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Zenobia
1938
The Shining Hour
6.727/22
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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The Shining Hour
1946
Margie
7.125/8
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
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Margie
1938
Battle of Broadway
5/6
The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938...
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Battle of Broadway
1937
True Confession
6.065/23
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she...
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True Confession
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
5.5/4
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
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The Crime Nobody Saw
1932
The Boiling Point
7/2
Jimmy's uncle gives him 30 days probation on Kirk's ranch to control his temper or lose his inheritance. There he gets tangled up with a gang of robbe...
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The Boiling Point
1932
Are You Listening?
5.6/5
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsor...
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Are You Listening?
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7/3
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1934
Mickey's Rescue
10/1
When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
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Mickey's Rescue
1944
Janie
6/6
Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
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Janie
1946
Janie Gets Married
7.333/3
Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.
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Janie Gets Married
1948
Mickey
7/2
A pretty, tomboyish teenager comes of age in an American small town.
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Mickey
1940
Maryland
6.5/3
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his fa...
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Maryland
1938
Vivacious Lady
7.022/69
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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Vivacious Lady
1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
7.5/2
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
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Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
Sky Racket
3.833/6
A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.
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Sky Racket
1937
Over the Goal
5/3
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would s...
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Over the Goal
1932
Hypnotized
7/1
A Gypsy violinist searches for her missing fiance, a circus worker who recently won a sweepstakes prize and was kidnapped by a hypnotist.
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Hypnotized
1937
The Wildcatter
8/1
Eager to take advantage of a new oil boom, "Lucky" Conlon leaves his gas station and diner for Texas, with his wife Helen's blessing. In Texas, Lucky...
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The Wildcatter
1933
I'm No Angel
6.4/62
Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put he...
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I'm No Angel
1936
Arbor Day
6.25/4
Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
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Arbor Day
1935
We're Only Human
7.333/3
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
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We're Only Human
2004
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
0/0
“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said as she accepted the 1st Academy Award given...
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Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
1932
The Washington Masquerade
6.8/5
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptation...
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The Washington Masquerade
1942
The Male Animal
4.455/11
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...
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The Male Animal
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
6/2
After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with innocent chump Guy Kibbee--to help him sell worthless...
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Don't Tell the Wife
1935
Music Is Magic
5.333/3
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.
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Music Is Magic
1937
Quick Money
5.5/4
Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying...
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Quick Money
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
6.688/8
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul,...
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1934
Fate's Fathead
8/1
Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.
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Fate's Fathead
1935
China Seas
6.231/39
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only ris...
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China Seas
1934
City Park
10/1
The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome (Henry B. Walthall) bluffs his way into obta...
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City Park
1936
The Bride Walks Out
5.367/15
Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carol...
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The Bride Walks Out
1936
Postal Inspector
7/5
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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Postal Inspector
1937
Racing Lady
6/4
A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in ord...
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Racing Lady
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
4.429/7
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
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Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Flirtation
5.583/6
A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.
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Flirtation
1935
Traveling Saleslady
6.063/8
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a...
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Traveling Saleslady
1933
Hello, Sister!
6/15
While Peggy deeply falls in love with Jimmy, her best friend Millie becomes increasingly frustrated with men and very jealous with Peggy, so she tries...
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Hello, Sister!
1936
High Tension
5.833/6
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
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High Tension
1944
3 Is a Family
9/1
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his w...
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3 Is a Family
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.225/40
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Johnny Come Lately
6.952/21
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will b...
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Johnny Come Lately
1936
Reunion
7/1
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for del...
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Reunion
1936
Libeled Lady
7.287/134
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the pub...
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Libeled Lady
1939
Everybody's Baby
8/1
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
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Everybody's Baby
1944
Hi, Beautiful
9.75/2
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bunga...
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Hi, Beautiful
2022
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
0/0
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 contains the next 12 Our Gang sound shorts produced by the Hal Roach Studios: Anniversary...
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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
1936
The Singing Kid
7/2
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...
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The Singing Kid
1937
Mississippi Moods
10/1
The courtship between the dilatory Mose and the diligent Hattie amid the general ferment of a "rent party" aboard a Mississippi river steamboat.
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Mississippi Moods
1934
Babbitt
6.333/6
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George...
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Babbitt
1932
The Impatient Maiden
9/2
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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The Impatient Maiden
1935
The Little Colonel
6.568/37
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to nev...
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The Little Colonel
1936
Star for a Night
7/2
Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
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Star for a Night
1933
Good-bye Love
6.333/3
A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor...
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Good-bye Love
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1935
Wig-Wag
7/1
When Dorothy jilts her fiancee, he tries to make her jealous by getting a friend of his to dress like a woman and pose as his new girlfriend.
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Wig-Wag
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8.2/5
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
7.5/12
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1934
Operator 13
5.882/17
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gai...
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Operator 13
1934
Imitation of Life
7.029/87
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...
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Imitation of Life
1935
Another Face
4.8/5
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
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Another Face
1936
The First Baby
8/1
When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.
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The First Baby
1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III
0/0
Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Berlin and K...
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Musical Comedy Tonight III
1936
Gentle Julia
7/1
A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right.
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Gentle Julia
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
7/1
A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.
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Can This Be Dixie?
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
4.857/7
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries. But whe...
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Lost in the Stratosphere
1937
45 Fathers
4.5/2
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can.
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45 Fathers
1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
8/2
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.
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The Chases of Pimple Street
1935
Okay Toots!
7/1
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husb...
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Okay Toots!
1935
Anniversary Trouble
6.8/5
The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.
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Anniversary Trouble
1937
Nothing Sacred
6.305/110
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Nothing Sacred
2022
Becoming Marilyn
7.6/19
The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth o...
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Becoming Marilyn
1932
The Golden West
5.5/2
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He m...
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