Charles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8434 |
| Birthday | 1887-06-30 |
| Place of Birth | Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA |
| Also Known As | Chas. D. Brown, C.D. Brown, Charles Brown, |
1946
The Big Sleep
7.595/1149
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the comple...
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The Big Sleep
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
7.812/1096
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl...
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Santa Fe Trail
5.81/63
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign...
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Santa Fe Trail
1949
Follow Me Quietly
6.221/34
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at nigh...
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Follow Me Quietly
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
7.098/189
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. S...
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1940
Brother Orchid
6.646/41
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himsel...
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Brother Orchid
1945
Apology for Murder
4.938/16
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit h...
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Apology for Murder
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
6.474/19
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specialize...
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Charlie Chan in Reno
1946
Night Editor
5.5/24
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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Night Editor
1946
The Killers
7.36/435
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. Si...
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The Killers
1947
Railroaded!
6.672/29
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innoc...
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Railroaded!
1947
The Senator Was Indiscreet
6.167/6
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary...
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
1940
The Old Swimmin' Hole
7/1
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the wido...
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The Old Swimmin' Hole
1938
Barefoot Boy
5.429/7
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
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Barefoot Boy
1942
Fingers at the Window
5.563/16
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Fingers at the Window
1948
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
5.568/22
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetr...
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
6.375/24
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1946
The Last Crooked Mile
5.5/13
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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The Last Crooked Mile
1944
Secret Command
6.571/7
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jef...
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Secret Command
1946
Danger Woman
8/1
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
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Danger Woman
1943
Minesweeper
5.182/11
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is...
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Minesweeper
1942
Roxie Hart
6.981/27
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was ju...
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Roxie Hart
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
6.091/11
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
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Tall, Dark and Handsome
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
6.717/23
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find th...
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1948
In This Corner
8/1
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
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In This Corner
1947
Merton of the Movies
6.3/5
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert...
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Merton of the Movies
1938
Think It Over
7.25/4
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
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Think It Over
1938
The Duke of West Point
4.5/6
A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics.
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The Duke of West Point
1940
Wolf of New York
7.5/2
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
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Wolf of New York
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
6.571/7
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
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Having Wonderful Crime
1941
Devil Pays Off
4.1/10
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
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Devil Pays Off
1947
Undercover Maisie
8/2
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to...
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Undercover Maisie
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
5.727/11
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home,...
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The Ice Follies of 1939
1946
In Fast Company
6.75/4
The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independent drivers.
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In Fast Company
1940
He Married His Wife
5.611/9
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...
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He Married His Wife
1946
Wake Up and Dream
7.375/4
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
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Wake Up and Dream
1946
The Searching Wind
8/1
Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in...
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The Searching Wind
1938
Exposed
6.667/3
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Exposed
1939
Disbarred
8/2
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to...
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Disbarred
1942
Sweater Girl
5.333/3
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
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Sweater Girl
1946
The Man Who Dared
3.8/5
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based...
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The Man Who Dared
1931
The False Madonna
7/4
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
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The False Madonna
1938
Algiers
6.348/46
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....
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Algiers
1938
The Crowd Roars
7/7
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...
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The Crowd Roars
1939
Inside Story
9/1
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
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Inside Story
1945
Sunbonnet Sue
6.25/4
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's dau...
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Sunbonnet Sue
1929
The Dance of Life
5.792/12
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save...
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The Dance of Life
1939
Tell No Tales
5.357/7
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Tell No Tales
1939
Kid Nightingale
6.375/4
A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale," mar...
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Kid Nightingale
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
5.8/5
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
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Smashing the Money Ring
1939
Babes in Arms
6.422/45
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
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Babes in Arms
1941
Ride, Kelly, Ride
8/1
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
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Ride, Kelly, Ride
1940
I Take This Woman
5.85/10
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic i...
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I Take This Woman
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
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
6.405/21
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Le...
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Mr. Moto's Gamble
1946
Notorious
7.728/1738
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war c...
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Notorious
1945
Eve Knew Her Apples
5.6/5
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She r...
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Eve Knew Her Apples
1940
The Leather Pushers
8/1
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle pr...
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The Leather Pushers
1946
Just Before Dawn
6.857/7
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injecti...
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Just Before Dawn
1940
Boom Town
6.927/62
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 t...
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Boom Town
1944
Up in Arms
5.7/10
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.
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Up in Arms
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
5.5/7
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected....
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The Hoodlum Saint
1940
Florian
4.5/2
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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Florian
1940
Johnny Apollo
6.929/21
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 releas...
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Johnny Apollo
1940
City of Chance
5.563/8
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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City of Chance
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
5.889/9
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to t...
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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1944
The Fighting Seabees
6.302/53
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Na...
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The Fighting Seabees
1940
Know Your Money
9/3
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counte...
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Know Your Money
1940
Buyer Beware
6.6/5
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
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Buyer Beware
1944
The Racket Man
7.667/3
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by p...
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The Racket Man
1931
The Road to Reno
4/5
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that...
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The Road to Reno
1931
The Secret Call
7.667/3
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgr...
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The Secret Call
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
5.81/21
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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A Lady Takes a Chance
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
6.095/21
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conn...
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Gold Diggers of 1937
1941
International Lady
6.556/9
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a...
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International Lady
1948
On Our Merry Way
5.706/17
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the...
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On Our Merry Way
1943
Bombardier
5.727/22
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precisio...
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Bombardier
1938
Speed to Burn
7.5/2
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.
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Speed to Burn
1943
Destroyer
6.781/16
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the c...
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Destroyer
1941
Reaching for the Sun
7.333/3
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
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Reaching for the Sun
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
6.2/40
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her k...
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Tomorrow Is Forever
1921
The Way of a Maid
8/1
A silent film comedy.
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The Way of a Maid
1944
Jam Session
7/4
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
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Jam Session
1940
Pier 13
5.667/3
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
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Pier 13
1940
Sailor's Lady
6.5/2
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is acci...
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Sailor's Lady
1940
Forgotten Girls
5.6/5
A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover.
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Forgotten Girls
1938
Island in the Sky
7/5
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
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Island in the Sky
1938
Up the River
10/1
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently...
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Up the River
1938
Flight to Fame
7.5/2
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
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Flight to Fame
1939
Little Accident
5.5/2
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
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Little Accident
1931
Touchdown!
8/1
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
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Touchdown!
1947
I Walk Alone
6.566/76
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a p...
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I Walk Alone
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
6.8/5
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre...
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Swing Shift Maisie
1941
Maisie Was a Lady
7/5
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds...
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Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Glamour Boy
6.5/2
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...
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Glamour Boy
1948
Let's Live Again
5.5/4
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
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Let's Live Again
1921
A Man of Stone
0/0
Capt. Deering, a British war hero whose exploits in the Arabian desert have earned him the nickname "The Man of Stone", returns home to London to disc...
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A Man of Stone
1944
Follow the Boys
5.727/11
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical...
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Follow the Boys
1942
Right to the Heart
7/1
John T. Bromley III is a young man from high society who is physically humiliated by a prizefighter before his socialite sweetheart, Jenny Killian. He...
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Right to the Heart
1929
Dangerous Curves
6.667/6
A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a...
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