Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence and was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award four times, and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the Motion Picture Academy, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is ranked as the eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1713 |
| Birthday | 1907-07-16 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Ruby Catherine Stevens, |
1944
Double Indemnity
8.088/2075
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colle...
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Double Indemnity
1964
Roustabout
6.017/59
After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to fr...
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Roustabout
1941
The Lady Eve
7.256/410
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean start...
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The Lady Eve
1956
Crime of Passion
6.123/57
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburb...
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Crime of Passion
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
6.773/216
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the teleph...
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Sorry, Wrong Number
1952
Clash by Night
6.679/137
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
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Clash by Night
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.649/456
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1941
Meet John Doe
7.318/288
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The p...
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Meet John Doe
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
7.077/194
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
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.267/103
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1933
Baby Face
7.236/159
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...
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Baby Face
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
6.414/76
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suff...
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
6.997/177
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse...
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Christmas in Connecticut
1950
The Furies
7.141/85
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
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The Furies
1950
No Man of Her Own
6.917/48
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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No Man of Her Own
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
6.566/68
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her...
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The File on Thelma Jordon
1940
Remember the Night
7.328/128
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone...
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Remember the Night
1953
Jeopardy
6.7/44
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
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Jeopardy
1964
The Night Walker
6.392/51
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
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The Night Walker
1949
The Lady Gambles
6.074/34
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...
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The Lady Gambles
1941
Ball of Fire
7.4/251
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is...
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Ball of Fire
1957
Forty Guns
6.589/146
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle q...
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Forty Guns
1954
Executive Suite
7.071/63
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
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Executive Suite
1955
The Violent Men
6.45/60
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and...
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The Violent Men
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
6.6/71
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweet...
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Walk on the Wild Side
1954
Witness to Murder
6.336/76
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
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Witness to Murder
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
7.167/75
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back...
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There's Always Tomorrow
1939
Golden Boy
6.542/36
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangster...
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Golden Boy
1933
Ladies They Talk About
6.125/44
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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Ladies They Talk About
1939
Union Pacific
6.726/82
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...
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Union Pacific
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
6.398/44
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
1931
The Miracle Woman
6.722/54
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blin...
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The Miracle Woman
1947
Cry Wolf
6.1/30
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
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Cry Wolf
1937
Stella Dallas
6.83/100
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
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Stella Dallas
1935
Annie Oakley
6.486/36
Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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Annie Oakley
1953
All I Desire
6.98/51
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
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All I Desire
1953
Titanic
6.648/155
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxu...
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Titanic
1944
Hollywood Canteen
7.276/29
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...
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Hollywood Canteen
1956
These Wilder Years
6.5/15
A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.
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These Wilder Years
1981
This Is Elvis
7.028/36
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and in...
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This Is Elvis
1929
The Locked Door
6.063/16
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines...
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The Locked Door
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
6/1
A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1943
Lady of Burlesque
5.427/48
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike a...
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Lady of Burlesque
1932
Forbidden
6.526/39
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby...
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Forbidden
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
10/1
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...
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Showbiz Goes to War
1931
Night Nurse
6.753/91
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small chil...
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Night Nurse
1937
Breakfast for Two
5.864/22
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and set...
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Breakfast for Two
1931
The Stolen Jools
5.641/32
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...
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The Stolen Jools
1937
Internes Can't Take Money
6.525/20
Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gang...
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Internes Can't Take Money
1948
B.F.'s Daughter
6.3/9
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
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B.F.'s Daughter
1951
The Man with a Cloak
6.825/20
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is b...
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The Man with a Cloak
1932
The Purchase Price
6.482/28
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationshi...
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The Purchase Price
1953
Blowing Wild
6/31
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway,...
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Blowing Wild
1942
The Gay Sisters
6.6/9
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
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The Gay Sisters
1970
The House That Would Not Die
5.78/25
A tale of witchcraft, black magic and a haunted house in the Amish country.
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The House That Would Not Die
1941
You Belong to Me
6.088/17
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
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You Belong to Me
1941
The Great Man's Lady
6.3/12
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is...
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The Great Man's Lady
1935
The Woman in Red
6.025/20
A professional equestrian marries a polo player from a once-wealthy family, only to face the scorn of his snobbish relatives. When she becomes entangl...
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The Woman in Red
1932
So Big!
5.765/17
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
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So Big!
1931
Ten Cents a Dance
6.737/19
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
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Ten Cents a Dance
1932
Shopworn
6.714/14
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
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Shopworn
1931
Illicit
5.63/23
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destro...
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Illicit
1955
Escape to Burma
6.2/10
A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
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Escape to Burma
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
5.733/30
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
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Cattle Queen of Montana
1949
East Side, West Side
7.058/26
A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
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East Side, West Side
1930
Ladies of Leisure
6.161/31
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy f...
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Ladies of Leisure
1946
My Reputation
7.3/22
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own...
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My Reputation
1947
The Other Love
6.053/19
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of...
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The Other Love
1957
Trooper Hook
6.65/20
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escape...
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Trooper Hook
1947
California
6.848/23
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Jo...
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California
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
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
6.067/15
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
1934
Gambling Lady
6.238/21
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...
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Gambling Lady
1936
His Brother's Wife
5.8/10
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no goo...
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His Brother's Wife
1953
The Moonlighter
5.958/12
Wes Anderson is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he loo...
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The Moonlighter
1947
Variety Girl
6.5/12
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...
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Variety Girl
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
7.071/21
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts...
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Flesh and Fantasy
1937
This Is My Affair
7.278/18
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Pa...
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This Is My Affair
1936
A Message to Garcia
5/12
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
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A Message to Garcia
1933
Ever in My Heart
5.571/14
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
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Ever in My Heart
1956
The Maverick Queen
5.8/15
Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which,...
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The Maverick Queen
1934
The Secret Bride
6.167/15
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of b...
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The Secret Bride
1936
Banjo on My Knee
5.765/17
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
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Banjo on My Knee
1938
Always Goodbye
7.188/8
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is...
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Always Goodbye
1950
To Please a Lady
6.5/14
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain an...
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To Please a Lady
1971
A Taste of Evil
6.045/22
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
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A Taste of Evil
1929
Mexicali Rose
5.6/10
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town...
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Mexicali Rose
1947
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
0/0
Movie stars are interviewed on a boat in 1947 in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1935
Red Salute
6/9
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and...
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Red Salute
1936
The Plough and the Stars
5.65/20
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.
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The Plough and the Stars
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
6.111/9
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
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The Bride Wore Boots
1934
A Lost Lady
5.786/14
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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A Lost Lady
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
5.8/4
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
0/0
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1973
The Letters
6.8/5
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
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The Letters
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
6.5/2
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
6/1
Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Bar...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
6.5/4
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
5.6/10
A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
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Hollywood Victory Caravan
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/4
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
5.25/4
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
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Things You Never See on the Screen
1944
Breakdowns of 1944
6.5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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Breakdowns of 1944
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.333/9
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
2003
Complicated Women
6.9/12
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1964
Calhoun
6/1
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.
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Calhoun
1931
Round About Hollywood
6/1
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showin...
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Round About Hollywood
2008
Warner at War
7/2
Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.
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Warner at War
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3/5
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines t...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
1987
Hollywood Uncensored
5.4/10
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
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Hollywood Uncensored
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.667/3
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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Breakdowns of 1942
2005
Bad Girls Behind Bars
0.5/1
A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.
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Bad Girls Behind Bars
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
0/0
Fernand Gravey and Danielle Darrieux arrive in Hollywood; the Ritz Brothers achieve immortality, leaving their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chine...
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1961
Dragon by the Tail
0/0
Josephine Little, an expatriate American importer-exporter of sometimes unscrupulous dealings, is recruited by Central Intellegence Agency operatives...
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Dragon by the Tail
2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
7.208/12
Very few Icons have at once embodied the Myths of their own country while revealing its contradictions: heiress of the Hollywood star system and muse...
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Citizen Jane Fonda
1927
Broadway Nights
8/2
Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their la...
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Broadway Nights
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.429/7
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddes...
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1995
The Casting Couch
8.3/3
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes...
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The Casting Couch
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
10/3
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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