Spring Byington
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Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1315 |
| Birthday | 1886-10-16 |
| Place of Birth | Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
| Also Known As | Spring Dell Byington, |
1938
Jezebel
7.048/220
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Jezebel
1944
I'll Be Seeing You
6.939/41
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncl...
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I'll Be Seeing You
1936
Dodsworth
7.122/147
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Dodsworth
1944
The Heavenly Body
5.615/13
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
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The Heavenly Body
1946
Dragonwyck
6.701/117
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley...
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Dragonwyck
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
6.726/42
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
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In the Good Old Summertime
1941
Meet John Doe
7.324/282
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
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.366/383
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1938
You Can't Take It with You
7.5/450
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...
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You Can't Take It with You
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
7.6/5
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
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The Reformer and the Redhead
1935
Werewolf of London
6.053/151
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Werewolf of London
1950
Devil's Doorway
6.857/49
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
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Devil's Doorway
1940
The Blue Bird
5.822/45
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're...
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The Blue Bird
1945
The Enchanted Cottage
7.419/31
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a...
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The Enchanted Cottage
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
6.417/12
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
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Presenting Lily Mars
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
7.664/64
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store...
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The Devil and Miss Jones
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.556/80
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances w...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
10/1
Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.
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Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1933
Little Women
6.804/154
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Little Women
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
6.289/19
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice....
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1943
Heaven Can Wait
6.883/247
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...
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Heaven Can Wait
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
5.833/6
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to...
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
6.165/82
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewi...
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1947
Singapore
6.068/22
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée...
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Singapore
1941
When Ladies Meet
6.9/10
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces...
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When Ladies Meet
1948
B.F.'s Daughter
6.333/9
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
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6.585/53
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witn...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1947
It Had to Be You
7.75/4
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
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It Had to Be You
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
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
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
5.089/28
Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a sk...
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Walk Softly, Stranger
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
6.731/13
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Ente...
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Rings on Her Fingers
1935
Ah, Wilderness!
6.6/5
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from...
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Ah, Wilderness!
1937
It's Love I'm After
7.029/35
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
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It's Love I'm After
1945
Salty O'Rourke
5.95/10
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
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Salty O'Rourke
1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
10/1
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
1937
A Family Affair
5.895/19
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan a...
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A Family Affair
1954
The Rocket Man
6.45/10
After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doings of local government, and plays a part in a cut...
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The Rocket Man
1952
No Room for the Groom
5.778/9
A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a h...
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No Room for the Groom
1940
Lucky Partners
6.136/11
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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Lucky Partners
1947
Living in a Big Way
6/4
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
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Living in a Big Way
1935
Orchids to You
6/3
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
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Orchids to You
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
5.5/6
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.
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
1937
Penrod and Sam
6.5/2
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
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Penrod and Sam
1947
Cynthia
6.25/6
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
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Cynthia
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
7.5/2
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. Wh...
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My Brother Talks to Horses
1937
Big Business
7.5/2
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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Big Business
1935
Broadway Hostess
6/7
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Broadway Hostess
1947
Little Mister Jim
5.5/2
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
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Little Mister Jim
1936
Stage Struck
5.333/3
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.
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Stage Struck
1940
My Love Came Back
4.875/8
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his...
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My Love Came Back
1938
Penrod and His Twin Brother
6/3
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
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Penrod and His Twin Brother
1951
Bannerline
6.75/4
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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Bannerline
1946
A Letter for Evie
6.857/7
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-hal...
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A Letter for Evie
1942
The Affairs of Martha
6.571/7
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
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The Affairs of Martha
1935
Way Down East
4.333/3
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret i...
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Way Down East
1938
Love on a Budget
8/1
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...
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Love on a Budget
1945
Thrill of a Romance
6.571/7
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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Thrill of a Romance
1936
Palm Springs
8/1
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.
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Palm Springs
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
9/2
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1939
A Child is Born
7.125/4
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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A Child is Born
1938
A Trip to Paris
5.5/2
The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be vict...
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A Trip to Paris
1942
The Vanishing Virginian
8/2
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
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The Vanishing Virginian
1950
Please Believe Me
5.111/9
A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboa...
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Please Believe Me
1939
Land of Liberty
9/1
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Land of Liberty
1940
Laddie
6.6/5
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
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Laddie
1946
Meet Me on Broadway
8.5/2
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress A...
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Meet Me on Broadway
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
6.559/51
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 Th...
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Theodora Goes Wild
1939
Too Busy to Work
10/1
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...
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Too Busy to Work
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
7/4
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge pr...
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Faithful in My Fashion
1941
Arkansas Judge
8/1
Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accused of slander.
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Arkansas Judge
1939
Quick Millions
7.333/3
In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
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Quick Millions
1951
According to Mrs. Hoyle
5.667/3
A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
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According to Mrs. Hoyle
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
10/1
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading t...
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Chicken Wagon Family
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
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
5.25/4
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
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The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1940
On Their Own
8/1
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pet...
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On Their Own
1937
Clarence
9/1
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Cl...
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Clarence
1937
Hotel Haywire
9/1
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise stuffed in his coat pocket. The gag backfires, whe...
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Hotel Haywire
1936
Every Saturday Night
7/1
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
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Every Saturday Night
1936
Educating Father
9/1
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come i...
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Educating Father
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
5.25/8
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishnes...
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
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
1935
Love Me Forever
5.5/8
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
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Love Me Forever
1945
Captain Eddie
7.25/4
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the earl...
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Captain Eddie
1950
Louisa
6.545/11
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically invol...
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Louisa
1951
Angels in the Outfield
6.889/27
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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Angels in the Outfield
1936
The Girl on the Front Page
7/3
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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The Girl on the Front Page
1940
Young as You Feel
8/1
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go b...
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Young as You Feel
1937
Green Light
6.667/9
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research...
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Green Light
1938
The Buccaneer
6.4/12
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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The Buccaneer
1944
Reward Unlimited
7.5/2
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Reward Unlimited
1935
The Great Impersonation
7.5/2
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders...
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The Great Impersonation
1936
Back to Nature
9/1
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and...
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Back to Nature
1937
Hot Water
6.5/2
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
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Hot Water
1937
Borrowing Trouble
7/2
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
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Borrowing Trouble
1938
Down on the Farm
10/1
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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Down on the Farm
1938
Safety in Numbers
7/1
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
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Safety in Numbers
1937
Off to the Races
10/1
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
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Off to the Races
1952
Because You're Mine
6.75/4
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
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Because You're Mine
1937
The Road Back
6.667/9
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
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