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El Brendel

El Brendel

El Brendel (born Elmer Goodfellow Brendel), nicknamed "The Synthetic Swede", was an American stage, film, and television actor. Although of German and Irish parentage, he adopted the comedic persona of a Swede who speaks fractured English.

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The She-Creature (1956)

A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life. ...

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Paris Model (1953)

A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other. ...

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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and frie ...

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Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)

Harry and his pal protect a pretty saloonkeeper from a gang of thugs. ...

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Snooper Service (1945)

Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl. ...

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I'm from Arkansas (1944)

A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets. ...

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Machine Gun Mama (1944)

Two Americans stranded in Mexico with an elephant try to sell their animal to a traveling carnival. Low-budget comedy with songs and a misleading title. ...

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Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944)

After backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come up with the money or go to jail. Knowing nothing about plumbing, they answer Mr. Skunkem's ad for plumber's assistants, and are sent to the Dinwitty estate to ...

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Defective Detectives (1944)

El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but they end up catching the husband and wife they are supposed to protect from him. ...

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A Rookie's Cookie (1943)

El, a rookie cop, falls for a girl who is being hounded by a racketeer. ...

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Boobs in the Night (1943)

Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a mad scientist and his assistant. ...

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I Spied for You (1943)

Ole discovers Nazi spies planning to take over the ship he's working on. ...

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His Wedding Scare (1943)

El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands. ...

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Ham and Yeggs (1942)

A vamp pursues El, who's inherited $500,000. ...

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Phoney Cronies (1942)

Three klutzy moving men end up in a museum that may or may not be haunted - slapstick hijinks ensue. ...

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Olaf Laughs Last (1942)

El tries to save his girlfriend, disinterested in him, from a gang of kidnappers. ...

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Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)

Officers Brendel and Kennedy are dispatched to a house where scientists are conducting experiments to revive the dead. ...

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The Blitz Kiss (1941)

Gardeners El and Tom find themselves drafted in the army and struggle to make good. ...

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Love at First Fright (1941)

A family of hillbillies mistake a radio announcer for their long-lost relative. ...

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Ready, Willing but Unable (1941)

El accidentally hits a mannequin with his automobile; believing he's killed a man, he and Tom set out to dispose of the body. ...

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Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)

El uknowingly becomes the assistant to a jewel thief. ...

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Gallant Sons (1940)

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer. ...

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Captain Caution (1940)

When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812. ...

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If I Had My Way (1940)

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly ...

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Call a Messenger (1939)

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go st ...

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The House of Fear (1939)

A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play... ...

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Code of the Streets (1939)

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis, Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay is innocent. ...

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Risky Business (1939)

Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped. ...

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Valley of the Giants (1938)

A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business. ...

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Little Miss Broadway (1938)

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage. ...

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Happy Landing (1938)

Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America. ...

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Blonde Trouble (1937)

Fred Stevens is an aspiring songwriter from Schenectady who journeys to New York City, hoping to make a name for himself. On the train he meets dental assistant Edna Baker, and the two embark upon a friendship that evolves into her falling for him. While s ...

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The Super Snooper (1937)

Two dimwitted detectives investigate the robbery of an express company. ...

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The Holy Terror (1937)

Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies. ...

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God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and slowly learns the business and of his brother's dirty tricks. ...

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Career Woman (1936)

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder. ...

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Ay Tank Ay Go (1936)

Boy loves girl, but she's on the other side in a hillbilly feud. ...

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Okay, José (1935)

A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit. ...

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What, No Men? (1935)

A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study. ...

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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)

Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show. ...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 (1934)

Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood. ...

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The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town. ...

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My Lips Betray (1933)

In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the king is facing bankruptcy for his little nation, unless he marries a rich but undesirable queen of another comic opera prin ...

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The Last Trail (1933)

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Car ...

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Hot Pepper (1933)

In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her. ...

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Handle with Care (1932)

Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications. ...

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Disorderly Conduct (1932)

When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman. ...

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Delicious (1931)

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles. ...

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West of Broadway (1931)

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying. ...

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The Spider (1931)

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When ...

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Women of All Nations (1931)

Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem. ...

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Six Cylinder Love (1931)

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides. ...

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The Stolen Jools (1931)

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium. ...

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Mr. Lemon Of Orange (1931)

A fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out. ...

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