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Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

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Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricat ...

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The ...

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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

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 Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow ...

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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers. ...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system. ...

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Nobody Runs Forever (1968)

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiati ...

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Shadow Over Elveron (1968)

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right. ...

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Mickey One (1965)

A former comic is on the run from the mob. ...

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In Harm's Way (1965)

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. ...

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See How They Run (1964)

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father. ...

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The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history. ...

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How to Make a French Dish (1964)

In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a b ...

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Advise & Consent (1962)

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job. ...

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Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles (1961)

Madame Tirelou is a witch who will not allow her daughter Marie to marry her one true love Louis. The witch puts a curse on Louis should he ever set eyes on Marie again. Louis enlists the help of his old friend Fred to break the witch's spell so the young ...

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Bitter Heritage (1958)

A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love interest is Elizabeth Montgomery. ...

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Uncle Vanya (1957)

A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in Chekhov's play set in czarist Russia. ...

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The Little Foxes (1956)

A tale of greed, one-upmanship, family distrust, abuse, apathy, and lost love, set in the deep south at the turn of the twentieth century. ...

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Too Old for Dolls (1955)

Parents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name of her imaginary childhood friend, Dad arranges for one of the boy ...

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Twelve Angry Men (1954)

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a fe ...

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Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted. ...

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man. ...

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Without Honor (1949)

Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the ...

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Jigsaw (1949)

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy launches an investigation into a series of murders related to a neo-fascist organisation. ...

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Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. ...

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I Love Trouble (1948)

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past. ...

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Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. Things get really strange when Bill creates advertising for a wacky inventor's embalming fluid. ...

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Honeymoon (1947)

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City. ...

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Lost Honeymoon (1947)

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service. ...

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Because of Him (1946)

A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star. ...

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That Night with You (1945)

In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delig ...

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Dark Waters (1944)

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover help ...

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The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England. ...

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Phantom Lady (1944)

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife. ...

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True to Life (1943)

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty ab ...

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His Butler's Sister (1943)

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway. ...

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The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures. ...

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Pilot #5 (1943)

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb ...

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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use. ...

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The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer qua ...

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Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get m ...

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This Woman Is Mine (1941)

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow. ...

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She Knew All the Answers (1941)

A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't approve of his sweetheart. She decides to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side, but complications ensue. ...

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Nice Girl? (1941)

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes. ...

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Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang. ...

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Fast and Furious (1939)

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he ha ...

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The Girl Downstairs (1938)

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him. ...

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Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men. ...

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Three Comrades (1938)

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis. ...

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Love Is a Headache (1938)

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge. ...

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Man-Proof (1938)

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman. ...

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The Bride Wore Red (1937)

A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor. ...

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The Romance of Celluloid (1937)

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the production ...

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Between Two Women (1937)

Hospital intern Allen Meighan assures himself residency when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse Claire Donahue, and she with him, but she's married to the physically abusive Tom. ...

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They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use. ...

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Quality Street (1937)

In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson. ...

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Love on the Run (1936)

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot. ...

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The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're ...

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Suzy (1936)

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive. ...

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The King Steps Out (1936)

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in. ...

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The Unguarded Hour (1936)

A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man. ...

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Exclusive Story (1936)

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars. ...

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Dangerous (1935)

Don Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. ...

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge. ...

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No More Ladies (1935)

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous. ...

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Reckless (1935)

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire. ...

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One New York Night (1935)

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louis ...

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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, t ...

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Gentlemen Are Born (1934)

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market. ...

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Straight Is the Way (1934)

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies. ...

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The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionai ...

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The World Moves On (1934)

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napol ...

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Sadie McKee (1934)

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house. ...

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Moulin Rouge (1934)

A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan-- ...

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Dancing Lady (1933)

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, ...

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Bombshell (1933)

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on. ...

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Stage Mother (1933)

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she ...

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The Stranger's Return (1933)

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer. ...

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Midnight Mary (1933)

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affairs. ...

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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident. ...

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Today We Live (1933)

Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get married when they grew up, but they "didn't wait. ...

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The Wiser Sex (1932)

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit. ...

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Movies Made By Franchot Tone (2)

Uncle Vanya (1957)

A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in Chekhov's play set in czarist Russia. ...

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man. ...

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