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George Brent

George Brent

George Brent (born George Patrick [or George Brendan] Nolan, 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.

Brent was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1904 to John J. and Mary (née McGuinness) Nolan. His mother was a native of Clonfad, Moore, County Roscommon.

Brent made his first film, Under Suspicion, in 1930. Over the next two years, he appeared in a number of minor films produced by Universal Studios and Fox, before being signed to contract by Warner Bros. in 1932. He remained at Warner Bros. for the next 20 years, carving out a successful career as a top-flight leading man during the late 1930s and 1940s.

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Jezebel: Legend of the South (2006)

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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)

Share the magical memories - and see clips from her Oscar winning performances - in this profile of the "First Lady of the American screen. ...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50 ...

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Born Again (1978)

Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion. ...

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Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest. ...

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Mexican Manhunt (1953)

Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave ...

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Tangier Incident (1953)

Steve Gordon, an American agent posing as a black market operator, is in Tangier on a mission to stop the plans of three atomic-scientists who are there to pool their secrets and sell them in a package to the Communists. ...

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Montana Belle (1952)

Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Discord among the gang and ...

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The Last Page (1952)

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk. ...

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FBI Girl (1951)

G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division. ...

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Bride for Sale (1949)

Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the h ...

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The Kid from Cleveland (1949)

Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by playing a sympathetic orphan. He finds stability and mentorship in sportscaster Mik ...

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Illegal Entry (1949)

Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. D ...

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Red Canyon (1949)

A horse breeder's daughter falls for a cowboy out to capture the stallion she aims to ride. ...

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Luxury Liner (1948)

Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a singer herself, Bradford's young daughter, Polly, decides to skip out on sch ...

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Angel on the Amazon (1948)

An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth. ...

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Christmas Eve (1947)

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt pl ...

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Slave Girl (1947)

Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars. ...

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The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside. ...

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Out of the Blue (1947)

Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his always-there model, Deborah Tyler; and Olive Jensen, a Greenwich Village type ...

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Temptation (1946)

After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man. ...

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Lover Come Back (1946)

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful. ...

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Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)

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 kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years late ...

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The Spiral Staircase (1946)

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer. ...

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My Reputation (1946)

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 children. ...

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The Affairs of Susan (1945)

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a pictur ...

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Breakdowns of 1944 (1944)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944. ...

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Experiment Perilous (1944)

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly af ...

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Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942. ...

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Silver Queen (1942)

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's. ...

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You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin. ...

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The Gay Sisters (1942)

The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married. ...

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In This Our Life (1942)

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her. ...

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Twin Beds (1942)

Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes. ...

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International Lady (1941)

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 music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage ...

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They Dare Not Love (1941)

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but ...

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The Great Lie (1941)

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child. ...

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Honeymoon for Three (1941)

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy Danish girl which he barely remembers. She remembers him, very well. ...

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Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940. ...

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South of Suez (1940)

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the di ...

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The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. ...

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'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another. ...

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Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa. ...

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The Fighting 69th (1940)

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end. ...

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The Rains Came (1939)

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and pl ...

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The Old Maid (1939)

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child. ...

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Land of Liberty (1939)

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939. ...

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Dark Victory (1939)

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she ...

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Wings of the Navy (1939)

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back. ...

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Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938. ...

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Swingtime in the Movies (1938)

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break. ...

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Secrets of an Actress (1938)

Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress. ...

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Racket Busters (1938)

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket. ...

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Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)

When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born. ...

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Jezebel (1938)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her. ...

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Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, ...

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Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937. ...

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Submarine D-1 (1937)

Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable. ...

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The Go-Getter (1937)

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success. ...

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Mountain Justice (1937)

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse. ...

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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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Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936. ...

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More Than a Secretary (1936)

When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position. ...

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Give Me Your Heart (1936)

An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman. ...

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The Golden Arrow (1936)

A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys. ...

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The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)

An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge. ...

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Snowed Under (1936)

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but he just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first ex-wife, to help him stick to busin ...

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A Dream Comes True (1935)

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). ...

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Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935. ...

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In Person (1935)

Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status. ...

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The Goose and the Gander (1935)

When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back. ...

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Special Agent (1935)

A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped. ...

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Front Page Woman (1935)

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other. ...

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Stranded (1935)

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters. ...

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Living on Velvet (1935)

A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege to one of middle-class normalcy. When an influx of money enters their life, their differences come to light. ...

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The Right to Live (1935)

A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother. ...

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The Painted Veil (1934)

The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat. ...

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Desirable (1934)

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love. ...

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Housewife (1934)

Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and gi ...

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Stamboul Quest (1934)

In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinop ...

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From Headquarters (1933)

When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates. ...

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Female (1933)

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer. ...

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Baby Face (1933)

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 happiness. ...

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Lilly Turner (1933)

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival barker, and then falling for a young engineer. ...

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The Keyhole (1933)

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame. ...

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42nd Street (1933)

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by he ...

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Luxury Liner (1933)

This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner. ...

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They Call It Sin (1932)

A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself. ...

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The Crash (1932)

Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers. ...

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The Purchase Price (1932)

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfrien ...

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Week-End Marriage (1932)

In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner. ...

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Miss Pinkerton (1932)

Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, afte ...

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The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)

A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity. ...

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So Big! (1932)

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son. ...

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The Lightning Warrior (1931)

A Rin-Tin-Tin serial presented in 12 episodes. The mysterious Wolf Man is terrorizing settlers in a western town. With the help of Rinty, young Jimmy Carter unmasks the Wolf Man and foils his evil plot. ...

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Homicide Squad (1931)

The police use a gangster's son to get to him. ...

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Ex-Bad Boy (1931)

A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town. ...

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Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. ...

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Fair Warning (1931)

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or ...

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Once a Sinner (1931)

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still has a thing for her. Refusing she heads to Sparta, where she informs Tommy of her affair with the older ...

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