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Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel (June 24, 1891 – July 13, 1954) was an American actor and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California. Her sister was actress Viola Barry. The Pichels had three sons, Pichel Wilson, Julian Irving, and Marlowe Agnew.

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Martin Luther (1953)

A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement. ...

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The High Wall (1952)

Film produced for a coalition of public service groups to combat racial and ethnic hatred. The narrative follows an emotionally insecure Chicago teenager whose bigoted thinking leads him to violence. Explores how prejudices are passed like "a contagious di ...

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This Is Korea! (1951)

John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color. ...

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Santa Fe (1951)

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown. ...

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The Maya Through the Ages (1950)

Documentary on the Mayan culture. ...

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Destination Moon (1950)

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that ...

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The Great Rupert (1950)

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only s ...

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. ...

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They Won't Believe Me (1947)

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death. ...

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The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife. ...

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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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That Justice Be Done (1945)

Newsreel footage from both sides of World War II make a case for convicting Nazi war criminals. ...

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Belle of the Yukon (1944)

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall. ...

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Happy Land (1943)

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence. ...

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The Moon Is Down (1943)

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel. ...

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December 7th (1943)

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements. ...

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The Battle of Midway (1942)

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, in 2006. ...

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How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the ...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie M ...

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Old Hickory (1939)

Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States. ...

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Torture Ship (1939)

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship. ...

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The Great Commandment (1939)

Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. ...

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Rio (1939)

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America. ...

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Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again. ...

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Juarez (1939)

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy. ...

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Exile Express (1939)

When her scientist-employer is murdered, a female legal immigrant suddenly finds herself being deported via a train full of criminal aliens, g-men, reporters - and foreign agents trying to smuggle her off and into the hands of the murderous gang. ...

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Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. ...

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Newsboys' Home (1938)

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys. ...

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Gambling Ship (1938)

A gambler uses his winnings to help support an orphanage. ...

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There Goes My Heart (1938)

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk. ...

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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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High, Wide and Handsome (1937)

The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, ...

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Armored Car (1937)

Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with t ...

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Join the Marines (1937)

New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the team. Joining the Marines to win the Colonel's approval many adventures follow. ...

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General Spanky (1936)

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, th ...

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Down to the Sea (1936)

Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive. ...

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Dracula's Daughter (1936)

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist's help to cure her vampiric cravings. ...

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Special Agent K-7 (1936)

Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up the feds, Lanny tackles a baffling espionage case. Things heat up when reporter sweetheart Ollie is framed for murder. ...

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The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)

The story of diplomatic courier Tony Carleton, who's been entrusted with a secret message vital to the cause of International peace. En route to Geneva by train, Tony is drugged by sexy cabaret dancer Raquel, who promptly steals the message -- only to be m ...

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Don't Gamble with Love (1936)

Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new jo ...

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3 Kids and a Queen (1935)

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, ...

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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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The Silver Streak (1934)

A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient. ...

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I Am a Thief (1934)

A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express. ...

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Cleopatra (1934)

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar. ...

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British Agent (1934)

In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy. ...

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She Was a Lady (1934)

Before his daughter can formally claim her rightful title, her father dies. Now her blue-blooded American suitor finds that his father refuses to allow the two to marry as she is not a high-born lady. ...

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Return of the Terror (1934)

"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn. ...

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Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)

An aspiring young writer becomes infatuated with a successful romance novelist, who realizes his life as a philandering Lothario is suddenly threatened. ...

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Fog Over Frisco (1934)

Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities. ...

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The Right To Romance (1933)

Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). Drama. ...

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I'm No Angel (1933)

Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue he ...

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Night Flight (1933)

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night. ...

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Before Dawn (1933)

After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible. ...

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The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers' hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely. ...

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Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V (1933)

A 1933 screen test for a proposed, but never filmed, movie version of "Hamlet" in Technicolor, starring John Barrymore - this is the Ghost Scene. ...

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King of the Jungle (1933)

A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus. ...

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Oliver Twist (1933)

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his cr ...

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The Woman Accused (1933)

Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda ...

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The Mysterious Rider (1933)

The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and Benton is jailed. To fight back, Benton escapes jail at night to b ...

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The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter. ...

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Madame Butterfly (1932)

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his ...

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Wild Girl (1932)

Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the ...

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Strange Justice (1932)

Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to being found out, the two devise a scheme which sends Wally, ...

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The Painted Woman (1932)

After becoming involved in a killing, Kiddo gets on board Boyton's ship. When he learns what happened he dumps her on a South Sea island. ...

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Westward Passage (1932)

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried. ...

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Forgotten Commandments (1932)

A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story and, most importantly, a recycling of footage from the silent version of The Ten Commandments. ...

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The Miracle Man (1932)

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a c ...

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Two Kinds of Women (1932)

The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Complications ensue. ...

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The Cheat (1931)

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, ...

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The Road to Reno (1931)

Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather ...

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An American Tragedy (1931)

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder. ...

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Murder by the Clock (1931)

A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum. ...

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Movies Made By Irving Pichel (36)

Day of Triumph (1954)

A film about the last days of Jesus Christ. ...

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Martin Luther (1953)

A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement. ...

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Santa Fe (1951)

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown. ...

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Destination Moon (1950)

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that ...

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Quicksand (1950)

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambl ...

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The Great Rupert (1950)

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only s ...

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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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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though ...

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The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the va ...

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Something in the Wind (1947)

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather. ...

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They Won't Believe Me (1947)

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death. ...

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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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The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife. ...

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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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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to ...

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A Medal for Benny (1945)

Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens. ...

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And Now Tomorrow (1944)

Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum to cure deafness which he tries on Emily. It doesn't work. Her sister is carrying on an affair with her fiance Jeff. Vance tries a new serum which causes Emily ...

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Happy Land (1943)

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence. ...

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The Moon Is Down (1943)

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel. ...

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is o ...

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The Pied Piper (1942)

Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. ...

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Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari. ...

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Swamp Water (1941)

A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town. ...

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Dance Hall (1941)

Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe Brooks. ...

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Hudson's Bay (1940)

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest. ...

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The Man I Married (1940)

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi. ...

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Earthbound (1940)

A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice. ...

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The Great Commandment (1939)

Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. ...

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The Duke Comes Back (1937)

After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise mon ...

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The Sheik Steps Out (1937)

In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite. ...

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Larceny on the Air (1937)

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines. ...

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Beware Of Ladies (1936)

An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to write about. ...

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The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)

In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals. ...

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She (1935)

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the land and its secret of immortality, said to be contained within a mystic fire. Picking up Tanya, a gu ...

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Before Dawn (1933)

After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible. ...

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two ...

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