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Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955. She was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California.

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The Private War of Major Benson (1955)

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. At Sheridan he encounters three hundred p ...

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The Outcast (1954)

Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear his name. The two women in Jet's life are Judy Pol ...

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About Mrs. Leslie (1954)

A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved. ...

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Geraldine (1953)

Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors. ...

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Bright Victory (1951)

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life. ...

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Follow the Sun (1951)

A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players. ...

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Only the Valiant (1951)

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the ...

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Harvey (1950)

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of err ...

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Three Secrets (1950)

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for a ...

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I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters. ...

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The Blonde Bandit (1949)

A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime. ...

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The Lady Gambles (1949)

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursu ...

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Hideout (1949)

Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Coll ...

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State Department: File 649 (1949)

Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and when ...

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Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to ...

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The Return of October (1948)

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie. ...

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Inner Sanctum (1948)

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house. ...

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Lady at Midnight (1948)

A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants. ...

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Eyes of Texas (1948)

A ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer covets the ranch and uses a gang of local toughs, a pack of killer dogs, and a phoney rancher's beneficiary to get it. U.S. Marshal Roger ...

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Stage Struck (1948)

A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency. ...

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Reaching from Heaven (1948)

Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and a ...

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Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948)

Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a school and how his teacher, Miss Turlock, influenced so many students. Many of them reunite at the school ...

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Dangerous Years (1947)

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve works. When Jeff tries to stop a robbery planned by Danny, he is kil ...

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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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The Unsuspected (1947)

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears. ...

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The Fabulous Joe (1947)

Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking J ...

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Possessed (1947)

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. ...

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The Big Fix (1947)

Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players. ...

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Millie's Daughter (1947)

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle. ...

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The Perfect Marriage (1947)

A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court. ...

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Big Town (1946)

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away. ...

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The Runaround (1946)

Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York. ...

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The Virginian (1946)

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatte ...

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Black Market Babies (1945)

Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little ...

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Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with ...

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Brewster's Millions (1945)

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th b ...

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Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)

Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, ...

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The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain. ...

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Take It or Leave It (1944)

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor. ...

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Bathing Beauty (1944)

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students. ...

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Jungle Woman (1944)

Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody. ...

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Princess O'Rourke (1943)

A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States. ...

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Best Foot Forward (1943)

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Hele ...

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The West Side Kid (1943)

Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and ...

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Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history p ...

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Madame Spy (1942)

Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his side. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins associating with suspected Nazi functionaries, and wonders if she may be the elusive ...

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Thunder Birds (1942)

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite ...

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Get Hep to Love (1942)

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her. ...

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Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree. ...

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The Corsican Brothers (1941)

Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised ver ...

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One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another. ...

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Gangs Of The City (1941)

Heiress Bonnie Parker, tired of newspaper stories about her society high-life, gives a false story to energetic reporter Bill Raymond, who has frequently pestered her for a scoop. When Bill is dismissed for the phony item, Bonnie realizes that she carried ...

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The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process ...

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Thieves Fall Out (1941)

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die before the broker can collect the full value of the policy and the broke ...

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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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Father Is A Prince (1940)

Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family thinks he works too hard. He feels inferior for not having gone to college, so now he doesn't want his childre ...

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The Flag of Humanity (1940)

The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross. ...

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A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to move into a posh apartment, with all the usual problems that accompany sudden wealth. ...

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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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Alice in Movieland (1940)

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival. ...

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Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach. ...

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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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Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939)

A small town drugstore owner considers selling one of his children for money. ...

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Espionage Agent (1939)

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability. ...

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Parents on Trial (1939)

According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and f ...

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Street of Missing Men (1939)

An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring the paper down.. ...

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Lincoln in the White House (1939)

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address. ...

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Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It Yo ...

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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems. ...

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Out West with the Hardys (1938)

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him. ...

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Always in Trouble (1938)

Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife. ...

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Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, ...

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Sinners in Paradise (1938)

The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr. Taylor and his servant, Ping. The mismatched group must learn to get along and work together if they are to convince Taylor to let them borrow his boat and retur ...

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Mad About Music (1938)

A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she has to produce him. Interesting things happen as she talks a visit ...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder. ...

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Midnight Intruder (1938)

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect. ...

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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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Counsel for Crime (1937)

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful ...

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A Dangerous Adventure (1937)

This drama chronicles the education of a naive, rich young woman who inherits a steel mill. To help her keep it running she unites with a man. Meanwhile two crooks try to destroy her production in order to force her to sell it to them for very little money ...

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The Devil Is Driving (1937)

In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodramatic fashion. In his first true portrayal of a "little creep," Elisha Cook Jr. stars as Tony, the spoile ...

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The League of Frightened Men (1937)

Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry. ...

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Let's Get Married (1937)

Political kingmaker Joe Quinn attempts to elevate his daughter's ambitious suitor, George Willoughby, into the the higher echelons of politics by getting him elected to Congress. His daughter, Paula Quinn, is not interested in her father's hand-picked choi ...

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Pennies from Heaven (1936)

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from follow ...

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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

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 Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, pe ...

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The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery. ...

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Blackmailer (1936)

Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead. ...

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Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)

Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authoriti ...

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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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Lady of Secrets (1936)

Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world. ...

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You May Be Next! (1936)

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal. ...

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The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful so ...

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One Way Ticket (1935)

A convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to finish his sentence. ...

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Guard That Girl (1935)

Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a client of his who is to inherit three-million dollars the next Thursday. He tells them he has reason to belie ...

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A Feather in Her Hat (1935)

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon ...

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Atlantic Adventure (1935)

When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired wh ...

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Unknown Woman (1935)

A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in ...

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