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William Jacobs

William Jacobs (October 31, 1887 - September 30, 1953) was an American screenwriter and producer for Warner Bros. He wrote 13 Hollywood movies and produced 59 more, including musicals.

Jacobs joined Warner Bros. as a screenwriter in 1934. From 1938 to his death he produced movies for the studio. Movies he produced include Calamity Jane (1953), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), and Tea for Two (1950).

William Jacobs died in 1953 in Beverly Hills, California, at age 65.

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Calamity Jane (1953)

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way. ...

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family. ...

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April in Paris (1952)

A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat. ...

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About Face (1952)

Three friends enter military school together, but two of them don't know that the third one is secretly married. ...

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Close to My Heart (1951)

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child. ...

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On Moonlight Bay (1951)

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sh ...

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Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabar ...

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Rocky Mountain (1950)

A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering Confederacy. Because the patrol saves a stagecoach, with Johanna Carterr as ...

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Tea for Two (1950)

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in ...

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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville. ...

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Montana (1950)

An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman. ...

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Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's enormous talent, and before long she's performing on Broadway. There, she is extremely successful and finds ...

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Whiplash (1948)

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband. ...

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April Showers (1948)

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young s ...

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My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott. ...

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Love and Learn (1947)

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business. ...

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Nora Prentiss (1947)

Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. Whe ...

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The Verdict (1946)

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness. ...

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Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirt ...

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Shadow of a Woman (1946)

Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in order to claim his inheritance. ...

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Too Young to Know (1945)

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son. ...

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Danger Signal (1945)

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch an ...

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's buco ...

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Conflict (1945)

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister. ...

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Crime by Night (1944)

A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy. ...

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Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. ...

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Find the Blackmailer (1943)

A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is ...

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Wagon Wheels West (1943)

In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father. ...

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The Hidden Hand (1942)

Eccentric wealthy old woman Lorinda Channing uses her insane brother, John Channing, to help her frighten their greedy relatives after her money. ...

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Escape from Crime (1942)

Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble. ...

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Murder in the Big House (1942)

When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy... ...

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Always in My Heart (1942)

A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man. ...

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Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions. ...

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Passage from Hong Kong (1941)

In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder. ...

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Underground (1941)

A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries t ...

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The Nurse's Secret (1941)

An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam. ...

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A Shot in the Dark (1941)

A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder. ...

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Here Comes Happiness (1941)

Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his ...

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Shadows on the Stairs (1941)

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered. ...

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The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit. ...

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She Couldn't Say No (1940)

Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town. ...

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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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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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Flowing Gold (1940)

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck. ...

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Money and the Woman (1940)

An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him. ...

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River's End (1940)

An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays two roles. ...

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Ladies Must Live (1940)

A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money. ...

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Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney. ...

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Sergeant Murphy (1938)

An Army private proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's daughter. ...

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Over the Goal (1937)

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing. ...

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Talent Scout (1937)

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom. ...

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Dance Charlie Dance (1937)

A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism. ...

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Isle of Fury (1936)

An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man. ...

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Down the Stretch (1936)

A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race. ...

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Hot Money (1936)

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished. ...

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The Big Noise (1936)

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers ...

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Treachery Rides the Range (1936)

The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to ...

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Song of the Saddle (1936)

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still ...

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Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)

A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer. ...

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Swellhead (1935)

Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident causes his luck to turn bad and results in him turnin ...

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Unwelcome Stranger (1935)

Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he believes orphans are bad luck and a jinx to be around. This is bad news when 'Gimpy", an orphan, shows up at Chamberlain's horse-ranch in search of a place to sta ...

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Night of Terror (1933)

The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one. ...

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