Clarence Kolb — Actor (17)
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Carefree (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Carefree
director: Mark Sandrich actor: Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers …
other title: Girandola / Quero Sonhar Contigo …
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
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The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Kid from Brooklyn
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: Preferisco la vacca / Der Held des Tages …
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
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Fun on a Weekend (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fun on a Weekend
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Eddie Bracken / Priscilla Lane …
other title: Ardides de juventud
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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The Falcon in Danger (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Falcon in Danger
director: William Clemens actor: Tom Conway / Jean Brooks …
other title: El Halcón en peligro
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.
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Merrily We Live (1938) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Merrily We Live
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Constance Bennett / Brian Aherne …
other title: Wie leben wir doch glücklich! / Un mendigo original …
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
director: Eugene Forde actor: Lloyd Nolan / Marjorie Weaver …
other title: Michael Shayne: Détective privé
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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Standing Room Only (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Standing Room Only
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Paulette Goddard / Fred MacMurray …
other title: Tutto esaurito
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
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The Toast of New York (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Toast of New York
director: Rowland V. Lee actor: Edward Arnold / Cary Grant …
other title: Alla conquista dei dollari / L'Or et la femme …
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
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Christmas Eve (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Christmas Eve
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: George Raft / George Brent …
other title: Tre figli in gamba / Cita en Nochebuena …
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 playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
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True to Life (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
True to Life
director: George Marshall actor: Mary Martin / Franchot Tone …
other title: Dos solteros en un lío / Pris sur le vif
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
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Hellzapoppin' (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hellzapoppin'
director: H. C. Potter actor: Ole Olsen / Chic Johnson …
other title: Hellzapoppin' - Il cabaret dell'inferno / In der Hölle ist der Teufel los …
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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Fury (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fury
director: Fritz Lang actor: Sylvia Sidney / Spencer Tracy …
other title: Furia / Fúria …
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
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Adam's Rib (1949) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Adam's Rib
director: George Cukor actor: Spencer Tracy / Katharine Hepburn …
other title: La costola di Adamo / Addams Ribben …
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
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Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Man of a Thousand Faces
director: Joseph Pevney actor: James Cagney / Dorothy Malone …
other title: L'uomo dai mille volti / Der Mann mit den 1000 Gesichtern …
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
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His Girl Friday (1940) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB Skybridge WikiData
His Girl Friday
6.7 (7 ratings) director: Howard Hawks actor: Cary Grant / Rosalind Russell …
other title: La signora del venerdì / Sensationen …
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.