Donald Woods — Actor (17)
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Anthony Adverse (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Anthony Adverse
director: Mervyn LeRoy actor: Fredric March / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: Avorio nero / Ein rastloses Leben …
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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Johnny One-Eye (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Johnny One-Eye
director: Robert Florey actor: Pat O'Brien / Wayne Morris …
other title: Ladrón con alma
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
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Wonder Man (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Wonder Man
director: H. Bruce Humberstone actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: L'uomo meraviglia / Mein zauberhafter Bruder …
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
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Fog Over Frisco (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fog Over Frisco
director: William Dieterle actor: Bette Davis / Donald Woods …
other title: Nebbia a San Francisco / Nebel über Frisco …
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 Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
director: Max Nosseck actor: Rin-Tin-Tin III / Donald Woods …
other title: Rin Tin Tin - Die Rückkehr
A World War II European orphan, Paul, has lost all faith in humanity. Brought to the United States by Father Mathew, Paul's confidence and faith are gradually restored through his close association with a dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.
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The Girl from Mexico (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Girl from Mexico
director: Leslie Goodwins actor: Lupe Vélez / Donald Woods …
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
director: William Clemens actor: Donald Woods / Ann Dvorak …
other title: La vittima sommersa
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
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The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Case of the Curious Bride
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Warren William / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: El caso de la novia curiosa
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Tale of Two Cities
director: Jack Conway actor: Ronald Colman / Elizabeth Allan …
other title: Le due città / Flucht aus Paris …
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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Watch on the Rhine (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Watch on the Rhine
director: Herman Shumlin actor: Bette Davis / Paul Lukas …
other title: Quando il giorno verrà / Die Wacht am Rhein …
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.