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Johnny Come Lately (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Johnny Come Lately
director: William K. Howard actor: James Cagney / Grace George …
other title: Johnny arrivò in ritardo / Johnny le vagabond …
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
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The Flame (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Flame
director: John H. Auer actor: John Carroll / Vera Ralston …
George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him. George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval, a job as Barry's nurse, with the idea being to marry him, kill him, and inherit his money—and marrying George.
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The Bride Walks Out (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Bride Walks Out
director: Leigh Jason actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Gene Raymond …
other title: La forza dell'amore / Cásate y verás …
Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.
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Zenobia (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Zenobia
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Oliver Hardy / Harry Langdon …
other title: Ollio sposo mattacchione / Zenobia, der Jahrmarktselefant …
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Imitation of Life (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Imitation of Life
director: John M. Stahl actor: Claudette Colbert / Louise Beavers …
other title: Lo specchio della vita / Espelho da Vida …
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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China Seas (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
China Seas
director: Tay Garnett actor: Clark Gable / Jean Harlow …
other title: Sui mari della Cina / Gold nach Singapore …
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Blonde Venus (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Blonde Venus
director: Josef von Sternberg actor: Marlene Dietrich / Herbert Marshall …
other title: Venere bionda / Blonde Vénus …
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
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The Big Wheel (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Big Wheel
director: Edward Ludwig actor: Mickey Rooney / Thomas Mitchell …
other title: La pista di fuoco / Prueba heroica …
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
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Murder by Television (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Murder by Television
director: Clifford Sanforth actor: Bela Lugosi / June Collyer …
other title: Un dramma per televisione / Asesinato por televisión
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
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Arbor Day (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Arbor Day
director: Fred C. Newmeyer actor: Carl Switzer / Darla Hood …
other title: Kleine Leute, ganz groß / Arbor day
Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
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Nothing Sacred (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Nothing Sacred
director: William A. Wellman actor: Carole Lombard / Fredric March …
other title: Nulla sul serio / Nada é Sagrado …
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Vivacious Lady (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Vivacious Lady
director: George Stevens actor: Ginger Rogers / James Stewart …
other title: Una donna vivace / Que Papai Não Sabia …
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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I'm No Angel (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
I'm No Angel
director: Wesley Ruggles actor: Mae West / Cary Grant …
other title: Non sono un angelo / Ich bin kein Engel …
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, 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 her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
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Song of the South (1946) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb Skybridge
Song of the South
director: Harve Foster / Wilfred Jackson actor: James Baskett / Ruth Warrick …
other title: I racconti dello zio Tom / A Canção do Sul …
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.