William B. Davidson — Actor (17)
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In Person (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
In Person
director: William A. Seiter actor: Ginger Rogers / George Brent …
other title: Lerne lieben ohne zu weinen / En persona …
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
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Sun Valley Serenade (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Sun Valley Serenade
director: H. Bruce Humberstone actor: Sonja Henie / John Payne …
other title: Serenata a Vallechiara / Quero Casar-me Contigo …
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
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Woman Wanted (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Woman Wanted
director: George B. Seitz actor: Maureen O'Sullivan / Joel McCrea …
other title: L'avventura di Anna Gray / La fugitiva
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
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Special Agent (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Special Agent
director: William Keighley actor: Bette Davis / George Brent …
other title: Il grande nemico / Spezial-Agent
A federal tax agent goes undercover as a reporter and, working with a mobster's pretty bookkeeper, infiltrates a crime ring to catch the racketeer. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.
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The Big Noise (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Big Noise
director: Frank McDonald actor: Guy Kibbee / Warren Hull …
other title: Mr. Trent schlägt dem Alter ein Schnippchen
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, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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The Great Man's Lady (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Great Man's Lady
director: William A. Wellman actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Joel McCrea …
other title: L'ispiratrice / Una gran señora …
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
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The Secret Bride (1934) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Secret Bride
director: William Dieterle actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Warren William …
other title: La novia secreta / Mariage secret
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
director: Edward Ludwig actor: Charles Ruggles / Ann Dvorak …
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
director: John Rawlins actor: Ralph Byrd / Lyle Latell …
other title: Il dilemma di Dick Tracy / Dick Tracy contre la griffe …
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.