Frank M. Thomas
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Frank Marion Thomas (July 13, 1889 – November 25, 1989), was an American character actor of stage, screen and television fame. He and his wife, actress Mona Bruns, both lived to 100 years old. He died the day before her 90th birthday; she died 11 years later. Their son was Frankie Thomas
Thomas' parents were Jesse and Virginia Thomas. He first appeared on Broadway in 1914. Thomas also played many supporting roles in films from the 1930s through the 1970s. His best-known films were We Who Are About To Die (1937), A Man to Remember (1938), A Shot In the Dark (1941), Desert Trail (1942), and No Place for a Lady (1943). His last screen appearance was in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).
He performed frequently on television from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was president (Shepherd) of The Lambs (1962-63). His film appearances were so prolific at one point in his career that, in 1937 alone, he appeared in no fewer than 21 films.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6922 |
| Birthday | 1889-07-12 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | Frank Thomas, Frank Thomas Sr., Frank Marion Thomas, |
1943
Mountain Rhythm
8/1
The Weaver family buys some farmland in California, but the headmaster of a nearby boys school doesn't want them as neighbors, and before long the boy...
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Mountain Rhythm
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
7/1
Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The letters are finally delivered, profoundly affecting t...
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The Postman Didn't Ring
1938
This Marriage Business
5.167/6
A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
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This Marriage Business
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
6.4/65
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Lo...
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Reap the Wild Wind
1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
6.25/4
A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.
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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1941
Dangerously They Live
6.273/11
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
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Dangerously They Live
1940
Brigham Young
4.647/17
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Brigham Young
1939
They Made Her a Spy
6.75/4
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They Made Her a Spy
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
6.2/32
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1942
Sunset on the Desert
6/5
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Sunset on the Desert
1939
Scandal Sheet
7/1
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Scandal Sheet
1939
The Mysterious Miss X
5.438/8
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The Mysterious Miss X
1939
Society Lawyer
5.4/11
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Society Lawyer
1936
Grand Jury
7.5/2
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Grand Jury
1937
Racing Lady
6/4
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1939
The Rookie Cop
5.75/4
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The Rookie Cop
1934
Wednesday's Child
3.8/5
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Wednesday's Child
1937
Behind The Headlines
6.625/4
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Behind The Headlines
1939
They All Come Out
5.875/8
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They All Come Out
1937
Criminal Lawyer
6.5/5
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police rai...
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Criminal Lawyer
1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
8/2
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
6.333/3
An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1938
Go Chase Yourself
5.667/6
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
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Go Chase Yourself
1939
Disbarred
8/2
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to...
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Disbarred
1941
Life with Henry
6.5/2
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
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Life with Henry
1938
Law of the Underworld
5.8/5
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Law of the Underworld
1940
Shooting High
7/3
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
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Shooting High
1941
Among the Living
6.129/31
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
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Among the Living
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner
6/4
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
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Wanted: Jane Turner
1937
Meet the Missus
6.5/2
A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happy Noodle Company's Mrs. America Contest.
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Meet the Missus
1938
Maid's Night Out
5.9/5
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Maid's Night Out
1937
Breakfast for Two
5.864/22
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Breakfast for Two
1937
They Wanted to Marry
5.75/4
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They Wanted to Marry
1938
Crime Ring
5.75/4
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
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Crime Ring
1937
Forty Naughty Girls
5.625/8
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
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Forty Naughty Girls
1940
Chad Hanna
7/4
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
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Chad Hanna
1939
Saga of Death Valley
6.667/6
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Saga of Death Valley
1938
A Man to Remember
6.714/7
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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A Man to Remember
1937
Quick Money
5.5/4
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Quick Money
1937
Danger Patrol
6.4/5
An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
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Danger Patrol
1938
Crashing Hollywood
6/7
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Crashing Hollywood
1938
Everybody's Doing It
6/3
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.
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Everybody's Doing It
1938
Night Spot
4.6/5
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Night Spot
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
6/2
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Don't Tell the Wife
1936
M'Liss
6/3
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteache...
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M'Liss
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
8.5/2
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it...
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The Man Who Found Himself
1954
The Shadow
4.5/2
Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont...
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The Shadow
1937
We Who Are About to Die
7/5
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic...
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We Who Are About to Die
1937
The Big Shot
6.5/2
A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help mankind don't go smoothly.
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The Big Shot
1937
You Can't Buy Luck
4.714/7
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.
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You Can't Buy Luck
1941
Arkansas Judge
8/1
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Arkansas Judge
1938
Smashing the Rackets
6.667/3
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile...
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Smashing the Rackets
1937
High Flyers
7.5/4
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamond...
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High Flyers
1939
Secret Service of the Air
6.083/6
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal a...
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Secret Service of the Air
1936
Mummy's Boys
5/8
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient...
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Mummy's Boys
1950
The Sleeping City
6/20
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John...
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The Sleeping City
1939
Idiot's Delight
6.118/17
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
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Idiot's Delight
1941
Three Sons o' Guns
7/2
Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
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Three Sons o' Guns
1939
Two Thoroughbreds
5/3
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
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Two Thoroughbreds
1939
Bachelor Mother
7.2/81
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, D...
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Bachelor Mother
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.812/1231
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new se...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
7/1
A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.
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Grand Jury Secrets
1941
Sierra Sue
7/1
To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until...
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Sierra Sue
1940
Women Without Names
4.7/5
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts...
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Women Without Names
1936
Without Orders
7.333/3
At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick lands at the end of a cross-country record flight, met by his father J.P. Kendrick who owns Amalgamate...
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Without Orders
1941
The Great Man's Lady
6.3/12
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...
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The Great Man's Lady
1938
Blind Alibi
6.167/3
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.
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Blind Alibi
1941
A Shot in the Dark
5.714/7
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
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A Shot in the Dark
1940
Lillian Russell
6.615/13
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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Lillian Russell
1936
Don't Turn 'em Loose
5/6
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast th...
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Don't Turn 'em Loose
1940
Maryland
6.5/3
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his fa...
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Maryland
1940
City of Chance
5.563/8
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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City of Chance
1953
Horace Mann's Miracle
0/0
In the 1850s, the small mid western college of Antioch faces going out of business unless it changes school policy and takes on wealthy clientèle to p...
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Horace Mann's Miracle
1939
Geronimo
5.333/6
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud betwee...
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Geronimo
1941
Wyoming Wildcat
8/1
A former outlaw becomes a Wells Fargo guard, but when the stagecoach is robbed, he becomes a wanted man once again.
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Wyoming Wildcat
1942
Sunset Serenade
6.2/6
Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Son...
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Sunset Serenade
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
5.5/4
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Apache Trail
6.857/7
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the stati...
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Apache Trail
1937
China Passage
6.3/5
Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on succes...
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China Passage
1937
We're on the Jury
6.167/6
A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
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We're on the Jury
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
7.333/3
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir...
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The Soldier and the Lady
1940
High School
6.667/3
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled on her father's Texan ranch must adjust to her new surroundings with other students when she's sent to...
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High School
1942
Obliging Young Lady
6/3
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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Obliging Young Lady
1936
The Big Game
6.6/5
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
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The Big Game
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
3.7/3
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
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$1,000 a Touchdown
1943
No Place for a Lady
6/3
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only it...
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No Place for a Lady
1938
The Saint in New York
6.474/19
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox...
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The Saint in New York
1938
Joy of Living
5.9/8
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic...
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Joy of Living
1917
Nearly Married
0/0
Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.
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Nearly Married
1936
The Last Outlaw
6.333/3
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He bef...
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The Last Outlaw
1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
6.4/34
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his tr...
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
1942
Eyes in the Night
6.111/36
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
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Eyes in the Night
1940
Queen of the Mob
6.2/5
Ma Webster and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.
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Queen of the Mob
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
6.333/3
The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1946
Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D.
0/0
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one...
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Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D.
1920
Deadline at Eleven
8/1
When socialite Helen Stevens obtains a job on a New York newspaper, she is met by much derision from the staff. Befriended by a heavy-drinking reporte...
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Deadline at Eleven
1938
Vivacious Lady
7/71
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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Vivacious Lady
1938
Strange Faces
10/1
A soon-to-be-married couple, both news reporters, compete to break the story of a high-profile gangster's murder, which was, in truth, a staged crime...
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