J. Carrol Naish
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Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City, New York. Naish did many film roles, but they were eclipsed when he found fame in the title role of radio's Life with Luigi (1948–1953), which surpassed Bob Hope in the 1950 ratings.
Naish appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He began as a member of Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe of child performers. In Paris after World War I, Naish formed his own song and dance act. He was traveling the globe from Europe to Egypt to Asia, when his China-bound ship developed engine problems, leaving him in California in 1926.
His uncredited bit role in What Price Glory (1926) launched his career in more than two hundred films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role in the 1943 film Sahara, then for his performance in the 1945 film A Medal for Benny, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture. He notably played Boris Karloff's hunchback assistant in The House of Frankenstein in 1944.
He was of Irish descent, but never used his dialect skills to play Irishmen, explaining, "When the part of an Irishman comes along, nobody ever thinks of me." Instead, he portrayed myriad other ethnic groups on screen: Latino, Native American, East Asian, Polynesian, Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, Eastern European, and Mediterranean. Besides his film roles, he often appeared on television later in his career. He spent many of his later years in San Diego studying philosophy and theology.
Naish was married (1929–1973) to actress Gladys Heaney (1907–1987). They had one daughter.
For his contributions to television and film, J. Carrol Naish has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2106 |
| Birthday | 1896-01-20 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish, Joseph Carrol Naish, J. Carroll Naish, Carroll Naish, Carrol Naish, Carol Naish, J. Carrol Nash, |
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Elmer, the Great
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Canadian Pacific
5.191/34
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Captain Blood
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8/2
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6.3/25
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That Midnight Kiss
6.2/4
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5.1/9
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1937
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
6.203/32
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Birth of the Blues
6.2/12
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This Could Be the Night
6.071/14
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5.167/6
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5.1/5
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1937
Daughter of Shanghai
5.4/16
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Jackass Mail
7.5/2
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1956
Rebel in Town
7.143/7
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1954
Sitting Bull
5.3/26
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1936
Special Investigator
5.429/7
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1938
King of Alcatraz
6/4
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1935
Little Big Shot
7.333/3
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1931
Homicide Squad
8/1
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1935
Confidential
6.333/6
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1943
Batman
6.187/131
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1935
Behind the Green Lights
8/2
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1944
Dragon Seed
6.789/19
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1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
5.808/13
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1932
Tiger Shark
6.471/17
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1942
Dr. Broadway
6/7
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1933
The World Gone Mad
4.846/13
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1932
The Mouthpiece
6.167/12
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1941
Know For Sure
4.167/12
A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.
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1940
Golden Gloves
6/3
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1932
The Kid from Spain
6.6/10
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1945
A Medal for Benny
5.6/5
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1955
Hit the Deck
5/17
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1948
The Kissing Bandit
5.167/6
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1937
It May Happen to You
5.5/6
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
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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
1936
Ramona
5.8/6
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Ramona
1932
The Hatchet Man
5.4/13
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1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
9.5/2
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
3.5/2
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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1957
The Young Don't Cry
7/5
An orphaned teen gets involved with some chain-gang convicts.
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The Young Don't Cry
1934
British Agent
5.75/20
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
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British Agent
1954
Saskatchewan
5.981/26
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1935
Front Page Woman
5.9/17
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1933
The Mystery Squadron
6.5/2
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The Mystery Squadron
1952
Denver and Rio Grande
5.625/16
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Denver and Rio Grande
1936
Exclusive Story
7.2/5
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
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Exclusive Story
1932
Crooner
6.5/2
Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
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1944
Enter Arsène Lupin
6.2/5
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Enter Arsène Lupin
1943
Harrigan's Kid
7/1
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Harrigan's Kid
1936
Two in the Dark
6.1/10
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1939
Island of Lost Men
5.556/9
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Island of Lost Men
1935
Under the Pampas Moon
5.5/6
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1937
Border Cafe
7/4
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1933
Captured!
5.545/11
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1940
Typhoon
6.7/3
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1936
Absolute Quiet
5.6/10
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1955
Desert Sands
5/7
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7/3
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1941
Accent on Love
7.5/2
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1943
Behind the Rising Sun
6.143/7
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1936
Moonlight Murder
4.833/6
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1933
No Other Woman
5.1/10
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No Other Woman
1946
Bad Bascomb
7.286/7
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1951
Bannerline
6.75/4
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1937
Sea Racketeers
4.667/3
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1947
Carnival in Costa Rica
7/3
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1953
Fighter Attack
4.5/3
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Fighter Attack
1938
Her Jungle Love
7.5/3
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1939
King of Chinatown
5.611/9
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1939
Hotel Imperial
7/3
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1933
The Devil's in Love
6/5
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1938
Tip-Off Girls
7.5/2
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1930
Cheer Up and Smile
10/1
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1941
That Night in Rio
6.35/20
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That Night in Rio
1936
Crack-Up
5.9/13
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
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Crack-Up
1944
Two-Man Submarine
8/2
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1933
The Mad Game
10/1
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1944
The Monster Maker
5.161/28
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1951
The Mark of the Renegade
5.7/10
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1930
Scotland Yard
7/2
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1934
Upperworld
6.111/9
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Upperworld
1933
Notorious But Nice
6.667/3
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1944
Jungle Woman
5.167/21
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1934
The Hell Cat
8/2
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1937
Hideaway
6/2
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1938
Hunted Men
5.667/3
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1938
Illegal Traffic
6.6/5
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What Price Glory
6.4/10
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1937
Song of the City
8/2
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1937
We Who Are About to Die
7/5
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1937
The Grand Bounce
7/5
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...
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The Grand Bounce
1933
Havana Widows
6.6/5
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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Havana Widows
1938
Prison Farm
6.8/4
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to...
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Prison Farm
1933
Arizona to Broadway
7.5/2
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by th...
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Arizona to Broadway
1934
The President Vanishes
6/5
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...
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The President Vanishes
1931
The Finger Points
6.429/7
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on...
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The Finger Points
1934
The Defense Rests
7.1/10
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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The Defense Rests
1955
Rage at Dawn
6.2/30
In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A s...
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Rage at Dawn
1939
Undercover Doctor
6.667/3
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his n...
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Undercover Doctor
1974
That's Entertainment!
7.373/71
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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That's Entertainment!
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
6.571/7
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall aft...
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The Famous Ferguson Case
1941
Forced Landing
6/3
On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.
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Forced Landing
1952
Ride the Man Down
7.7/3
After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
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Ride the Man Down
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
6.188/16
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating th...
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1944
House of Frankenstein
6.055/190
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count...
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House of Frankenstein
1956
Yaqui Drums
9/1
In this western, a Mexican bandit and an angry rancher team up and take on a crooked saloon keeper.
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Yaqui Drums
1945
Getting Gertie's Garter
4.667/3
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an...
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1939
Persons in Hiding
3.75/4
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
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Persons in Hiding
1933
Silent Men
9/1
In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He is after the Wilder brothers who he thinks are rust...
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Silent Men
1937
Night Club Scandal
4.3/6
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
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Night Club Scandal
1955
The Last Command
6.7/10
During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't h...
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The Last Command
1932
The Conquerors
5.6/5
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
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The Conquerors
1945
Star in the Night
7.458/24
Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests...
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Star in the Night
1937
Thunder Trail
8/2
A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits...
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Thunder Trail
1942
A Gentleman at Heart
7.5/2
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ra...
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A Gentleman at Heart
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
7/2
Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead "Woody" Da...
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The Leathernecks Have Landed
1942
Sunday Punch
6/4
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes...
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Sunday Punch
1942
The Man in the Trunk
9/1
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
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The Man in the Trunk
1943
Good Morning, Judge
10/1
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
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Good Morning, Judge
1943
Sahara
7.234/160
In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a...
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Sahara
1931
Surrender
5.5/4
Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.
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Surrender
1931
Ladies of the Big House
6/3
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
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Ladies of the Big House
1934
Marie Galante
4.923/13
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt l...
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Marie Galante
1932
Big City Blues
5.857/14
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets...
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Big City Blues
1933
Central Airport
6/13
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
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Central Airport
1934
Girl in Danger
8/2
Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.
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Girl in Danger
1952
Woman of the North Country
5/4
In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are...
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Woman of the North Country
1939
We're in the Movies, Now!
4/1
Promotion reel/souvenir of a 1939-40 meeting of the Paramount Studios sales people.
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We're in the Movies, Now!
1933
Infernal Machine
7/1
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. Af...
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Infernal Machine
1931
Gun Smoke
6.667/3
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Ida...
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Gun Smoke
1933
The Last Trail
7/1
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad...
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The Last Trail
1934
Murder in Trinidad
0/0
Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for the League of Nations. He is Trinidad's Port o' Spa...
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Murder in Trinidad
1934
Sleepers East
7/1
No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor...
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Sleepers East
1961
Force of Impulse
4.25/4
A high-school football player is in love with a beautiful blonde classmate from a very wealthy family. He doesn't have the money to take her out, so i...
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Force of Impulse
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
10/1
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her e...
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The Past of Mary Holmes
1932
No Living Witness
10/1
An assistant district attorney tries to stop his girlfriend's father from being swindled out of his money by a crooked lawyer in a racetrack scam.
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No Living Witness
1994
That's Entertainment! III
7.119/42
Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...
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That's Entertainment! III
1931
The Royal Bed
4.333/12
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt a...
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The Royal Bed
1933
The Avenger
8/2
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
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The Avenger
1936
Anthony Adverse
5.689/37
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...
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Anthony Adverse
1934
Hell in the Heavens
5/5
During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.
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Hell in the Heavens
1966
Doom of Dracula
10/1
An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.
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Doom of Dracula
1946
It's Your America
6.5/2
This short--long rumored to have been directed by John Ford--was produced by the US government specifically for veterans returning home from World War...
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It's Your America
1959
Disneyland '59
7.333/3
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disn...
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Disneyland '59
1955
Man on a Bus
5/3
Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded ov...
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Man on a Bus
1970
Cutter's Trail
8/3
The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother t...
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Cutter's Trail
1989
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
7.8/5
This is the fully documented story of Batman—his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight, this acti...
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1933
Frisco Jenny
6.7/20
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the...
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Frisco Jenny
1930
Double Cross Roads
9/1
Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries...
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Double Cross Roads
1940
A Night at Earl Carroll's
4.5/6
Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, th...
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A Night at Earl Carroll's
1934
What's Your Racket
8/1
Mae Cosgrove, a nightclub hostess, carries out a robbery on the safe of a gangster's palatial home.
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What's Your Racket
1936
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
10/1
A wisecracking newspaper reporter comes up with what he believes to be the ultimate publicity stunt: have the newspaper offer a $5000 prize to whoever...
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The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1992
Dracula in the Movies
10/1
A retrospective of Dracula's appearances in film. It includes trailers and scenes from many Dracula-related films. There is an emphasis on films which...
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