Andrew Tombes

Born: 1885-06-28


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Hellzapoppin'

as Max Kane (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Meet John Doe

as Spencer
Released: 1941-03-14

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe,"...

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Bathing Beauty

as Jefferson Statling - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-27

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a...

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Reveille with Beverly

as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Released: 1943-02-04

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the...

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Road to Morocco

as Oso Bucco (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-10

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the...

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Charlie Chan at the Olympics

as Chief of Homicide E. R. Scott
Released: 1937-05-21

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress...

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Rhapsody in Blue

as Mr. Million
Released: 1945-06-27

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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Phantom Lady

as Mac - Bartender
Released: 1944-01-28

A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.

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Du Barry was a Lady

as Mr. McGowan
Released: 1943-08-13

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...

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Lady Scarface

as Art Seidel, Hotel Detective
Released: 1941-09-26

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason...

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Texas

as Tennessee
Released: 1941-10-09

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up....

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Larceny, Inc.

as Oscar Engelhart
Released: 1942-04-24

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they...

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Balalaika

as Wilbur Allison (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Five of a Kind

as Dr. Bruno
Released: 1938-10-14

Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.

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The Mad Ghoul

as Mortician Eagan
Released: 1943-11-12

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student,...

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Bring on the Girls

as Dr. Spender
Released: 1945-03-30

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...

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Too Busy to Work

as Wilbur Wentworth
Released: 1939-11-17

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to...

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Between Us Girls

as Doctor
Released: 1942-09-04

A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own...

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Hi Diddle Diddle

as Doorman
Released: 1943-08-02

When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's...

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Oklahoma Annie

as Mayor
Released: 1952-03-24

A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the...

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Easy Living

as E.J. Hulgar
Released: 1937-07-16

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's...

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The Devil Thumbs a Ride

as Joe Brayden, Night Watchman
Released: 1947-02-20

Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas...

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Two Sisters from Boston

as Recording Session Director (uncredited)
Released: 1946-06-06

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...

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Here Comes Cookie

as Botts
Released: 1935-09-10

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville...

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Third Finger, Left Hand

as Mr. Kelland
Released: 1940-10-11

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...

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Frontier Gal

as Judge Prescott
Released: 1945-12-14

Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his...

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It Ain't Hay

as Big-Hearted Charlie
Released: 1943-03-10

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after...

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Badman's Territory

as Doc Quillan
Released: 1946-05-04

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...

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Captain Caution

as Sad Eyes
Released: 1940-08-09

When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the...

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The Country Beyond

as Sen. Rawlings
Released: 1936-04-24

A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.

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Coney Island

as Horace Carter
Released: 1943-06-18

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job...

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His Butler's Sister

as Brophy
Released: 1943-11-26

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

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Down Mexico Way

as Mayor Tubbs
Released: 1941-10-15

Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a...

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Blondie Goes to College

as L.L. Snookie Wadsworth
Released: 1942-01-15

Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction...

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The Singing Sheriff

as Jonas
Released: 1944-09-01

In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his...

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Swing Fever

as Dr. Clyde L. Star
Released: 1943-11-01

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

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Big City

as Inspector Matthews (as Andrew J. Tombes)
Released: 1937-09-03

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in...

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The Devil Is a Sissy

as Muldoon - a Policeman
Released: 1936-09-18

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...

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The Jackpot

as Pritchett (uncredited)
Released: 1950-11-01

Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in...

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Nick Carter, Master Detective

as Robinson
Released: 1939-12-13

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new...

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How To Be Very, Very Popular

as Police Sgt. Moon
Released: 1955-07-22

Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955...

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Ticket to Paradise

as Nirney
Released: 1936-06-24

A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.

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World Premiere

as Nixon
Released: 1941-08-21

A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create...

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Sally, Irene and Mary

as Judge
Released: 1938-03-04

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old...

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I Dream of Jeanie

as R.E. Howard
Released: 1952-06-15

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

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Thanks a Million

as Mr. Grass
Released: 1935-11-13

A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his...

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Reckless Age

as Mr. Cook
Released: 1944-08-01

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from...

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King of Burlesque

as Slattery
Released: 1936-01-03

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on...

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Crazy House

as Horace L. Gregory
Released: 1943-10-08

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another...

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Time Out for Romance

as James Blanchard
Released: 1937-02-10

A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted...

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A Close Call for Ellery Queen

as Bates
Released: 1942-01-29

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

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Christmas Eve

as Auctioneer
Released: 1947-10-31

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can...

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Vacation from Love

as Judge Brandon
Released: 1938-09-29

A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.

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Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Ted Held
Released: 1949-11-11

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

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Murder in the Blue Room

as Dr. Carroll
Released: 1944-10-27

A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house...

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A Desperate Adventure

as Cosmo Carrington
Released: 1938-08-05

In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his...

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Patrick the Great

as Sam Bassett
Released: 1945-05-04

A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware...

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I Dood It

as Mr. Alfred Spelvin
Released: 1943-09-01

Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry...

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In Old Missouri

as Attorney
Released: 1940-04-17

The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find...

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Last of the Duanes

as Sheriff Frank Taylor
Released: 1941-09-26

Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to...

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Don't Fence Me In

as Cartwright
Released: 1945-10-20

Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern...

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A Dangerous Game

as Silas Biggsby
Released: 1941-08-21

Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at...

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The Wild Man of Borneo

as 'Doc' Dunbar
Released: 1941-01-24

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

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They All Kissed the Bride

as Crane
Released: 1942-06-11

Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in...

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Obliging Young Lady

as First Train Conductor
Released: 1942-04-01

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...

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Week-End Pass

as Constable
Released: 1944-02-14

A run-away socialite "Babs" Bradley (Martha O'Driscoll), using an alias, wants to join the WACs,...

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Hot Money

as Willie
Released: 1936-07-18

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.

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Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

as Sheriff Grogan
Released: 1950-06-04

A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in...

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Louisiana Purchase

as Dean Albert Manning
Released: 1941-12-31

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a...

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Bedtime Story

as Pierce
Released: 1941-12-25

A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants...

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San Fernando Valley

as Cyclone Kenyon
Released: 1944-09-15

A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter...

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Meet the Boy Friend

as J. Ardmore Potts
Released: 1937-07-12

A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish...

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One Wild Night

as William Nolan
Released: 1938-06-02

Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of...

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What a Life

as Prof. Abernathy
Released: 1939-10-05

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

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A Stranger in Town

as Roscoe Swade
Released: 1943-04-01

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of...

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Riding on Air

as Eddie Byrd
Released: 1937-06-18

Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from...

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Always in Trouble

as James C. Darlington
Released: 1938-10-28

Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into...

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The Meanest Man in the World

as Judge
Released: 1943-02-12

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but...

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Boy Trouble

as Mr. Svively
Released: 1939-01-27

A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.

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It Had to Happen

as Dooley
Released: 1936-02-14

A poor boy rises to power in politics.

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Doubting Thomas

as Huxley Hossefrosse
Released: 1935-07-10

A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local...

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Stage Struck

as Burns Heywood
Released: 1936-09-12

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway...

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Alex in Wonderland

as Mr. J.D. Swinnerton
Released: 1940-03-09

In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks...

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Music Is Magic

as Ben Pomeroy
Released: 1935-11-01

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from...

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Checkers

as Tobias Somers
Released: 1937-12-08

A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's...

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Beat the Band

as 'Prof' Enrico Blanchetti / Mr. Dillingham
Released: 1947-02-19

Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.

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Can't Help Singing

as Sad Sam
Released: 1944-12-25

With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young...

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Two Guys from Texas

as The Texan
Released: 1948-08-27

Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.

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Money To Burn

as Brown
Released: 1939-12-31

In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit...

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Borrowing Trouble

as Uncle George
Released: 1937-12-10

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...

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Battle of Broadway

as Judge Hutchins
Released: 1938-04-22

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's...

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Sing and Be Happy

as Thomas Lane
Released: 1937-06-25

Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.

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Goin' to Town

as Parker
Released: 1944-09-01

General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical...

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Fair Warning

as J. C. Farnham
Released: 1937-03-05

In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a...

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Moulin Rouge

as McBride
Released: 1934-01-10

A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage....

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You Came Along

as Drunk
Released: 1945-07-04

War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute...

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The Go-Getter

as Mr. Symington
Released: 1956-01-01

The Go-Getter (1956)

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Don't Get Personal

as James M. Snow
Released: 1942-01-02

Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary...

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The Holy Terror

as Commander Otis
Released: 1937-02-05

Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows...

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Honeymoon Lodge

as Judge Wilkins
Released: 1943-07-23

Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and...

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Charter Pilot

as W.J. Brady
Released: 1940-12-06

US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to...

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G.I. Honeymoon

as Reverend Horace
Released: 1945-04-06

In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate...

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Romance on the Run

as J.W. Ridgeway
Released: 1938-05-11

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets...

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45 Fathers

as Judge
Released: 1937-11-26

An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them....

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Hi'ya, Chum

as Jerry MackIntosh, Cook
Released: 1943-02-25

Entertainers get stranded in a small boomtown, and open up a restaurant.

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Hoppy's Holiday

as Frank Patton
Released: 1947-07-18

Hoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new...

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Here Comes Trouble

as Adams
Released: 1936-02-21

Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a...

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Sis Hopkins

as Mayor
Released: 1941-04-12

An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.

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Sing While You Dance

as Gorman
Released: 1946-07-25

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a...

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Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Sidney - Columnist
Released: 1933-11-02

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway...

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