Edward Arnold

Born: 1890-02-17

Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890, on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants, Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. Arnold began his acting career on the New York stage and became a film actor in 1916. A burly man with a commanding style and superb baritone voice, he was a popular screen personality for decades, and was the star of such film classics as Diamond Jim (1935) (a role he reprised in Le roman de Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.


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You Can't Take It with You

as Anthony P. Kirby
Released: 1938-09-01

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...

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Duck Soup

as Politician (uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-12

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Jim Taylor
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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Meet John Doe

as D.B. Norton
Released: 1941-03-14

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

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

as Joe Lorgan
Released: 1949-03-09

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins,...

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He Who Gets Slapped

as (uncredited)
Released: 1924-12-22

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in...

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City That Never Sleeps

as Penrod Biddel
Released: 1953-06-12

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with...

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Three on a Match

as Ace
Released: 1932-10-29

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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Annie Get Your Gun

as Pawnee Bill
Released: 1950-05-17

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo...

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The Toast of New York

as Jim Fisk
Released: 1937-07-22

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...

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Crime and Punishment

as Inspector Porfiry
Released: 1935-11-22

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

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All That Money Can Buy

as Daniel Webster
Released: 1941-10-17

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr....

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Released: 1982-05-21

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...

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Let Freedom Ring

as Jim Knox
Released: 1939-02-24

A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.

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Rasputin and the Empress

as Doctor Remezov
Released: 1932-12-23

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the...

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Ziegfeld Follies

as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
Released: 1945-08-26

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in...

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I'm No Angel

as Big Bill Barton
Released: 1933-10-06

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money,...

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Johnny Eager

as John Benson Farrell
Released: 1941-12-09

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

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Belles on Their Toes

as Sam Harper
Released: 1952-05-02

The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends...

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The Hidden Eye

as Capt. Duncan Maclain
Released: 1945-08-31

A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused...

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The Life of Jimmy Dolan

as Inspector Ennis
Released: 1933-06-03

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and...

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Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #10
Released: 1954-09-20

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television...

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Nothing But the Truth

as T.T. Ralston
Released: 1941-10-10

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell tell the truth, and only the truth,...

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Man of Conflict

as J.R. Compton
Released: 1953-11-04

Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father...

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Dear Brat

as Senator Wilkins
Released: 1951-05-30

Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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Roman Scandals

as Emperor Valerius
Released: 1933-11-27

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls...

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The Earl of Chicago

as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
Released: 1940-01-05

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...

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The White Sister

as Father Saracinesca
Released: 1933-03-17

An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

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Kismet

as The Grand Vizier
Released: 1944-10-01

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter...

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Idiot's Delight

as Achille Weber
Released: 1939-01-27

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...

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The Youngest Profession

as Burton V. Lyons
Released: 1943-02-26

Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping...

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The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig
Released: 1935-06-15

When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
Released: 1916-06-30

When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts...

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Living It Up

as The Mayor of New York
Released: 1954-07-15

Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day...

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Easy Living

as J.B. Ball
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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Cardinal Richelieu

as Louis XIII
Released: 1935-04-18

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

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Hide-Out

as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Released: 1934-08-24

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with...

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Mrs. Parkington

as Amory Stilham
Released: 1944-10-12

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid...

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Command Decision

as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Released: 1948-12-23

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...

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The Crowd Roars

as Jim Cain
Released: 1938-08-06

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the...

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The Barbarian

as Achmed Pasha
Released: 1933-05-12

An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

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The Hucksters

as David 'Dave' Lash
Released: 1947-07-17

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult...

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My Brother Talks to Horses

as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
Released: 1947-02-04

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with...

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Sutter's Gold

as Johan (John) Sutter
Released: 1936-03-01

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

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Lillian Russell

as Diamond Jim Brady
Released: 1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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The Penalty

as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
Released: 1941-03-13

In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When...

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Big City

as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
Released: 1948-03-25

A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood...

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Secret of the Blue Room

as Commissioner Forster
Released: 1933-07-20

According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-05-12

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...

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The Ambassador's Daughter

as Ambassador William Fisk
Released: 1956-07-26

While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove...

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The Lady from Cheyenne

as James 'Jim' Cork
Released: 1941-04-11

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...

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Meet Nero Wolfe

as Nero Wolfe
Released: 1936-07-16

Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his...

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Johnny Apollo

as Robert Cain Sr.
Released: 1940-04-19

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then...

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Phil-for-Short

as Tom Wentworth
Released: 1919-06-02

A feisty, independent young woman, Damophilia Illington ("Phil" for short, hence the title), the...

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A Broadway Saint

as Mr. Frewen
Released: 1919-07-21

Dick Vernon (Montagu Love) lives in New York but hasn't succumbed to the city's vices. When his...

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The Mighty McGurk

as Mike Glenson
Released: 1947-01-02

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from...

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Wallflower

as Andrew J. Linnett
Released: 1948-06-13

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.

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Come and Get It

as Barney Glasgow
Released: 1936-11-06

An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but...

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Slightly Honorable

as Vincent Cushing
Released: 1939-12-22

A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

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Sadie McKee

as Brennan
Released: 1934-05-09

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

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Dear Ruth

as Judge Harry Wilkins
Released: 1947-06-10

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth...

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Ellis in Freedomland

as The Range (voice)
Released: 1952-06-15

Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The...

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Madame Spy

as Schultz
Released: 1934-02-10

Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian...

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Eyes in the Night

as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
Released: 1942-10-16

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help...

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John Loves Mary

as Sen. James McKinley
Released: 1949-02-04

After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John...

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John Meade's Woman

as John Meade
Released: 1937-02-26

"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Elliot Fulton
Released: 1942-08-07

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-01-29

Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of...

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The President Vanishes

as Secretary of War Wardell
Released: 1934-11-17

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...

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Man About Town

as Sir John Arlington
Released: 1939-06-29

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...

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No Leave, No Love

as Hobart Canford Stiles
Released: 1946-03-10

A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover...

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Dear Wife

as Judge Wilkins
Released: 1949-11-15

In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill...

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Big Jack

as Mahoney
Released: 1949-04-12

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

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Jennie Gerhardt

as Sen. Brander
Released: 1933-06-08

This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a...

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Land of Liberty

as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
Released: 1939-06-15

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

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Million Dollar Ransom

as Vincent Shelton
Released: 1934-09-01

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in...

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Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
Released: 1935-01-04

Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion...

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Miami Exposé

as Oliver Tubbs
Released: 1956-09-01

A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.

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The Yellow Cab Man

as Martin Creavy
Released: 1950-03-25

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is...

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The Skipper Surprised His Wife

as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
Released: 1950-06-29

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

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Okay, America!

as Duke Morgan
Released: 1932-09-08

A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.

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Whistling in the Dark

as Jake Dillon
Released: 1933-01-21

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...

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Diamond Jim

as Diamond Jim
Released: 1935-09-01

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

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The Houston Story

as Paul Atlas
Released: 1956-02-01

A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.

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Thirty Day Princess

as Richard M. Gresham
Released: 1934-05-18

A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She...

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Afraid to Talk

as Jig Skelli
Released: 1932-11-17

Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them...

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Janie Gets Married

as Charles Conway
Released: 1946-06-22

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her...

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Three Wise Fools

as Theodore Findley
Released: 1946-09-26

An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.

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The Return of Eve

as Seymour Purchwell
Released: 1916-10-16

Believing that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire,...

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Inflation

as The Devil
Released: 1942-01-01

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

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Standing Room Only

as T.J. Todd
Released: 1944-01-07

During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of...

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Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-12-09

The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit...

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as Martin Edley
Released: 1945-10-04

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...

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Design for Scandal

as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
Released: 1941-12-01

A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry...

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Remember Last Night?

as Danny Harrison
Released: 1935-10-28

After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's...

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Main Street After Dark

as Lt. Lorrgan
Released: 1945-01-12

A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle)...

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Her Bodyguard

as Orson Bitzer
Released: 1933-07-21

The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal...

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Three Daring Daughters

as Robert Nelson
Released: 1948-02-12

Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.

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Blossoms On Broadway

as Ira Collins
Released: 1937-11-19

A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

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Janie

as Charles Conway
Released: 1944-09-02

Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

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Unknown Blonde

as Frank Rodie
Released: 1934-04-23

An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases...

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Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self
Released: 1946-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

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Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self
Released: 1947-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

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Wednesday's Child

as Ray Phillips
Released: 1934-10-26

A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.

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Unholy Partners

as Merrill Lambert
Released: 1941-11-01

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

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The Misleading Lady

as Sidney Parker
Released: 1916-01-03

Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Climax!

as Jock Fathian
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Lieutenant Shipley
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Studio One

as Juror #10
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Cavalcade of America

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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General Electric Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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