Frank Darien
Frank Darien was an American actor. He appeared in 225 films and between 1915 and 1951.
The Grapes of Wrath
as Uncle JohnTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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Baby Face
as Paris Bank Agent (uncredited)A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Judge Quarles (uncredited)An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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Jezebel
as Bookkeeper (uncredited)In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
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Anchors Aweigh
as Hollywood Bowl Janitor (uncredited)Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...
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Tarzan and the Amazons
as Dinghy Skipper (uncredited)A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of...
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The Walking Dead
as Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced...
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The Woman on the Beach
as LarsA sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic...
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Dark Victory
as Anxious Man (uncredited)Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her...
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The Mummy's Tomb
as Old Townsman (uncredited)A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill...
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Mad Love
as Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's...
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Magic Town
as QuincyRip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of...
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Autopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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Hellzapoppin'
as Man Calling for Mrs. JonesOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...
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Public Hero Number 1
as Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums...
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Arizona
as JoePhoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine...
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At the Circus
as Telegrapher (uncredited)Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay,...
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A Stolen Life
as Elevator operator (uncredited)A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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The Accused
as Jerry (uncredited)A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
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Dames
as Druggist #1 (uncredited)A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Old Jailer (uncredited)Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...
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Anne of Green Gables
as Angus the Station Master (uncredited)Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were...
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The Story of Temple Drake
as Gas Station Manager (uncredited)The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’...
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Bluebeard
as Inquiry Judge (Uncredited)Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave...
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Belle Starr's Daughter
as Old ManThe daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to...
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Out of the Fog
as uncreditedA Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...
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The Sea of Grass
as Minister (uncredited)On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...
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The Way of All Flesh
as Second DirectorPaul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father...
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Sabotage
as SmittyThe night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is...
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Old Ironsides
as Seaman (uncredited)An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old...
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Alias Nick Beal
as Assistant TailorAfter straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his...
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Prison Break
as Cappy, Joaquin's Cell-mateStory of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His...
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Professional Sweetheart
as ApplebyRadio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the...
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Appointment for Love
as Station Agent (uncredited)Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The...
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Babes in Arms
as Mr. Parks - Druggist (uncredited)Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his...
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Gentle Annie
as JakeThe Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and...
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Lillian Russell
as CoachmanAlice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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Big Town Girl
as FarmerWhen a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the...
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
as MissionaryIn turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky...
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Roxie Hart
as Michael Finnegan (uncredited)A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...
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The Panther's Claw
as Samuel WilkinsThe police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he...
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The Whip Hand
as Luther AdamsA small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
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Female
as Ed, Comptroller (Uncredited)Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...
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Journal of a Crime
as Stage ManagerA woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
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Time Out for Romance
as Telegraph OperatorA girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted...
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Mr. BarnesAndy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
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Satan Met a Lady
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...
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Big Business Girl
as Luke C. WintersA young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her...
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The Little Colonel
as NeblerAfter Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former...
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Five Star Final
as uncreditedSearching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...
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Here Comes Cookie
as ClydeA scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville...
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Fashions of 1934
as JulesWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...
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Everything’s Rosie
as Sam HallA little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her...
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From Headquarters
as ManleyWhen a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out...
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Dr. Socrates
as Sam - a DruggistDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
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Wedding Present
as uncreditedCharlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically...
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Bureau of Missing Persons
as Man Identifying Daughter's Photo (uncredited)Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police...
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Captain January
as SlocumA little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents...
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You Gotta Stay Happy
as Old Man (Uncredited)Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to...
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Meet the Stewarts
as Waiter (uncredited)A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Life Begins at Forty
as Abercrombie's FriendA small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return...
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The Secret Heart
as Mr. WigginsPenny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's...
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Under Fiesta Stars
as Benjamin PeabodyRodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady...
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Arkansas Judge
as Henry MardenArkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer...
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Stand Up and Fight
as Mr. Daniels, Cumberland HotelA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Marie Galante
as EllsworthOn the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo...
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Wide Open Town
as PopBelle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the...
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Blackmail
as Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman (uncredited)A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
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That's My Man
as Hotel ClerkA poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when...
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The Flying Saucer
as Matt MitchellThe CIA sends playboy Mike Trent to Alaska with agent Vee Langley, posing as his "nurse," to...
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Bad Girl
as LathropA man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack...
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The Gay Bride
as Mr. Bartlett (uncredited)Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life...
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Western Jamboree
as Dad HaskellKnowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the...
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as FreddieThree sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together,...
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The Gang's All Here
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
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Union Depot
as Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited)Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
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Hurricane Smith
as 'Pop' WessellRodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates...
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Life Begins
as Harry (uncredited)A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The...
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Kiss and Tell
as Elmer K. Waldo (uncredited)Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a...
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Sis Hopkins
as JudAn unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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Prosperity
as Ezra HigginsLongtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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Born to Be Wild
as Farmer (uncredited)Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast...
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The Public Defender
as The WaiterA mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who...
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A Likely Story
as Messenger (uncredited)A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon...
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I Take This Woman
as Station AgentA wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father...
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Smarty
as Court Spectator (uncredited)Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in...
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The House on 56th Street
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits...
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Toy Shop ClerkA dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
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Wine, Women and Horses
as Mr. SchultzAn ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
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Get Hep to Love
as ConstableOrphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting...
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King of the Texas Rangers
as Pop EvansTom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a...
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Trouble for Two
as Ambassador's Aide (Uncredited)A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London...
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Here Comes the Band
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...
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Cassidy of Bar 20
as PappyHopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New...
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The Good Old Soak
as JasperA small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
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Service with a Smile
as CustomerWalter Webb, thinking his gas station has been destroyed, describes a "super-deluxe" gas station...
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Bad Bascomb
as Moab McCabeA western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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The Fabulous Suzanne
as Mr. TuttleSuzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later,...
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Hello, Everybody!
as Henry ThompsonThe setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the...
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Trapped by G-Men
as Dad HigbeeGranite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
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Lilly Turner
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a...
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The Tip-Off
as Edna's UncleA young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he...
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The Long Shot
as Zeb JenkinsA racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a...
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Way Back Home
as Station Master (uncredited)A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
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Fair Warning
as Hotel DoctorIn California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a...
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Jackass Mail
as PostmasterAn unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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The Miracle Man
as Hiram HigginsA gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...
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Two Thoroughbreds
as Mr. Beal - the MailmanA farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
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Syncopation
as uncreditedA young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
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Jim Hanvey, Detective
as PeteJim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance...
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The Perfect Clue
as StationmasterMona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her...
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Early to Bed
as Pop - a ClerkChester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years...
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Now We'll Tell One
as Professor DarienCharley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.
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Sutter's Gold
as Missouri TraderStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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His Greatest Gamble
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
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Maisie
as Pops (Uncredited)Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...
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Here I Am a Stranger
as Western Union MessengerThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Okay, America!
as O'Toole (uncredited)A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
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The Big Shot
as Herb, the PostmasterA young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next...
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Blame It on Love
as PopA short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.
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Panama Patrol
as SamA U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal.
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Brides Are Like That
as Clem BrownFred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that...
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The Last Installment
as Dad Pilkington (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster -...
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Undercover Man
as Dizzy SlocumAn operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his...
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Viva Cisco Kid
as Express AgentCisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose...
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Nurse to You!
as Mr. CaseCautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and...
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The Great American Mug
as Old Time Barber (uncredited)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop...
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