Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.
High Noon
as Marshal Will KaneWill Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert JordanSpain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil...
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A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic HenryA tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt....
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The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' GehrigThe story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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Vera Cruz
as Benjamin TraneAfter the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...
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The Fountainhead
as Howard RoarkAn uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism...
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Man of the West
as Link JonesHeading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow DeedsLongfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram PottsA group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia....
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Friendly Persuasion
as Jess BirdwellThe story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to...
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Love in the Afternoon
as Frank FlannaganLovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the...
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Meet John Doe
as Long John WilloughbyAs a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe,"...
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Wings
as Cadet WhiteTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...
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The Westerner
as Cole HardenDrifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy...
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Sergeant York
as Alvin C. YorkAlvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...
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Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom BrownThe Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly...
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Garden of Evil
as HookerA trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to...
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The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" FrailJoseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes...
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Design for Living
as George CurtisAn independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves so the trio agree to try living...
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Unconquered
as Captain Christopher HoldenEngland, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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Distant Drums
as Capt. Quincy WyattAfter destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the...
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Michael BrandonAmerican multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a...
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The Plainsman
as Wild Bill HickokWild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' KearneyMajor Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to...
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They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas ThornAn army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the...
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Alias Jesse James
as CowboyInsurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in...
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Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah JesperItalian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.
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It's a Great Feeling
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her...
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Beau Geste
as Beau GesteWhen three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves...
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregorIn the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom...
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon PatchA disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to...
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Dallas
as Blayde HollisterAfter the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage...
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Citizen Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from...
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North West Mounted Police
as Dusty RiversTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy MitchellA dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about...
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If I Had a Million
as Steve GallagherAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and...
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The Real Glory
as Doctor CanavanFort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers...
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Now and Forever
as Jerome 'Jerry' DayFreewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle....
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The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper EditorFamous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...
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Good Sam
as Sam ClaytonSam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help...
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The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II....
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It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."
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Today We Live
as Richard BogardTwo lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get...
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Along Came Jones
as Melody JonesAn easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it...
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The Cowboy and the Lady
as Stretch WilloughbyMary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is...
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Alice in Wonderland
as White KnightIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
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Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' LarrabeeA young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another...
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Peter Ibbetson
as Peter IbbetsonWhen his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to...
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Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' TaylorMichael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave...
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Fighting Caravans
as Clint BelmetClint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail,...
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Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) BrownCass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled....
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her...
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Task Force
as Jonathan L. ScottAfter learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott...
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Desire
as Tom BradleyMadeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on...
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Operator 13
as Captain Jack GailliardAmerican Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen,...
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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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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (archive footage)Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless...
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The Virginian
as The VirginianA good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he...
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Variety Girl
as Gary CooperDozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. WassellAs the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to...
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Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint MaroonAn opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join...
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as SelfLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was...
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco PoloThe Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in...
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The Naked Edge
as George RadcliffeFive years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife...
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It's a Big Country
as TexasComprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American...
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Seven Days Leave
as Kenneth DoweyIn London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her...
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The General Died at Dawn
as O'HaraChina, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American...
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The First Kiss
as Mulligan TalbotThe Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
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Blowing Wild
as Jeff DawsonWildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit...
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Riders of the Purple Sage
as Rider (uncredited)A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time,...
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You're in the Navy Now
as Lt. John W. HarknessWhen Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an...
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Wolf Song
as Sam LashIn 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head...
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City Streets
as The KidA mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
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The Wedding Night
as Tony BarrettWhile working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett...
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Paramount on Parade
as Hunter (Dream Girl)This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars,...
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's...
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Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...
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Bright Leaf
as Brant RoyleTwo tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
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Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...
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Return to Paradise
as Mr. MorganAn American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary...
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Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' ChapinA wealthy, aging businessman with political ambitions conducts an adulturous affair with his...
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The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe LeeWhile building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a...
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Starlift
as Gary CooperTo impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his...
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The Shopworn Angel
as William TylerShortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...
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Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Self (archive footage)Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is...
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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The Thundering Herd
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.
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The Trail Rider
as Rider (uncredited)Story of a cowboy who saves an old cobbler from being abused by a nasty banker. The banker does...
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Breakdowns of 1949
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
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Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the...
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His Woman
as Captain Sam WhalanTough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a...
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Boom on Paris
as SelfIn the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean...
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The Spoilers
as Roy GlenisterOn a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is...
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Only the Brave
as Capt. James BraydonCooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers...
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The Legion of the Condemned
as Gale PriceFinding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air...
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Warrior Gap
as Bit partAgainst explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of...
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The Vanishing American
as (uncredited)A tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent.
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Devil and the Deep
as Lt. SempterNaval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...
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One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff GrimesMiddle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as SelfA look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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A Six Shootin' Romance
as (uncredited)"Lightning" Jack inherits a ranch. Unfortunately, he is forced to share his inheritance with...
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A Man from Wyoming
as Jim BakerA story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World...
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Hollywood Boulevard
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this...
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Tricks
as Rider (uncredited)Collegian Angelica "Trix" Varden, willful daughter of William Varden, after a midnight spread of...
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Nevada
as NevadaA once notorious gunfighter takes a respectable job on a ranch. "Nevada" is charged with...
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The Johnstown Flood
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
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The Lucky Horseshoe
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)Based on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility...
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Doomsday
as Arnold FurzeA woman must choose between a life on the farm and a life of luxury.
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Memo for Joe
as SelfDocumentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and...
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The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as...
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Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
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Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
as Self (archive footage)We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris...
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Bright Leaves
as (archive footage)Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern...
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Breakdowns of 1944
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
Movie pageClara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews...
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The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano KidOutlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon...
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The Last Outlaw
as Sheriff Buddy HaleOn his way to Steer City, Buddy Hale rescues Janet Lane from a runaway horse. Unknown to Buddy,...
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The Drug Store Cowboy
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)This comedy-melodrama focuses on Marmaduke Grandon (Franklin Farnum), who's a drug store clerk...
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Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)In eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to...
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Arizona Bound
as Dave SaulterDave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold...
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Half a Bride
as Capt. EdmundsPatience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn't...
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Wild Horse Mesa
as CowboyDesperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The...
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I Take This Woman
as Tom McNairA wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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Lilac Time
as Capt. Philip BlytheIn France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's...
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North Star
as Townsman (uncredited)During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed...
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Betrayal
as Andre FreyAndré Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her...
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Beau Sabreur
as Maj. Henri de BeaujolaisThe film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to...
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The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion...
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as SelfSeveral members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as SelfHedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.
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Lightnin' Wins
as Tom HardingLightnin' the dog and his master, Tom Harding are on to a group of smugglers who operate down at...
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Snow Carnival
as Self - NarratorSnow Carnival is a 1949 short documentary film narrated by Gary Cooper, and supervised by Gordon...
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Three Pals
as Car Driver Flirting with BettyThe daughter of a Kentucky colonel returns from her European finishing school to help prove his...
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Lightnin' Flashes
as (uncredited)Lightnin' tries to save agent Eileen Sedgwick and her rich boyfriend from the infamous webs of...
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The Jack Benny Program
as SelfLaugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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