Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Dodge City
as Colonel DodgeIn this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of...
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Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral HammondTwo sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...
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Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus BrodyAs a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....
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Jezebel
as General Theopholus BogardusIn 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
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The Walking Dead
as District Attorney WernerDown-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced...
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They Drive by Night
as District Attorney (uncredited)Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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Untamed
as Squire O'NeillWhen the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among...
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The Life of Emile Zola
as Colonel PicquartBiopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
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Scandal Sheet
as Charlie BarnesA tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
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The Reckless Moment
as Tom HarperAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate...
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Holiday Affair
as Mr. CrowleyJust before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie...
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Emile RouxA true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is...
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Blossoms in the Dust
as JudgeEdna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...
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The Heavenly Body
as Professor StoweThe beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of...
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From Headquarters
as Inspector DonnellyWhen a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out...
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Alias Nick Beal
as Judge Ben HobbsAfter straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his...
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as JudgeA wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by...
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Bullets or Ballots
as Ward BryantAfter Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake...
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Marked Woman
as Arthur SheldonIn the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...
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Now I'll Tell
as Tommy DoranA two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his...
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The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. SpearThe story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
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Shadow of the Thin Man
as Major Jason I. SculleyHigh society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while...
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Johnny Eager
as A.J. VerneA charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Fashions of 1934
as DuryeaWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...
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Bordertown
as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
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Castle on the Hudson
as District AttorneyA hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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Billy the Kid
as Tim WardBilly Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended...
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The Kennel Murder Case
as Dubois (uncredited)Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room...
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Stranded
as Mr. TuthillA Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Sun Shines Bright
as Joe D. HabershamWith the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is...
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This Time for Keeps
as Arthur FreemanA young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Attorney KelloggFBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
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The World Changes
as Orin Nordholm Sr.Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as...
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Lady Killer
as RamickAn ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes...
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A Guy Named Joe
as Col. SykesA cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female...
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Thousands Cheer
as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones,...
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Nothing But Trouble
as Mr. HawkleyTwo bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting...
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Dr. Socrates
as GreerDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
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Fog Over Frisco
as Oren PorterVal takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance...
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Side Streets
as George RichardsA spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.
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The Green Years
as Canon RocheAn orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to...
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The Fighting 69th
as ColonelAlthough loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...
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Keep Your Powder Dry
as Maj. Gen. Lee RandA debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
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Strange Bargain
as Timothy HearneBookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because...
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Born to Sing
as Frank EastmanA group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real...
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Men of Boys Town
as Mr. MaitlandFather Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
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The Second Woman
as Ben SheppardIn flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California...
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Dr. LentzTrue story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure...
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Racket Busters
as GovernorA trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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White Cargo
as The Reverend Dr. RobertsIn Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his...
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Stand by for Action
as Cmdr. Stone M.CU. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned...
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Sen. H. BaldwinTorchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of...
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The Golden Arrow
as Mr. ApplebyA fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
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Submarine D-1
as Admiral ThomasButch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and...
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Air Raid Wardens
as RittenhauseTwo bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...
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Lucky Night
as Calvin JordanCora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her...
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Girl Crazy
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So...
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Lost Angel
as Professor Josh PringleAlpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest...
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Best Foot Forward
as Maj. Roger W. ReeberBud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball...
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Oil for the Lamps of China
as Edward HartfordAn American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
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The White Angel
as Dr. ScottIn Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards...
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Calling Philo Vance
as MarkhamPhilo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...
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'Til We Meet Again
as Dr. CameronDying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to...
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Sweet Music
as Louis TrumbleA midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success...
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Gold Is Where You Find It
as JudgeColonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic...
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The Human Comedy
as Charles SteedTeenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...
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You're My Everything
as Prof. AdamsIn 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes...
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A Child Is Born
as Dr. LeeA pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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White Banners
as Sam TrimbleA homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small...
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No Man of Her Own
as Mr. HarknessA penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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Knute Rockne All American
as DoctorThe story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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Angels Wash Their Faces
as A.H. RemsonA young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...
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Tortilla Flat
as Father RamonDanny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather...
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Midnight
as Edgar V. IngersollJury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His...
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Juarez
as General Miguel MiramonThe newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular...
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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Director (uncredited)This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner...
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The People Against O'Hara
as Judge KeatingA defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
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Black Fury
as John W. HendricksA simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and...
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Scarlet Angel
as Morgan CaldwellAfter robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead...
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The Big Noise
as Charlie CaldwellThe Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet...
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Son of a Sailor
as Naval OfficerA lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
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The Virginian
as Mr. TaylorArriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible...
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Special Agent
as District Attorney Roger QuinnNewspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career...
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Convicted
as Detective DornA prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Little Mister Jim
as ChaplainAfter his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
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Bad Bascomb
as Gov. WintonA western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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Journal of a Crime
as DoctorA woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
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Anthony Adverse
as Father XavierBased on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the...
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Boulder Dam
as Mr. AgnewFate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man...
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Wings of the Navy
as Prologue SpeakerJerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both...
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Massacre
as J.R. DickinsonUpon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the...
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Money and the Woman
as Mr. MasonAn embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
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Personal Maid's Secret
as Mr. Wilton PalmerA longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is...
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The Flying Missile
as Thomas A. ScottA Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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Four Wives
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as...
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The Get-Away
as Warden AlcottA jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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Wells Fargo
as Henry WellsIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Murder in the Clouds
as John BrownellBob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to...
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The Bugle Sounds
as Lt. Col. Harry SetonAn old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
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The Milkman
as Bradley, Sr.A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
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Invisible Stripes
as Parole Officer MastersA gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Upperworld
as Banker Making ToastA railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go...
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The Return of October
as President HotchkissA wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite...
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Brother Rat
as Colonel RammStory of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly...
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I Loved a Woman
as Mr. FarrellThe son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...
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Dangerous Partners
as DuffyA young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
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Wonder Bar
as RichardHarry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with...
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The Big Shakedown
as Mr. SheffnerFormer bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
as District Attorney C. ManchesterA con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found...
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Barbary Coast Gent
as Colonel WatrousHonest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s...
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The Beginning or the End
as Gen. Thomas F. FarrellThe research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of...
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First Lady
as George MasonA politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
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Alias Mary Dow
as Henry DowA taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as D.M. GatewayA country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
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Honky Tonk
as PearlFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...
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Green Light
as Dr. EndicottA brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...
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This Man's Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger GraystoneDuring World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst,...
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Whistling in the Dark
as Philip PostThe operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...
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Main Street Today
as Vance ClarkThis patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional...
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Yellow Jack
as GorgasA fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or...
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We're in the Money
as Stephen DinsmoreGinger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...
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The Family Secret
as Donald MuirWhen his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the...
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The Personality Kid
as StephensAn arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
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Leather Gloves
as DudleyA fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Fernand de MarnayA writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
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The Go-Getter
as Commander TisdaleA Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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Flirtation Walk
as Gen. John "Jack" Brent FittsA private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to...
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Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Lemuel TappanUnscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy...
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Between Two Women
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
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Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Thomas HaslettAfter a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
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Whistling in Brooklyn
as Inspector HolcombRadio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect...
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For God and Country
as Captain ChaplainThe story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains,...
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The Great Hotel Murder
as Mr. Claude HarveyCrime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a...
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The Great O'Malley
as Defense AttorneyHis role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...
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Madame du Barry
as Duc de ChoiseulBrought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du...
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The House on 56th Street
as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits...
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The Man with Two Faces
as Inspector CraneActress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her...
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The Florentine Dagger
as Victor BallauA playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
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Two Against the World
as Jim CarstairsSearching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program...
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Midnight Alibi
as ArdsleyAn elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his...
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Warden KennesonIn this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...
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Girls on Probation
as JudgeA dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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Three Wise Fools
as Prof. Horace ApplebyAn orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
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Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown IIA sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with...
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Dinky
as Col. BarnesA mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a...
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The Secret Bride
as Jim LansdaleBefore Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can...
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Road Gang
as George WinstonA crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed...
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The Singing Marine
as Captain SkinnerBob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and...
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Bright Lights
as J.C. AndersonHusband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
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Dark Shadows
as Dr. Everett ColnerA police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
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I've Got Your Number
as Mr. John P. SchuylerTwo telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
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The Chaser
as Mr. CalhounA sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop...
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The Key
as DanA British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
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Gentlemen Are Born
as Mr. HarperA well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in...
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While the Patient Slept
as Elihu DimuckA murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill...
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Bedside
as Dr. William ChesterBob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual...
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Freshman Love
as President SimpkinsA star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't...
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Rainbow on the River
as Father JosefA young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't...
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The Hoodlum Saint
as Lewis J. MalberyA former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that...
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Sons of Liberty
as Member of Continental CongressSet during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon,...
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Rationing
as Senator Edward WhiteA small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
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Young America Flies
as Dr. WebsterWorld War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.
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Living on Velvet
as Harold ThorntonA lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of...
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Service with the Colors
as Colonel NelsonService with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This...
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Big Hearted Herbert
as Goodrich Sr.After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective...
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Down in San Diego
as Col. HallidayA group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San...
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
as GalwayMary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his...
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Everybody's Hobby
as Thomas 'Tom' LeslieA hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
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