Samuel S. Hinds

Born: 1875-04-03

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Samuel Southey Hinds (April 4, 1875 – October 13, 1948) was an American actor and former lawyer. He was often cast as kindly authoritarian figures and appeared in over 200 films until his death. Hinds was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joseph E. Hinds and Mary A. Beetham Hinds. He was a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard Law School and worked for over 32 years as a lawyer before becoming a professional actor. After he lost most of his money in the financial crisis of 1929, Hinds retired as a lawyer and joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse. He started acting in Broadway shows at age 54. Hinds is perhaps best remembered for playing Peter Bailey, the father of James Stewart and founder of the Bailey Building and Loan, in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and for his part as Paul Sycamore in You Can't Take It With You (1938), both films directed by Frank Capra. Hinds was also known for his roles in the Abbott & Costello films such as Buck Privates (1941), Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) and Pardon My Sarong (1942). He also portrayed Lew Ayres' father in the Dr. Kildare film series during the early 1940s. Hinds mostly played supporting roles, often kind and dignified authority figures; often lawyers, doctors, mayors, judges or the father of the main figure. Hinds' first film was If I Had a Million (1932); his second film was The Road Is Open Again (1933) where he portrayed President Woodrow Wilson. His earlier career was reflected in the role of Judge Thatcher, tortured by the mad Dr. Richard Vollin (Bela Lugosi) in The Raven (1935). Hinds acted in a total of 214 films. His last film was The Bribe, released in 1949, after his death. Hinds died of pneumonia in Pasadena, California, on October 13, 1948 at age 73. He was married to Dorothy Cruickshack, they had two children.


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as Pa Bailey
Released: 1946-12-20

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the...

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You Can't Take It with You

as Paul Sycamore
Released: 1938-09-01

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

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Scarlet Street

as Charles Pringle
Released: 1945-12-25

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful...

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The Raven

as Judge Thatcher
Released: 1935-07-08

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With...

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Call Northside 777

as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Released: 1948-02-13

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad...

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The Egg and I

as Sheriff Drum
Released: 1947-05-01

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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Little Women

as Mr. March
Released: 1933-11-24

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy....

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Destry Rides Again

as Judge Slade
Released: 1939-11-30

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes...

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Son of Dracula

as Judge Simmons
Released: 1943-11-05

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local...

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The Boys from Syracuse

as Angeen
Released: 1940-07-30

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two...

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Buck Privates

as Maj. Gen. Emerson
Released: 1941-01-31

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...

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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1940-04-12

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

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Hellzapoppin'

as Showboat Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-25

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

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Seven Sinners

as Governor
Released: 1940-10-25

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her...

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Blossoms in the Dust

as Mr. George Kahley
Released: 1941-08-15

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...

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Test Pilot

as General Ross
Released: 1938-04-16

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But...

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Lady for a Day

as Mayor (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-13

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...

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She

as John Vincey
Released: 1935-07-12

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads...

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Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Sam Shaw
Released: 1942-02-13

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad...

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In Person

as Dr. Aaron Sylvester
Released: 1935-11-22

Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in...

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It Ain't Hay

as Colonel Brainard
Released: 1943-03-10

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

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Black Legion

as Judge
Released: 1937-01-30

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into...

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

as Dr. Adams
Released: 1945-08-17

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a...

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The Boy with Green Hair

as Dr. R.T. Knudson
Released: 1948-11-26

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while...

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The Defense Rests

as Dean Adams
Released: 1934-07-15

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

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The Spoilers

as Judge Stillman
Released: 1942-06-11

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon...

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Rio

as Lamartine
Released: 1939-09-29

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when...

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Jungle Woman

as Coroner
Released: 1944-06-01

Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a...

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Phantom Lady

as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-28

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

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Bordertown

as Judge at First Trial
Released: 1935-01-23

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

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Cobra Woman

as Father Paul
Released: 1944-05-12

A man (Jon Hall) tracks his kidnapped bride (Maria Montez) to a jungle island, where her twin is...

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Stage Door

as Henry Sims
Released: 1937-10-08

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show...

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Strangers All

as Charles Green
Released: 1935-04-01

Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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First Love

as Mr. Parker
Released: 1939-11-10

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and...

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Day of Reckoning

as O'Farrell
Released: 1933-10-26

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught...

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Men in White

as Dr. Gordon
Released: 1934-04-06

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his...

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The Shepherd of the Hills

as Andy Beeler
Released: 1941-07-18

Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who...

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If I Had a Million

as Lawyer (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-18

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...

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Grand Central Murder

as Roger Furness
Released: 1942-05-01

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at...

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Night Key

as Steven Ranger
Released: 1937-04-18

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to...

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Dr. Socrates

as Dr. McClintick
Released: 1935-10-19

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...

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The Bribe

as Dr. Warren
Released: 1949-02-03

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate...

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The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1939-11-24

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

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Lady on a Train

as Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
Released: 1945-08-03

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building....

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Man-Made Monster

as Dr. John Lawrence
Released: 1941-03-28

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

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Back Street

as Felix Darren
Released: 1941-02-07

Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie...

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Pardon My Sarong

as Chief Kolua
Released: 1942-08-07

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for...

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A Wicked Woman

as Judge (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-07

A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's...

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Deluge

as Chief Forecaster
Released: 1933-08-17

A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a...

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His Brother's Wife

as Doctor Claybourne
Released: 1936-08-07

Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to...

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Fired Wife

as Judge Towne
Released: 1943-09-04

A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it...

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Sheriff
Released: 1936-03-13

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

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The 9th Guest

as Dr. Murray Reid
Released: 1934-01-31

Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find...

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This Day and Age

as Mayor
Released: 1933-08-25

A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor...

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College Scandal

as Mr. Cummings
Released: 1935-06-21

Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new...

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West Point of the Air

as Secretary of War
Released: 1935-03-23

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1940-09-06

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

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One Man's Journey

as Dr. Babcock
Released: 1933-08-31

Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to...

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Penthouse

as Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-08

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long...

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Top of the Town

as Henry Borden
Released: 1937-04-17

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam...

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Hat, Coat and Glove

as John Walters (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-26

A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the...

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Secret Agent X-9

as Solo
Released: 1945-07-24

American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula...

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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

as Dudley Crispin
Released: 1942-03-27

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten...

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Navy Blue and Gold

as Richard Gates Sr.
Released: 1937-11-19

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

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Berkeley Square

as The American Ambassador
Released: 1933-09-15

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...

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Bad Boy

as Husband
Released: 1935-10-25

An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he...

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Calling Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1939-04-28

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...

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The Rage of Paris

as Mr. William Duncan Sr.
Released: 1938-06-09

Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...

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Rhythm on the Range

as Robert Halloway
Released: 1936-07-01

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he...

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No Greater Glory

as Gereb's Father
Released: 1934-03-30

A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.

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Time Out of Mind

as Dr. Weber
Released: 1947-05-03

The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career...

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The Road Back

as Defense Attorney
Released: 1937-06-01

After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel...

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Straightaway

as uncredited
Released: 1933-12-22

Auto race champ Tim Dawson and his brother Billy are fired by boss Turnberg when they won't...

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Ex-Champ

as Edward P. Nash
Released: 1939-05-11

A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

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Forbidden Valley

as Jeff Hazzard
Released: 1938-02-13

In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder....

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Shadow of Doubt

as Mr. Granby
Released: 1935-02-15

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the...

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White Tie and Tails

as Mr. Bradford
Released: 1946-08-30

When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up marrying...

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Double or Nothing

as Jonathan Clark
Released: 1937-09-17

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation...

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Son of a Sailor

as Admiral Farnsworth
Released: 1933-11-29

A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

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Rendezvous

as John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
Released: 1935-10-25

A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.

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The Lady from Cheyenne

as Governor Howard
Released: 1941-04-11

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

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Men in Her Diary

as Judge Bergen
Released: 1945-09-14

Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary,...

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Bed of Roses

as Father Doran
Released: 1933-06-29

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.

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Blonde Alibi

as Prof. Slater
Released: 1946-03-01

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered....

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Top Man

as Mr. Fairchild
Released: 1943-09-17

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his...

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Murders in the Zoo

as Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-03-31

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His...

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The Great Alaskan Mystery

as Herman Brock
Released: 1944-04-25

The obsessive scientist Dr. Miller is working on a matter-transmitter invention called the...

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Escape in the Desert

as Gramp
Released: 1945-05-01

Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.

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The Amateur Gentleman

as Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
Released: 1926-08-14

Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone...

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Mills of the Gods

as Burroughs
Released: 1934-12-15

Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by...

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Sadie McKee

as Dr. Branch (uncredited)
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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The Jury's Secret

as Brandon Williams
Released: 1938-01-16

A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...

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We've Never Been Licked

as Colonel Jason Craig
Released: 1943-07-29

Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen...

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The Big Broadcast of 1936

as Captain
Released: 1935-09-20

Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of...

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The Return of October

as Judge Northridge
Released: 1948-10-26

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite...

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Perilous Waters

as Dana Ferris
Released: 1948-02-14

Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for...

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Double Danger

as Police Commissioner David Theron
Released: 1938-01-28

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer...

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Have a Heart

as Dr. Spear
Released: 1934-09-07

Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined...

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The Road to Reno

as Sylvia's Attorney
Released: 1938-08-01

An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.

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Pittsburgh

as Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
Released: 1942-12-11

Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his...

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Lady in a Jam

as Dr. Brewster
Released: 1942-06-19

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's...

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Frisco Sal

as Doc
Released: 1945-02-22

Sal comes to the Barbary Coast from New England to find out who murdered her brother. She gets a...

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Within the Law

as Mr. Gilder
Released: 1939-03-17

A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.

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The Storm

as Capt. Kenny
Released: 1938-10-28

A passenger ship unexpectedly runs into a typhoon.

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Inside Job

as Judge Kincaid
Released: 1946-06-14

A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster...

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Badlands Of Dakota

as Wilbur Grayson
Released: 1941-09-15

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of...

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Convention City

as McAllister
Released: 1933-12-14

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.

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Unfinished Business

as Uncle
Released: 1941-08-27

Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the...

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Follow the Band

as Pop Turnbull
Released: 1943-04-01

A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

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Hold the Press

as Taylor
Released: 1933-10-25

When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting...

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Hawaiian Nights

as Lane
Released: 1939-09-08

Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him...

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The Nuisance

as Mr. Beaumont
Released: 1933-06-03

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...

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You're a Sweetheart

as Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-26

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big...

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Trail of the Vigilantes

as George Preston
Released: 1940-12-13

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

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Secrets of a Nurse

as Judge Corrigan
Released: 1938-12-02

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin...

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South of Dixie

as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Released: 1944-06-23

To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful...

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Strange Conquest

as Dr. Graves
Released: 1946-04-01

Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the...

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Swing Out, Sister

as Rufus Mariman
Released: 1945-05-18

Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra....

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Private Worlds

as Dr. Arnold
Released: 1935-04-19

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex...

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Spring Parade

as Von Zimmel
Released: 1940-09-27

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a...

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Newsboys' Home

as Howard Price Dutton
Released: 1938-12-24

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.

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Ladies Courageous

as Brig. Gen. Wade
Released: 1944-02-02

Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.

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The Crime Doctor

as Ballard
Released: 1934-03-14

When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect...

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Pirates of the Skies

as uncredited
Released: 1939-01-01

Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon...

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Mister Big

as Jeremy Taswell
Released: 1943-05-28

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but...

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Fog

as Dickens
Released: 1933-11-11

The murders are committed in swift succession on board a liner crossing the Atlantic in a dense...

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Road Agent

as Banker Sam Leavitt
Released: 1941-12-19

Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are...

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Sworn Enemy

as Eli Decker
Released: 1936-09-11

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

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Kid Glove Killer

as Mayor Daniels
Released: 1942-04-17

Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor...

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It's a Date

as Sidney Simpson
Released: 1940-03-22

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a...

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Wives Under Suspicion

as David Marrow
Released: 1938-06-03

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.

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Chip Off the Old Block

as Dean Manning
Released: 1944-02-01

The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

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The Crime of the Century

as Philip Ames
Released: 1933-02-18

A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder...

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Fatal Lady

as Guili Ruffano
Released: 1936-05-15

On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the...

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Personal Secretary

as Alan Lemke
Released: 1938-09-09

Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.

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Good Morning, Judge

as J.P. Gordon
Released: 1943-05-07

A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is...

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The Longest Night

as Hastings
Released: 1936-10-02

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

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Keep 'Em Slugging

as Carruthers
Released: 1943-03-01

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as 'Manhattan Melodrama' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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The Women in His Life

as Thomas J. Worthing
Released: 1933-12-08

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...

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The Devil's Party

as Judge Henry Harrison
Released: 1938-06-02

Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

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Border Flight

as Commander Mosely
Released: 1936-05-29

Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and...

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Sing a Jingle

as J.P. Crane
Released: 1944-01-07

In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war...

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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

as George P. Morgan
Released: 1940-10-19

In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their...

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Baby Take a Bow

as Warden (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-30

Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he...

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Don Winslow of the Navy

as The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
Released: 1942-01-06

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island,...

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Career

as Clem Bartholomew
Released: 1939-07-07

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two...

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Know For Sure

as Dr. Perkins
Released: 1941-01-01

A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.

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The Reckless Way

as uncredited
Released: 1936-02-01

The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who...

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Gabriel Over the White House

as Dr. H.L. Eastman
Released: 1933-03-31

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a...

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The Mighty Treve

as Uncle Joel Fenno
Released: 1937-01-17

Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.

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Love Letters of a Star

as Artemus Todd
Released: 1936-11-08

A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man...

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Little Tough Guys in Society

as Judge
Released: 1938-11-01

A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.

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The Runaround

as Norman Hampton
Released: 1946-06-04

Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.

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Two-Fisted

as Mr. Pritchard
Released: 1935-10-03

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a...

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Danger Woman

as Dean Albert Sears
Released: 1946-07-12

A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.

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She's Dangerous

as Warden
Released: 1937-01-24

A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring...

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Hero for a Day

as "Dutch" Bronson
Released: 1939-10-06

When a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him...

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as Mr. Jessup
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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The Road Is Open Again

as Woodrow Wilson
Released: 1933-01-30

A Songwriter falls asleep while writing a song about the NRA. He dreams that Washington, Lincoln...

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Tight Shoes

as Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
Released: 1941-06-13

A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the...

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Adventure in Washington

as Se. Henry Owen
Released: 1941-05-29

A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

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Wings Over Honolulu

as Admiral Furness
Released: 1937-05-16

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

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Ski Patrol

as Captain Per Vallgren
Released: 1940-05-09

In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.

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A Lost Lady

as Jim Sloane
Released: 1934-09-29

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

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Swing That Cheer

as Coach McGann
Released: 1938-10-13

Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the...

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The Under-Pup

as Dr. McKay
Released: 1939-08-31

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from...

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Sequoia

as Matthew Martin
Released: 1935-01-16

A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.

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He's My Guy

as Johnson
Released: 1943-03-26

The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.

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His Greatest Gamble

as Dr. Owen (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-10

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.

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To the People of the United States

as Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
Released: 1944-04-16

World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.

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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Released: 1941-08-22

A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.

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Rumba

as Henry B. Harrison
Released: 1935-02-08

A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.

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The Singing Sheriff

as Seth
Released: 1944-09-01

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

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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Hers to Hold

as Dr. Crane
Released: 1943-07-16

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls"...

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A Girl with Ideas

as Rodding Carter
Released: 1937-11-01

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

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Zanzibar

as Dale
Released: 1940-03-08

A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is...

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West of the Pecos

as Colonel Lambeth
Released: 1934-12-27

Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Court Aldrich
Released: 1939-12-22

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...

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Living on Velvet

as Henry L. Parker
Released: 1935-03-02

A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of...

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Larceny with Music

as Brewster
Released: 1943-09-10

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter...

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One Hour To Live

as Commissioner Cromwell
Released: 1939-11-10

Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.

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Woman Trap

as Senator Andrews
Released: 1936-03-06

A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars...

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Mob Town

as Luther Bryson
Released: 1941-10-03

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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Annapolis Farewell

as Dr. Bryant
Released: 1935-08-23

Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and,...

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Let's Fall in Love

as New York Film Executive
Released: 1933-12-26

A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

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Timothy's Quest

as Rev. Fellows
Released: 1936-01-31

Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by...

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Prescription for Romance

as Major Goddard
Released: 1937-12-12

In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an...

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Little Miss Big

as Wilfred Elliott
Released: 1946-01-01

A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially...

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Tropic Fury

as J.P. Waterford
Released: 1939-09-01

An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.

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Jail House Blues

as Mr. Thomas Daniels
Released: 1942-02-01

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...

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I'll Remember April

as Garrett Garfield
Released: 1945-04-01

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets...

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