Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Dudley (September 13, 1869 – September 15*, 1955) was a dentist turned film character actor who, in his 35-year career, appeared in more than 115 films. Dudley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was educated at Lake Forest College in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, where he majored in oral surgery. In 1917 he appeared in his first film, Seven Keys to Baldpate, and then made three other silent films through 1921. After 1922 he worked consistently, appearing in three or four films a year, and making the transition to sound films in 1929 with The Bellamy Trial. Dudley often played characters with a quick temper, including jurors, shopkeepers, ticket agents, court clerks and justices of the peace, as well as an occasional farmer, hobo, or laborer. His performances in these small parts were frequently uncredited. In the 1940s, Dudley was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges. His most distinctive and memorable role for Sturges was the "Wienie King" in 1942's The Palm Beach Story, the funny little self-made rich man with a big hat who spontaneously bankrolls Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea on their escapade. The 5' 9" Dudley, who was the founder of the "Troupers Club of Hollywood", was married to Elaine Anderson, and they had two girls, Jewell and Patricia Lee. He made his final film, As Young as You Feel, in 1951, and died in 1955 in San Clemente, California. *[TMDb note: The California Death Index indicates that Mr. Dudley died on 12 November 1955. That date should therefore be considered accurate and official.]

  • Title: Robert Dudley
  • Popularity: 0.623
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1889-09-12
  • Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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  • Also Known As: Robert Y. Dudley
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Robert Dudley Movies

  • 1947
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    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    6.3 1947 HD

    Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull,...

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  • 1942
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    The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

    7.008 1942 HD

    A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying...

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  • 1922
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    Making a Man

    Making a Man

    1 1922 HD

    Jack Holt, as Horace Winsby, the lead character. Winsby is a millionaire beet sugar king who owns nearly all of California's San Geronimo Valley --...

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  • 1928
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    Fools for Luck

    Fools for Luck

    1 1928 HD

    Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is...

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  • 1922
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    The Ninety and Nine

    The Ninety and Nine

    1 1922 HD

    Melodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format

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  • 1945
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    San Antonio

    San Antonio

    5.7 1945 HD

    Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is...

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  • 1934
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    Wild Gold

    Wild Gold

    5 1934 HD

    A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the...

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  • 1943
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    The Ghost and the Guest

    The Ghost and the Guest

    5.2 1943 HD

    Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks,...

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  • 1933
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    Midnight Mary

    Midnight Mary

    6.8 1933 HD

    While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of...

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  • 1950
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    The Jackpot

    The Jackpot

    6.9 1950 HD

    Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.

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  • 1944
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    The Doughgirls

    The Doughgirls

    7 1944 HD

    Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade,...

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  • 1935
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    Frisco Kid

    Frisco Kid

    6.8 1935 HD

    After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of...

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  • 1929
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    Shanghai Rose

    Shanghai Rose

    1 1929 HD

    Shanghai Rose is the proprietress of a gin mill which doubles as a bordello. A murder occurs, and she is put on trial for her life. A series of...

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  • 1936
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    The Perfect Set-Up

    The Perfect Set-Up

    6 1936 HD

    In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

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  • 1932
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    Broken Lullaby

    Broken Lullaby

    7.5 1932 HD

    A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each...

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  • 1921
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    Traveling Salesman

    Traveling Salesman

    1 1921 HD

    A practical joke makes a man get off before his intended stop, leading to all sorts of trouble.

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  • 1945
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    Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

    6.5 1945 HD

    While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one...

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  • 1930
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    Wide Open

    Wide Open

    5.3 1930 HD

    An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

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  • 1926
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    For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

    6.921 1926 HD

    An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

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  • 1947
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    Magic Town

    Magic Town

    6.7 1947 HD

    Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire...

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  • 1944
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    Casanova Brown

    Casanova Brown

    6.3 1944 HD

    Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby,...

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  • 1925
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    The Last Edition

    The Last Edition

    5 1925 HD

    A twenty-year veteran of the printing room of The San Francisco Chronicle is passed up for a promotion at the same time his son is accused of graft...

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  • 1930
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    Dames Ahoy

    Dames Ahoy

    1 1930 HD

    Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.

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  • 1930
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    Conspiracy

    Conspiracy

    4.5 1930 HD

    Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father's death. Young reporter John Howell and eccentric...

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  • 1930
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    Burning Up

    Burning Up

    3.5 1930 HD

    Racecar-driver Lou Larrigan gets mixed up with a crooked gang of racetrack promoters, and is in love with Ruth Morgan, whose father is marked as a...

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  • 1932
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    Three Wise Girls

    Three Wise Girls

    5.1 1932 HD

    Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She...

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  • 1946
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    San Quentin

    San Quentin

    6.3 1946 HD

    An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.

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  • 1947
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    Christmas Eve

    Christmas Eve

    5.4 1947 HD

    The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three...

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  • 1928
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    The Night Flyer

    The Night Flyer

    5 1928 HD

    Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat...

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  • 1941
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    All That Money Can Buy

    All That Money Can Buy

    7.1 1941 HD

    Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the...

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  • 1926
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    The Marriage Clause

    The Marriage Clause

    1 1926 HD

    A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but are prevented from marrying due to a clause put into...

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  • 1929
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    Big News

    Big News

    4.6 1929 HD

    A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

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  • 1923
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    The Extra Girl

    The Extra Girl

    5.9 1923 HD

    Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio...

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  • 1948
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    Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love

    6.372 1948 HD

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

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  • 1939
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    Zenobia

    Zenobia

    4.6 1939 HD

    A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

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  • 1931
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    Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

    1 1931 HD

    Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

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  • 1936
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    Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

    7 1936 HD

    A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in...

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  • 1933
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    Face in the Sky

    Face in the Sky

    4.5 1933 HD

    Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her...

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  • 1939
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    Almost a Gentleman

    Almost a Gentleman

    6 1939 HD

    Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.

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  • 1939
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    7.9 1939 HD

    After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new...

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  • 1943
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    Son of Dracula

    Son of Dracula

    5.8 1943 HD

    Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is...

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  • 1936
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    Fury

    Fury

    7.5 1936 HD

    Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is...

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  • 1944
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    Belle of the Yukon

    Belle of the Yukon

    4.7 1944 HD

    Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

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  • 1948
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    Race Street

    Race Street

    5.8 1948 HD

    A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.

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  • 1941
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    The Lady Eve

    The Lady Eve

    7.2 1941 HD

    It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean...

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  • 1944
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    It Happened Tomorrow

    It Happened Tomorrow

    6.7 1944 HD

    A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his...

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  • 1947
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    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

    6.3 1947 HD

    Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile...

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  • 1940
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    When the Daltons Rode

    When the Daltons Rode

    6 1940 HD

    Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing...

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  • 1948
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    Strike It Rich

    Strike It Rich

    1 1948 HD

    When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of...

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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  • 1940
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    The House of the Seven Gables

    The House of the Seven Gables

    6.9 1940 HD

    In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother...

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  • 1940
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    Haunted House

    Haunted House

    4.4 1940 HD

    Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

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  • 1940
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    Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor

    6.5 1940 HD

    Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

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  • 1940
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    Lucky Partners

    Lucky Partners

    5.9 1940 HD

    Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

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  • 1924
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    On the Stroke of Three

    On the Stroke of Three

    1 1924 HD

    Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land....

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  • 1941
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    Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane

    8.005 1941 HD

    Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning,...

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  • 1927
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    Casey at the Bat

    Casey at the Bat

    6 1927 HD

    Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York...

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  • 1925
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    A Woman of the World

    A Woman of the World

    5.6 1925 HD

    A European countess, after being betrayed by her lover, goes to live in small town Middle America with her cousins and causes havoc among the rather...

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  • 1917
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    Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Seven Keys to Baldpate

    4.4 1917 HD

    A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his...

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  • 1920
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    The Fourteenth Man

    The Fourteenth Man

    1 1920 HD

    This adaption of F. Anstey's play, The Man from Blankley's was remade a decade later with sound under its original title by Warner Brothers with John...

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  • 1947
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    Living in a Big Way

    Living in a Big Way

    5 1947 HD

    A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

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  • 1944
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    Main Street Today

    Main Street Today

    6.25 1944 HD

    This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...

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  • 1943
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    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    6.8 1943 HD

    A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married...

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  • 1943
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    Honeymoon Lodge

    Honeymoon Lodge

    1 1943 HD

    Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a...

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  • 1937
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    The Mighty Treve

    The Mighty Treve

    6 1937 HD

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

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  • 1939
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    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

    1 1939 HD

    Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It...

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  • 1946
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    Singin' in the Corn

    Singin' in the Corn

    1 1946 HD

    Judy McCoy, a fortune teller with a circus, learns she has inherited some property and heads west to collect. When she arrives in the desert ghost...

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  • 1935
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    3 Kids and a Queen

    3 Kids and a Queen

    6 1935 HD

    An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in...

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  • 1923
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    The Tiger's Claw

    The Tiger's Claw

    1 1923 HD

    Jack Holt plays Sam Sandell, an American engineer working in India who rescues a pretty half-caste girl (Aileen Pringle) from a tiger's attack, but...

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  • 1921
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    One a Minute

    One a Minute

    6.3 1921 HD

    An excellent silent comedy starring unjustly forgotten star Douglas MacLean. Its indictment of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs is far sharper than Side...

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  • 1931
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    An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

    6.1 1931 HD

    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

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  • 1937
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    The Toast of New York

    The Toast of New York

    5.8 1937 HD

    After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he...

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  • 1945
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    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    6.2 1945 HD

    George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows...

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