Jean Rogers

Jean Rogers

Jean Rogers, born Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren, was an American actress who starred in serial films in the 1930s and low–budget feature films in the 1940s as a leading lady. She is best remembered for playing Dale Arden in the science fiction serials Flash Gordon and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. She graduated from Belmont High School, and had hoped to study art, but in 1933, she won a beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures that led to her career in Hollywood. Rogers starred in several serials for Universal between 1935 and 1938, including Ace Drummond and Flash Gordon. Rogers was one of seven women chosen out of 2,700 passengers on excursion boats and ferries who were interviewed for roles in Eight Girls in a Boat. The group began work in Hollywood on September 3, 1933. By 1937, Rogers was the only one of the seven featured as an actress. Rogers was assigned the role of Dale Arden in the first two Flash Gordon serials. Buster Crabbe and Rogers were cast as the hero and heroine in the first serial, Flash Gordon, and Rogers' beauty, long blonde hair, and revealing costumes endeared her to moviegoers. The evil ruler Ming the Merciless lusted after her, and Gordon was forced to rescue her from one situation after another. While filming the series in 1937, her costume caught fire and she suffered burns on her hands. Co-star Crabbe smothered the fire by wrapping a blanket on her. In the first serial, Arden competed with Princess Aura for Gordon's attention. Rogers' character was fragile, small-chested, diminutive, and totally dependent on Gordon for her survival; Lawson's Princess Aura was domineering, independent, voluptuous, conniving, sly, ambitious, and determined to make Gordon her own. The competition for Gordon's attention is one of the highlights of the film. In Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, the second serial, Rogers sported a totally different look. She had dark hair and wore the same modest costume in each episode. Rogers matured after the first serial, and no sexual overtones are seen in Trip to Mars. Rogers told writer Richard Lamparski that she was not eager to do the second serial and asked her studio to excuse her from the third. Despite starring in serial films, Rogers felt she was not going to improve her career unless she could participate in feature films. She discovered that it was more tedious working in feature films. She played John Wayne's leading lady in the 1936 full-length motion picture Conflict and co-starred with Boris Karloff in the horror film Night Key the following year. During the 1940s, Rogers appeared solely in feature films, including The Man Who Wouldn't Talk with Lloyd Nolan, Viva Cisco Kid with Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, Design for Scandal with Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon, Whistling in Brooklyn with Red Skelton, A Stranger in Town with Frank Morgan, Backlash, and Speed to Spare with Richard Arlen. Still, she was unhappy with the studios, possibly because she was relegated to B-movie productions on a lower salary. She decided to freelance with companies such as 20th Century Fox and MGM. Her last appearance was in a supporting role in the suspense film The Second Woman, made in 1950 by United Artists. She died in Sherman Oaks in 1991 at the age of 74 following surgery. She was later cremated and her ashes returned to her family.

  • Title: Jean Rogers
  • Popularity: 4.283
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1916-03-25
  • Place of Birth: Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Also Known As: Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren, Eleanor Lovegren, Элинор Лавгрен, Джин Роджерс
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Jean Rogers Movies

  • 1936
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    Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon

    6.3 1936 HD

    Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to...

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  • 1946
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    Hot Cargo

    Hot Cargo

    1 1946 HD

    Two discharged service men go to the redwood country in northern California to visit the family of a buddy killed in the war. There, they find the...

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  • 1937
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    Night Key

    Night Key

    6.172 1937 HD

    The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.

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  • 1945
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    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    5.1 1945 HD

    The title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then reappears as his nonexistent twin brother. It's all...

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  • 1950
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    The Second Woman

    The Second Woman

    5.5 1950 HD

    In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his...

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  • 1947
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    Backlash

    Backlash

    4.9 1947 HD

    In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland...

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  • 1940
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    Charlie Chan in Panama

    Charlie Chan in Panama

    6.8 1940 HD

    Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet...

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  • 1949
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    Squadron of Doom

    Squadron of Doom

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1943
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    Whistling in Brooklyn

    Whistling in Brooklyn

    6.3 1943 HD

    Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

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  • 1940
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    Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

    4.4 1940 HD

    Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to...

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  • 1941
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    Design for Scandal

    Design for Scandal

    5.2 1941 HD

    A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.

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  • 1943
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    Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

    6.5 1943 HD

    Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin....

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  • 1942
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    Sunday Punch

    Sunday Punch

    5 1942 HD

    Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers),...

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  • 1942
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    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    4.8 1942 HD

    Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her...

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  • 1942
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    Pacific Rendezvous

    Pacific Rendezvous

    6 1942 HD

    A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

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  • 1938
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    While New York Sleeps

    While New York Sleeps

    1 1938 HD

    Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).

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  • 1938
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    Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

    Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

    5.9 1938 HD

    When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.

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  • 1942
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    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    5.8 1942 HD

    Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.

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  • 1941
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    Let's Make Music

    Let's Make Music

    5.6 1941 HD

    An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.

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  • 1939
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    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    6.3 1939 HD

    New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

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  • 1943
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    A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

    6.5 1943 HD

    In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards...

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  • 1937
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    Secret Agent X-9

    Secret Agent X-9

    6.7 1937 HD

    A secret agent goes after the gang that stole the crown jewels of a European monarchy.

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  • 1936
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    Ace Drummond

    Ace Drummond

    6.5 1936 HD

    This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of...

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  • 1939
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    Hotel for Women

    Hotel for Women

    6 1939 HD

    Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.

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  • 1940
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    Viva Cisco Kid

    Viva Cisco Kid

    5.5 1940 HD

    Cisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose father is in cahoots with a vicious criminal who plans to...

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  • 1948
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    Speed to Spare

    Speed to Spare

    5 1948 HD

    Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's...

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

    A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a...

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  • 1938
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    Always in Trouble

    Always in Trouble

    6 1938 HD

    Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.

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  • 1937
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    The Wildcatter

    The Wildcatter

    1 1937 HD

    Eager to take advantage of a new oil boom, "Lucky" Conlon leaves his gas station and diner for Texas, with his wife Helen's blessing. In Texas, Lucky...

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  • 1935
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    His Night Out

    His Night Out

    1 1935 HD

    When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by...

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  • 1936
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    Mysterious Crossing

    Mysterious Crossing

    1 1936 HD

    While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses...

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  • 1939
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    Inside Story

    Inside Story

    1 1939 HD

    A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..

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  • 1937
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    Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

    1 1937 HD

    A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.

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  • 1948
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    Fighting Back

    Fighting Back

    6 1948 HD

    An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.

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  • 1936
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    Conflict

    Conflict

    1 1936 HD

    Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with...

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  • 1940
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    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    4 1940 HD

    A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....

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  • 1938
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    Rocket Ship

    Rocket Ship

    4.8 1938 HD

    A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo...

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  • 1945
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    Rough, Tough and Ready

    Rough, Tough and Ready

    1 1945 HD

    The story is the old bromide about two brawling buddies, duking it out over the same girl, in this case pert Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers). Owen and Brad...

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  • 1937
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    When Love Is Young

    When Love Is Young

    1 1937 HD

    In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a...

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  • 1939
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    Stop, Look and Love

    Stop, Look and Love

    5 1939 HD

    Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.

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  • 1946
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    Gay Blades

    Gay Blades

    1 1946 HD

    New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she...

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  • 1935
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    Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

    Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

    6 1935 HD

    A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal...

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  • 1934
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    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    6 1934 HD

    Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

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  • 1938
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    Mars Attacks the World

    Mars Attacks the World

    6 1938 HD

    Feature version of the 1938 film serial FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS. Flash Gordon fights Ming the Merciless once again to ensure the survival of the...

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  • 1935
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    Manhattan Moon

    Manhattan Moon

    1 1935 HD

    Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of...

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  • 1935
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    Stormy

    Stormy

    1 1935 HD

    A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.

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  • 1938
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    Time Out for Murder

    Time Out for Murder

    6 1938 HD

    A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.

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  • 1935
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    Fighting Youth

    Fighting Youth

    7 1935 HD

    A radical campus group persuades student Carol Arlington to lead a protest of a college's football team. She manages to recruit Larry Davis, even...

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  • 1936
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    Crash Donovan

    Crash Donovan

    1 1936 HD

    A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.

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  • 1942
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    Personalities

    Personalities

    1 1942 HD

    In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included....

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  • 1966
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    Spaceship to the Unknown

    Spaceship to the Unknown

    6 1966 HD

    A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Disaster seems imminent...

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  • 1936
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    My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

    7.571 1936 HD

    Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in...

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  • 1934
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    Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

    4.8 1934 HD

    President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering...

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  • 1998
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    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    6.1 1998 HD

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  • 2001
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    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

    6 2001 HD

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