George Murphy

George Murphy

George Murphy was an American dancer and stage, screen, and television actor, as well as a United States Senator. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first notable U.S. actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In movies, Murphy was known as a song-and-dance man and appeared in many big-budget musicals such as Broadway Melody of 1938, Broadway Melody of 1940 and For Me and My Gal. He made his movie debut shortly after talking pictures had replaced silent movies in 1930, and his career continued until he retired as an actor in 1952, at the age of 50. During World War II, he organized entertainment for American troops. In 1951, he was awarded an honorary Academy Award. He was never nominated for an Oscar in any competitive category. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946. He was also a vice president of Desilu Productions and of the Technicolor Corporation. He was director of entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1953, 1957 and 1961.

  • Title: George Murphy
  • Popularity: 2.528
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1902-07-04
  • Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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  • Also Known As: George Lloyd Murphy
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George Murphy Movies

  • 1949
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    Battleground

    Battleground

    6.6 1949 HD

    Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944....

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  • 1952
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    The Hoaxters

    The Hoaxters

    4.2 1952 HD

    A 1952 American documentary film written by Herman Hoffman, about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life.

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  • 1942
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    For Me and My Gal

    For Me and My Gal

    6.4 1942 HD

    Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

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  • 1949
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    Border Incident

    Border Incident

    6.8 1949 HD

    The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border...

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  • 1947
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    The Arnelo Affair

    The Arnelo Affair

    5.3 1947 HD

    A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.

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  • 1944
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    Step Lively

    Step Lively

    6 1944 HD

    Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

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  • 1943
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    Bataan

    Bataan

    6.5 1943 HD

    During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to...

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  • 1943
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    This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

    5.7 1943 HD

    In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his...

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  • 1940
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    Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940

    6.7 1940 HD

    Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett,...

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  • 1940
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    Little Nellie Kelly

    Little Nellie Kelly

    6 1940 HD

    Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on...

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  • 1937
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    Broadway Melody of 1938

    Broadway Melody of 1938

    6.25 1937 HD

    Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces...

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  • 1938
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    Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

    6.6 1938 HD

    An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and...

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  • 1941
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    Rise and Shine

    Rise and Shine

    6 1941 HD

    The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game

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  • 1944
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    Broadway Rhythm

    Broadway Rhythm

    5.5 1944 HD

    Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used...

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  • 1951
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    No Questions Asked

    No Questions Asked

    6 1951 HD

    With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the...

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  • 1951
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    It's a Big Country

    It's a Big Country

    5.3 1951 HD

    Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best...

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  • 1941
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    Tom, Dick and Harry

    Tom, Dick and Harry

    5.5 1941 HD

    Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry....

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  • 1952
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    Talk About a Stranger

    Talk About a Stranger

    6.1 1952 HD

    Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

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  • 1940
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    Two Girls on Broadway

    Two Girls on Broadway

    6.8 1940 HD

    Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly...

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  • 1952
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    Walk East on Beacon

    Walk East on Beacon

    5.056 1952 HD

    An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.

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  • 1938
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    Letter of Introduction

    Letter of Introduction

    5.9 1938 HD

    An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also...

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  • 1942
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    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

    5.6 1942 HD

    A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.

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  • 1948
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    Tenth Avenue Angel

    Tenth Avenue Angel

    6.1 1948 HD

    Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve...

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  • 1941
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    Ringside Maisie

    Ringside Maisie

    7 1941 HD

    Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by...

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  • 1945
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    Having Wonderful Crime

    Having Wonderful Crime

    6.3 1945 HD

    Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.

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  • 1947
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    Cynthia

    Cynthia

    5.9 1947 HD

    Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

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  • 1935
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    The Public Menace

    The Public Menace

    5 1935 HD

    1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.

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  • 1937
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    The Women Men Marry

    The Women Men Marry

    5.5 1937 HD

    A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.

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  • 1944
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    Show Business

    Show Business

    5 1944 HD

    Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

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  • 1941
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    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    4.7 1941 HD

    Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as...

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  • 1946
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    Up Goes Maisie

    Up Goes Maisie

    6.7 1946 HD

    A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.

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  • 1942
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    The Mayor of 44th Street

    The Mayor of 44th Street

    4 1942 HD

    In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out....

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  • 1948
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.2 1948 HD

    A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

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  • 1937
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    London by Night

    London by Night

    6 1937 HD

    A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing a London neighborhood.

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  • 1938
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    Hold That Co-ed

    Hold That Co-ed

    6.6 1938 HD

    An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.

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  • 1939
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    Hollywood Hobbies

    Hollywood Hobbies

    5.6 1939 HD

    In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

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  • 1955
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    1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration

    1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration

    6 1955 HD

    This short features theatrical trailers of original musicals released by MGM in 1955 and visits the sets of films still in production. At the end,...

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  • 1934
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    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions

    6.5 1934 HD

    A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

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  • 1939
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    Risky Business

    Risky Business

    6 1939 HD

    Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.

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  • 1943
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    The Powers Girl

    The Powers Girl

    6.5 1943 HD

    Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine...

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  • 1940
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    Public Deb No. 1

    Public Deb No. 1

    4.2 1940 HD

    When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his...

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  • 1937
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    You're a Sweetheart

    You're a Sweetheart

    4 1937 HD

    A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...

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  • 1937
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    Top of the Town

    Top of the Town

    5.2 1937 HD

    In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper....

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  • 2003
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    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

    1 2003 HD

    An overview of Cole Porter’s musical contributions to the film Broadway Melody of 1940.

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  • 1935
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    After the Dance

    After the Dance

    6 1935 HD

    Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry...

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.242 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 1936
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    Woman Trap

    Woman Trap

    1 1936 HD

    A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the...

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  • 1939
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    Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

    Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

    3.5 1939 HD

    Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.

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  • 1941
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    They Died with Their Boots On

    They Died with Their Boots On

    6.6 1941 HD

    The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains...

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  • 1935
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    I'll Love You Always

    I'll Love You Always

    3 1935 HD

    Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He...

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  • 1934
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    Jealousy

    Jealousy

    4.7 1934 HD

    Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during...

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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  • 1936
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    Violets in Spring

    Violets in Spring

    5.3 1936 HD

    Mary Jones and Charlie Hall have worked for four years in the same office at the Acme Carpet Sweeper Company, but they have never shown any interest...

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.943 1994 HD

    Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

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  • 1940
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    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    6.7 1940 HD

    This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a...

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

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  • 1936
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    6 1936 HD

    Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

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  • 1997
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    Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

    6.2 1997 HD

    A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

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  • 1941
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    They Died with Their Boots On

    They Died with Their Boots On

    6.6 1941 HD

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    5.25 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1957
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    The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

    7.6 1957 HD

    Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple,...

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  • 1955
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    MGM Parade

    MGM Parade

    1 1955 HD

    The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and...

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