Harlan Briggs

Harlan Briggs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career. Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law. His acting career began in vaudeville at around the beginning of the 20th century. He would make his Broadway debut in 1926, in the drama Up the Line. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1935. On August 6, 1929 he began a successful run in the featured role of G. A. Appleby in It's a Wise Child at the Belasco Theatre. In 1934 he had another featured role in the successful play Dodsworth, as Tubby Pearson. The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 24, 1934 and ran for 147 performances, starring Walter Huston as Samuel Dodsworth. After a six-week hiatus, the show reopened at the Shubert on August 20 and ran for an additional 168 performances. When Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights to the play, Briggs was one of two of the original Broadway cast to reprise their roles in the film, the other being Huston in the title role. Briggs would focus on his film career for the remainder of the 1930s, before returning to Broadway in the 1940s, combining both stage and screen performances during that decade. The most successful of his Broadway appearances in the 1940s was as Constable Small in Ramshackle Inn, which featured ZaSu Pitts in her Broadway debut. The Story of Mary Surratt, in which Briggs appeared in 1947, was Briggs' 400th play. Beginning with Dodsworth, Briggs worked consistently in films over the next 16 years, until his death in 1952, appearing in over 100 films. His most famous role was as Dr. Stall in the 1940 comedy classic The Bank Dick, starring W.C. Fields. Other notable films in which he appeared include After the Thin Man (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), State Fair (1945), Night and Day (1946), Little Women (1949), Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), and Carrie (1952). The last film on which Briggs worked was The Sea Hornet, which was in production in April and May 1951, and released later that year. On January 26, 1952, Briggs died in Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital from complications resulting from a heart attack. His death occurred almost half a year prior to the release of Carrie. Briggs married actress Viola Scott on July 3, 1914. They had four sons.

  • Title: Harlan Briggs
  • Popularity: 0.584
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-08-16
  • Place of Birth: Blissfield, Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As: Harlan Paul Briggs
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    Blondie Takes a Vacation

    Blondie Takes a Vacation

    6.2 1939 HD

    Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life...

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  • 1938
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    Reckless Living

    Reckless Living

    1 1938 HD

    This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous...

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  • 1945
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    Conflict

    Conflict

    6.5 1945 HD

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

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  • 1947
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    A Double Life

    A Double Life

    6.3 1947 HD

    A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

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    Having Wonderful Time

    Having Wonderful Time

    4.9 1938 HD

    Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.

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    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    6.955 1940 HD

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his...

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    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    6.7 1940 HD

    On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a...

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    Maisie

    Maisie

    4.7 1939 HD

    Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch...

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    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.7 1938 HD

    A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

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  • 1933
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    Kissing Time

    Kissing Time

    6.4 1933 HD

    An American woman visits a small South American town where she quickly falls for a charming lieutenant.

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  • 1937
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    A Family Affair

    A Family Affair

    5.875 1937 HD

    Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan...

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  • 1947
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    Danger Street

    Danger Street

    4 1947 HD

    Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

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    A Man to Remember

    A Man to Remember

    6.5 1938 HD

    On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

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  • 1936
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    Happy Go Lucky

    Happy Go Lucky

    5 1936 HD

    A singer in Shanghai looks exactly like a missing flyer who went missing, and is feared to have sold the experimental airplane that he was flying....

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    Riding on Air

    Riding on Air

    5 1937 HD

    Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane...

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    Exclusive

    Exclusive

    6 1937 HD

    When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government...

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    Boy Trouble

    Boy Trouble

    5 1939 HD

    A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.

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  • 1947
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    Humoresque

    Humoresque

    7.1 1947 HD

    A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

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  • 1941
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    Among the Living

    Among the Living

    6.1 1941 HD

    A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

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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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  • 1938
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    Meet the Girls

    Meet the Girls

    4.5 1938 HD

    Entertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become stowaways.

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    The Missing Guest

    The Missing Guest

    8.5 1938 HD

    Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the...

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    Quick Money

    Quick Money

    4 1937 HD

    Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years....

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  • 1947
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    Spoilers of the North

    Spoilers of the North

    4 1947 HD

    When the Alaska fishing season ends, a crooked cannery owner, who owes a huge delivery of salmon to a Seattle company, manipulates local Natives, who...

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  • 1937
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    Live, Love and Learn

    Live, Love and Learn

    5.8 1937 HD

    A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his...

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  • 1937
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    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    7 1937 HD

    J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out...

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  • 1937
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    Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

    6.866 1937 HD

    After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.

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  • 1938
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    One Wild Night

    One Wild Night

    5.5 1938 HD

    Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money...

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    Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

    5.3 1939 HD

    A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

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  • 1946
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    Personality Kid

    Personality Kid

    1 1946 HD

    An Army veteran finds his re-entry into civilian life easier through the efforts of his younger brother and a donkey.

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  • 1937
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    Beg, Borrow or Steal

    Beg, Borrow or Steal

    4.5 1937 HD

    We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and...

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  • 1940
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    The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

    6.4 1940 HD

    Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a...

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    The Mysterious Miss X

    The Mysterious Miss X

    5.3 1939 HD

    After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

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  • 1952
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    Carrie

    Carrie

    6.4 1952 HD

    Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly...

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  • 1933
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    Seasoned Greetings

    Seasoned Greetings

    5 1933 HD

    The owner of an unsuccessful greeting cards store decides to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the form of records.

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  • 1939
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    Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other

    6.2 1939 HD

    A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

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  • 1939
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    6.412 1939 HD

    Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father...

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    Calling Dr. Kildare

    Calling Dr. Kildare

    6.1 1939 HD

    Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. ...

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  • 1939
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    Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

    7 1939 HD

    A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

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    Frontier Marshal

    Frontier Marshal

    6 1939 HD

    Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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  • 1939
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    The Man They Could Not Hang

    The Man They Could Not Hang

    6.6 1939 HD

    Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to...

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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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  • 1939
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    Bad Little Angel

    Bad Little Angel

    4.9 1939 HD

    A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

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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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  • 1939
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    Flight at Midnight

    Flight at Midnight

    4.5 1939 HD

    Spinner McGee, devil-may-care mail pilot volunteers his courage and skill for the task of raising $100,000 to save the small airport owned by Pop...

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  • 1940
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    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.6 1940 HD

    In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

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  • 1940
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    Brother Orchid

    Brother Orchid

    6.4 1940 HD

    When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents...

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  • 1940
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    My Little Chickadee

    My Little Chickadee

    6.4 1940 HD

    While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of...

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  • 1938
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    Sing, You Sinners

    Sing, You Sinners

    6.7 1938 HD

    Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe...

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  • 1940
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    I Love You Again

    I Love You Again

    7.3 1940 HD

    Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

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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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  • 1951
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    The Sea Hornet

    The Sea Hornet

    5 1951 HD

    "The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later...

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  • 1939
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    Cafe Society

    Cafe Society

    6 1939 HD

    A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

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  • 1946
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    My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

    5.9 1946 HD

    Gabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, the Sovereign gets shot accidentally by...

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  • 1940
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1940 HD

    Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go...

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  • 1938
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    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    6 1938 HD

    The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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  • 1936
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    Dodsworth

    Dodsworth

    7.094 1936 HD

    A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

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  • 1942
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    The Remarkable Andrew

    The Remarkable Andrew

    8.2 1942 HD

    When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he...

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  • 1942
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    There's One Born Every Minute

    There's One Born Every Minute

    7.2 1942 HD

    A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has...

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  • 1942
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    The Vanishing Virginian

    The Vanishing Virginian

    6 1942 HD

    The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

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  • 1937
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    Behind the Mike

    Behind the Mike

    1 1937 HD

    Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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    Marked Woman

    Marked Woman

    6.5 1937 HD

    In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

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  • 1946
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    Magnificent Doll

    Magnificent Doll

    5.9 1946 HD

    While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne...

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  • 1936
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    Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

    6 1936 HD

    A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

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  • 1946
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    Mysterious Intruder

    Mysterious Intruder

    5.8 1946 HD

    A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

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  • 1937
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    Trouble at Midnight

    Trouble at Midnight

    6 1937 HD

    Noah Beery Jr. stars as Kirk Cameron in the modern-day western Trouble at Midnight. Freshly discharged from WWI, Cameron goes into the dairy-farming...

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  • 1941
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    One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

    6.6 1941 HD

    Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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  • 1946
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    Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage

    6.6 1946 HD

    In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the...

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