Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913, in The Quaker Girl. Her Broadway debut brought her to the attention of George M. Cohan, who proceeded to cast her in numerous comic-relief roles in such musicals as Going Up (1917). Though she made her first film appearance in 1913, her Hollywood career began in earnest in 1931 and lasted until 1957. In her films she often played the wife of Guy Kibbee (Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.

  • Title: Ruth Donnelly
  • Popularity: 4.533
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1896-05-17
  • Place of Birth: North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
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Ruth Donnelly Movies

  • 1939
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    7.875 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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  • 1936
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    Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

    Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

    6 1936 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish musical comedy romance, 'Cain and Mabel."

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  • 1936
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    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    7.51 1936 HD

    Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the...

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  • 1935
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    Hands Across the Table

    Hands Across the Table

    6.8 1935 HD

    A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

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  • 1945
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    The Bells of St. Mary's

    The Bells of St. Mary's

    6.788 1945 HD

    Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt...

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  • 1941
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    Petticoat Politics

    Petticoat Politics

    1 1941 HD

    Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.

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  • 1932
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    Jewel Robbery

    Jewel Robbery

    6.5 1932 HD

    A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

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  • 1938
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    A Slight Case of Murder

    A Slight Case of Murder

    6.1 1938 HD

    Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

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  • 1933
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    Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade

    6.859 1933 HD

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going...

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  • 1951
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    The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

    6.5 1951 HD

    After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an...

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  • 1940
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    My Little Chickadee

    My Little Chickadee

    6.467 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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  • 1956
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    Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leaves

    7 1956 HD

    A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

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  • 1955
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    A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

    5.414 1955 HD

    A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

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  • 1932
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    Blessed Event

    Blessed Event

    6.5 1932 HD

    A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

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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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  • 1933
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    Employees' Entrance

    Employees' Entrance

    6.283 1933 HD

    Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20...

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  • 1948
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    The Snake Pit

    The Snake Pit

    7 1948 HD

    Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions...

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  • 1950
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    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    7.152 1950 HD

    A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

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  • 1951
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    I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

    I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

    6.6 1951 HD

    A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the...

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  • 1933
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    Private Detective 62

    Private Detective 62

    5.947 1933 HD

    A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at...

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  • 1947
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    The Ghost Goes Wild

    The Ghost Goes Wild

    5 1947 HD

    Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a...

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  • 1933
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    Female

    Female

    6.3 1933 HD

    Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design...

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  • 1933
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    Lilly Turner

    Lilly Turner

    5.6 1933 HD

    One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young...

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  • 1934
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    Merry Wives of Reno

    Merry Wives of Reno

    4.8 1934 HD

    Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.

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  • 1941
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    You Belong to Me

    You Belong to Me

    5.8 1941 HD

    A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

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  • 1938
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    The Affairs of Annabel

    The Affairs of Annabel

    4 1938 HD

    Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for...

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  • 1945
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    Pillow to Post

    Pillow to Post

    5.3 1945 HD

    With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale....

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  • 1935
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    Alibi Ike

    Alibi Ike

    5.8 1935 HD

    Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.

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  • 1934
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    Wonder Bar

    Wonder Bar

    6.2 1934 HD

    Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and...

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  • 1935
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    Personal Maid's Secret

    Personal Maid's Secret

    5.5 1935 HD

    A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins'...

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  • 1933
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    Ever in My Heart

    Ever in My Heart

    5.3 1933 HD

    World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.

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  • 1933
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    Sing, Sinner, Sing

    Sing, Sinner, Sing

    4 1933 HD

    A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on...

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  • 1939
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    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    5.8 1939 HD

    Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For...

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  • 1951
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    The Wild Blue Yonder

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    6 1951 HD

    Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful...

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  • 1936
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    Cain and Mabel

    Cain and Mabel

    6.2 1936 HD

    A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.

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  • 1934
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    Housewife

    Housewife

    7.6 1934 HD

    Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend...

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1936
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    More Than a Secretary

    More Than a Secretary

    6.4 1936 HD

    When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant....

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  • 1935
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    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

    6 1935 HD

    Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.

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  • 1938
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    Army Girl

    Army Girl

    6 1938 HD

    A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to...

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  • 1947
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    The Fabulous Texan

    The Fabulous Texan

    4 1947 HD

    A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up...

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  • 1935
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    The White Cockatoo

    The White Cockatoo

    5.3 1935 HD

    In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of...

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  • 1957
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    The Way to the Gold

    The Way to the Gold

    1 1957 HD

    Following his release from prison, an ex-con heads straight for a cache of gold buried somewhere in a small village.

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  • 1933
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    Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    6 1933 HD

    Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise GE's home appliances.

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  • 1933
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    Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

    5 1933 HD

    Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's...

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  • 1933
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    Havana Widows

    Havana Widows

    5.8 1933 HD

    Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.

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  • 1936
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    13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

    4.333 1936 HD

    Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves...

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  • 1933
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    Convention City

    Convention City

    3.5 1933 HD

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

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  • 1938
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    Personal Secretary

    Personal Secretary

    1 1938 HD

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

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  • 1934
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    Mandalay

    Mandalay

    5.9 1934 HD

    Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.

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  • 1933
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    Hard to Handle

    Hard to Handle

    6.6 1933 HD

    A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

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  • 1940
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    Scatterbrain

    Scatterbrain

    1 1940 HD

    A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.

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  • 1938
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    Annabel Takes a Tour

    Annabel Takes a Tour

    5 1938 HD

    Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head...

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  • 1946
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    Cross My Heart

    Cross My Heart

    1 1946 HD

    A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and build a reputation for himself.

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  • 1948
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    Fighting Father Dunne

    Fighting Father Dunne

    6 1948 HD

    A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.

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  • 1931
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    The Spider

    The Spider

    6 1931 HD

    Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder...

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  • 1936
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    Fatal Lady

    Fatal Lady

    1 1936 HD

    On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although...

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  • 1934
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    Happiness Ahead

    Happiness Ahead

    6 1934 HD

    Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window...

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  • 1939
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    The Family Next Door

    The Family Next Door

    5.2 1939 HD

    Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her...

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  • 1934
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    Heat Lightning

    Heat Lightning

    6.8 1934 HD

    A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

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  • 1946
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    Cinderella Jones

    Cinderella Jones

    3.3 1946 HD

    Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.

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  • 1933
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    Ladies They Talk About

    Ladies They Talk About

    6.1 1933 HD

    A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

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  • 1937
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    Portia on Trial

    Portia on Trial

    5.333 1937 HD

    Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle...

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  • 1941
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    The Gay Vagabond

    The Gay Vagabond

    1 1941 HD

    Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.

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  • 1941
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    Sailors on Leave

    Sailors on Leave

    1 1941 HD

    If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.

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  • 1935
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    Traveling Saleslady

    Traveling Saleslady

    5.9 1935 HD

    A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and...

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  • 1936
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    Song and Dance Man

    Song and Dance Man

    1 1936 HD

    Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.

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  • 1941
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    The Roundup

    The Roundup

    8 1941 HD

    Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty...

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  • 1932
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    Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

    5.5 1932 HD

    A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

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  • 1933
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    Bureau of Missing Persons

    Bureau of Missing Persons

    5.6 1933 HD

    Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

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  • 1935
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    Red Salute

    Red Salute

    5.8 1935 HD

    The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and...

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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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  • 1946
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    In Old Sacramento

    In Old Sacramento

    6 1946 HD

    Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead of the law, Barrett effortlessly balances his...

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  • 1955
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    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    4.8 1955 HD

    In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.

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  • 1941
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    Model Wife

    Model Wife

    1 1941 HD

    Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.

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  • 1947
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    Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

    1 1947 HD

    Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway...

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  • 1940
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    Meet the Missus

    Meet the Missus

    1 1940 HD

    Gran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.

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  • 1944
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    Breakdowns of 1944

    Breakdowns of 1944

    6.5 1944 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.

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  • 1937
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    Roaring Timber

    Roaring Timber

    5 1937 HD

    Jim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment when he agrees to cut an enormous volume of timber for...

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  • 1942
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    Johnny Doughboy

    Johnny Doughboy

    5.5 1942 HD

    As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group...

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  • 1933
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    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    1 1933 HD

    The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.

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  • 1931
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    Wicked

    Wicked

    1 1931 HD

    Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.

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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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  • 1934
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    Romance in the Rain

    Romance in the Rain

    1 1934 HD

    The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.

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  • 1943
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    Sleepy Lagoon

    Sleepy Lagoon

    4.5 1943 HD

    Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to...

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  • 1932
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    The Rainbow Trail

    The Rainbow Trail

    1 1932 HD

    The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.

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  • 1947
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    Millie's Daughter

    Millie's Daughter

    1 1947 HD

    An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

    An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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  • 1927
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    Rubber Heels

    Rubber Heels

    1 1927 HD

    A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal...

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  • 1952
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    Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

    3.5 1952 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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