Jack Mower (September 5, 1890 – January 6, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 520 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in
Honolulu
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...
and died in
Hollywood.
After studying at
Punahou College, in Honolulu, Mower moved to the mainland, and performed in vaudeville and in musical comedies on stage. His work on screen included serials and silent films.
Mower was a leading man in silent films, but played bit parts after sound films came into vogue.
Selected filmography
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;1920s
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The Beautiful Gambler
''The Beautiful Gambler'' is a 1921 silent Western film directed by William Worthington and starring Grace Darmond, Jack Mower, and Harry von Meter. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Plot
Molly Hanlon marries a villainous ...
'' (1921)
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The Rowdy
''The Rowdy'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by David Kirkland and starring Rex De Rosselli, Anna Dodge and Gladys Walton.Connelly p.240
Cast
* Rex De Rosselli as Capt. Dan Purcell
* Anna Dodge as Mrs. Purcell
* Gladys Walton ...
'' (1921)
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Short Skirts
''Short Skirts'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, Ena Gregory and Jack Mower.Goble p.461
Cast
* Gladys Walton as Natalie Smith
* Ena Gregory as Stella
* Jack Mower as Lance Christie
* ...
'' (1921)
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Silent Years'' (1921)
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Saturday Night'' (1922)
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Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th cen ...
'' (1922)
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When Husbands Deceive'' (1922)
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Pure Grit'' (1923)
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The Last Hour'' (1923)
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The Shock'' (1923)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U. ...
'' (1927)
;1930s
* ''
Bad Company
Bad Company are an English rock supergroup that was formed in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, drummer Simon Kirke and bassist Boz Burrell.Bad Company ''AllMusic'' Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also ...
'' (1931) (uncredited)
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The Phantom Express
The Phantom Express is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime-drama directed by Emory Johnson and based on the Emory Johnson story. The film stars William Collier, Jr. as Bruce Harrington, Sally Blane as Carolyn Nolan and Hobart Bosworth as Mr ...
'' (1932) (uncredited)
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The Pride of the Legion
''The Pride of the Legion'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Victor Jory, Barbara Kent and Sally Blane
Sally Blane (born Elizabeth Jane Young; July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress ...
'' (1932)
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Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
'' (1933) (uncredited)
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The House on 56th Street
''The House on 56th Street'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative.
Plot ...
'' (1933) (uncredited)
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Counsellor at Law
''Counsellor at Law'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Elmer Rice is based on his 1931 Broadway play of the same title.
Plot
The story focuses on several days in a critical juncture in the life ...
'' (1933) (uncredited)
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Palooka'' (1934) (uncredited)
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Among the Missing'' (1934) (uncredited)
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David Harum
''David Harum; A Story of American Life'' is a best-selling novel of 1898 by Edward Noyes Westcott, whose principal legacy is the colloquial use of the term ''horse trading''.
Literary significance and criticism
Written by retired Syracuse, N ...
'' (1934) (uncredited)
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Upper World'' (1934) (uncredited)
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The Witching Hour'' (1934) (uncredited)
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The Woman in Red'' (1935) (uncredited)
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The Whole Town's Talking
''The Whole Town's Talking'' (released in the UK as ''Passport to Fame'') is a 1935 American comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a law-abiding man who bears a striking resemblance to a killer, with Jean Arthur as his love interest. It w ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
* ''
Living on Velvet
''Living on Velvet'' is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, Warren William and George Brent.
Plot
One day, Terry Parker, an airplane pilot, is in a plane crash that kills his family. He feel ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
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Naughty Marietta'' (1935) (uncredited)
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Dante's Inferno
''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, gui ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
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Diamond Jim
''Diamond Jim'' is a 1935 biographical film based on the published biography ''Diamond Jim Brady'' by Parker Morell. It follows the life of legendary entrepreneur James Buchanan Brady, including his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell, and s ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
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The Gay Deception
''The Gay Deception'' is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee. Writers Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.
Plot
Secretary Mirabel Miller (Frances Dee) win ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
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Special Agent'' (1935) (uncredited)
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The Littlest Rebel
''The Littlest Rebel'' is a 1935 American musical drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Edwin J. Burke was adapted from a play of the same name by Edward Peple.
Cast
* Shirley Temple as Virgie Cary
* John Boles as Herbert Ca ...
'' (1935) (uncredited)
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Love Before Breakfast
''Love Before Breakfast'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy starring Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, and Cesar Romero, based on Faith Baldwin's short story ''Spinster Dinner'', published in '' International-Cosmopolitan'' in July 1934. The film ...
'' (1936) (uncredited)
* ''
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. Based on the 1935 short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland, which ...
'' (1936) (uncredited)
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Black Legion'' (1937) (uncredited)
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Marked Woman
''Marked Woman'' is a 1937 American dramatic crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciannelli and ...
'' (1937) (uncredited)
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Mountain Justice'' (1937) (uncredited)
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San Quentin
San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Opened in July 1852, San Quentin is the o ...
'' (1937) (uncredited)
* ''
Kid Galahad
''Kid Galahad'' is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. It was released by United Artists in August 1962 and opened at #9 at the American box office. ''Variety'' ranked it #37 on its list of the top-grossing films of 1 ...
'' (1937) (uncredited)
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'' is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It i ...
'' (1937) (uncredited)
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Ever Since Eve'' (1937) (uncredited)
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Gold Is Where You Find It'' (1938) (uncredited)
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A Slight Case of Murder
''A Slight Case of Murder'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film is based on the 1935 play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. The offbeat comedy stars Edward G. Robinson spoofing his own gangster image as Remy Marco.
...
'' (1938) (uncredited)
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The Sisters'' (1938) (uncredited)
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Girls on Probation
''Girls on Probation'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released ...
'' (1938) (uncredited)
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Nancy Drew, Detective'' (1938) (uncredited)
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Angels with Dirty Faces
''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wri ...
'' (1938) (uncredited)
* ''
King of the Underworld'' (1939) (uncredited)
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They Made Me a Criminal
''They Made Me a Criminal'' is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the film ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'' (1933). The film was later featured ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
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Nancy Drew... Reporter'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
The Oklahoma Kid
''The Oklahoma Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his blac ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
Dodge City
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
Dark Victory
''Dark Victory'' is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Ca ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
''Confessions of a Nazi Spy'' is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, several ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
The Roaring Twenties
''The Roaring Twenties'' is a 1939 American crime thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, and Gladys George. The film, spanning the periods between 1919 and 1933, was written by Jerry ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
The Return of Doctor X
''The Return of Doctor X'' (also billed as ''The Return of Dr. X'') is a 1939 American science fiction- horror film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart as the title character. It was based o ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase'' (1939) (uncredited)
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Dust Be My Destiny'' (1939) (uncredited)
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Espionage Agent
''Espionage Agent'' is a pre–World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, ''Espionage Agent'', like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike many other mov ...
'' (1939) (uncredited)
;1940s
* ''
Granny Get Your Gun
''Granny Get Your Gun'' is a 1940 American comedy western film directed by George Amy and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson, Hardie Albright, Clem Bevans and Clay Clement. It is based primaril ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
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Castle on the Hudson
''Castle on the Hudson'' (UK title: ''Years Without Days'') is a 1940 American film noir drama directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. A thief is sent to Sing Sing Prison, where he is befriended by t ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
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3 Cheers for the Irish'' (1940) (uncredited)
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Virginia City
Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno– Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Virginia City developed as a boom ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
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They Drive by Night'' (1940) (uncredited)
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Flowing Gold'' (1940) (uncredited)
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City for Conquest
''City for Conquest'' is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. The picture is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel. The supporting cast features ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
* ''
Lady with Red Hair
''Lady with Red Hair'' (1940) is an American historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains and Richard Ainley. Released by Warner Brothers it stars Hopkins as the nineteenth century actress Mrs. Le ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
* ''
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, th ...
'' (1940) (uncredited)
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Four Mothers
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures.
In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
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High Sierra'' (1941) (uncredited)
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The Strawberry Blonde
''The Strawberry Blonde'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland, and featuring Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, and George Tobias. Set in New York City aroun ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
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Footsteps in the Dark'' (1941) (uncredited)
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Meet John Doe
''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
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Out of the Fog'' (1941) (uncredited)
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Sergeant York'' (1941) (uncredited)
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The Bride Came C.O.D.'' (1941) (uncredited)
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Bad Men of Missouri
''Bad Men of Missouri'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 26, 194 ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
* ''
The Smiling Ghost
''The Smiling Ghost'' is a 1941 American film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Wayne Morris, Alexis Smith, and Alan Hale. The film is in the horror comedy genre, which was popular in the 1940s.
Plot
The elderly Mrs. Bentley (Helen West ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
* ''
One Foot in Heaven
''One Foot in Heaven'' is a 1941 American biographical film starring Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart and Elisabeth Fraser. The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from the autobiography by Hartzell Spence. It was directed ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
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The Maltese Falcon'' (1941) (uncredited)
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They Died with Their Boots On
''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American black-and-white Western film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
The film's stor ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
* ''
Steel Against the Sky
''Steel Against the Sky'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Paul Gerard Smith, and starring Lloyd Nolan, Alexis Smith, Craig Stevens, Gene Lockhart, Edward Ellis and Walter Catlett. It was released ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
* ''
Dangerously They Live
''Dangerously They Live'' is a 1941 American World War II spy film directed by Robert Florey and starring John Garfield, Nancy Coleman and Raymond Massey. The plot concerns Nazi spies who try to pry information out of a British agent.
Plot
I ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
* ''
The Man Who Came to Dinner
''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' is a comedy play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, where it ran until 1941, closing after 739 performances. It then enjoyed a number of N ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
''Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot and Warren William. Bennett was paid $10,000 for her appearance, a significant drop from what she had recently been e ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
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King's Row'' (1942) (uncredited)
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Lady Gangster
''Lady Gangster'' is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture crime film directed by Robert Florey, credited as "Florian Roberts". It is based on the play ''Gangstress, or Women in Prison'' by Dorothy Mackaye, who in 1928, as #440960, served less than ten ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
Larceny, Inc.
''Larceny, Inc.'' is a 1942 American film. Originally released on May 2, 1942, by Warner Bros., the film is a cross between comedy and gangster genres. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, the film stars Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, a ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
Yankee Doodle Dandy
''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Ro ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
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The Big Shot'' (1942) (uncredited)
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Across the Pacific
''Across the Pacific'' is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It sta ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
Wings for the Eagle
''Wings for the Eagle'' (aka ''Shadow of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American drama film starring Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and George Tobias, directed by Lloyd Bacon. It tells the story of workers at a Lockheed aircraft assembly p ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
The Magnificent Dope
''The Magnificent Dope'' is a 1942 American comedy film released by 20th Century Fox. It is also known as ''Lazy Galahad'', ''Strictly Dynamite'' and ''The Magnificent Jerk''.
Plot
Dwight Dawson runs a hype-driven self-improvement course in the ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
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The Gay Sisters
''The Gay Sisters'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young (who adopted his character's name as his screen name) and Nancy Coleman. The ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
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George Washington Slept Here
''George Washington Slept Here'' is a 1942 comedy film starring Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride, and Hattie McDaniel. It was based on the 1940 play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, adapted by Everett F ...
'' (1942) (uncredited)
* ''
Gentleman Jim'' (1942) (uncredited)
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Action in the North Atlantic
''Action in the North Atlantic'', also known as ''Heroes Without Uniforms'', is a 1943 American black-and-white war film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, that stars Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey a ...
'' (1943) (uncredited)
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Watch on the Rhine
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'' (1943) (uncredited)
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Thank Your Lucky Stars'' (1943) (uncredited)
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Princess O'Rourke
''Princess O'Rourke'' is a 1943 American romantic comedy film directed and written by Norman Krasna (in Krasna's directorial debut), and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn. Krasna won the 1944 Oscar for Best Origina ...
'' (1943) (uncredited)
* ''
Northern Pursuit
''Northern Pursuit'' is a 1943 American World War II film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who tries to uncover a Nazi plot against the Allied war effort. The film was set in ...
'' (1943) (uncredited)
* ''
Old Acquaintance
''Old Acquaintance'' is a 1943 American drama film released by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The film was adapted from a screenplay by John Van Druten, Len ...
'' (1943) (uncredited)
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Destination Tokyo
''Destination Tokyo'' is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut,McGee, Scott"Articles: 'Destination Tokyo' (1944)."'' TCM.com'', 2019. Retrieved: August 15, 2019. and t ...
'' (1943) (uncredited)
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Mr. Skeffington'' (1944) (uncredited)
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The Adventures of Mark Twain'' (1944) (uncredited)
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Hollywood Canteen
The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in the Los Angeles, California, neighborhood of Hollywood between October 3, 1942, and November 22, 1945 (Thanksgiving Day), as a club offering food, dancing and entertainment for servi ...
'' (1944) (uncredited)
* ''
Wing and a Prayer
''Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X'' (also known as ''Queen of the Flat Tops '' and ''Torpedo Squadron Eight'') is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of Wor ...
'' (1944) (uncredited)
* ''
Hotel Berlin
''Hotel Berlin'' is an American drama film set in Berlin near the close of World War II, made by Warner Bros. in late 1944 to early 1945. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey and Andrea King. It is b ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
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The Clock'' (1945) (uncredited)
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
''The Horn Blows at Midnight'' is a 1945 comedy fantasy film directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Jack Benny.
Following its poor box-office, Benny often exploited the film's failure for laughs over the next 20 years in his radio and television c ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
* ''
Conflict
Conflict may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
* ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton
* ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne
* ''Conflict'' (1937 film) ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
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Christmas in Connecticut
''Christmas in Connecticut'' is a 1945 American Christmas romantic comedy film about an unmarried city magazine writer who pretends to be a farm wife and mother and then falls in love with a returning war hero. The film was directed by English d ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
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Mildred Pierce
''Mildred Pierce'' is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941.
A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, ''Mildred Pierce'' follows the trajectory of a lower- ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
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They Were Expendable
''They Were Expendable'' is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story ...
'' (1945) (uncredited)
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San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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'' (1945) (uncredited)
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Shadows Over Chinatown
''Shadows Over Chinatown'' is a 1946 film directed by Terry O. Morse. It is the second to last film featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
Plot
Chan investigates a murder for profit racket in San Francisco. Toller was in poor health during ...
'' (1946) (uncredited)
* ''
Night and Day'' (1946) (uncredited)
* ''
A Stolen Life'' (1946) (uncredited)
* ''
Two Guys from Milwaukee
''Two Guys from Milwaukee'' (UK title: ''Royal Flush'') is a 1946 American comedy film directed by David Butler (director), David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Joan Leslie. It was distributed by Warner Bros. The film is abou ...
'' (1946) (uncredited)
* ''
The Unfaithful'' (1947) (uncredited)
* ''
Possessed
Possessed may refer to:
Possession
* Possession (disambiguation), having some degree of control over something else
** Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
*** ...
'' (1947) (uncredited)
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That Hagen Girl
''That Hagen Girl'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Peter Godfrey. The screenplay by Charles Hoffman was based on the novel by Edith Kneipple Roberts. The film focuses on small-town teenaged girl Mary Hagen (Shirley Temple), whom gos ...
'' (1947) (uncredited)
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The Chinese Ring'' (1947) (uncredited)
* ''
Cry Wolf'' (1947) (uncredited)
* ''
My Wild Irish Rose
''My Wild Irish Rose'' is a 1947 film directed by David Butler. It stars Dennis Morgan and Arlene Dahl (in her debut film). It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1948.
Plot
A fictionalized biopic of Chauncey Olcott, the movie traces the rise ...
'' (1947) (uncredited)
* ''
My Girl Tisa
''My Girl Tisa'' is a 1948 film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Lilli Palmer and Sam Wanamaker. It is based on the play ''Ever the Beginning'' by Lucille S. Prumbs and Sara B. Smith (copyrighted 14 May 1946).
Plot
In 1905, Tisa Kepes is a ...
'' (1948) (uncredited)
* ''
Two Guys from Texas
''Two Guys from Texas'' is a 1948 American comedy musical western film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Dorothy Malone. The film was written by Allen Boretz and I.A.L. Diamond, produced by Alex Gottlieb, ...
'' (1948) (uncredited)
* ''
June Bride
''June Bride'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Bretaigne Windust. The screenplay, which was based on the unproduced play ''Feature for June'' by Eileen Tighe and Graeme Lorimer, was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for ...
'' (1948) (uncredited)
* ''
3 Godfathers
''3 Godfathers'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and filmed (although not set) primarily in Death Valley, California. The screenplay, written by Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings, is based on the 1913 novelette '' Th ...
'' (1948) (uncredited)
* ''
Flaxy Martin
''Flaxy Martin'' is a 1949 film noir starring Zachary Scott and Virginia Mayo, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr., Dorothy Malone, and Douglas Kennedy. The crime thriller was directed by Richard L. Bare based on a story written by David Lang.
The ...
'' (1949) (uncredited)
* ''
South of St. Louis
''South of St Louis'' is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott and Dorothy Malone. It chronicles the friendship between three ranchers after their ranch is destroy ...
'' (1949) (uncredited)
* ''
A Kiss in the Dark'' (1949) (uncredited)
* ''
My Dream Is Yours
''My Dream Is Yours'' is a 1949 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film starring Jack Carson, Doris Day, and Lee Bowman.
Plot
The film opens in Los Angeles, where Doug Blake is dumped as a manager by Gary Mitchell. He goes to New York City to ...
'' (1949) (uncredited)
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The Fountainhead
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One Last Fling
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The Girl from Jones Beach
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The Inspector General'' (1949) (uncredited)
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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady'' (1950) (uncredited)
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Montana
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Backfire'' (1950) (uncredited)
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Chain Lightning'' (1950) (uncredited)
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Perfect Strangers'' (1950) (uncredited)
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Colt .45'' (1950) (uncredited)
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The Flame and the Arrow
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The Underworld Story
''The Underworld Story'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva and Michael O'Shea. Da Silva plays the loud-mouthed gangster Carl Durham, one of hi ...
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The Breaking Point'' (1950) (uncredited)
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Dallas
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Storm Warning
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The Enforcer'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Lullaby of Broadway'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Lightning Strikes Twice'' (1951) (uncredited)
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I Was a Communist for the FBI'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Goodbye, My Fancy
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Fort Worth
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Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Come Fill the Cup'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Close to My Heart
''Close to My Heart'' is a 1951 American drama (film and television), drama film directed by William Keighley, written by James R. Webb (based on his novel ''A Baby for Midge''), and starring Ray Milland and Gene Tierney.
Plot
Brad Sheridan (Mill ...
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On Moonlight Bay'' (1951) (uncredited)
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I'll See You in My Dreams'' (1951) (uncredited)
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Carson City
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal?'' (1952) (uncredited)
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Francis Goes to West Point
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The Story of Will Rogers'' (1952) (uncredited)
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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
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It stars Susan Whitney as Lúc ...
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Springfield Rifle
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
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Plot
In May 1953, Ma ...
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon'' (1953) (uncredited)
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Trouble Along the Way
''Trouble Along the Way'' is a 1953 comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring John Wayne and Donna Reed, with a supporting cast including Charles Coburn and Marie Windsor. The black-and-white film was released by Warner Bros. with an ...
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It Happens Every Thursday
''It Happens Every Thursday'' is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Loretta Young, John Forsythe, and Frank McHugh, loosely based on the 1951 autobiographical book of the same title by Jane S. McIlvaine. It was Lo ...
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The Man from the Alamo
''The Man from the Alamo'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Glenn Ford, Julie Adams and Chill Wills.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview
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The Stranger Wore a Gun
''The Stranger Wore a Gun'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor. Based on the short story "Yankee Gold" by John W. Cunningham, the film is about a former spy who moves to Arizon ...
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Meet Me at the Fair
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Synopsis
A boy named Tad flees from ...
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The Sun Shines Bright
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House of Wax'' (1953) (uncredited)
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Thunder Over the Plains
''Thunder Over The Plains'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Randolph Scott with Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Henry Hull, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Fess Parker. It was Barker's first film after starring in five ' ...
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Calamity Jane
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The Command'' (1954) (uncredited)
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The Boy from Oklahoma
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Plot
Cast
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A Star Is Born'' (1954) (uncredited)
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Destry'' (1954) (uncredited)
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The Long Gray Line
''The Long Gray Line'' is a 1955 American Cinemascope Technicolor biographical comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher and his autobiography, Bringing Up the Brass'' co-written witNardi Reeder Cam ...
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Prince of Players
''Prince of Players'' is a 1955 20th Century Fox biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth. The film was directed and produced by Philip Dunne from a screenplay by Moss Hart, based on the book by Eleanor Ruggles. Th ...
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Battle Cry
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Tall Man Riding
''Tall Man Riding'' is a 1955 American Western (genre), Western Warnercolor film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, and Peggie Castle. Based on the novel ''Tall Man Riding'', by Norman A. Fox, the film is ab ...
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Seven Cities of Gold
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Ain't Misbehavin''' (1955) (uncredited)
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Sincerely Yours'' (1955) (uncredited)
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The Kettles in the Ozarks
''The Kettles in the Ozarks'' is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the ninth installment of Universal-International's ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series starring Marjorie Main and introducing Arthur Hunnicutt as Sedge, Pa's ...
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A Cry in the Night'' (1956) (uncredited)
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The Girl He Left Behind
''The Girl He Left Behind'' is a 1956 American romantic comedy film starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. The supporting cast includes Jim Backus, Alan King, James Garner, and David Janssen. The film was written by Guy Trosper and directed by Dav ...
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Home Before Dark'' (1958) (uncredited)
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Auntie Mame
''Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade'' is a 1955 novel by American author Patrick Dennis chronicling the madcap adventures of a boy, Patrick, growing up as the ward of his Aunt Mame Dennis, the sister of his dead father.
The book is often desc ...
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The Young Philadelphians
''The Young Philadelphians'' is a 1959 American legal drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Robert Vaughn and Alexis Smith. The film is based on the 1956 novel ''The Philadelphian'', by Richard P. Powell. ...
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Sergeant Rutledge
''Sergeant Rutledge'' is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. Six decades later, the film continues to attract attention because it was one ...
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Sunrise at Campobello
''Sunrise at Campobello'' is a 1960 Warner Bros. biographical film telling the story of the struggles of future President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his family when Roosevelt was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 ...
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Jack the Giant Killer
"Jack the Giant Killer" is a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklor ...
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Critic's Choice'' (1963) (uncredited)
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Dead Ringer'' (1964) (uncredited)
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1890 births
1965 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Burials in California
Male actors from Hawaii
Male actors from Honolulu
American male stage actors
Film serial actors
Male Western (genre) film actors
Vaudeville performers