Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My fake name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent." Dvorak was the daughter and only child of silent film actress Anna Lehr and director Edwin McKim. While in New York, she attended St. Catherine's Convent. After moving to California, she attended Page School for Girls in Hollywood. She made her film debut when she was five years old in the silent film version of Ramona (1916), credited as "Baby Anna Lehr". She continued in children's roles in The Man Hater (1917) and Five Dollar Plate (1920), but then stopped acting in films. Her parents separated in 1916 and divorced in 1920; she did not see her father again until 13 years later, when she made a public plea to the press to help her find him. In the late 1920s, Dvorak worked as a dance instructor and gradually began to appear on film as a chorus girl. Her friend, actress Karen Morley, introduced her to billionaire movie producer Howard Hughes, who groomed her as a dramatic actress. She was a success in such pre-Code films as Scarface (1932) as Paul Muni's sister; in Three on a Match (1932) with Bette Davis and Joan Blondell as the doomed, unstable Vivian; in The Crowd Roars (1932) with James Cagney; and in Sky Devils (1932) opposite Spencer Tracy. Known for her style and elegance, she was a popular leading lady for Warner Bros. during the 1930s, and appeared in numerous contemporary romances and melodramas. At age 19, Dvorak eloped with Leslie Fenton, her English co-star from The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932), and they married on March 17, 1932. They left for a year-long honeymoon in spite of her contractual obligations to the studio, which led to a period of litigation and pay disputes during which she discovered she was making the same amount of money as the boy who played her son in Three on a Match. She completed her contract on permanent suspension, then worked as a freelancer. Although she worked regularly, the quality of her scripts declined sharply. She appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). With her then-husband, Leslie Fenton, Dvorak traveled to England where she supported the war effort by working as an ambulance driver and acted in several British films. She appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Edgar Buchanan, released in 1946. The following year she adeptly handled comedy by giving an assured performance in Out of the Blue (1947). In 1948, Dvorak gave her only performance on Broadway in The Respectful Prostitute. Dvorak's marriage to Fenton ended in divorce in 1946. In 1947, she married Igor Dega, a Russian dancer who danced with her briefly in The Bachelor's Daughters. The marriage ended two years later. Dvorak retired from the screen in 1951, when she married her third and last husband, Nicholas Wade, to whom she remained married until his death in 1975. She had no children.

  • Title: Ann Dvorak
  • Popularity: 1.837
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-08-02
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Anna McKim, Ann McKim, Baby Anna Lehr, Anna Lehr
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Ann Dvorak Movies

  • 1932
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    Scarface

    Scarface

    7.5 1932 HD

    In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to...

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  • 1930
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    Estrellados

    Estrellados

    1 1930 HD

    A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930)...

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  • 1946
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    Abilene Town

    Abilene Town

    5.2 1946 HD

    Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with...

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  • 1929
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    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    5.7 1929 HD

    An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

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  • 1930
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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

    A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

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  • 1938
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    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York

    4.8 1938 HD

    An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.

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  • 1935
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    'G' Men

    'G' Men

    6.5 1935 HD

    James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld....

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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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  • 1945
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    Flame of Barbary Coast

    Flame of Barbary Coast

    5.6 1945 HD

    Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito...

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  • 1939
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    Blind Alley

    Blind Alley

    5.6 1939 HD

    A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.

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  • 1932
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    Three on a Match

    Three on a Match

    6.2 1932 HD

    Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery...

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  • 1947
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    The Long Night

    The Long Night

    5.8 1947 HD

    City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

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  • 1951
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    I Was an American Spy

    I Was an American Spy

    6.2 1951 HD

    An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true...

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  • 1940
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    Girls of the Road

    Girls of the Road

    5 1940 HD

    A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they...

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  • 1932
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    Love Is a Racket

    Love Is a Racket

    6 1932 HD

    A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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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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  • 1950
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    Our Very Own

    Our Very Own

    5.7 1950 HD

    During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive...

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  • 1942
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    This Was Paris

    This Was Paris

    5.5 1942 HD

    British agents operate in Paris during the Second World War.

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  • 1934
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    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Are Born

    6.5 1934 HD

    A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...

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  • 1934
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    Murder in the Clouds

    Murder in the Clouds

    4.7 1934 HD

    Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy...

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  • 1932
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    The Crowd Roars

    The Crowd Roars

    6 1932 HD

    Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to...

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  • 1935
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    Thanks a Million

    Thanks a Million

    5.6 1935 HD

    A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be...

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  • 1931
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    Politics

    Politics

    6.3 1931 HD

    A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

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  • 1950
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    Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    6 1950 HD

    Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.

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  • 1938
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    Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live

    7.2 1938 HD

    Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep...

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  • 1935
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    Bright Lights

    Bright Lights

    4.5 1935 HD

    Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

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  • 1948
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    The Walls of Jericho

    The Walls of Jericho

    5.7 1948 HD

    In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.

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  • 1930
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    The March of Time

    The March of Time

    1 1930 HD

    Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers...

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  • 1947
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    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    6.3 1947 HD

    A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

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  • 1937
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    The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    6.8 1937 HD

    A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve...

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  • 1934
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    Friends of Mr. Sweeney

    Friends of Mr. Sweeney

    6 1934 HD

    Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten...

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  • 1932
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    The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

    The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

    5.9 1932 HD

    A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

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  • 1933
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    College Coach

    College Coach

    4.3 1933 HD

    Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a...

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  • 1935
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    Sweet Music

    Sweet Music

    5.7 1935 HD

    A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

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  • 1932
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    Sky Devils

    Sky Devils

    5.5 1932 HD

    Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for...

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  • 1932
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    Crooner

    Crooner

    5 1932 HD

    Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.

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  • 1934
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    Midnight Alibi

    Midnight Alibi

    6 1934 HD

    An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.

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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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  • 1939
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    Stronger Than Desire

    Stronger Than Desire

    5.8 1939 HD

    An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

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  • 1931
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    Stranger in Town

    Stranger in Town

    3 1931 HD

    Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The...

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  • 1934
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    Side Streets

    Side Streets

    5.3 1934 HD

    A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.

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  • 1950
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    A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

    5.2 1950 HD

    A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

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  • 1931
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    This Modern Age

    This Modern Age

    6 1931 HD

    A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.

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  • 1934
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    Massacre

    Massacre

    5.8 1934 HD

    Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his...

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  • 1937
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    Midnight Court

    Midnight Court

    4.8 1937 HD

    After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

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  • 1937
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    Racing Lady

    Racing Lady

    5.3 1937 HD

    A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in...

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  • 1937
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    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    5.8 1937 HD

    In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the...

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  • 1935
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    Dr. Socrates

    Dr. Socrates

    6.4 1935 HD

    Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling...

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  • 1946
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    The Bachelor's Daughters

    The Bachelor's Daughters

    6.5 1946 HD

    A department store floor walker is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls to pose as their father in a Long Island mansion which they have...

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  • 1934
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    I Sell Anything

    I Sell Anything

    4.5 1934 HD

    Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

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  • 1930
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    The Woman Racket

    The Woman Racket

    5.5 1930 HD

    During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her...

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  • 1916
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    Ramona

    Ramona

    1 1916 HD

    Silent version of the 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel originally ran 3 hours but all but 50 minutes of that are now lost.

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  • 1917
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    The Man Hater

    The Man Hater

    1 1917 HD

    Phemie, an avowed man-hater, marries Joe, the village blacksmith.

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  • 1931
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    Son of India

    Son of India

    5 1931 HD

    An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

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  • 1937
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    She's No Lady

    She's No Lady

    1 1937 HD

    Alden "Bill" Carter III sees a beautiful woman, Jerry, dining alone at the Park Savoy in New York, and after a brief flirtation, introduces himself....

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  • 1930
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    Lord Byron of Broadway

    Lord Byron of Broadway

    4.7 1930 HD

    A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he...

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  • 1930
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    Good News

    Good News

    5 1930 HD

    A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

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  • 1950
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    The Return of Jesse James

    The Return of Jesse James

    5 1950 HD

    Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.

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  • 1934
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    Roast-Beef and Movies

    Roast-Beef and Movies

    3 1934 HD

    A trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie.

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  • 1937
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    We Who Are About to Die

    We Who Are About to Die

    6.8 1937 HD

    John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A...

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  • 1945
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    Masquerade in Mexico

    Masquerade in Mexico

    5.4 1945 HD

    An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a...

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  • 1929
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    It's a Great Life

    It's a Great Life

    4 1929 HD

    Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As expected, things are going wrong with every act...

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  • 1930
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    Free and Easy

    Free and Easy

    6.1 1930 HD

    Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira...

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  • 1947
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    6.375 1947 HD

    Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian...

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  • 1943
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    Squadron Leader X

    Squadron Leader X

    1 1943 HD

    Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into...

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  • 1930
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    Way Out West

    Way Out West

    5.9 1930 HD

    Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He...

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  • 1930
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    Our Blushing Brides

    Our Blushing Brides

    5.9 1930 HD

    Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their...

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  • 1929
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    So This Is College

    So This Is College

    4.2 1929 HD

    Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

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  • 1929
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    Devil-May-Care

    Devil-May-Care

    5.3 1929 HD

    A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

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  • 1936
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    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1 1936 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

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  • 1940
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    Cafe Hostess

    Cafe Hostess

    5.5 1940 HD

    A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.

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  • 1931
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    Dance, Fools, Dance

    Dance, Fools, Dance

    6.4 1931 HD

    When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring...

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  • 1933
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    Hello Pop

    Hello Pop

    9 1933 HD

    A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental musicians, an inept stage crew and his three idiot...

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  • 1930
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    Chasing Rainbows

    Chasing Rainbows

    4 1930 HD

    The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is...

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  • 1929
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    Manhattan Serenade

    Manhattan Serenade

    1 1929 HD

    An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.

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  • 1930
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    The Devil's Cabaret

    The Devil's Cabaret

    5.2 1930 HD

    At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns,...

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  • 1931
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    The Guardsman

    The Guardsman

    5 1931 HD

    An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their...

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  • 1929
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    The Song Writers' Revue

    The Song Writers' Revue

    1 1929 HD

    This short showcases composers and lyricists of songs that are now considered standards of American popular music. For several of these song writers,...

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  • 1933
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    The Way to Love

    The Way to Love

    1 1933 HD

    Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets...

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  • 1935
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    A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

    A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

    5.2 1935 HD

    This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the...

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  • 1943
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    Escape to Danger

    Escape to Danger

    1 1943 HD

    During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

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  • 1931
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    A Tailor-Made Man

    A Tailor-Made Man

    1 1931 HD

    John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs...

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  • 1930
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    Children of Pleasure

    Children of Pleasure

    4.7 1930 HD

    A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

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  • 1997
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    Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    1 1997 HD

    Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends...

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  • 2008
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    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    6.4 2008 HD

    A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

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  • 1929
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    The Doll Shop

    The Doll Shop

    1 1929 HD

    Early Vitaphone short.

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  • 1931
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    Dance, Fools, Dance

    Dance, Fools, Dance

    6.4 1931 HD

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