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Reward Unlimited (1944)
Character: N/A
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Twenty Years After (1944)
Character: (archive footage)
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Big City (1948)
Character: Louis Keller
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.
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The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
Character: Danny
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.
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My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)
Character: Lewie Penrose
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.
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My Old Town (1948)
Character: Boy Watching Gopher (uncredited)
Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.
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Summer Holiday (1948)
Character: Tommy Miller
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Character: Arnold Hanson
Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and Arnold, who learn about their world and experience the ups and downs of life as the season pass.
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The Human Comedy (1943)
Character: Ulysses Macauley
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
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Little Mister Jim (1947)
Character: Little Jim Tukker
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
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National Velvet (1945)
Character: Donald Brown
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
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Boys' Ranch (1946)
Character: Butch
A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
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