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Pride of Maryland (1951)
Character: Sir Thomas Asbury
Frankie, a young jockey with a new style of riding that brings him acclaim, is barred from the track when he starts betting on himself. Since he's been donating his winnings to an old flame and her father to help them raise a colt, the forced retirement is quite a blow.
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Always Tell Your Wife (1923)
Character: Jerry Hawkes
A British short comedy about two married couples whose romantic entanglements lead to farcical complications. When the original director Hugh Croise fell ill, Alfred Hitchcock and Seymour Hicks completed the film. Released in 1923 as a remake of the 1914 Leedham Bantock version, only one of its two reels is known to survive.
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My Son, My Son! (1940)
Character: The Colonel
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
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We Are Not Alone (1939)
Character: Sir Guy Lockhead
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
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Around the World (1943)
Character: Commanding Officer
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
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Sword in the Desert (1949)
Character: Col. Bruce Evans
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
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Double Crossbones (1951)
Character: Lord Montrose
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.
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Young Daniel Boone (1950)
Character: Col. Benson
Frontier scout Daniel Boone is sent out to locate the only two survivors of General Braddock's men that are believed two have lived through an Indian massacre.
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The Challenge (1948)
Character: Inspector McIver
Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.
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Wilson (1944)
Character: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
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Arise, My Love (1940)
Character: Colonel Tubbs-Brown
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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Three Strangers (1946)
Character: 'Major' George Alfred Beach (uncredited)
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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Nightmare (1942)
Character: Inspector Robbins
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.
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Home Sweet Homicide (1946)
Character: Mr. Cherrington
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.
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Singapore Woman (1941)
Character: Commissioner
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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Wedding Worries (1941)
Character: Father of the Bride (uncredited)
The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
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Escape to Glory (1940)
Character: Captain James P. Hollister
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
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Counter-Espionage (1942)
Character: Sir Stafford Hart
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
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The Spider Woman (1943)
Character: Robert (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Character: N/A
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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