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Gambling (1934)
Character: Ray Braddock
The adopted daughter of New-York-City gambler, Al Draper, elopes from quarantine (key plot word) with another voyager from Europe. Later she is found murdered in a hotel room. Draper is dissatisfied with the handling of the case by the district attorney and sets out to work the case himself.
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Patterns (1955)
Character: Mr. Gordon
"Patterns" was an American television play broadcast live on January 12, 1955, remade as a film the next year with some of the same cast. Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.
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Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
Character: Dr. Boyd
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
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Jalna (1935)
Character: Piers Whiteoaks
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
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The World Changes (1933)
Character: Paul Nordholm
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
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Let's Try Again (1934)
Character: Paul Milburn
To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard) in this 1934 film directed by Worthington Miner.
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Heat Lightning (1934)
Character: Steve Laird
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
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Ace of Aces (1933)
Character: Foster 'Froggy' Kelley
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
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Blind Date (1934)
Character: Tom
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
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Now I'll Tell (1934)
Character: Joe
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
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The Sphinx (1933)
Character: Jack Burton
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed.
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Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Character: Hayes
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
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Locked Alone (2018)
Character: Ethan
A young woman trapped in a new apartment with the spirit of the previous tenant.
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A Modern Hero (1934)
Character: Elmer Croy
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
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Voltaire (1933)
Character: François
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire, but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac.
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Upperworld (1934)
Character: Rocklen
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
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The Come On (1956)
Character: Detective Capt. Getz
A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted?
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From This Day Forward (1946)
Character: Mr. Brewer
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
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From Headquarters (1933)
Character: Jack Winton
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
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The Proud and Profane (1956)
Character: Bob Kilpatrick
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Howard, in the Battle of Guadalcanal. There, Ashley falls for the gruff, seductive Marine Lt. Col. Colin Buck, but struggle and tragedy follow when the widow learns about the reality of Buck's life back home.
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The Working Man (1933)
Character: Tommy Hartland
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
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Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Character: Major Harvey
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
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The Hidden Eye (1945)
Character: Gibbs - Chauffeur
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
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The Story on Page One (1959)
Character: Dr. Kemper (uncredited)
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
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