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The Titanic Incident (1955)
Character: Passenger (uncredited)
A married pair of gamblers try to fleece a wealthy British nobleman while sailing on the Titanic's fateful cruise, but she begins to have misgivings as she becomes attracted to the dashing gentleman, frustrating her husband's goals.
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The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Character: House of Lords Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Her Five-Foot Highness (1920)
Character: N/A
When Texas ranch owner Ellen inherits the estate of her long-lost uncle, the Duke of Wilshire, her unscrupulous attorney, Wesley Saunders, who has been plotting to seize control of her ranch, decides to capitalize on the opportunity.
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Our Wife (1941)
Character: Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
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Listen Judge (1952)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in the judges' house after their antics attempting to fix the doorbell cause the servants to quit. The boys are discovered when the cake they bakes explodes all over a political supporter of the judge and he loses his chance for re-election.
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Upstairs and Down (1919)
Character: N/A
Alice Chesterton is described as a "Baby Vamp" by the social set and engaged to boring Tom Carey. She flirts with many of the male guests idling at the Ives' Long Island house party, then encourages Terence O'Keefe, a playboy polo player from Ireland, to rendezvous with her in the city; they are seen together at the "Midnight Frolic". Because of this, Mrs. Ives convinces Alice's newly-arrived sister Betty to look after Alice.
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So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)
Character: (uncredited)
Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
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The Screen Director (1951)
Character: Actor (uncredited)
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
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The Peddler of Lies (1920)
Character: James Kirkland
At a party thrown at the Metcalf estate, the Marquise D'Irancy's Sultana diamond disappears when the lights go out during a power failure. Suspected of the crime is William Kirkland, the wastrel son of the wealthy Kirkland family, but William's sister Diana comes to his defense. Aiding her in the investigation is Clamp, a wandering peddler.
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Musical Movieland (1944)
Character: Studio Official (uncredited)
A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets that are used for different types of movies, and they appear to watch the filming of several productions in progress. Musical numbers from several previous Warner Bros. Technicolor shorts are edited into this short to create the illusion.
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The Flag of Humanity (1940)
Character: Military Man at Clara's Death Bed (uncredited)
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
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The Forged Bride (1920)
Character: Dick Van Courtland
Professional forger Bill Butters realizes one day that the police are closing in on him, and convinces his daughter Peggy to flee.
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Souvenirs (1928)
Character: The Sea Captain
Loves of a ship's captain on the high seas!
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The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.
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Blond Cheat (1938)
Character: Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so then Julie becomes part of the collateral.
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Home Before Dark (1958)
Character: Christmas Party Reveller/New Year's Eve Party Reveller
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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No Time for Comedy (1940)
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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Sued for Libel (1939)
Character: Amateur Magicians Club Member (uncredited)
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
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Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Character: New Years Eve Party Patron (uncredited)
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"
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Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
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Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Character: Country Club Patron
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
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Hullabaloo (1940)
Character: Wedding Guest
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
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Road to Singapore (1940)
Character: Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...
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Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
Character: Dance Floor Congratulator (uncredited)
When most people look at Florence Farley, they see a pretty teenager. But when Milly Farley looks at her daughter she sees something else: a tennis prodigy who could be Milly’s ticket to money and fame.
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The Life of the Party (1937)
Character: Party Guest
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
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It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Character: Studio Party Guest (uncredited)
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
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Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Character: Wedding Guest
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
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Hell's Island (1955)
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
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An Annapolis Story (1955)
Character: Officer on Dais (uncredited)
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
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Espionage Agent (1939)
Character: Ball Guest
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
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Bachelor Mother (1939)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
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Voice of the Whistler (1945)
Character: Sinclair Executive (uncredited)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
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Beauty for the Asking (1939)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
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The Dark Corner (1946)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
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Serenade (1956)
Character: Opera Attendee (uncredited)
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
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Lady with Red Hair (1940)
Character: Actor at Rehearsal (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Character: Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Music for Madame (1937)
Character: Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
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Appointment for Love (1941)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
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Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
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The Big Street (1942)
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
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My Man Godfrey (1957)
Character: Scavenger Hunter with Skunk (uncredited)
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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The Cheat (1931)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingston, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who's the cheat?
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Trapped (1949)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.
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Arise, My Love (1940)
Character: Man at Maxim's (Uncredited)
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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The Square Jungle (1955)
Character: N/A
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
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How the West Was Won (1962)
Character: Auction Guest (uncredited)
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
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This Time for Keeps (1942)
Character: Golfer
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
Character: Party Guest / Theatregoer (uncredited)
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
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Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Character: Man at Press Conference
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Dive Bomber (1941)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
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Man's Castle (1933)
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.
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The Garment Jungle (1957)
Character: Buyer (uncredited)
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
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Father of the Bride (1950)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Character: Production Crew Member (uncredited)
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
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The Maze (1953)
Character: N/A
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
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Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
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The Fountainhead (1949)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
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Pat and Mike (1952)
Character: Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
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One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
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Humoresque (1947)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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I Love a Mystery (1945)
Character: Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
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Here Comes the Band (1935)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Character: Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Carrie (1952)
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook.
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One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Character: First Nighter (Uncredited)
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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The Opposite Sex (1956)
Character: Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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Advise & Consent (1962)
Character: Senate Official (uncredited)
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
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Swing Fever (1943)
Character: Man in Music Publisher's Office (uncredited)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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The Hard Way (1943)
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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Scared Stiff (1953)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...
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Whirlpool (1950)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Character: N/A
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
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Portia on Trial (1937)
Character: Party Guest
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Character: Audience Member
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
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All About Eve (1950)
Character: Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Gilda (1946)
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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A Star Is Born (1954)
Character: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Character: Officer at Fleet Admiral's Briefing (uncredited)
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
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Bombers B-52 (1957)
Character: Harold (uncredited)
Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
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Destination Murder (1950)
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
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Miracles for Sale (1939)
Character: Nightclub Patron
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Dodsworth (1936)
Character: Ship Passenger (Uncredited)
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
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One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Character: Second Clerk (uncredited)
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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A Place in the Sun (1951)
Character: (uncredited)
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
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Turnabout (1940)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
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Holy Matrimony (1943)
Character: Mourner / Juror (uncredited)
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
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Anything Goes (1956)
Character: Ship's Passenger
Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back across the Atlantic by liner - with each man having brought his choice along! It becomes a stormy crossing as each man has to tell his 'find' that she might not get the role after all.
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It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Character: Guest (uncredited)
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Character: Baseball Fan (uncredited)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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Batman (1943)
Character: Restaurant Patron
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Character: Tiffanys Customer (uncredited)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
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Mission to Moscow (1943)
Character: Dancer at Ball / Congressman (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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All the King's Men (1949)
Character: Speaker of the House (uncredited)
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
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The Band Wagon (1953)
Character: Bystander in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
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On the Riviera (1951)
Character: Guest at Gala (uncredited)
In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
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Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
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I Walk Alone (1947)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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Glamour for Sale (1940)
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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The Joker is Wild (1957)
Character: Nightclub Patron / Man at Benefit (uncredited)
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
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Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Character: Shipboard Extra (uncredited)
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers.
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The Jolson Story (1946)
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradually working his way up through the vaudeville ranks, Asa — now calling himself Al Jolson — joins a blackface minstrel troupe and soon builds a reputation as a consummate performer. But as his career grows in size, so does his ego, resulting in battles in business as well as in his personal life.
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Laura (1944)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Character: Benefit Guest (uncredited)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Character: Nightclub patron (uncredited)
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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She Had to Eat (1937)
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
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The Children's Hour (1961)
Character: Parent on Visitor's Day (uncredited)
A private all-girls boarding school is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Character: Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
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Smart Blonde (1937)
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
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Gypsy (1962)
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
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My Favorite Spy (1942)
Character: Nightclub Patron
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
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Small Town Girl (1953)
Character: Club Patron
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
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The Last Hurrah (1958)
Character: Banquet Guest (uncredited)
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Character: Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Lover Come Back (1961)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
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Paddy O'Day (1936)
Character: Club Patrovitch Patron
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.
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Easter Parade (1948)
Character: Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
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Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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Party Girl (1958)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
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Government Girl (1943)
Character: Party Guest / Naval Officer (uncredited)
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
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Tarnished Angel (1938)
Character: Man Introducing Violet
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
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Saboteur (1942)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
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Call Me Madam (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
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Houseboat (1958)
Character: Country Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Deception (1946)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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He Married His Wife (1940)
Character: Diner at Racetrack Lounge
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
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Phffft (1954)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.
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Mr. Skitch (1933)
Character: Gamblilng House Patron
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
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Topper (1937)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Character: Dance Guest (uncredited)
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.
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Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Character: Alumnus
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards with him was his housemaster's wife.
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Wallflower (1948)
Character: N/A
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
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Under Eighteen (1932)
Character: Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Character: Sardi's Patron / Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
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Chicago Syndicate (1955)
Character: Fight Spectator (Uncredited)
An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
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I, Mobster (1959)
Character: Senator at Hearing (uncredited)
The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.
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Fingers at the Window (1942)
Character: Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Mildred Pierce (1945)
Character: Man (uncredited)
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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The Saint in New York (1938)
Character: Speakeasy Patron (Uncredited)
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
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The Rage of Paris (1938)
Character: Man in Opera Box (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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Hi, Nellie! (1934)
Character: Graham's Secretary (uncredited)
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
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They Made Her a Spy (1939)
Character: Bar Patron at Club Dome
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.
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No, No, Nanette (1940)
Character: Man in Elevator
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
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One Night at Susie's (1930)
Character: Man in Courthouse Corridor (Uncredited)
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did not commit.
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Auntie Mame (1958)
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
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The Constant Nymph (1943)
Character: Concertgoer
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Character: Lynn's Lawyer (Uncredited)
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
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The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.
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Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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Black Widow (1954)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
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Night Spot (1938)
Character: Nightclub Patron
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
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The Unfaithful (1947)
Character: Party Guest
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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The Lady Confesses (1945)
Character: Nightclub Dance Extra
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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An Affair to Remember (1957)
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Character: Soldier on Transport Ship (Uncredited)
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
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Midnight (1939)
Character: Flammarions' Party Guest (uncredited)
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
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Marked Woman (1937)
Character: Dancing Club Patron (uncredited)
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
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The Second Woman (1950)
Character: Fiesta Guest
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?
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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Character: Guest at Cookout
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
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First Love (1939)
Character: Commencement Guest
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Character: Wealthy Man at Nightclub (uncredited)
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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The Jazz Singer (1953)
Character: Nightclub Patron / Party Guest
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
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Slightly French (1949)
Character: Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
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West of Chicago (1922)
Character: Bud Moore
West of Chicago is a 1922 American silent western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Buck Jones, Renée Adorée and Philo McCullough.
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Seven Thieves (1960)
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.
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Where the Boys Are (1960)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.
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Joy of Living (1938)
Character: Man in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
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Blood on the Sun (1945)
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
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High Society (1956)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
After a divorce with her childhood friend, arrogant socialite Tracy Lord is remarrying but her ex-husband in still in love with her. Meanwhile, a gossip magazine blackmails Tracy's family into covering her new wedding. A musical remake of the 1940 romcom The Philadelphia Story.
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Flag of Mercy (1942)
Character: Rich Man in Prologue
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War II. Edited from Angel of Mercy (1939)
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This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Character: Gambling House Patron (Uncredited)
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
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Giant (1956)
Character: Wedding Guest
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Character: Man in Front Row (uncredited)
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
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Between Two Women (1945)
Character: Slipper Room Patron (uncredited)
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Character: Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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It's in the Air (1935)
Character: (uncredited)
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
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The Family Secret (1951)
Character: N/A
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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Pretty Baby (1950)
Character: Radio Actor (uncredited)
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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Limelight (1952)
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Character: Casino Patron
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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Something to Live For (1952)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
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Parrish (1961)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
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The Stooge (1951)
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
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Mr. Lucky (1943)
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
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Playing with Fire (1921)
Character: Jack Taylor
Enid Gregory, a pianist at the Melody Shop, a music store on Broadway, is content with her snappy, routine existence until Janet Fenwick, a society girl whose father committed suicide under a cloud of financial disgrace, comes to Enid's boardinghouse.
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Another Thin Man (1939)
Character: West Indies Club Patron (uncredited)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
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D.O.A. (1949)
Character: Man in Hallway (uncredited)
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
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Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Character: Military Officer (uncredited)
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
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Pal Joey (1957)
Character: Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
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Love Affair (1939)
Character: Man in Couple on Deck (uncredited)
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
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Sudden Fear (1952)
Character: Reception Guest (uncredited)
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?
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Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Character: Banquet Guest (uncredited)
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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Imitation of Life (1934)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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Gambling Lady (1934)
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
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Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
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Funny Face (1957)
Character: Guest at Aborted Fashion Show (uncredited)
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
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I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Character: Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. The judge cites parental neglect in the case of a teenager (John Miljan) charged with murder.
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The Narrow Margin (1952)
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.
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On With the Show! (1929)
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?
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Movie Crazy (1932)
Character: Dinner Party Guest (Uncredited)
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
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The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
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Lured (1947)
Character: Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
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Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Character: Lawyer's Aide (uncredited)
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
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Night Without Sleep (1952)
Character: Man at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
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Caught (1949)
Character: Shopper (uncredited)
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
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Keeper of the Flame (1943)
Character: N/A
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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Bedside Manner (1945)
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
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Dial M for Murder (1954)
Character: Men's Club Party Member (uncredited)
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.
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Let's Do It Again (1953)
Character: Audition Guest (uncredited)
Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin Booth) and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). However, they start to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other. The Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.
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Tail Spin (1939)
Character: Officer at Bar in Cleveland Club (Uncredited)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
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Shanghai (1935)
Character: Night Club Patron
A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.
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Guys and Dolls (1955)
Character: Customer at Mindy's (uncredited)
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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Vicki (1953)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
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Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Character: Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unable to convince anyone of her husband’s existence.
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Body and Soul (1947)
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Mexican Spitfire (1940)
Character: Patron at Mexican Pete's
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
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Phantom Lady (1944)
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
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Undercurrent (1946)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
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Daughters Courageous (1939)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
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The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
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No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Character: New Year's Eve Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
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Illegal (1955)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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Written on the Wind (1956)
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
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Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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Over My Dead Body (1942)
Character: Courtroom Extra
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
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Born to Be Bad (1950)
Character: Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
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Dick Tracy (1945)
Character: Paradise Club Patron (uncredited)
Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).
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The Golden Fleecing (1940)
Character: Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Character: Man at Party (uncredited)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
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Experiment Perilous (1944)
Character: (uncredited)
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
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Kentucky (1938)
Character: Dancer
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
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Women in the Wind (1939)
Character: Salesman (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
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The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Stewart (uncredited)
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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Small Town Girl (1936)
Character: Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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