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Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures (1983)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A unique documentary that chronicles the amazing career of turn-of-the-century moving picture pioneer Lyman H. Howe of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, whose six touring companies introduced most of rural American to the movies. Special archival footage includes the first successful moving pictures ever taken from an airplane (Lincoln Beachey, Wilkes-Barre, 1911); the historic address delivered by President Theodore Roosevelt to 100,000 (Wilkes-Barre, 1905); Construction of the Panama Canal (1913),and Lyman H. Howe Days at the San Diego and San Francisco World's Fairs (California 1915). Long before talking pictures, Lyman H. Howe entertainments featured the photograph and live sound effects from behind the screen. Included are voiceovers by individuals who were part of the Lyman Howe moving picture shows and who remember, first hand, the impact they made a century ago.
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Killer by Night (1972)
Character: Sister Sarah
A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.
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Two for the Money (1972)
Character: Mrs. Castle
Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
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Inside Straight (1951)
Character: Ada Stritch
A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
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A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Character: Mrs. Van Campen
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
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The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
Character: Frances
A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.
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Echoes (1982)
Character: Lillian Gerben
An artist is plagued by nightmares of a love triangle and murder. A psychic says the dream figure is his brother, a "troubled soul" from an ancient past life. Nearly born as his twin but miscarried, this past life rival now breaks through in nightmares in attempt to repeat history.
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The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
Character: Hester Madigan
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
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All the King's Men (1949)
Character: Sadie Burke
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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Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
Character: Grandmother
In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short.
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Run Home Slow (1965)
Character: Nell Hagen
Rugged cowgirl, Nell Hagen sets out to retaliate for the hanging of her father Judd, who ruled their valley with an iron fist before the natives revolted. She is accompanied by her brothers, Ritt and Kirby, a hump-backed half-wit, and their sensuous cousin Julie Ann. The family then robs a bank, kills two tellers, enacts their revenge before heading for the border where their own family drama gets really mean and nasty.
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Sixteen (1972)
Character: Mother
Hickspoiltation film from the early 1970s ostensibly starring Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, but really more a film looking for an excuse to show off Simone Griffeth's beauty. She plays a daughter of a swamp family. The whole family goes to a carnival where she is seduced by an older male performer, while her teen brother is seduced by an older female performer.
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Thieves (1977)
Character: Street Lady
Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.
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The Scarf (1951)
Character: Connie Carter
A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.
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Cimarron (1960)
Character: Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Character: Grace Holly
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Character: Liza McStringer
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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The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Character: Nelli
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
Character: Madame Dusbois
Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who will claim not only her treasured virtue but also her life.
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The Girls of Huntington House (1973)
Character: Doris McKenzie
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Character: Gang Leader (uncredited)
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Character: Maggie Noonan
At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.
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Giant (1956)
Character: Luz Benedict
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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Angel Baby (1961)
Character: Sarah Strand
A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
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The Exorcist (1973)
Character: Demon (voice)
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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Der heiße Tod (1969)
Character: Thelma Diaz
Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Character: Emma Small
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.
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