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The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Character: Munsey, the Butler
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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Hindle Wakes (1931)
Character: Chris Hawthorne
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
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Frail Women (1932)
Character: Jim Willis
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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The Greatest Gift (1942)
Character: Bartolomé the Juggler
Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitude. He eventually finds a way to.
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The Skin Game (1921)
Character: Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.
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Early to Bed (1933)
Character: Kruger
'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their rented room is next to a cinema with its frankfurter-munching projectionist and romantic musical numbers that seem to permeate their lives. Might they meet and fall in love?' (BFI)
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Scotland Yard (1941)
Character: Insp. Cork
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planning an enormous robbery.
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Hollywood’s Children (1982)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Father and Son (1935)
Character: John Bolton
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.
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Happy Family (1939)
Character: Dad
Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.
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The Greer Case (1957)
Character: Jack Baldwin
When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
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Tell Me Tonight (1932)
Character: Mayor Pategg
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
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A Yank at Eton (1942)
Character: Headmaster Justin
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.
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Life with Father (1947)
Character: Rev. Dr. Lloyd
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Character: Rowley
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Character: Hooper
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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The Good Companions (1933)
Character: Jess Oakroyd
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Character: Edward Ironside
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
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Something for the Birds (1952)
Character: 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way into the affections of a representative of the oil company that wants the land for their own purposes.
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Les Miserables (1952)
Character: Bishop Courbet
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Character: President Corcoran
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of missed chances and wrong choices. As she reaches old age, she reflects back and realizes she allowed the years to go by without achieving what she believes to be her true fulfillment. However, her years have not been without glory, and her moment of triumph arrives when her numerous now-famous students from over the years, return to honor their beloved Miss Bishop.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Character: Dr. Lionel Sterling
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
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Charley's Aunt (1941)
Character: Stephen Spettigue
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
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Louisa (1950)
Character: Mr. Hammond
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
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One Night In Lisbon (1941)
Character: Lord Fitzleigh
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
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Peking Express (1951)
Character: Father Joseph Murray
A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.
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Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
Character: Johann Strauss, the Elder
Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl gets jealous when a contessa asks Strauss Jr. to write a waltz for her.
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For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Character: Arthur
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
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Channel Crossing (1933)
Character: Trotter
Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value system is thrown into turmoil.
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A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Character: J.D. Middlecott
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
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The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
Character: Bishop
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays along; but Hester is serious, and hearing that she plans to rob Mr. Waller, the man who has cheated her father out of thousands of pounds, Donald agrees. A robbery at a pub is arranged, but the Bishop of Broadminster, an avid mystery fan, and his sister stumble into it. Playing detective the Bishop complicates matters and each side, the Bishop, the unscrupulous Waller, the gang Hester hires, and Hester and Donald, each get the upper hand along the way.
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The Walking Dead (1936)
Character: Dr. Evan Beaumont
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
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Mad Holiday (1936)
Character: Williams
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
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Dangerous Partners (1945)
Character: Albert Richard Kingby
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
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Them! (1954)
Character: Dr. Harold Medford
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
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The Bigamist (1953)
Character: Mr. Jordan
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
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Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Character: Grandpa Pat Ryan
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
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South Riding (1938)
Character: Alfred Huggins
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
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Between Two Worlds (1944)
Character: Scrubby
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
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Bewitched (1945)
Character: Dr. Bergson
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
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Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Character: Mr. Bennet
Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.
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It's a Dog's Life (1955)
Character: Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
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The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Character: Frederick P. Leggitt
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
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Cash (1933)
Character: Edmund Gilbert
A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his tool box.
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Mister 880 (1950)
Character: William "Skipper" Miller
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Character: John Bonnyfeather
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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Hills of Home (1948)
Character: Mr. Milton
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.
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Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Character: Dr. Stone
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch." Overnight hikes and other adventures follow, all centered around one small boy who takes a liking to the old curmudgeon.
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All American Chump (1936)
Character: Jeffrey Crane
A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.
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The Student Prince (1954)
Character: Prof. Juttner
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
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Parnell (1937)
Character: Henry Campbell
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
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Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Character: Henry Scarlett
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
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The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Character: Captain Wiles
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
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Passing Shadows (1934)
Character: David Lawrence
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
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Of Human Bondage (1946)
Character: Athelny
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help.
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Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Character: Adam MacAdam
The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs in the Scottish highlands, filmed in mountains in Utah’s Garfield County. Gwenn is a crusty shepherd whose struggling relationship with his son McCallister is complicated by a predatory animal that is attacking the flocks of local shepherds.
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Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Character: Wakefield
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
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Laburnum Grove (1936)
Character: Mr. Radfern
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has in fact allowed the truth to slip out and now he is danger of being arrested.
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Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Character: Octavius Patourel
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.
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Money for Nothing (1932)
Character: Sir Henry Blossom
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker father, Sir Henry Blossom, investing heavily in a supposedly worthless gold mine. Financial chaos ensues in a farcical comedy of confused identities, romantic entanglements, and a fortune hiding in a hat.
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Forever and a Day (1943)
Character: Stubbs
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
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Java Head (1934)
Character: Jeremy Ammidon
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
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Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Character: Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
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I Was a Spy (1933)
Character: Burgomaster
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
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Condemned to Death (1932)
Character: Banting
A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.
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The Skin Game (1931)
Character: Mr. Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
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Pretty Baby (1950)
Character: Cyrus Baxter
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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Calabuch (1956)
Character: Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Professor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity, realizes his mistake and runs away from his inventions. He hides in Calabuch, a beautiful seaside town where people still believe in humor and friendship.
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The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Character: Fr. Hamish MacNabb
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Character: Dean of Cardinal
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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Challenge to Lassie (1949)
Character: John Traill
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Character: Kris Kringle
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2009.
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Undercurrent (1946)
Character: Professor Hamilton
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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Penny Paradise (1938)
Character: Joe Higgins
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
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Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Character: Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.
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Lassie Come Home (1943)
Character: Rowlie Palmer
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
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