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The Perfect Lady (1931)
Character: Larry Tindale
'Girl poses as maid of French actress who stole her fiancé.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Lord of the Manor (1933)
Character: Jim Bridge
Two aristocrats become engaged but fall in love with people from a lower class.
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Scotland Yard (1941)
Character: Dakin Barrolles
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 Extra Girl (1935)
Character: Crusades Actor (uncredited)
A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.
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The Costume Designer (1950)
Character: Self (archive footage)
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
Character: Alexander Sand
A young stockbroker, Christopher Sand, inherits an old ship named "Black Pearl" along with a medallion that is the key to a sunken Nazi treasure. But there are other people looking for the sunken treasure, people who will stop at nothing to gain access to the medallion.
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Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (1971)
Character: Bishop Andrade
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
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The Flying Squad (1932)
Character: Inspector Bradley
The officers of the Flying Squad attempt to track down a drug-smuggling gang.
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A Woman Alone (1936)
Character: Capt. Nicolai Ilyinski
An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.
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Self Made Lady (1932)
Character: Bert Taverner
Early '30s British drama, starring Heather Angel, about a poor girl who achieves success as a fashion designer.
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Two Way Street (1931)
Character: Bert Adams
'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Character: Captain Jimmy Madden
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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The Tribe (1974)
Character: Cana
A family tribe of Cro-Magnons faces hardships, such as hunger, animal attacks, Neanderthal attacks, and death from injuries as they migrate to find a more bountiful land to live on.
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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Character: Mr. 'Sandee' Sande
A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.
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Princess Charming (1934)
Character: Capt. André Launa
Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the neighboring country, which just happens to be ruled by the king she is betrothed to. Unfortunately, the new revolutionary government won't let citizens leave, which she actually doesn't mind all that much because she's not particularly jazzed about marrying the elderly king. He sends a young naval officer to bring her across the border, but in order to do so they are forced into a marriage of convenience. Complications ensue.
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Pony Express Rider (1976)
Character: Trevor Kingman
A young Texas Man who saw his father get killed by a group of bandits, decides years later to go to work for the Pony Express. But he is not just working around the country to deliver mail, he is actually finding the bandits who murdered his father.
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Jericho (1937)
Character: Capt. Mack
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
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Caddyshack (1980)
Character: The Bishop
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
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Prison Nurse (1938)
Character: Dale
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Character: Sir Lancelot
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
Character: Pentaur
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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Five of a Kind (1938)
Character: Dr. Scott Williams
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
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That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Character: Captain Hardy
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Character: Indian Chief
In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.
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The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Character: Mr. Chevalier
In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly like him and then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlow.
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Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
Character: Dr. Hugh Mayberry
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
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The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
Character: Harrington
Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan and her husband move into a beautiful Victorian manor. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is transported back one hundred years, where she meets the house's previous owner, David. As her feelings for David grow, it becomes clear that Jennie is not only torn between two men and two times, but she also faces danger in both worlds.
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The War Lord (1965)
Character: Frisian Prince
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
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The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Character: Maj. Duncan Heyward
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
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Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
Character: Cut Tongue / Narrator
The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister
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The President's Mystery (1936)
Character: James Blake
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
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The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Character: Dr. Haggard
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
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Scaramouche (1952)
Character: Chevalier de Chabrillaine
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Souls at Sea (1937)
Character: Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
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Unconquered (1947)
Character: Captain Steele
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.
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Dragnet (1947)
Character: Inspector Geoffrey James
Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan, an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.
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The Miniver Story (1950)
Character: Vicar
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Character: Vicar
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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Doomsday Machine (1972)
Character: Dr. Christopher Perry
Following the discovery of a doomsday machine capable of destroying Earth, the launch of a US space mission to Venus is taken over by the military.
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Chasing Danger (1939)
Character: Captain Andre Duvac
When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Character: Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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If I Were King (1938)
Character: Captain of the Watch
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Character: FBI Agent Gregory
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
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Johnny Doughboy (1942)
Character: Oliver Lawrence
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.
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The Arizona Wildcat (1939)
Character: Richard Baldwin
In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbery.
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The Crusades (1935)
Character: Richard, King of England
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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South of Tahiti (1941)
Character: Captain Larkin
Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love with the the daughter of the tribe's leader, heiress to the throne after the death of her brother, who is as savage as her pet leopard. The others try to devise a plan to rob the tribe's gold.
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Earthbound (1940)
Character: Jeffrey Reynolds
A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
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Cleopatra (1934)
Character: Marc Antony
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
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F.I.S.T. (1978)
Character: Win Talbot
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Sweet Sixteen (1983)
Character: Greyfeather
A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive.
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The Corsican Brothers (1941)
Character: Count Victor Franchi
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
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Samson and Delilah (1949)
Character: Prince Ahtur
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
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Keep Smiling (1938)
Character: Jonathan Rand
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
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The Crooked Road (1940)
Character: Bob Trent
A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.
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The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
Character: Rear Admiral Arthur L. Stokes
Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of six males and ugly nurse Nellie Krause. If he could at least try to salvage the shipment of beer.
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