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Alias the Doctor (1932)
Character: Stephan Brenner
Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and three years in prison. When he gets out, he finds Stephan is dead and a sick child needs an operation and he does brilliant surgery. This gets him noticed and his mother tells them that he is Stephan Brenner, not Karl Brenner. She tells Karl that he must cure sickness in the world. But, being that he is Stephan, he can no longer marry Lottie, as she is now his sister.
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Double Solitaire (1974)
Character: Ernest Potter
With his parents about to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a middle-aged husband agrees to renew his vows to his longtime wife. But as they assess their relationship, the couple discovers that their marriage no longer has any meaning. A televised production of Robert Anderson's thoughtful play, this fascinating drama deftly examines the institution of marriage and the nature of love.
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Everybody's Old Man (1936)
Character: Ronald Franklin
An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.
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Super Speed (1935)
Character: Randy Rogers
A scientist invents a "superspeed" device that makes people fight for its ownership.
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Woman in the Rain (1976)
Character: Assistant Director for HighShine
A once-popular singer gives a candid interview, revealing the sordid details of her rags-to-riches-to-rags odyssey in the tawdry entertainment world.
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Reckless Living (1931)
Character: Doggie
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.
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Behind the Evidence (1935)
Character: Tony Sheridan
Norman Foster plays a millionaire who takes a job as a reporter after he's wiped out in the Stock Market. Foster's managing editor Samuel S. Hinds considers the young upstart to be a pain in the neck. But all is forgiven-at least until next time-when Foster solves a series of puzzling robberies..
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The Fire-Trap (1935)
Character: Bill Farnsworth
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are conspiring to commit insurance fraud by overvaluing a decrepit warehouse and its contents and burning the building to the ground.
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It Pays to Advertise (1931)
Character: Rodney Martin
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.
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Suicide Squad (1935)
Character: Larry Barker
Larry Baker is a young fireman whose daring exploits have led him to receiving a lot of newspaper publicity which goes to his head. His sweetheart, Mary O'Connor, and fire-department friends begin to shun him as they think he is just a publicity hound. But a daring rescue of Mary and her younger brother, Mickey, from a blazing inferno shows him to be more than just a publicity-chaser and, now, a real hero to all.
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Walls of Gold (1933)
Character: Barnes Ritchie
A career woman marries her boyfriend's rich uncle when the boyfriend marries her sister.
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Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Character: Tom Shepherd
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.
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Prosperity (1932)
Character: John Warren
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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Fatal Lady (1936)
Character: Phillip Roberts
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Rafter Romance (1933)
Character: Jack
A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.
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The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
Character: Donald Meadows
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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Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
Character: Hal Evans
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love. Soon, however, her lover returns, and she finds herself in a dilemma as to who to choose.
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I Cover Chinatown (1936)
Character: Eddie Barton
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
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High Tension (1936)
Character: Eddie Mitchell
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
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Play Girl (1932)
Character: Wallace 'Wally' Dennis
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
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Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
Character: Ted Hanley
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
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Pilgrimage (1933)
Character: Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
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Under Eighteen (1932)
Character: Alf
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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Strange Justice (1932)
Character: Wally Baker
Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to being found out, the two devise a scheme which sends Wally, the ex-con boyfriend of pretty hat check girl Rose Abbott, to death row.
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Behind the Green Lights (1935)
Character: Detective Lt. Dave Britten
A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)
Character: Ralph Hartsook
Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees". He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of nightriders set out to drive him out of town.
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Elinor Norton (1934)
Character: Bill Foster
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away.
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Up Pops the Devil (1931)
Character: Steve Merrick
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
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No Limit (1931)
Character: Douglas Thayer
Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
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Week-End Marriage (1932)
Character: Ken Hayes
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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Professional Sweetheart (1933)
Character: Jim
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. When the strain of representing "purity" brings her to rebellion, the sponsor and his nutty henchmen pick her a public-relations "sweetheart" from fan mail, who turns out to be a hayseed.
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The Disneyland Story (1954)
Character: Self
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily on the career of Mickey Mouse.
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State Fair (1933)
Character: Wayne Frake
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Character: Billy Boyle
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 by Orson Welles but never completed during his lifetime.
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The Leavenworth Case (1936)
Character: Detective Bob Grice
Director Lewis D. Collins' 1936 whodunit is about the investigation into the death of an elderly tycoon, who is murdered shortly after announcing he plans to change his will and give away his fortune.
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Orient Express (1934)
Character: Carlton Myatt
Based on Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train, the movie focuses on the lives of individuals aboard the Orient Express as it makes a three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople.
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Steady Company (1932)
Character: Jim
Truck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June Clyde finds the idea deplorable. Henry Armetta and ZaSu Pitts supply the laughs.
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Character: Self (archive footage)
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
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Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
Character: Norman Foster
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment.
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Play It as It Lays (1972)
Character: Abortionist
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
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