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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941)
Character: Himself
Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.
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The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
Character: Self (uncredited)
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
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Man on the Ledge (1955)
Character: Officer Bragan
Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk the man, Robert Cosick, down from his threatening perch and in the process learns the reasons for the Robert's suicide attempt.
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The House of Fear (1939)
Character: Arthur McHugh
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
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Flying Cadets (1941)
Character: 'Trip' Hammer
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
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No Place for a Lady (1943)
Character: Jess Arno
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only it has disappeared by the time the police arrive, leaving him to be charged with hoaxing the police. With his license in jeopardy, his would-be fiancee and an inquiring reporter set out to investigate.
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The Milky Way (1936)
Character: Speed McFarland
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
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Dynamite (1949)
Character: "Gunner" Peterson
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their co-workers.
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Flying Hostess (1936)
Character: Hal Cunningham
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.
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You Only Live Once (1937)
Character: Father Dolan
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
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Isle Of Destiny (1940)
Character: Stripes Thornton
A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Character: Joe Turp
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
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Sealed Lips (1942)
Character: Lee Davis
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
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Four Frightened People (1934)
Character: Stewart Corder
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.
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Man Hunt (1936)
Character: Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
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The Crowd Roars (1938)
Character: Johnny Martin
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
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Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)
Character: George Regan
"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his ever-loving girlfriend Judy Williams in favor of sexy blonde Rose Whitney.
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Sporting Blood (1940)
Character: Duffy
Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.
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Follow That Woman (1945)
Character: Sam Boone
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
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The Animal Kingdom (1932)
Character: Regan
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.
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The Rawhide Years (1956)
Character: Marshal Sommers
Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.
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Broadway Serenade (1939)
Character: Bill Foster
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
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Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Character: Sam Peters
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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Fury and the Woman (1936)
Character: Bruce Corrigan
A tough Irishman tries to help a logging company owner on Vancouver Island who is being sabotaged by a nearby competitor.
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Night Editor (1946)
Character: Tony Cochrane
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Character: Stephen Benbow
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
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Song of the Sarong (1945)
Character: Drew Allen
An adventurer is promised $1 million if he can recover a fortune in pearls, but they are guarded by a tribe of fierce natives.
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Swing Fever (1943)
Character: 'Waltzy' Malone
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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The Misleading Lady (1932)
Character: Fitzpatrick
A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.
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Blackmailer (1936)
Character: Peter Cornish
Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.
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Till the End of Time (1946)
Character: Sgt. Gunny Watrous
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
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Reported Missing (1937)
Character: Steve Browning
A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.
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Harrigan's Kid (1943)
Character: Tom Harrigan
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
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Navy Born (1936)
Character: Lt. Red Furness
A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the resistance of the lad's surviving relatives, who worry that growing in the Navy will be hard on the boy, the officer loves and takes good care of the boy. At least he does until the child is abducted by a gangster who has mistaken him for his long-lost boy. Fortunately for the young fellow, the officer rallies the entire Navy and comes to the rescue.
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Who Done It? (1942)
Character: Detective Inspector Lou
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Destination Unknown (1942)
Character: Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.
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Complicated Women (2003)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
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Turnabout (1940)
Character: Joel Clare
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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Double Alibi (1940)
Character: Walter Gifford
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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Star Dust (1940)
Character: Dane Wharton
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
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Black Fury (1935)
Character: Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
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She Asked for It (1937)
Character: Dwight Stanford
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends them a monthly allowance. Conrad Norris, Dwight's cousin, disapproves of Dwight and Penny, and resents his uncle's generosity. The uncle is the victim of a hit-and-run accident and, there being no will, Conrad, as next of kin, inherits. Switch, the uncle's lawyer, tells Dwight he is shutout with no hope of appeal. Dwight starts writing mystery novels about a fictional detective named Steven Knight, which become instant hits and the money pours in.
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Emergency Call (1933)
Character: Steve Brennan
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Character: Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
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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Personal Secretary (1938)
Character: Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
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Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
Character: Numbers
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
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They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Character: Joe
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
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Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
Character: Mike Hanrohan
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.
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Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Character: Craig Morrison
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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Swell Guy (1946)
Character: Martin Duncan
Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature until a climatic redemption.
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She Gets Her Man (1945)
Character: 'Breezy' Barton
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
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The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Character: Sergeant Benson
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
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Lucky Devils (1933)
Character: Bob Hughes
Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.
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The Sky Parade (1936)
Character: Speed Robertson
Aviation action highlights this programmer which concerns foreign intrigue and a pair of WW1 buzz-boys developing a high-tech aircraft.
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British Agent (1934)
Character: Bob Medill
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
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Behind Green Lights (1946)
Character: Lt. Sam Carson
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
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The Argyle Secrets (1948)
Character: Harry Mitchell
A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
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The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Character: Tommy Fallon
In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang of hood's leader resists his attempts. More trouble ensues when the dancer helps a convict gain parole by hiring him. It later turns out that the ex-con is only interested in trying to use the agency as a front for extortion. Songs include the Oscar nominated "When There's a Breeze on Lake Louise," "Your Face Looks Familiar," "Heavenly, Isn't He?" "Let's Forget It," "You're Bad For Me," and "A Million Miles From Manhattan."
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Strange Impersonation (1946)
Character: Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
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The Sport Parade (1932)
Character: Johnny Baker
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
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Within the Law (1939)
Character: Police Sergeant Cassidy
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Headline Shooter (1933)
Character: Bill Allen
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
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Sweepings (1933)
Character: Gene Pardway
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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Three Sons (1939)
Character: Thane Pardway
A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
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Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Character: Harry Wood
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
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The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
Character: Ed Towers
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
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Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
Character: Mr. Timothy Rooney
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
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Night Flight (1933)
Character: Brazilian Pilot
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
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Traveling Saleslady (1935)
Character: Pat O'Connor
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
Character: Ellery Queen
A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.
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Hot Cargo (1946)
Character: Joe Harkness
Two discharged service men go to the redwood country in northern California to visit the family of a buddy killed in the war. There, they find the family's trucking business is being threatened by a rival who will stop at nothing to ruin their business. They take up the fight against the crooks.
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Follow the Leader (1930)
Character: A Gangster
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
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The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Character: Joe Gallagher
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
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The Devil's Party (1938)
Character: Mike O'Mara
Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
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Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Character: Cliff Stanley
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Character: Fred Edwards
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
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Bombay Clipper (1942)
Character: James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
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Rain (1932)
Character: Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
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Alibi for Murder (1936)
Character: Perry Travis
A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry’s studio, right in the middle of the interview. All evidence points to Perry, and he sets out to clear his name before the Shadow-like villain roaming the hallways of the radio station gets away with murder.
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Women in the Wind (1939)
Character: Ace Boreman
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
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Bright Lights (1935)
Character: Dan Wheeler
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
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