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Unknown Woman (1935)
Character: N/A
A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in a raid on a gambling house and befriends her. She talks him into taking her to the nightclub of the man he is working for and, while there and unobserved by anyone by Larry, he sees her going through the files and desk of the owner. Who is this mystery woman he just got released from jail, and what is she up to?
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Alias the Doctor (1932)
Character: Lotti 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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Notorious But Nice (1933)
Character: Jenny Jones
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
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The Eleventh Commandment (1933)
Character: Corinne Ross
A wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly after, various people turn up claiming to be the rightful heir to her fortune.
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Daring Daughters (1933)
Character: Terry Cummings
A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.
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Don't Believe It (1930)
Character: N/A
Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his wife and brother have conspired against him for revenge.
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Youth on Parole (1937)
Character: Bonnie Blair
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
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Fashion News (1928)
Character: Self (1930) (as Marilyn Morgan)
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
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A Man of Sentiment (1933)
Character: Julia Wilkens
A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart except one old fool with a sentimental heart.
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Love at Second Sight (1934)
Character: N/A
It is love at first sight between Juliet and Allan as they catch sight of each other on passing trains. Allan has his song-writing friend Bill to write a song of the incident and he has it broadcast. Juliet, through the hints provided in the song, responds and comes to Allan's home, where he is working on a safety-match invention.
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Gentleman from Dixie (1941)
Character: Margaret Terrill
A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.
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In Spite of Danger (1935)
Character: Sally Sullivan
Bill Crane, race-car driver has an accident while racing and finds himself unable to return to the fast-paced racetrack. Looking for another occupation he meets a girl, Sally Sullivan, who runs a roadside lunch-wagon and she helps him get a job as a truck driver. They fall in love and get married. He gets a contract to haul a load of dynamite and, when coming down a steep mountain, he finds his truck's brakes have been sabotaged, just as were the brakes on his race-car.
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The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
Character: Janet Haydon
A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.
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Der verlorene Sohn (1934)
Character: Lilian Williams
Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.
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When's Your Birthday? (1937)
Character: Jerry Grant
Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.
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Prison Nurse (1938)
Character: Judy
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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The Mad Genius (1931)
Character: Nana Carlova
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
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The Sophomore (1929)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
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Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Character: Susie Sachs
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
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Come Closer, Folks (1936)
Character: Peggy Woods
A fast-talking pitchman working the con-games on the streets, works himself up into an executive position of a large department store, with the aide of his shill, Mae. But the owner, Elmer Woods, of the department store has a blonde-beauty daughter, Peggy, who goes to work on him.
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A Desperate Adventure (1938)
Character: Ann Carrington
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his well-meaning friends have stolen one of his paintings so it can be exhibited.
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Missing Daughters (1939)
Character: Josie Lamonte
The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy dance-hall operator Lucky Rogers.
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A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)
Character: Elnora Comstock
Elnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her father was drowned while on the way home the night she was born. She finds her comfort with Margaret and Westley Sinton, a childless neighboring couple, who help her with her school costs, as does the wealthy Mrs. Parker, who takes an interest in the talented young girl. She meets and falls in love with Phillip Ammon, the nephew of Dr. Ammon, but learns that he is already engaged. The money that Elnora has saved for her college education is stolen, and when Mrs. Comstock goes to retrieve it from a suspect, she also learns of the duplicity of her husband, who had been courting a neighboring woman on the night he drowned. She begs forgiveness of Elnora, and the romance of Elnora and Phillip also begins to flourish.
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The Black Room (1935)
Character: Thea Hassel
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
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Under Eighteen (1932)
Character: Margie Evans
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: Rose Abbott
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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Saturday's Heroes (1937)
Character: Francis
College football player is expelled for ticket scalping, and teams up with reporter to expose his school's hypocrisy.
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Lady of Secrets (1936)
Character: Joan Whittaker
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
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Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
Character: Ann Baldwin
Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama. In charge of a new kind of program, the sheriff places inmates in a clean environment and makes them build a road. Despite the improved conditions, the criminals continue to pull off a few shady shenanigans as an innocent man who is sent there soon discovers.
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The Great Gambini (1937)
Character: Ann Randall
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
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Whoopee! (1930)
Character: Harriett Underwood (uncredited)
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
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The Sport Parade (1932)
Character: Irene Stewart
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
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Counterfeit (1936)
Character: Verna Maxwell
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.
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Over the Garden Wall (1934)
Character: Mary
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic consequences...
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Murder by Invitation (1941)
Character: Nora O'Brien
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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Five Star Final (1931)
Character: Jenny Townsend
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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Svengali (1931)
Character: Trilby O'Farrell
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
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The Naughty Flirt (1930)
Character: Kay's Friend (uncredited)
A coquettish socialite falls for a straight-laced associate in her father's law firm. But she must also fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter and his sister.
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Hell's Angels (1930)
Character: Girl Selling Kisses
When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
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House of Errors (1942)
Character: Florence Randall
Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his long career in this roughhewn but amusing World War II farce released by Poverty Row company PRC. Langdon and Charles "Buddy" Rogers are newspaper messengers helping reporter Ray Walker obtain an interview with journalist-hating inventor Richard Kipling. But before they know it, Harry and Buddy become unwittingly involved in plans to steal the professor's newest invention: a machine gun.
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