Nick Grindé

Nick Grindé

Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Throughout his career, Grindé was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. In the mid 1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grindé Papers in its Special Collections.

  • Title: Nick Grindé
  • Popularity: 1.547
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1893-01-12
  • Place of Birth: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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  • Also Known As: Nicholas Grindé, Nicholas Grinde, Nick Grinde
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Nick Grindé Movies

  • 1934
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    Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland

    6.4 1934 HD

    Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little...

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  • 1939
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    The Man They Could Not Hang

    The Man They Could Not Hang

    6.6 1939 HD

    Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to...

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  • 1940
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    The Man with Nine Lives

    The Man with Nine Lives

    6.2 1940 HD

    Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe...

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  • 1934
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    The Ballad of Paducah Jail

    The Ballad of Paducah Jail

    1 1934 HD

    Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb hunts for an escaped felon, but the tables are turned when the criminal nabs him instead.

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  • 1929
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    The Bishop Murder Case

    The Bishop Murder Case

    5.2 1929 HD

    The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where...

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  • 1940
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    Girls of the Road

    Girls of the Road

    5 1940 HD

    A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they...

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  • 1930
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    The Devil's Cabaret

    The Devil's Cabaret

    5.2 1930 HD

    At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns,...

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  • 1932
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    Shopworn

    Shopworn

    6.7 1932 HD

    A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

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  • 1945
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    Road to Alcatraz

    Road to Alcatraz

    1 1945 HD

    The police think a young lawyer (Robert Lowery) killed his partner, but he was drugged when it happened.

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  • 1937
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    Under Southern Stars

    Under Southern Stars

    1 1937 HD

    Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate...

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  • 1942
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    Hitler- Dead or Alive

    Hitler- Dead or Alive

    4.5 1942 HD

    A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.

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  • 1940
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    Men Without Souls

    Men Without Souls

    6 1940 HD

    A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.

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  • 1940
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    Convicted Woman

    Convicted Woman

    3.7 1940 HD

    A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

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  • 1939
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    Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

    1 1939 HD

    The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.

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  • 1937
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    Exiled to Shanghai

    Exiled to Shanghai

    4.9 1937 HD

    A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.

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  • 1937
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    Love Is on the Air

    Love Is on the Air

    5 1937 HD

    A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.

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  • 1935
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    How to Sleep

    How to Sleep

    6.167 1935 HD

    A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...

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  • 1936
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    Public Enemy's Wife

    Public Enemy's Wife

    5.8 1936 HD

    Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She...

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  • 1933
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    Menu

    Menu

    5.1 1933 HD

    A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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  • 1928
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    Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano

    Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano

    2 1928 HD

    A hilarious musical short starring character actor John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight and his little piano, 1928. Knight was known for playing sidekicks in...

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  • 1931
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    This Modern Age

    This Modern Age

    6 1931 HD

    A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.

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  • 1935
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    Ladies Crave Excitement

    Ladies Crave Excitement

    4.5 1935 HD

    Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

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  • 1930
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    Good News

    Good News

    5 1930 HD

    A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

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  • 1939
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    Sudden Money

    Sudden Money

    5 1939 HD

    Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a...

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  • 1939
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    King of Chinatown

    King of Chinatown

    5.9 1939 HD

    A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.

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  • 1936
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    Fugitive in the Sky

    Fugitive in the Sky

    6 1936 HD

    Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan...

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  • 1938
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    Federal Man-Hunt

    Federal Man-Hunt

    6.2 1938 HD

    By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies...

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  • 1938
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    Down in 'Arkansaw'

    Down in 'Arkansaw'

    5 1938 HD

    A government representative travels to the backwoods of Arkansas to convince the people there of the benefits to them of a proposed dam on their...

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  • 1943
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    We've Never Been Licked

    We've Never Been Licked

    1 1943 HD

    Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love...

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  • 1930
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    Remote Control

    Remote Control

    4.7 1930 HD

    A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.

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  • 1938
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    Delinquent Parents

    Delinquent Parents

    8 1938 HD

    A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.

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  • 1940
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    Before I Hang

    Before I Hang

    6.2 1940 HD

    A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets...

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  • 1932
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    Vanity Street

    Vanity Street

    6.8 1932 HD

    A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".

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  • 1934
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    Bum Voyage

    Bum Voyage

    6 1934 HD

    The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.

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  • 1936
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    The Captain's Kid

    The Captain's Kid

    6 1936 HD

    In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.

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  • 1937
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    Public Wedding

    Public Wedding

    5.7 1937 HD

    The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their...

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  • 1935
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    Stone of Silver Creek

    Stone of Silver Creek

    1 1935 HD

    In perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the tough but goodhearted proprietor of the Bonanza, the...

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  • 1941
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    Mountain Moonlight

    Mountain Moonlight

    1 1941 HD

    A cyclone destroys the Weaver family farm leaving only the old stone chimney. When the chimney is torn down for building supplies, found secreted...

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  • 1936
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    Jailbreak

    Jailbreak

    6.4 1936 HD

    A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

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  • 1937
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    White Bondage

    White Bondage

    6 1937 HD

    A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

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  • 1939
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    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

    5 1939 HD

    At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get...

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  • 1938
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    Mis dos amores

    Mis dos amores

    1 1938 HD

    Rita Santiago's father, Don Antonio, stubbornly refuses to give permission for her to marry Julio Bertolin, a struggling medical student, because he...

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  • 1927
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    1 1927 HD

    A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a servant at the hotel where he lives. He tricks her...

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  • 1930
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    Wu Li Chang

    Wu Li Chang

    1 1930 HD

    Spanish Version of MGM's "Mr. Wu"

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  • 1940
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    Friendly Neighbors

    Friendly Neighbors

    1 1940 HD

    The Weaver Brothers hit the road and taste the hobo's life in this, the sixth, entry in the eleven-film "Weaver Brothers and Elviry" comedy-drama...

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  • 1935
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    Border Brigands

    Border Brigands

    1 1935 HD

    Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.

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  • 1930
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    Metro Movietone Revue #3

    Metro Movietone Revue #3

    1 1930 HD

    Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts Frances White, The Ponce Sisters, The Reynold Sisters, Joseph Regan, and Jack Pepper.

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  • 1930
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    Metro Movietone Revue #4

    Metro Movietone Revue #4

    1 1930 HD

    Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts George Dewey Washington, The Ponce Sisters, Joseph Regan, Ella Shields, and Jack Pepper.

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  • 1929
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    Metro Movietone Revue #1

    Metro Movietone Revue #1

    1 1929 HD

    Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts Van and Schenck, The Capitolians, Grace Rogers, and Harry Rose.

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  • 1929
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    Metro Movietone Revue #2

    Metro Movietone Revue #2

    1 1929 HD

    Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts George Dewey Washington, Johnny Marvin, Rosemarie Sinnott, The Locust Sisters, and Harry Rose.

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  • 1930
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    The Divorcee

    The Divorcee

    6.255 1930 HD

    When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.

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  • 1934
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    No More West

    No More West

    1 1934 HD

    Bert Lahr is a big city boy hung up on tales of the Old West. When his playing cowboys and Indians causes a ruckus, he's brought before a judge who...

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  • 1939
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    A Woman is the Judge

    A Woman is the Judge

    1 1939 HD

    Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd...

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  • 1929
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    The Desert Rider

    The Desert Rider

    1 1929 HD

    Jack Hoxie pledges to take care of a prospector's son before the man dies from shooting wounds. Jack Hoxie must find the killer before he disappears...

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  • 1928
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    Beyond the Sierras

    Beyond the Sierras

    1 1928 HD

    A masked avenger takes on claim jumpers.

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  • 1935
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    The Great American Pie Company

    The Great American Pie Company

    7.5 1935 HD

    In this comedic short, two pie vendors discuss merging their businesses, but one of them may have an ulterior motive.

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  • 1929
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    Morgan's Last Raid

    Morgan's Last Raid

    1 1929 HD

    Dan Claibourne refuses to fight against his state when Tennessee secedes during the Civil War preliminaries. His sweetheart brands him a traitor. Dan...

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  • 1942
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    The Girl from Alaska

    The Girl from Alaska

    6 1942 HD

    A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but falls in love with his daughter instead.

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  • 1927
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    Van and Schenck: Pennant Winning Battery of Songland

    Van and Schenck: Pennant Winning Battery of Songland

    1 1927 HD

    A short film starring Van and Schenck.

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  • 1946
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    Injun Talk

    Injun Talk

    1 1946 HD

    Interpreted by Col. Tim McCoy. Talks about Indian Sign Language. A chief signs a story and a white soldier interprets.

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  • 1925
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    Excuse Me

    Excuse Me

    1 1925 HD

    A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.

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  • 1936
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    Lucky Fugitives

    Lucky Fugitives

    1 1936 HD

    Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an...

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