Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sidney Toler (born Hooper G. Toler Jr., April 28, 1874 – February 12, 1947) was an American actor, playwright and theatre director. The second European-American actor to play the role of Charlie Chan on screen, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the Chinese-American detective in 22 films made between 1938 and 1946. Before becoming Chan, Toler played supporting roles in 50 motion pictures and was a highly regarded comic actor on the Broadway stage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Toler,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Sidney Toler
  • Popularity: 2.885
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1874-04-26
  • Place of Birth: Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
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  • Also Known As: Sydney Toler, Hooper G. Toler Jr.
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Sidney Toler Movies

  • 1932
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    Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

    6 1932 HD

    New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the...

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  • 1937
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    Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

    6.5 1937 HD

    A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.

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  • 1939
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    City in Darkness

    City in Darkness

    6.4 1939 HD

    Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was...

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  • 1939
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    Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

    Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

    6.6 1939 HD

    Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage...

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  • 1939
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    Charlie Chan in Reno

    Charlie Chan in Reno

    6.2 1939 HD

    Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which...

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  • 1938
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    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    6.4 1938 HD

    While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a...

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  • 1932
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    Blonde Venus

    Blonde Venus

    6.8 1932 HD

    In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as...

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  • 1931
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    White Shoulders

    White Shoulders

    1 1931 HD

    In this drama, an impoverished young woman meets a millionaire who marries her on the spot and then begins pampering her with jewels and furs. When...

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  • 1942
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    Castle in the Desert

    Castle in the Desert

    6.8 1942 HD

    Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert...

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  • 1932
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    Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

    5.8 1932 HD

    A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

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  • 1940
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    Charlie Chan in Panama

    Charlie Chan in Panama

    6.8 1940 HD

    Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet...

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  • 1941
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    Dead Men Tell

    Dead Men Tell

    6.3 1941 HD

    When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces,...

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  • 1940
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    Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

    Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

    7.6 1940 HD

    A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the...

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  • 1940
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    Murder Over New York

    Murder Over New York

    6 1940 HD

    When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

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  • 1940
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    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    6.7 1940 HD

    On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a...

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  • 1944
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    Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

    Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

    6.4 1944 HD

    To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

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  • 1944
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    Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

    Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

    5.9 1944 HD

    Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly...

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  • 1941
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    Charlie Chan in Rio

    Charlie Chan in Rio

    6.2 1941 HD

    In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the...

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  • 1945
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    The Shanghai Cobra

    The Shanghai Cobra

    5.7 1945 HD

    Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

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  • 1944
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    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    6.8 1944 HD

    Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

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  • 1945
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    The Red Dragon

    The Red Dragon

    6.1 1945 HD

    Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

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  • 1945
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    Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

    Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

    6.1 1945 HD

    The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named...

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  • 1945
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    The Scarlet Clue

    The Scarlet Clue

    5.9 1945 HD

    Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.

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  • 1946
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    Dangerous Money

    Dangerous Money

    5.7 1946 HD

    A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his...

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  • 1946
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    Shadows Over Chinatown

    Shadows Over Chinatown

    5.7 1946 HD

    In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.

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  • 1946
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    Dark Alibi

    Dark Alibi

    6.1 1946 HD

    After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that...

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  • 1946
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    The Trap

    The Trap

    6.7 1946 HD

    When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the...

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  • 1936
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    Our Relations

    Our Relations

    6.9 1936 HD

    Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

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  • 1929
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    Madame X

    Madame X

    5.857 1929 HD

    A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing...

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  • 1939
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    Law of the Pampas

    Law of the Pampas

    5 1939 HD

    Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.

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  • 1942
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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    6.3 1942 HD

    A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to...

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  • 1937
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    That Certain Woman

    That Certain Woman

    6.1 1937 HD

    A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.

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  • 1932
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    Radio Patrol

    Radio Patrol

    1 1932 HD

    A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.

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  • 1934
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    Dark Hazard

    Dark Hazard

    5.4 1934 HD

    Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame...

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  • 1938
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    If I Were King

    If I Were King

    6.8 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    The Gorgeous Hussy

    The Gorgeous Hussy

    5.2 1936 HD

    It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who...

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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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  • 1943
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    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    Isle of Forgotten Sins

    4.6 1943 HD

    An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.

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  • 1936
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    Three Godfathers

    Three Godfathers

    6.8 1936 HD

    In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching...

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  • 1943
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    White Savage

    White Savage

    5.2 1943 HD

    A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.

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  • 1935
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    Orchids to You

    Orchids to You

    1 1935 HD

    An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.

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  • 1934
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    The Trumpet Blows

    The Trumpet Blows

    1 1934 HD

    In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent...

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  • 1934
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    Here Comes the Groom

    Here Comes the Groom

    4 1934 HD

    Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes...

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  • 1934
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    Registered Nurse

    Registered Nurse

    4.6 1934 HD

    In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an...

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  • 1935
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    Romance in Manhattan

    Romance in Manhattan

    8.1 1935 HD

    Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable...

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  • 1936
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    The Longest Night

    The Longest Night

    5.7 1936 HD

    Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

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  • 1933
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    The World Changes

    The World Changes

    4.8 1933 HD

    Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm...

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  • 1939
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    Disbarred

    Disbarred

    6 1939 HD

    The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing...

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  • 1933
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    The Narrow Corner

    The Narrow Corner

    5.5 1933 HD

    An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

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  • 1938
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    Wide Open Faces

    Wide Open Faces

    8.5 1938 HD

    A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.

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  • 1932
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    Is My Face Red?

    Is My Face Red?

    5 1932 HD

    William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of...

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  • 1932
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    Over the Counter

    Over the Counter

    4.7 1932 HD

    In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.

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  • 1938
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    Gold Is Where You Find It

    Gold Is Where You Find It

    6.9 1938 HD

    Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the...

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  • 1938
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    The Mysterious Rider

    The Mysterious Rider

    6 1938 HD

    Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the...

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  • 1935
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    Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild

    6.2 1935 HD

    Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for...

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  • 1934
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    Upperworld

    Upperworld

    6.3 1934 HD

    A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the...

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  • 1934
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    Operator 13

    Operator 13

    5.7 1934 HD

    American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress...

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  • 1932
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    Strangers in Love

    Strangers in Love

    5.1 1932 HD

    Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.

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  • 1938
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    One Wild Night

    One Wild Night

    5.5 1938 HD

    Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money...

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 1934
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    Spitfire

    Spitfire

    5.4 1934 HD

    Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a...

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  • 1933
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    King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

    5 1933 HD

    A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.

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  • 1939
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    Heritage of the Desert

    Heritage of the Desert

    5.8 1939 HD

    John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his...

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  • 1935
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    This Is the Life

    This Is the Life

    6 1935 HD

    A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.

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  • 1945
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    It's in the Bag!

    It's in the Bag!

    5 1945 HD

    The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

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  • 1932
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    The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

    5 1932 HD

    Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party...

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  • 1936
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    Give Us This Night

    Give Us This Night

    7 1936 HD

    After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip...

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  • 1935
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    The Daring Young Man

    The Daring Young Man

    1 1935 HD

    The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by...

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  • 1932
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    Tom Brown of Culver

    Tom Brown of Culver

    5.2 1932 HD

    Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

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  • 1933
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    He Learned About Women

    He Learned About Women

    1 1933 HD

    He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Harris and Harlan...

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  • 1968
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    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Kid from Kokomo

    The Kid from Kokomo

    6 1939 HD

    Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career...

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  • 1943
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    The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

    The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

    5 1943 HD

    A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

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  • 1931
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    Strictly Dishonorable

    Strictly Dishonorable

    5.1 1931 HD

    A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star,...

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  • 1933
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    The Way to Love

    The Way to Love

    1 1933 HD

    Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets...

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  • 1933
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    The Billion Dollar Scandal

    The Billion Dollar Scandal

    1 1933 HD

    An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

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  • 1938
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    Up the River

    Up the River

    1 1938 HD

    A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was...

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  • 1929
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    In the Nick of Time

    In the Nick of Time

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1921
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    A Heart to Let

    A Heart to Let

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Bait

    The Bait

    1 1921 HD

    Crook Bennett Barton uses pretty Joan Granger as bait to blackmail millionaire John Warren.

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